OP: “Plan A (プランA)” by DISH// It’s not often that I’m moved simply by how good the first episode of an adaption is. So the fact that I was almost in tears over Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi probably deserves some explanation. Yes, I’m a big fan of the manga, and that’s part of it. I don’t …
OP: “Sweet Memory” (スイートメモリー) by Eve Summer kicks into high gear this weekend, with a number of the big titles on my list breaking ground. Shoushimin Series certainly falls into that category, and the main reason for that is simple – Yonezawa Honobu. He’s the novelist of the source material, and the creator of Hyouka, …
The Elusive Samurai Short Synopsis: The would-be inheritor of the Kamakura shogunate flees his birthplace after his family is betrayed by a powerful warrior. Lenlo: Competing with Monogatari, Elusive Samurai is probably the best animated show of the season. It doesn’t quite have the same level of direction and shot composition that Monogatari does, it …
Fitting way to end the day. Impressions: By about minute two of this show, I was certain that unless somebody got run over or stabbed out of nowhere, I would be very, very bored. No, I still haven’t forgotten the ending to the first episode of Shigofumi, but that was a lot more poignant …
Okay, there’s only actually one. Impressions: It’s unusual to actually see production issues in this day and age. Most studios just… don’t animate things now. But if any animation studio will be at the forefront of that, you can count on CloverWorks. There’s both a bunch of framerate problems where the cel work on the …
…Okay. Non-Impressions: Oh, this is actually a 12 minute episode, followed by 12 minutes of… well, see for yourself. I started sorting caps before I realized that, and now I’m just kind of nostalgic for when this censorship, and the far more bizarre claymation or floating bobbles used to be all the rage. I …
