Anime Pilgrimage RTT

Ahoy thar!

Block almost conquered!

Monster 63, Tide-Line Blue 11, Sugar, Howl’s Moving Castle and Abenobashi should all be winging their ways to you soon!

Oh yeah, Appleseed too. I also owe you Haibane Renmei.

I’m just that dedicated.

Angel Heart – episode 1 (raw)

So hungry was I for Angel Heart that I obtained it raw. If I hadn’t known the story’s premise, I might have had more trouble: but, armed with what I know, I was able to interpret what was going on almost exclusively through Hirano Toshiki’s excellent direction. This first episode, at least, is close to cinematic in its presentation.

The entire original voice cast of City Hunter returns, and all I can say is yes: the trousers of time work.

Warning: I really am not sure how suitable it is for people who are just about to get into City Hunter to read this.
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Tide-Line Blue – episode 10

“Separation”

I seem to have been saying that this series has only been half good – but looking through previous writings, I have only taken issue with 30% of the episodes (ie three of them), and they were all more than passable. Of those, I have only been angered by one episode (ie episode four).
Tide-Line Blue, by playing the percentages, has been quite good overall. This episode is the calm before the storm and boasts some more of the characterisation that I like so much.
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Honey and Clover – episode twenty-three

“And once again, I begin to run.”

Why do I bother writing up this program? Every episode I say “beautiful composition, I love this, the characters … blah blah blah”. Series that are so uniformly excellent as Honey & Clover has proven to be are very difficult indeed.
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Tide-Line Blue – episode 9

“The globe – the new map”

Ostrich angst doesn’t work quite as well in this episode. The rest of this show is really firing on all cylinders, now, so that damned bird is forgiven. It’s a large mercy that the last few episodes of this series have been so good, because there are only three episodes left!
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