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The Secret World of Arrietty

Jun 25, 2011

This is the first Studio Ghibli film I've seen since Spirited Away, and I can see they still haven't lost their touch.  What's best known about Ghibli is their animation style and production quality, to which Karigurashi no Arrietty is yet another prime example of.  It's a film adaptation of Mary Norton's novel The Borrowers, and not based on the family comedy The Borrowers... See full review

9/10 story
10/10 animation
10/10 sound
9.5/10 characters
9.6/10 overall

Wish Upon the Pleiades (2011)

May 11, 2011

This really small mini series is an original net animation was produced by Gainax in association with Subaru.  Even though it is really short, but also recent, it also has the possibility of gaining a TV/manga adaptation if it get popular enough.  Personally I think it has a really low rating due to its length, but I'm going to review it based on what the series offered out of its 20-minute running.   **May contain spoilers, harsh language, or graphic images**   Story (7/10): What was offered by these 5-minute episodes... See full review

7/10 story
7.5/10 animation
7/10 sound
7/10 characters
7.1/10 overall

Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan

May 9, 2011

This anime, albeit short, was in essence purely a comidic series, wihch is also why i continued watching it.  What made me watch this was finding a .gif that made me both confused and humble.  So I looked it up and watched it. I need to edit this review to reflect my retrospective thoughts on it. **May contain spoilers, harsh language, graphic images**   Story (5/10): Basically there wasn't a real plot.  You just have Dokuro-chan living with Sakura on the... See full review

5/10 story
7/10 animation
1/10 sound
7.5/10 characters
5/10 overall