Now that I have finished watching this rather generic series, I want to point out the only episode that is a real achievement in my eyes: GoHands’ #10. Overall, Seiken no Blacksmith suffers from the typical problems of most light novel adaptions as it neglects proper storytelling in favor of ridiculous otaku-centric plot devices, [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Seiken no Blacksmith #10 / Kouichi Kikuta
Posted in Animation, Animator, Fall Season, manglobe on December 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Winter Season 2010 Anime preview
Posted in Preview, Winter Season on December 12, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Compared to the last few winter seasons the number of new anime has noticeably gone back and, sadly, more than half of them seem to be the usual cheap cookie-cutter stuff that dominates modern anime, though there are still a few promising series in the lineup. High Expectations ♦ Durarara!! It’s basically [...]
Shigeyasu Yamauchi’s Railgun #9, Naoto Hosoda’s Kiddy Girl-and #5
Posted in Animation, Fall Season, Naoto Hosoda on December 5, 2009 | 4 Comments »
To aru Kagaku no Railgun #9 I wasn’t particularly impressed by “To aru Kagaku no Railgun” so far (apart from episode 1), even if Tatsuyuki Nagai‘s supervision makes it more bearable than most of the other currently airing “bishoujo” series. He tends to work with many freelance artists so now and then you come [...]
Must-watch animated game openings: Part 3
Posted in Animation, Animator, Game on December 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Kinpachi-sensei Intro (2004) This nice sequence serves as the intro for the 2004 PS2 game with the extra-long title “San nen B-gumi Kinpachi-sensei densetsu no kyoudan ni tate!”, which was produced by Chunsoft who got recently some attention for their visual novel “428: Fūsa Sareta Shibuya de” and its anime spin-off “Canaan”. I especially [...]
