Momogari's Anime
All scifi titles.
| Science Fiction▲▼ | Rating▲▼ | Comment▲▼ |
| A.I.C.O. -Incarnation- (ONA) | Masterpiece | Absolutely gripping story with superb action animation. Had to binge it in one night. The story focuses on dramatic action, character interactions, and plot mystery. |
| (The) irregular at magic high school (TV) | Excellent | Good story, fun characters, excellent music and animation. Is a hero story following a brilliant engineer and his powerful sister--some wincest included. Is also one of those series that is well-formulated in that it's servicey, but so tastefully so and so well-done that it's a better show for it. All around a really great anime that absolute deserves all 26 episodes. |
| Origin ~Spirits of the Past~ (movie) | Excellent | Good movie. Artistic, creative, interesting story. Good characters and character development. |
| Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars (TV) | Very good | This was a much better anime than I expected. "Evangelion, where all the kids are happy and well-rounded and Nerv sponsors a lot of picnics on the beach" (Justin Sevakis). That's a good description. It's obviously meant for younger viewers, but at the same time, it has a serious scifi story that mixes culture and history and the drama of human civilization with imaginative setting. I won't risk blasphemy by outright claiming it to be like Arthur C. Clarke or Carl Sagan, but I do see similarities in the way it concerns itself with people. I appreciate that anime can do this in a kids' show. The physical scifi/supernatural elements are cheesy, but that's ok. In any case, apart from the scifi, there's politics, confusion, mystery, espionage, existential threat, and...picnics on the beach. This is produced by Madhouse, and by the same team that did Stellvia. The script is really good. The actors are good too, but the script makes all the normal scenes feel really human and life-like. It's almost like half the show was ad-libbed by good friends. It either ignores or defies a number of tropes, too. The hero is a secondary character, for one thing. It works well. |