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Winter Anime
Jan. 20th, 2016 09:04 amSo I took it in my head to get back into anime and actually picked up a few new shows this season:
ERASED: (Japanese title: Boku dake ga inai machi, lit. "The town where only I'm not there") Basically a thriller with a supernatural time-travel element. Compelling and promises some good depth.
Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu: A mature period drama about the challenges of an artistic life, showcasing an obscure traditional Japanese theatrical form? HOT DAMN! Yes, the crossover audience for something like this is pretty narrow, but I am so totally in it. (The theatrical form in question, Rakugo, is a bit like stand-up comedy with a traditional canon of routines.)
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash: This one is closer to "on probation" than the others. It's a "trapped in an MMO (or suspiciously MMO-like fantasy world)" show* that sets itself apart by being at once gritty and humane, looking more seriously at what it would be like to be plunked down in a place where you have to murder goblins for a living. At least so far, it mixes in enough charm to avoid descending too far into grimdark, but we'll see if that holds up. (There is a bit of annoying fanservice occasionally, but the show itself almost seems to slyly undercut it, to me. Also ep. 1 has a "camp gay" character, but at least they have the decency to be a badass and not take any guff.)
And I'm still slowly catching up on the previous season of Snow White with the Red Hair, haven't gotten into the new stuff yet. Still largely fluffy and wholesome, although as of ep. 8 it may be taking on a bit more of an edge.
*These things are a genre unto themselves in anime these days, even as The MMO Grinder scrapes the bottom of the barrel for material. Yeah, not sure what's going on with all that... (And it doesn't really matter if I'm not because my crappy internet connection couldn't handle an MMO even if my graphics card and social inhibitions could.)
ERASED: (Japanese title: Boku dake ga inai machi, lit. "The town where only I'm not there") Basically a thriller with a supernatural time-travel element. Compelling and promises some good depth.
Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu: A mature period drama about the challenges of an artistic life, showcasing an obscure traditional Japanese theatrical form? HOT DAMN! Yes, the crossover audience for something like this is pretty narrow, but I am so totally in it. (The theatrical form in question, Rakugo, is a bit like stand-up comedy with a traditional canon of routines.)
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash: This one is closer to "on probation" than the others. It's a "trapped in an MMO (or suspiciously MMO-like fantasy world)" show* that sets itself apart by being at once gritty and humane, looking more seriously at what it would be like to be plunked down in a place where you have to murder goblins for a living. At least so far, it mixes in enough charm to avoid descending too far into grimdark, but we'll see if that holds up. (There is a bit of annoying fanservice occasionally, but the show itself almost seems to slyly undercut it, to me. Also ep. 1 has a "camp gay" character, but at least they have the decency to be a badass and not take any guff.)
And I'm still slowly catching up on the previous season of Snow White with the Red Hair, haven't gotten into the new stuff yet. Still largely fluffy and wholesome, although as of ep. 8 it may be taking on a bit more of an edge.
*These things are a genre unto themselves in anime these days, even as The MMO Grinder scrapes the bottom of the barrel for material. Yeah, not sure what's going on with all that... (And it doesn't really matter if I'm not because my crappy internet connection couldn't handle an MMO even if my graphics card and social inhibitions could.)
