Anaglyph’s Anime Appraisals

First, big Kanon spoiler ahead. Stay away if you don’t want to be spoiled. Spoiler on collision course. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

I should preface this post by noting that I’m by no means an expert on fiction in any medium; I’m not a professional writer; I don’t have a degree in literature or even media studies; I’m just someone who has read quite a lot over the years and watched a lot of tv shows and […]

Just when you thought you could relax after three blissfully songless episodes, they’re back. I don’t want to dwell on it but I do find the inclusion of the songs strange. They’re too short and inconsequential to make this a fullblown musical anime and just come across as a bit odd and out of place […]

Red Garden’s jazzy opening song is really quite catchy, and the visuals are fairly striking too; the combination has something of a seventies vibe. Normally I’ll skip an anime’s credits without a second thought but there are a few exceptions and this is one of them, though the rap-metal ED is another matter; nice riff, […]

It’s times like this when I wish I’d taken Japanese instead of German back at school. After trying to patiently wait for the subs for a while, a child-like inability to defer gratification finally got the better of me; so here’s a few screenshots and some fatuous comments. They shouldn’t be too spoilerish, seeing as […]

This is probably of no interest to anyone but myself, although that could be said about my blog in general no doubt; nevertheless, I feel the urge to ramble about how I became interested in this strange world that is Japanese animation. If you’re looking for something to alleviate your boredom, rest assured, this post […]

It’s been bugging me for a while now: every time Kuroda appears I get the feeling I’ve seen him somewhere before. Today I realised who he reminds me of: Leonard Bernstein.

Bernstein look-alike Kuroda

Maybe there’s nothing in it but, given Red Garden’s Broadway leanings and the fact that Bernstein is the composer of a rather famous […]

Thanks to danbooru my image of the innocence and purity of Yumi and Sachiko has been forever tarnished.

A rigorous analysis of the episode including a careful examination of the themes and subtext of the narrative using Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment as a point of comparison in considering the underlying metaphor… in pictorial form.

Warning: image heavy.

After the first two episodes I wasn’t really sure about Red Garden but episode three has convinced me it’s going to be a good, worthwhile series. So far things seem much less episodic than is usual for anime. Much as I love the medium, a lot of shows have the feeling of being thrown together […]