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After seeing Golden Kamuy, I wanted to look at more of Geno Studio’s repertoire and found myself staring at Kokkoku. So I added it to my list and began watching the extremely unique and fairly unknown anime I’d soon be hooked on.

So, for starters, Kokkoku (Moment by Moment) is the first anime series made by the studio who rose from the ashes of beloved Manglobe: Geno Studio. You might recognize the name as that cool dude from One Punch Man, but that’s Genos and also unrelated. I was happy to see a cool new studio who had done some solid art for Golden Kamuy. ...

The premise of the show is that a family is trapped in 6:59 PM because of a highly coveted stone capable of producing a time-stop curse, and a group called the Genuine Love Society wants sole control of this stone (the Genuine Love Society is able to move and operate inside of this world because of their “specters,” or spirits within them, which not everyone has). Here’s where all the fun begins. Spoilers from here on! This family, the Yukawa family, has to fend off the Genuine Love Society domineered by Junji Sagawa, who wants nothing more than to watch the future pan out with his control over time. With the specters inside off all inhabitants of this world, Sagawa would be able to spectate the beginning of the world to the end of time, so he wants the stone in order to fully harness this opportunity. Long story short, the Yukawas and their new allies, former Genuine Love Society members, take down Sagawa and escape this world of static time.

I really loved this story. It was incredibly interesting and had very good character dynamics. However it wasn’t perfect. For one, the concept of the specters seemed very haphazard and fluid. For example, the rule about how Specters can somehow be controlled and control time seemed like it was thrown in, as to make Sagawa’s motive make sense. Also, I found Shoko Majima’s existence very unnecessary. Don’t get me wrong! I really did enjoy her as a character, but her backstory didn’t seem to contribute much. So for these story flaws, I have to take off some points.

Next, the art. I really. Really. Really. Loved the art in this show. It had a very cool feel of despair yet warmth within a unfamiliar yet familiar world. The character designs were very solid and realistic rather than goofy, like what is present in many other anime. Though the animation was a little subpar and the CGI use for the Heralds was not exactly fluid, the art and concepts behind the animation were amazing.

The sound is most likely the most famous part about Kokkoku with its incredible opening and pleasant ending. Otherwise, the soundtrack fit with the show well (though not exactly memorable) and the sound effects were good.

Overall, Kokkoku was a great watch and I would definitely suggest you binge it on a weekend and take in a very unique and enjoyable story.