Kyoshin to Hyouka no Shiro

The story is set in Nagasaki prefecture in Minami Shimabara city, the fabled origin of the Shimabara Rebellion that sent shockwaves through all of Japan in the early Edo period. It is also where a third-year junior high school student named Shirou spends his days with his school friends.

One summer day, Shirou's older childhood friend Akane returns to Minami Shimabara from Tokyo. Shirou and Akane take a stroll around Minami Shimabara with another longtime friend, Tokiya. While these friends are dealing with nostalgia and more complex feelings, a mysterious creature named Goron suddenly appears before them. This encounter with a mere little creature causes great events to unfold once more in this city...

(Source: ANN)

Tokiya Main

Murase, Ayumu Japanese

Goron Main

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Shirou Main

Ootani, Yuuki Japanese

Amakusa, Shirou Supporting

Park, Romi Japanese

Matsujii Supporting

Tadano, Youhei Japanese

Akane Supporting

Takahashi, Minami Japanese

Okamoto Director, Character Design

Takadera, Takeshi Sound Director

Fukuda, Chikayo Music

Kawamura, Shouta Director of Photography

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Feb 23, 2023

lilsock

Recommended

This could be a spiritual successor to Naruto, if Naruto had a Pokèmon. Best 6 minutes of my life. The fiery protagonist and the icy best friend/damsel in distress/turned antagonist are a perfect duo and the symbolism is obviously very strong in this series as well. We can see the knowledgeable and wise old woman at one point too, therefore enhancing the mystery of the action and making the viewer aware of the deep story behind the fight. A must watch if anyone is a hardcore shonen fan on a time crunch or if they're a speedrunner trying to appease to their "gotta go fast" ... fantasies.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Dec 21, 2020

2Pachinko

Mixed Feelings

The show consists of 4 episodes, the first three being around 1:15 each and the final one being 2:50 long. So its all shorter than 10 minutes.

While its so fastly paced and cant really tell a story the animation and ideas are good. The last episode and I guess the third one would be cool to see explored in an actual anime with a proper story and not something that feels like recaps.

Last episode was by far the best due to just the fight and seeing little snippets of what could be explored, but thats not saying much, but I say give it a watch!

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Feb 21, 2021

Denby

Not Recommended

Shiro, the Giant, and the Castle of Ice is an extremely short OVA following Shirou and Tokiya who are transformed into giants via stones gifted to them by their grandfather, Matsujii. Shiro is able to use the fire power of Goron to save Tokiya from the ice giant.
The show is only about six minutes in total so there is not all too much to say about it. The song in the final episode is good as are the backgrounds and emotions in the voice actors.
There isn’t all too much wrong with this show if it was to be used as a pilot. None of the ... characters are given a backstory and the viewer has no time to familiarize themselves with who they are. The backgrounds also don’t at all match the lighting on the characters which, with the exception of the giants, details and shadows are essentially non existent. As for background music, apart from the final episodes, there pretty much is none and the whole show is over before it even fully begins.
It’s definitely worth a watch as it is only about six minutes in length and is very fluid in animation and well put together, even if there are more words in this review than the entire script of the show.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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