{"id":216,"date":"2005-07-21T23:17:40","date_gmt":"2005-07-22T07:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/batrock.net\/anime\/?p=216"},"modified":"2005-07-21T23:17:40","modified_gmt":"2005-07-22T07:17:40","slug":"tide-line-blue-episode-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/batrock.net\/anime\/?p=216","title":{"rendered":"Tide-Line Blue – episode 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Spirit”<\/p>\n

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In the future, the world will be flooded. In this flooded world will live a boy who dresses like something out of Gravitation<\/I>, with a dark past, a carefree present, and a very rapidly darkening future destined to be interspersed with light comedy.<\/p>\n

People say that Kamichu!<\/i> is the “Ghibli-esque” of the season, but I see it’s Tide-Line Blue, not least because the character design is by Ghibli key animator Yamashita Akihiko. This is potentially a great adventure with an immersive world to play with … and I am, by default, a sucker for drowned worlds.<\/p>\n

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An accident has caused the world to flood, killing a grand total of six million people. If that’s the only loss we’re going to suffer when most of the planet is covered in water, I think we’re getting off easy. Anyway, Keel is the son of an influential fellow in the military, but he lives a peaceful existence on Yabitsu, an island topped by a grounded aircraft carrier.
\nIn this carrier, an old woman known as Aoi tries to form a new United Nations, but two of the countries won’t be in it unless they have veto power. Then another<\/I> power interrupts negotiations by firing missiles directly at the carrier. Keel must then figure out what to do with a pregnant woman on his hands and all sorts of hell being let loose!<\/p>\n

The thing that got me, really, is the blue. The skies in this anime are incredible, reminding me of series and places that never even existed. In many ways I am stuck in the past, and this Tide-Line Blue<\/I> helps me in that. It doesn’t stop at the blue, however: sunset is beautiful, and accompanied by danger that carries into the deepest night. I’m not sure if I can expect this all the way, because at some point it is<\/I> going to turn into a submarine anime, but I’ll take it where I can find it. <\/p>\n

The only thing I really don’t understand is why Isla, the aforementioned pregnant woman, has a pet ostrich. Oh well; live and learn.<\/p>\n

I’m running out of time to watch things, and some of the stuff I’ve picked up simply isn’t going to progress beyond the first episode … but Tide-Line Blue<\/i> looks like something of a winner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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