♦ Kuchu Buranko The first episode undoubtedly meets my expectations of an innovative and refreshing visual experience with interesting script and concept, so it comes as no surprise that Kuchu Buranko is the most convincing anime of the fall season in my book. It’s interesting to see anime which push the medium into new [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Fall Season 2009 Impressions: Part 2
Posted in Animation, Fall Season, Impressions on October 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Needless #13 & #15
Posted in Animation, Animator, Madhouse, Summer Season on October 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I actually haven’t paid much attention to Needless so far since it’s pretty much standard fare by Madhouse as they tend to outsource “low priority” shows (usually manga adaptions) to their Korean affiliates, but recently there were two episodes which caught my interest, to be exact #13 and #15. I checked out episode [...]
Fall Season 2009 Impressions: Part 1
Posted in Fall Season, Impressions on October 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
♦ To Aru Kagaku no Railgun It comes as no surprise that the first episode features some excellent work both on the directing and animation side of things, certainly one of the most impressive first episodes this season. There’s a whole army of animation directors on this episode (9), which says a lot about [...]
BLACK★ROCK SHOOTER & Studio Ordet
Posted in Animation, Kyoto Animation, Ordet, Yutaka Yamamoto on October 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Last week the pilot edition of BLACK★ROCK SHOOTER was released that gives us a foretaste of the upcoming animation project by Yutaka Yamamoto and his studio Ordet. The promotion video of sorts is certainly convincing production-wise, the imaginative approach on visual directing and design as well as the interesting animation style with rippling and [...]
