Fifth week of 2018 edition!
This is a Crow’s eye view of the posts that caught my attention this week. Typically, they’ll be posts that celebrate some aspect of anime, in particular strong characters, intricate plots, or amazing worlds.
There are only two rules:
- I have to find the site to read it. So, if you never see your site mentioned, it might be that I don’t know it’s there! Please feel free to mention your site in the comments.
- The post had to have been during this week
There’re a lot of good posts in the anime space. I hope this post helps you find some of them!
ANIME EVO
Nanatsu no Taizai: Revival of the Commandments – 03
I haven’t started watching the second season of Seven Deadly Sins, which will be streaming on Netflix when the series ends, but posts like this one from Anime Evo remind me why I should (well, when I can, legally, anyway!). For being such an over the top show, it has powerful character moments, like Ban’s efforts to restore the forest. So until Netflix gets the show, I’ll have to watch it vicariously through Anime Evo’s posts!
AngryAnimeBitches
DARLING in the FRANKXX Episode 4
This show continues to be creepy and delightful in turns. Just like last week, a post from AngryAnimeBitches highlights one of the things I really like about the show: interaction between the characters, particularly Hiro and Zero Two. Another thing I liked about this post? Its exploration of the show’s world. Though I don’t see a lot of discussion about it, the world has a lot of dramatic potential, and the post brings up some interesting possibilities.
ATELIER EMILY for me, in full bloom
“A paradise within thee, happier far” — Strelitzia in Darling in the Franxx
Didn’t I just get done saying that DARLING in the FRANXX is both creepy and delightful? And here comes ATELIER EMILY for me, in full bloom to put another tick in the “delightful” column! Episode 4 gave us something that previous episodes hadn’t, something this post calls “irresistibly charming.” It’s something, in fact, that I think might pull my opinion into the positive for the series.
Fantastic Memes
January 2018 Update: Ethics in Anime Journalism
As someone who used to write for newspapers (probably before most of you were born!), I’ve often wondered about the experiences journalists have when covering anime in Japan. I was really interested to read Fantastic Memes’ post on the subject. The details about interacting with Japanese corporations were fascinating.
You’ve never been by my site? Though as a summary blogger (one big summary post each week), it doesn’t lend itself to these kinds of links.
Hi Derek! Yes, I visit your blog about once a week! Please don’t take me not re-posting any of your content as a slight! On one hand, I think you’re right: I don’t know how well it’d work for me to summarize a summary! On the other hand — and this is entirely my fault! — I’ve been saving your Yamato 2199 posts because I just started watching it, and I wanted to watch it before I read anything about it!
For the record: I enjoy your site! I like how I can tell what’s new at a glance. I like your selection of screen caps, and I enjoy how you made it was easy to find the share/like buttons. I’m often surprised how many sites don’t use those!
Thanks for stopping by!