Say what you will about that ending, but it can’t be denied that it was Argevollen being true to itself. I think the seeds of Shirogane no Ishi Argevollen’s commercial failure were sewn right from the beginning, and right up to the final whistle this was a series that never […] Read more
Goodness me – series finales and penultimate episodes already. Where does the time go? We said goodbye to Hitsugi no Chaika today with a predictable but modestly entertaining final episode (which seems fitting), and another long-time fence-sitter in Argevollen is down to one ep remaining. There was certainly a stretch […] Read more
All things considered, I’d say that was a pretty strange turn of events. Gonna be a short one today, as I just got back from Sendai and I’m pretty beat. In brief, I’m a bit puzzled about what to make of this turn of events in Argevollen. I’m not sure […] Read more
Let the final act of this tragedy well and truly begin. After its first stumble (though most seemed to disagree with me) in quite some time last week, Argevollen is very solidly back on-track with this episode. We’re back in the full-on Greek tragedy mode, with hubris and greed driving […] Read more
Gin and milk? I hope the milk was for Tokimune…. Argevollen has pretty much danced to its own beat right from the beginning, taking its time in telling its story and following a path that was quite logical while not usually being predictable. So the fact that this episode went […] Read more
Can a character like Cayenne be redeemed even this late in the game? Sorry, I’m not buying it. This was a strange sort of episode for Shirogane no Ishi Argevollen, perhaps most acutely for the fact that I’m not sure how the audience was supposed to interpret it. There was a […] Read more
The more exasperating head-desk bullshit I see elsewhere in anime, the more I appreciate Argevollen. I’m beginning to think (well, not beginning if I’m honest) that it’s no coincidence so much of the anime I’m enjoying at the moment is in the hands of elder statesmen and women. But it […] Read more
Satou Tatsuo is clearly a man who’s well-acquainted with a history book or two. For reference sake, here’s a little historical reminder: It’s worth remembering who Dwight D. Eisenhower was – a military man, the Commander of Allied Forces in World War II. He was all that long before he […] Read more
Is it just me, or was there something distinctly Valvrave-y about that episode? The shit has really hit the fan on Argevollen, which manages to convey through a quiet episode an unstoppable sense of impending chaos and tragedy. War is hell, even the most idealistically intentioned of them, but wars […] Read more
And so it begins. It seems to me that Shirogane no Ishi Argevollen’s patience is both its greatest strength and greatest weakness – the latter at least in terms of connecting with fans. This is the mecha series that’s antithetical to mecha anime in so many ways, more akin in […] Read more