I had no idea when I called Shirobako a WUG for the anime production world that it would turn out to be as true as it has. Shirobako – 05 First off, I would certainly acknowledge that Shirobako is an interesting series – and that it’s better, on the whole, […] Read more
That was a really heartwarming, feel-good episode of anime. Oh, and I watched Shirobako too. Shirobako – 04 Looks like I spoke to soon in the Fall Check-in – Shirobako is the kind of show its previews suggested it would be, for one week at least. I found this CGBC […] Read more
If anime were played at bars on casino floors in Vegas, Psycho-Pass 2 would be a perfect fit. Shirobako – 03 Shirobako continues to be a modestly interesting take on the trials and tribulations of the anime production process, though I do find myself wishing it would refrain from inserting […] Read more
Is Sausage moe? Shirobako – 02 Otto von Bismarck said that “The making of laws is like the making of sausages – the less you know about the process the more you respect the result”. As far as Shirobako is concerned, I haven’t yet decided if anime is like law. […] Read more
Does Urobuchi Gen know something we don’t? Shirobako – 01 If Wake Up!, Girls! and Bakuman had an illegitimate child, it might look a lot like Shirobako. And how much that prospect appeals to you might go a long way toward determining how much you’ll enjoy this show. With Mizushima […] Read more
The two Production I.G. NoitaminA shows this season both delivered eminently predictable endings, but it’s illustrative of their natures that they chose such different ways of going about it. As I look back on Psycho-Pass, my impressions of the series highlight two fundamental truths I see in Gen Urabuchi as […] Read more
Just because you know something is coming doesn’t mean it can’t have an emotional impact. That pretty much sums up this episode of Psycho-Pass, and doesn’t do a bad job of summing up everything its author has written. Urobuchi Gen is a purposeful writer. That can be a powerful thing, […] Read more
Psycho-Pass is nothing if not a study in contradiction. I keep hoping that this series will somehow transcend itself and find a kind of profundity in its character development before the end, though admittedly that seems extremely unlikely for many reasons. Of course character development isn’t really the maint point […] Read more
It seems as if the best course of action at this point is to accept Psycho-Pass for what it is rather than worry about what it isn’t, especially as what it is is a pretty solid show all things considered. I think the gloves are pretty much off now as […] Read more
There was drama both on-screen and off this week in the world of Psycho-Pass. There were two pretty big strikes against this episode of Psycho-Pass. First, the animation quality was absolutely horrendous. And second, it featured no Makishima whatsoever. Yet, in spite of that, I liked it a lot. In […] Read more