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((TW: Fictional gore and animal abuse. Like... A LOT of fictional gore and animal abuse.))

Thanks to SteveReviews the 2012 fish-survival horror film Padak is finally getting some MUCH needed love. In spite of my love for both animals and obscure animated films, this one went under my radar.

Which is a travesty cuz it really is THAT good guys.

Like ho my god this film has been keeping me up all week. It shocked me in a way not a lot of animated films can. Must do fan art. MUST DO FANART!

I will say this much: while premise wise it’s a fair to compare it to Finding Nemo, Padak is so much more than “Gritty Finding Nemo”. FN is a movie about people that’s being told to us with fish. It’s so beautiful because of the impossibilities performed by the characters and how the hollywood structured plot aids the characters.

Padak is a story about fish.

Fish are cruel. Fish are selfish. Fish have HORRIBLE THINGS happen to them in the name of tradition and live cruel lives up until a cruel death. Finding Nemo is a heartfelt odyssey. Padak is a cruel reality. Neither one is better than the other but ho my god guys WATCH IT ON STEAM!!!

Something SteveReviews failed to mention were the dream-like musical sequences I’ve  been listening to over and over again. Haunting as hell. That eel song maaan. I want it.