Six episodes in, Kingdom continues to be a contradictory viewing experience. With each passing week I get more wrapped up in the story of Kingdom, and more irritated by the distracting CGI. I’d thought we were past the point where this would be an issue as it was mostly limited […] Read more
I hope the seiyuu in this series are being paid by the decibel. I don’t know my Chinese history well enough to speak to the historical accuracy of Kingdom, but I can speak to the entertainment value – and thus far, it’s pretty consistent. Now that the excessive use of […] Read more
A funny thing happened on the way to episode four of Kingdom… If you’ve been following my posts on this show, you know my biggest gripe has been with the excessive use of CGI in the scenes that one would normally not expect it. Well, there’s been a slow decrease […] Read more
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
Or is it 03? I’m not really sure… First things first – the animation was definitely better this time. It’s still not going to win any awards and there’s still too much CGI where CGI shouldn’t go – but better. Perhaps the crush of CGI in the premiere was a […] Read more
What is first shall be… First. What – is it summer already? OP: “Pride” by Nothing’s Carved in Stone Seems like every anime season lately has a series that debuts a month before the rest of them. This time around, it’s Kingdom, from Studio Pierrot. There are several reasons this […] Read more