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Mar 30, 2014
I remember when I reached the end of the 3rd episode of Space Dandy. I was fairly pleased with the show. It was the kind of enjoyable humor that you can sit back, watch and turn your brain off for a half hour as you watch the antics of Space Dandy and his brave space crew...in space.
Once I watched the 4th episode "Sometime you can't live with dying, baby" that I knew I was in for something different. A majority of the episode was about the crew after they became zombies and the story was progressed via narration. While it wasn't the same goofy humor
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that I had loved about the first 3 episodes it was still pretty funny, but what I really appreciated was how the creators were willing to try something different.
The desire to challenge the status quo set the standard for the following nine episodes. Not content to just throw out something we had seen before, Space Dandy challenged the anime comedy genre with solid characters, a fun soundtrack, fantastic art direction, and a vast array of episodes that ranged from hilariously nonsensical (A Race in Space Is Dangerous, Baby and Nobody Knows the Chameleon Alien, Baby) to character dramas reminiscent of director Shinichiro Watanabe's earlier show Cowboy Bebop (A Merry Companion Is a Wagon in Space, Baby and Even Vacuum Cleaners Fall in Love, Baby) to beautifully artistic (Plants Are Living Things, Too, Baby and I'm Never Remembering You, Baby).
I was always excited to watch the next episode to see what new and exciting thing the creators would attempt to do in the show. Granted, there were several episodes that ended up being rather lackluster, but you certainly can't fault the creators for trying. However, the low points are few and far between when compared to the high quality of the rest of the series. All in all I would highly recommend Space Dandy to any anime fan.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Dec 18, 2013
Kyoukai no Kanata started as something that I was very excited about. It had a good premise that I felt like promised a lot of stuff. However, over the course of the show I never really felt like they were able to progress the story well enough for it to be something that delivered on what it could have been.
That said, I do not feel like I wasted my time watching Kyoukai no Kanata
Art
The animation was fantastic. This will be the show that I point to as the gorgeous staple of what high quality animation can and should be. The art style also fit
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very well into the world that it existed in. Bright, happy colors existing beside the darker shades did an excellent job of matching up with what Akihito said at the end of the show, "There will always be darkness in the light, but the night is not without light too." Or something like that.
Characters
Regrettably, the show often fails to take itself seriously enough for the characters to reach their full potential. Most of the characters showed potential to be rich and fulfilling; they could very easily have a good show into a fantastic one, but the characters often were dragged down by jokes or by being cute. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy light hearted fluff that these characters often were just as much as the next guy, but when the potential to be something so much more than just fluff is there then I feel like I got cheated out of greatness.
Sound
I loved the music in this series. The closing song in particular stands out in my mind. The way many episodes would end and fade into the credits was one of the high points of the show. It does a good job of capping of each episode in a way that is satisfying and as poignant as the episode allowed itself to be.
Enjoyment
I enjoyed watching Kyoukai no Kanata. I started watching it after the first 11 episodes had aired so I was able to knock it all out over a weekend and then waited for the finale. I did not feel like it took any serious investment on my part and that was definitely for the best. In a show like that this one that so closely misses the mark of being fantastic I can appreciate it as a lazy, watch-it-all-in-a-weekend kind of show. I would recommend Kyoukai no Kanata to anyone who wants to watch a goofy, fun little show with the warning that that is all that it will be: a goofy, fun little show.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Nov 12, 2013
Visual stunning, musically brilliant, fantastic characters, and awe-inspiring world building, these are the things that come to mind when I think of Mushishi.
Mushishi is an episodic show that follows Ginko, a Mushi master, as he travels around the world investing Mushi and helping the people that come into contact with them. As such, there is no overarching narrative leaving the interest in the series to derive completely from the sole recurring character (besides the narrator and one friend of Ginko who appears in 3 episodes). Ginko carries said burden wonderfully. Generally, he appears apathetic and removed. His voice (done wonderfully by Travis Willingham in the
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English dub) is generally monotone, however as you watch the show you will begin to realize that Ginko is deeply passionate about learning about Mushi and helping people. The credits rolled on the final episode leaving me with an empty feeling because I felt like a good friend of mine was leaving.
Artistically and musically, the show was unlike anything I had ever seen. In a world that is so filled and ran by mystic beings (the Mushi) the art style and music had to fit with that and it certainly succeed in this task. The lighting and use of bright colors make the world feel magically. This feeling is complimented by the music. Ambient and minimalist the music exists perfectly within the show. I listened to the music some outside of the show and it conjured up scenes in the show. The music is so well-intertwined with scenes that they exist hand-in-hand and to have them separated feels as though I am cheating myself out of the full Mushishi experience.
The story always drew me in too. No episode is directly related to any other episode (the closest thing being that events from other episodes are referenced in other episodes ex. the events of episode 1 are talked about in episode 5). Each one was wonderfully creative and served to add to the already vast and sprawling world of the Mushi. From this, you will get my only critique of the show: many episodes are vastly less interesting than others. Mushi are not good nor are they evil. They merely exist. Often times then, the mushi, in their own existence, will cause problems for humans in their existence. Sometimes, these issues are interesting and sometimes they are not. I can remember several times throughout the series where watching one of the episodes felt like a chore because I either did not care about what the Mushi were doing or I didn't like the people that were being effected by the Mushi. However, these episodes are few and far between and should not prevent anyone from watching this excellent show.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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