Everyone’s reunited, and they’re going home! Everything’s over. Continue reading Shin Sekai Yori 07 — The End of Adventure →

That shot pretty much sums up the episode. Continue reading Shin Sekai Yori 06 — Into the Pits of Hell →

 Coming of Age

The children come of age in an instant, when they leave their peaceful walled garden behind and enter the wider world, filled with suffering. One moment they are children:

And the next they are most certainly not:

The change is as stunning visually as it is emotionally for the characters. Continue reading Shin Sekai Yori 05 — Be Human in this Most Inhuman of Ages →

Ok, I’m all caught up now. This is the show I’ve been waiting for since Penguindrum.

Building a World

This show knows how to make a world and immerse you in it. Consider just the ball game in the first half of the second episode. A few points to consider: Continue reading Shin Sekai Yori 02 – 04 — This is Wonderful →