It’s been a mighty impressive week for action scenes in anime. Kingdom – 03 Kingdom continues to benefit from a very good storyline, and the animation is slowly improving as the over-reliance on CGI eases off (or else I’m just getting used to it. First, a few notes – apparently […] Read more
Out came the children running.All the little boys and girls,With rosy cheeks and flaxen curls,And sparkling eyes and teeth like pearls,Tripping and skipping, ran merrily afterThe wonderful music with shouting and laughter. – Robert Browning, “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” As discussed in the last post on AO two […] Read more
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Even by Sankarea standards that was a pretty weird episode. Certain things I’ve come to expect from Sankarea. First, it’s going to look great – the best-looking TV anime DEEN has ever done, in my view. And second, the unexpected – because this show is all over the map and […] Read more
Of all the episodes of Sakamichi so far, this one might be the most difficult to get a handle on. I mentioned last week that Sakamichi no Apollon and Tsuritama – and indeed, all great anime – were much more alike than different, no matter their superficial dissimilarities. But if […] Read more
Can there really be only one more week to go? As the best series of the best season in the last few years winds down, I find I want to say less and less about it. Or rather, I need to say less, because Tsuritama leaves so little to chance […] Read more
Was that a romance flag I saw proudly waving there at the end? There’s a definite trend here – Polar Bear’s Café seems to trending less ironic and more heartfelt as it races towards the end of its first cour. Whether you view that as a positive or not depends […] Read more
Jormungand will sometimes let you forget just how ugly and brutal a world it is, but never for too long. Season one looks like it will continue it’s note-faithful adaptation right up to the end, finishing with a two-part adaptation of Valmet’s arc (though curiously changing its name in the […] Read more
I have no idea how much of that was anime-original and how much was from the manga, but it was certainly entertaining in a FUBAR kind of way. It’s been clear for a while that Zetman was headed for a crescendo of despair. Heck, most of the series has been […] Read more
Shouwa Monogatari may seem like a pleasant but shallow pool, but it runs a little deeper than you think. Slowly but surely, Shouwa Monogatari has been introducing some edgier material in with it’s simple, homespun family drama. It’s not exactly provocative, but what it does manage to be is refreshingly […] Read more