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Feb 29, 2016

Yume no Kaseki (Manga) add

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Dream Fossil is a collection of various short stories written by the late Satoshi Kon and whether you will enjoy this manga will largely come down to one question: Are you a fan of Kons other works?

If your answer is yes, then pick this up right away. Dream Fossil offers an unique look into the career of one of the greatest directors anime has seen to this day, and although not all stories are equally fascinating most are very entertaining.
If you pay close attention you will notice that some stories are very similar to some of Kons movies - Beyond the sun feels a ...

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Feb 9, 2016

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Bokurano is an anime I first heard of quite some time ago and I remember how intrigued I was when I read the synopsis. A mecha deconstruction with horror/psychological elements? Count me in.
But does the show hold up to its premise or is it one of these cases where the premise is great but the execution falls flat?

Let's start with the one aspect that started my interest in the series: the story.
While at first it seems rather clichéd, the story soon turned out to be one of my favourite aspects of the show. Every two or three episode the focus changes from one ... protagonist to another, which I think was very well done. The show keeps your interest by doing this and at the same time provides us with an continued storyline.
While I found the first half of the series to be marginally better than the second one because it contains most of the surprises and turning points it was overall very well done and wraps up nicely. One advise I can give is that you should try to not get spoiled, simply because that would take away the tension.
Story - 9/10

Let's be fair - Bokuranos animation is not great. The mecha fights are well choreographed, the mecha design is creative and this is one of the very few instances where the CGI does not stick out but apart from the fight scenes the animation is fairly average. The character designs are nice but nothing special and can get confusing at times and unfortunately are off-model very often. The backgrounds are rather beautiful and there are some instances where the animation shines like the scenes inside the robot which have a nice choice of color but these are few and far between. Overall the animation and art do the job but nothing more.
Animation/Art - 6

The music is equally uninteresting. It never works against the mood and usually compliments the anime rather nicely but it is nothing to write home about. The OP is great and fits the mood of the anime perfectly. The EDs are nice to listen to but not nearly as spectacular as the opening.
Music - 6 for the BGM, 9 for OPs and EDs

By far my most favourite aspect of Bokurano are the characters. Each of them gets there own little arc which usually do a better job then I expected. Not all characters are equally interesting and a few are pretty dull but overall I was immensely impressed how much I cared about characters I only got to know for two or three episodes. One thing I'd like to mention at this point is that while Bokurano is not very violent and sexual it contains some disturbing content that might put some viewers off.
Characters - 9

The most important aspect about anime is in my opinion the direction, and sadly this is one aspect I did not like so much about Bokurano especially at the beginning. My knowledge of cinematography is rather limited and I did not expect a work a la Miyazaki when I started this anime but it ended up bothering me more than I expected. In the first few episode everything seems to be shot in the same unexciting way that did not allow me to get a firm grasp of the surroundings. Maybe this was done intentionally - it creates a somewhat uneasy feeling after all - but I found it distracting.
Luckily the direction improves in episodes 6 and 24 which share the same director but in my opinion it could have been better.
Also this anime is heavily influences by Evangelion in case you could not already tell from the fact that it is classified as a psychological mecha deconstruction. This does not distract from the experience but I thought it was a bit much at times.

So is this a must-watch anime you should not miss or is it just another anime rip-off of a certain 90s mecha anime?
The answer to both these questions is 'no'.
But if you are a fan of psychological, more serious anime and like deconstructions as much as I do I recommend to check this one out. At the end of the day I found Bokurano to be a very enjoyable experience.
Overall - 8

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