Hello everybody, New Year new start and hopefully this year will be amazing with an anime world as well. There are tones anime I am super excited for this year and also a lot of interesting projects I hope to take on in the New Year. Let’s get this January wrap-up started
One of anime I have been seriously into this month is Ajin,
this was one of my favourite manga is that I have read in last year and I was
so excited for the anime adaptation. People were comparing this amine to the
likes of Attack On Titan and Tokyo Ghoul in the amount of amazingness that this
manga contained and the it doesn’t disappoint fans of the manga. Even though
the animation is rotoscoped and some anime that use rotoscoped animation have
been not so well received (good example of this is some flower of evil
screenshots) so far the story has been really closely adapted from the source
material which is a fan I can appreciate and also once you get past the
animation actually a really good story and therefore it’s worth a watch. If you
want to see my analysis of the storyline check out my manga advent calendar
article I did on this. This anime scores 7.8 out of 10, if the story deviates
from the manga then this will be changed to a seven if not then the score shall
stay the same.
Another anime I have getting into is Dagashi Kashi, the
story is about Kokonotsu and how Hotaru begins to teach him the ways of dagashi
(Japanese sweets) in a bid to get him as excited about selling dagashi as she
is. The story is interesting from a learning standpoint as you learn about
various dagashi and culture that goes hand in hand with them. It’s pretty
interesting to see the large amount of sweet the Japanese have to offer, it’s
interesting from a cultural perspective who knew sweets could of a subject
interest as a viewer. The characters are funny and create interesting comedic
situations all hand-in-hand with the knowledge that is part of the show. It’s a
very light show which is good because a lot of shows I have been watching this
month particularly dark. This anime scores 7.8 out of 10.
The anime that everybody has been talking about this month
is Erased, do not want to spoil the plot for those who are not into the shop
but I will give you some headings that occur within the show. Time travel,
Mystery and murder are all involved within this story’s plot and to avoid
spoilers I cannot disclose the names of characters and their motivations
because I think the show was amazing, this sure should be watched blind because
not knowing any of plot is one of the best things, you do not know what is
going to happen to the characters or where the storyline will go. It is one of
my personally favourite anime’s of this month it is definitely on my watch
straightaway agenda so therefore this anime deserves score of 8.4 out of 10
since I have not seen the show in full I cant say that with 100% certainty that
this score will not be subject to change.
Most of the shows I have been watching pretty heavy and also
with the bad weather, this month I have been watching a lot of light material.
Good example of this is Myriad Colors Phantom World, a story about how ghosts
and Demons and other such creatures have been normalised within society. Our
main cast of characters are part of a club that disciplines creatures that
cause problems for people. There is probably an overarching story to this plot
that I haven’t reached yet but I enjoy the light-hearted plot for the moment
but I’m getting a sneaking suspicion that this anime will punch me right in the
feels eventually. The cast are funny but yet have the damaging back stories and
it’s a pretty colourful show so far the score for the sure is 6.8 out of 10 if
it punches me in the feels this score shall rise to 7.
I’ve also received my first new manga of the year which is
the manga adaptation of wolf children. Artwork is done nicely and I loved the
movie (the score for the Wolf Children is 8.5/10) and the manga is the
expansion of how much I love this film. This year I hope to see the beast and
the boy which is directed by this scene studio that did the Wolf children
because I have heard it even better. I have mostly been following my original
manga series and have not picked up any new materials but I am looking into
some new reading materials.
As for projects during the year I hope to bring some more
popping cooking sets as well as some other Japanese inspired delights. I may
have some larger projects planned such as some DIY ideas but those are still in
the think tank at this moment in time. I also may have an important
announcement at the beginning of March regards to special event that I will be
attending, I will give you a hint it is to do with anime.
Regards Fiona
