Requiem from the Darkness - 2003 - 7.5/10
The anthology series is an adaptation of Kyogoku Natsuhiko work. Genre is Horror, Mystery, Supernatural, Fantasy with Historical and Psychological themes.
Show consists of a writer who journeys across the country to write an anthology of disturbing / ghost stories and his misadventures along the way. MC often meets the Ongyu, a trio with supernatural powers that hunt the wicked, on these travels.
Show depicts a lot of graphic gore and violence. Most characters are deformed in one way or another, the surroundings are dark and often quite literally twisted, setting the mood for all the disturbing things the
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Aku no Hana
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Akuma No Hana - 2013 - 8/10
The exploration of perversion, naivete, alienation due to challenges, and hormone driven psychological conflicts during the formative years for our characters are some of the best parts of this anime. Negatively speaking, I wish the dynamic between Kagusa and Nakamura was established with a better foundation, her pull didn't seem weighted enough for me as pointed out earlier on. The rotoscope doesn't bother me, I think it actually fits the story pretty well. It's realistic and at the same time foreign, the portrayal gives a feeling of alienation to the characters visually while also allowing the uneasy tension and anxiety ... Previous - |
