I want to talk about the series on it's own merits first. I've only seen four episodes thus far and it's likely my opinion will change when I've viewed the whole series.
The set up of atmosphere in this series works very nicely. Right off the bat they begin throwing hints that not all is right in the town. The more you get into it, the more things seem a little off somehow. It really does make you wonder and make you curious to know just what is going on behind the scenes of this tiny little town.
The every day life bits
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Mar 26, 2008
Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro
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Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro is not a bad series. It is also not one of the best series out there either.
In a lot of ways, I view this series on an equal footing with Jigoku Shoujo. Some episodes are extraordinarily good while other episodes lack. Some of the mysteries in the series early on, much like Jigoku Shoujo's first cases, are very bland. Once you dive into the main plot, the series does start to liven up. In all honesty, it is the characters that make this series and not the story so much. The story comes as a sort of ... 
Jan 19, 2008
Kumo no You ni Kaze no You ni
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It's been a while since I watched this one so forgive me, I noticed thought that there were no reviews and decided to post one.
This isn't a bad OVA by far. But if you're looking for something extraordinary, look elsewhere. It's run of the mill as far as OVAs and anime go. The characters aren't terribly memorable and the main character (Ginga) looks SO much older than the other girls that the ending kind of threw me for a loop. The character designer did do much of the design work for Ghibli so I suppose that's why. The originality of the plot has to ... 
Jan 18, 2008
Hoshi no Koe
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You know, when I read reviews for this movie, the major sticking point always seems to be the length of the movie. At 30 minutes, it is a LOT shorter than most of it's animated brethren.
However, what Voices of a Distant Star (Hoshi no Koe) lacks in length it more than makes up for in the density of it's story and the intensity of it's plot. I was amazed at how much emotion was packed into this piece, much more than I've felt in many other 12 or 26 episode series. However, this could be in part too to my natural inclination for more ... |
