The tragedy of the Taira really comes through here, carried on the source material’s wings of glory. Read more

Watching this has literally become a physically painful experience for me. Read more

If one was going to punt on preserving the moral ambiguity of the original, it’s much easier to make the Minamoto non-people than the Taira. Read more

The burning of Kofukuji and Todaiji Temples in Nara was in many ways the single most important event of the entire Genpei War, so I hope you didn’t blink. Read more

If nothing else something of the pathos of this series can be salvaged if the narration slows down enough to give it a chance to express itself.  Read more

Through factors partly beyond its control and partly controllable, the anime is losing most of what makes Heike Monogatari so special. Read more

I think there’s an inherent paradox at work here. Read more

If you’re not familiar with the source material, I’m having a hard time imagining anyone keeping up with this. Read more

Turn it into an anime and not even Heike Monogatari is immune to the curse of filler. Read more