This anime found me today at a very peculiar time here at the end of the busiest year of my life. Still its something I didnt now I needed to see as this was too relatable to my own struggle. One who knows what this is could ask: Why are you reviewing a 4 minute anime? I understand the laughs something Ive dealt with for a while. With All Our Hearts is an eye opening experience by former Studio Ghibli staff for an artist who is frustrated. An uplifting message with a realization about the love and passion one has for their work. As a content creator myself I can say I love my videos. The ones I think are good and the ones I think are terrible. I can be criticized about a video being poorly made sure. On the other hand its what I had to say that matters most to me. Consequently most of what I have made wasnt produced that well. Despite this I still go back and watch many of them many times. What amazed me about this anime is that it animated with no dialogue at all how I felt about my work in a way I had not fully realized before. The intensity of the very moving acoustic song also fits this amazingly. As the riffs emotionally trickle down it felt as if they were strumming my own emotions as I stared with fascination slowly realizing what this anime was trying to tell me. There are times where I get frustrated. Maybe the video or review didnt feel it was done well enough. Maybe it can get upsetting that something could have been done better. As the main character frustratingly brushed at the canvas and destroyed her creation I felt a connection with that frustration. As her creations in the room came to life and gained their hearts I saw all my videos in those creatures. It may sound silly to think of my videos as sentient. Regardless I did try to sincerely put a part of myself in each video. The script should be more than just words on paper but also something passionate from everyones individual minds that can give it an identity that it is yours and only yours. Anime analysis content on YouTube and in other places is something in trouble. I am not saying Im trying to save it or that I am making masterpieces. I almost want nothing to do with the label as I try to also give some advice. However if I am going to be this critical I need something to show for it. Dont criticize someone for doing something when you are doing nothing. And the best way to give advice is to try to be the best example of it. Afterwards I put the video on loop as it really made me think about all this. Soon enough the tears started coming. This is something I have said more than once but I dont want to bottle up my feelings like too many others do. This could sound ridiculous but what With All Our Hearts is trying to say is greater and more meaningful than what a lot of those 1 cour anime Ive seen try to. As one can see this anime can mean a lot to an artist to the extent that a review of it compels a selfanalysis of what this means to the viewer. Realizing that I was also being overly selfcritical I too began to see some of the colors.