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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Man I didn't know this was an adaptation of a Kenji Miyazawa creation until the opening credits rolled and since I haven't read that piece of literary work, I don't know if this was faithful to the source material as well. The animation was meh but being an 80's work I guess it was ok by me. The narration was great since it really fleshes it out as a children's story. Overall I rated this at 7/10 in my list. |
| You see there's no need to wonder where your god is, Coz he's right here! ...and he's fresh out of mercy. |
| ^couldn't believe anyone wouldn't dig the animation on this one, but to each their own...i really found this to be a moving and beautiful piece of animation - really liked the expressionistic quality of the art (reminded me somewhat of van gogh, one of my favorite artists)....great story as well - it really captured the dreamy lostness of childhood and the strange impressions children get from what seem to adults to be very normal things - i recommend it highly! |
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| The music was really cool, the art style was okay, the animation was subpar, but I gotta give it some credit since it's a 1980s anime. Was less creepy than I thought it would be. The cover pic for the anime page looks like a clown on a horse. And Saburou's character kind of threw me off a bit. He seems like a serious, quiet boy but he's actually playful and childish. |
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| Really like the mood here - Rintaro's direction and Kanemori's designs are awesome Berry-Vodka said: so those two grew up to become the stars of Ping Pong the animation. the movement was funny like cardboard figures or something xD 7/10. I also got some Taiyo Matsumoto vibes haha |
| I found an English translation of the story. Read a bit of it. Even for that small part, this anime isn’t 100% faithful in details. Some things were simplified, others were more mystical, and others were altogether omitted. Nonetheless, having watched the anime first and then reading a part of a translation of the story, I like the choices the animators made. This version was the right length and had the right qualities to make a good impression on me. PS: The way the narrator read the title wondering if I was watching a version dubbed in English. Then in the end credits I saw that the narrator was non-Japanese. |