11-03-08 23.04 Top Anime (#6)
Today we’ll have a have a look at some of my favourites, some old, some new, all with what I perceive to be novel artistic styles within the genre. Start off with a new one this is Hakaba Kitarou. Here’s the beginning of the first episode.
When it comes to decent art style there’s not much that Mahiro Maeda of Animatrix notoriety doesn’t know. This is a 26 part series called Gankutsuou done at Gonzo. It is based on the classic book ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’. Here’s a 5 minute trailer – another cool one after the cut.
This is Mahou Shoujotai, it consists of 40 9-minute episodes and episode titles ranging from ‘Omen of Destruction’, ‘Interdimensional Sea’ and ‘Infiltration! Demon World’ give a good idea of the bizarre framework of the final piece.
Every anime so far has been an absolute belter, but now we’ll crank it up one more notch. This is ‘Belladonna of Sadness’ the 1973 Eichi Yamamoto directed, Osamu Tezuka produced psychedelic classic. Enjoy…
