Theater
08/15/2020
映像研には手を出すな！
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Winter 2020Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
https://myanimelist.net/anime/39792/Eizouken_ni_wa_Te_wo_Dasu_na
If you are a big fan of anime production, this is the right anime for you. Eizouken is a quite innovative anime that spends the entire season talking about making animation.
If you have ever watched Shirobako, the concept is a bit similar. However, instead of showing about every process in anime production (playwright, sakuga, voice acting, etc.), Eizouken focuses on how to make the production look real, smooth, and exhilarating, and it all starts from three young but enthusiastic highschool girls with crazy imaginations and astonishing talent.
The way this anime delivers its concepts is literally the definition of mind-blowing.
輪るピングドラム
Penguindrum
Summer 2011Penguindrum
https://myanimelist.net/anime/10721/Mawaru_Penguindrum
If I were to give this anime a tag, I would say this whole anime is a symbolism of fate. The story started where a sickly girl was given a second life by a spirit residing in a penguin hat. In the exchange for her life, the spirit appointed her two brothers to search for a mysterious penguin drum. The journey led them towards the string of fate.
The story is of course, not only about fate. Beyond that, there is hope towards tragedies, unconditional love for somebody, thoughts of life, etc.
The art of Penguindrum is beautiful and surreal, even after 10 years when we look at it again; The soundtracks bring out the mood and made me lost in thoughts. Maybe this is not everyone’s cup of tea, but for me personally, it’s beyond amazing.