Having just finished Windy Tales, I have no idea.... what I just watched. A slice of life about 2 girls who learn to manipulate wind. Miki and Nao are best friends who are apart of the Digital Photography Club. Nao loves to take pictures of the sky or rather, the clouds and the wind. Through this Nao and Miki discover a girl who can manipulate wind, Ryouko; she tells Nao how she too, can learn this ability. Flying cats are involved too and they really set the story in motion.
The story, if there is one, is either too deep or metaphorical for me to understand, unfortunately I'm not so good at picking things apart and trying to understand deeper meanings of a show, so to me, Windy Tales was a very nice, slow slice of life anime.
I really liked the art style, it's what drew me to watch Windy Tales in the first place. Instead of having just the clouds and sky and wind be extra stylized, the entire anime is stylized and man, it's incredible. There are probably hundreds of ways one could draw a world to symbolize things like the wind and the clouds, I feel like Windy Tales did a fantastic job showing us a really unique and special outlook on a world where the wind is more than an unseen force. I absolutely enjoyed seeing the wind visualized and when it's being manipulated, I love the multi colored lines to show that it was being manipulated.
Music and all things related to audio in Windy Tales is phenomenal, there are so many good piano arrangements and really good pieces of music being played. There are certain songs that use drums and it really hits you while watching the crazy art and story unfold. The OP is absolutely amazing I feel like it's slow pace and relaxing melody portrays and conveys Windy Tales incredible well. The ED used is okay, it's more upbeat and cheerful inspiring a lot of fun, but that's not bad, since the show is very very fun.
I enjoyed all the little stories told in each episode, making Windy Tales for the most part, very episodic and slow. There is very little drama, very little to get upset about and a lot to enjoy. I also kept finding myself really enjoying how the characters were drawn. The accentuated and exaggerated art style is truly remarkable and I'd like to watch more anime that do things so boldly and different.
