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August 19, 2008

Natsume Yuujin-Chou - 07

Filed under: Finished Series: Slice of Life/Drama/Natsume Yuujin-Chou



Short Synopsis: Natsume meets a young fox-spirit.
Highlights: That fox-spirit was SO adorable.
Overall Enjoyment Value: 8,5/10
Seriously, this series just keeps getting better and better. I couldn’t call Kurenai among the best that Brains Base has produced, but Natsume Yuujin-chou is definitely among their best work, along with Baccano. Incidentally, they were both directed by the same guy, the one who also directed Jigoku Shoujo. The result is an excellent characterization that really makes this series come alive.

The little fox-spirit was so incredibly adorable in this episode. It yet again enforced how one meeting for a youkai means much more than what it does for a human, and the fox-spirit, even though she’s so young, is brave enough to come and look for Natsume (who lives in a different town) to make sure that he isn’t lonely. That’s so sweet.

It’s a huge shame that there only seem to be 12 or 13 episodes, considering that this series is occupying Vampire Knight’s timeslot (which will be taking over the timeslot again when October starts). It’s too damn short for such an awesome series. It’s a shame that Brains Base series are only one season long, because this series has enough material for 13 more episodes.

Mission-E - 07

Filed under: Finished Series: Storybook/Mission-E



Short Synopsis: Chinami and Maori “try” to retrieve hacked information from the foundation.
Highlights: Outsourcing ftw.
Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10
That was an interesting fight-scene, and it looked actually really nice. A changing animation-style can either work really well or completely flop, there’s no in-between, but it looked very nice here. Mission-E’s artwork is perfect for a bit of experimenting, and I hope to see more of it.

In any case, there was a lot of good stuff in this episode. First of all, it turns out that the woman from Osaka and Mils Brimberg were two very different persons. Mils seemed to have suffered serious brain-damage from that accident at Amazawa village, and still remains at the hospital. Well, I guess that makes sense as to why Adol wants revenge for Chinami, although I wonder where the woman from Osaka fits in all of this.

Maori running away and running into Adol was perhaps a bit forced, but I do like how Maori can use her head, and be critical of the situation. I do wonder whether the creators are going to pull a Wellber and make her go back to Chinami, or that she’s going to be eloping with Adol. It’s probably going to be the first option, but I’m secretly hoping that the creators will pick that second option.