It did suffer from production problems so I can see why they are doing it.Blood Blockade Battlefront-Episodes 10-12 (Complete)
Ended up really loving this series. Animation was fantastic, characters were brilliant and lovable, and the comedy was pretty great too. The whole series just had this manic energy which I adored, yet wasn't afraid to slow it down sometimes for some really good emotional moments, particularly at the end. I look forward to Season 2 with both cautious excitement. I hear there's some staff changes, which makes me instantly weary.
A Silent Voice (theatrical screening)
I tried to avoid hearing anything about this film before seeing it, but obviously couldn't avoid hearing how highly people rate it, and now I understand why! I'm genuinely at a loss for what to say that would do it justice, so I'll just say that director Naoko Yamada has joined the top tier of film-making talent in Japan with this. Your move, Miyazaki-san!
Also, seiyuu Saori Hayami, who plays female lead Shouko in the film, is builing a hell of a CV. She's also the woman responsible for this legendary piece of voice acting from When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace:
It's kind of an interesting situation, apparently the source material didn't have the same storyline and is more episodic (not that the anime isn't episodic at all) but the creator was happy enough to have an anime alternative version. I quite enjoyed the anime so I'd have liked to see more but something similar yet different could work too I suppose.Blood Blockade Battlefront-Episodes 10-12 (Complete)
Ended up really loving this series. Animation was fantastic, characters were brilliant and lovable, and the comedy was pretty great too. The whole series just had this manic energy which I adored, yet wasn't afraid to slow it down sometimes for some really good emotional moments, particularly at the end. I look forward to Season 2 with cautious excitement. I hear there's some staff changes, which makes me instantly weary.
It's kind of an interesting situation, apparently the source material didn't have the same storyline and is more episodic (not that the anime isn't episodic at all) but the creator was happy enough to have an anime alternative version. I quite enjoyed the anime so I'd have liked to see more but something similar yet different could work too I suppose.
The show itself was pretty interesting, at first I thought it was just going to be an action battle show but there's more to it than that. I'd be tempted to say it actually has more in common with the likes of Kino's Journey, where it's mostly interested in exploring different characters and situations, though I'm not sure if that's a fair/accurate comparison.
Actually that's probably a better comparison and quite a good point.Not sure if it sounds odd, but my point of comparison would be in line with Cowboy Bebop. As in, an unusual setting, focused on the the day to day life of the characters in said setting, with a variety of tones throughout the episodes. You have your goofy comedy episodes, your more straight laced, story centric episodes, and your character focused episodes, as well as an overarching plot that isn't the central focus until the last two episodes. Not sure if I'm reaching on this, but hopefully I made my case well enough.
That just sums up every Gundam series.Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky
As much as this was really amazing to look at, it's pretty standard Gundam fare. Not that means it's bad or I didn't like it, but I've seen the whole 'Someone on the Good side has a rivalry with someone on the Bad side' thing three times now in Gundam (the other two Gundam things I've seen are 079 and Seed) and it's kinda becoming a tad stale.
That just sums up every Gundam series.
Out of curiosity, would you recommend seeing the short before watching the 2 part series or not? I mean is it needed? Really wanna watch it but dunno if I should try find the short first or not.The Dragon Dentist part 2 - Really pleased with how this turned out, eagerly await the chance to purchase a copy to show support for this kind of stuff. Fingers crossed they can include the short too! Probably going to find and watch that again now.