UN-GO follows Shinjuurou, a detective, and his partner Inga, as they solve crimes in an alternate-history dystopian Japan.
UN-GO was my second favorite series of the season, after Penguindrum. I’ve already ranted at length about why I love this show so much in my weekly posts, so I’ll keep this short and sweet. Continue reading UN-GO Review — A-
I could have easily done twelve posts all on Mawaru Penguindrum. But I controlled myself, and picked a single moment: when Ringo attempted to spawn frog eggs on Shouma’s back in order to make a love potion for Tabuki. This is probably the moment when Ringo’s insanity peaked.
This scene somehow manages to simultaneously be both utterly disgusting and utterly adorable; completely innocent and completely twisted. Just look at this shot, which I think captures the feeling perfectly:
Continue reading Spawn of Frog — Eleven Days of Advent and One Day of Christmas #12
And the award for best fantasy / sci-fi series of the year goes to… *drumroll*…. Nichijou!
The first cube skit was epic. This could have been made into a stand-alone series. I’ll skip most of it and jump to the ending though. Continue reading Cubes to the Kingdom — Eleven Days of Advent and One Day of Christmas #11
The Kifuuken are a secret order of swordsmen dedicated to slaying flesh eating monsters. But Toshihiko, the heir apparent, has fallen in love with one of the flesh eaters. From the description, this might sound like some innocent story of star-crossed love. Nothing could be further from the truth. Continue reading Kemonozume Review — C
What a beautiful final episode! Everything is wrapped up nicely and there are no big loose threads, but it hasn’t spelled out too much directly either.
The ending they went with was very satisfying— it wasn’t a cop out; people died, but it was a happy ending all the same.
Recall how in the previous episode, Sanetoshi claimed that the world should be destroyed because people are trapped in their own boxes. At the beginning of this episode, Shouma and Kanba are trapped in their own boxes (quite literally). When Kanba finds an apple in his box, he shares it with Shouma, so they both can live. Continue reading Mawaru Penguindrum 24 — Sharing the Fruit of Fate