The Rabbitte Perspective

Tick-Tock As much as animation style, from my personal point of view, is an imperative tool for a Japanese Animated series to competently exhibit - considering how a particular drawn or CG style will inherently resonate with those viewers watching the trailers or seeing the posters - it's equally imperative for an anime to naturally uphold a distinctive story that has engaging and compelling story elements. Indeed, while a show such as Attack On Titan  now has a recognisable visual and contextual style that a wide-range of audiences all know of and appreciate, it was this aforesaid series' inception in firstly showcasing it's distinctively haunting scenario which ensnared audiences to watch more and learn about the world's intricacies. This is very much similar in the case of The Promised Neverland , a new anime animated by Studio CloverWorks, which presents a rather sinister scenario that is addictively gripping to perceive as more episodes pass by; even though ...

Back To The Drawing-Board Unequivocally, while many outside audiences arguably see it as a series full of characters staring each other down, powering-up and fighting one another in a grandiose manner, there's a reason why Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball  is seen as one of the best anime show's of all time and why so many Shōnen's of similar ilk try to emulate its formula. Indeed, from its vast collection of episodes & different stories, to the 149 video game titles that have sold over 44 million units and even an holiday in Japan called "Goku Day" which is celebrated every year on the 9th May, Dragon Ball's popularity is certainly unrivalled and it's not just down to its lauded battles between different alien races and literal gods. As imperative as the implied East Asian martial arts is in abstracting Goku's ascend from a beginner to a master, it's the shows inherent way of moulding different cultural stories and ideologies together ...

From Horrific Fantasy To Political Nightmare? 😮 Whether you're an anime enthusiast or someone who just keeps a tab on anything popular that a large mass of people are currently watching, the name of Shingeki no Kyojin , or Attack On Titan  to make it accessible for everyone, is a Japanese animated show that must have come to your attention in one way or the other. Why? Well, much to the same degree as a lot of high-profile and well-received live-action shows in the forms The Walking Dead or Game of Thrones , Studio Wit's popular series inhabits a rather likeable aspect that audiences have come to grasp; characterisation. Amongst the aforesaid shows gruesome and Goya-esque monsters in the form of the titans and the inevitable fluid action that comes along with these entities, what's become more appealing to the devotee's that have followed Attack On Titan from its inception are the characters and how they're relationships with one another intriguingly chang...

Animation Affirmation While it may seem uncommon, given the circumstance that these types of films aren't commonly shown at the theatres for numerous times and dates, it's fathomable to perceive just how necessary it is for a popular Japanese animated T.V. show to delve into the cinematic realm and wow its devotee's with a separate and elongated story. Indeed, in taking a look at many popular anime shows such as Fullmetal Alchemist , Bleach  and Dragon Ball Z  which have each respectively dabbled onto the silver-screen more times than the ordinary cinema-goer maybe aware of, it's almost a rite of passage for these shows to test their distinctive merits to those who are intrigued merely at the sight of the drawn animation itself. While it's arguable that many of these series-to-film animations tend to form a cheap trend of exhibiting a context that's made to be rather forgettable and inconsequential in relation to what's already been told in their resp...

Childhood Romanticism  As much as it may seem that Makoto Shinkai, forever known now as the master animator/director in crafting the wonderfully emotional and detailed Your Name , is taking the 'mantle' as the top Japanese animation director from Hayao Miyazaki, who's currently delving into animation in moulding a Studio Ghibli film named How Do You Live? , one name that can't be misplaced - especially amongst those who follow anime carefully - is Mamoru Hosoda. While my personal introduction to the said directors work came in the form of Digimon: The Movie , an apt film at the times of its release which tried to rival the mass popularity of Pokémon: The First Movie , it's arguable to state that Hosoda's real auteurist plunge came years later in the shape of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time ; a film which meticulously blurs the line between reality and fantasy and elaborately highlights the importance of family. It's this very motif which has shaped Ho...

Going Further Than Plus Ultra?! As understandable as it is that many people will have been fatigued from the events that transpired in this years Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War , being that the said film is a culmination of preceding superhero films that pits a mass amount of characters into one context, it can't go unnoticed how a select few will have been equally enthused for the arrival of My Hero Academia's 3rd season. To answer why captivated audiences would have been looking forward to seeing Kenji Nagasaki's anime series is simple, it's because it upholds a contemporary status quo of anime which seamlessly demonstrates the said genre's loveable aspects; that of intriguing story-telling, vivid artistry and complex characterisation. If many have already read my review of My Hero Academia's 2nd season, then you'll know why there isn't much left to be said of the aforementioned show that hasn't already been said already. Ever since i...