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Global Shinkai Day Movie Marathon part 2: The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)

Global Shinkai Day Movie Marathon part 2: The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)

I liked Voices of a Distant Star. It was the first Makoto Shinkai work I watched, and considering it was less than half an hour long, I think it was able to make the most of every minute it was allotted. Details and backstory that established the OVA’s world were given second seat to the characters due to its time constraints, and for the most part, I’d say it was the right call. The Place Promised in Our Early Days…

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Plastic Tack-Tic: Psycho-Pass Initial Thoughts

Plastic Tack-Tic: Psycho-Pass Initial Thoughts

Psycho-Pass is one of those unapologetically brutal shows that hits the ground running and continually pummels you with depressing truths, and yet for some reason you welcome each and every blow. Of the new anime that premiered last season, Psycho-Pass’ blatant grittiness was definitely enough to warrant at least some attention in an age where most anime rely on the whole concept of moe. Even the series’ chief director made a point in an interview that the m-word mustn’t even…

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Episodic Review: Chu2 05 & 06

Episodic Review: Chu2 05 & 06

More high school antics! Eeyep, still don’t like Dekomori, at least when it comes to her as a one-girl show. She’s just quirky to the point that it’s not interesting. Her whole bit with hating milk and connecting it with why she’s so short… I let it slide when watching FMA, but now… just no.

Episodic Review: Chu2 03 & 04

Episodic Review: Chu2 03 & 04

Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai! is definitely one of those series where right when you think you have its genre pinpointed, it starts making certain scenes of a different genre more dominant. The “will they/won’t they” type of relationship between Yuuta and Rikka has been mentioned more in a comedic fashion, but the more times they bring up the idea, the more viewers start to wonder if it’s more than just a running gag. I take it Isshiki had similar…

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Episodic Review: Chu2 02

Episodic Review: Chu2 02

For reference, I’m currently caught up with the series and am only behind in terms of making entries on them. Really digging the series so far, though I do have something of a minor gripe. The episode starts off with a chase scene between Rikka and her sister, and we see what I can only assume to be Rikka’s after school free-dress which… works oddly well. Usually I think of the Lolita style to be one of those things that…

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Episodic Review: Chu2 01

Episodic Review: Chu2 01

Halfway through the new season of anime, I guess it’s about time I started another episodic review. For reference, the other new shows I’m following are PSYCHO-PASS and Robotics;Notes. And with PSYCHO-PASS being too srsbzness, and Robotics;Notes being relatively vanilla so far, Chu2 seemed the most bloggable. Flickering text on a screen coupled with blurry images of people? Just what kind of animation studio would take such artistic liberties with its introductory scene? Ah, Kyoto Animation. Keeping in mind the…

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Final Thoughts: Sword Art Online

Final Thoughts: Sword Art Online

I stopped watching at episode 13 even though I know that technically the first arc ends at episode 14, but with the direction things were going, I couldn’t put myself through another episode of this. Sword Art Online started off promising enough, taking place in a distant future where technology has reached the point where mainstream videogames not only appealed to a slightly broader audience than you’d expect, but also were able to literally insert yourself into the game. Mix…

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