I have a bit of a tradition with these posts! It’s a pretty straight up tradition, I write them and have a lot of fun doing it! The gist of it is that I look back on the year and pick my favourite animes that I’ve watched over the past twelve months then try to…
Tag: Shin Sekai Yori
Top 5 Anime That Made (Just) Me Think
I’m an odd sort of fellow. My brain latches onto very incongruous things and then just expands on them in ways that don’t always have a logical basis. I will find myself thinking back time and again on series and discovering new little elements to puzzle out. There are movies and shows which are obvious…
Still Best Tag – The One Liner Challenge
I decided to once again make an honest effort at going through my backlog of nomination posts and I fell on one of my very favourites. Seeing as I practically coerced tetrax4berium into nominating me for this one, I really have no excuse to have waited this long! I’m sorry. Imma fix that now. please go rea…
Favorite shows I watched in 2018 – They may have come out a decade ago (12 days)
This was one of my very favorite posts to put together last year! I almost jumped the gun and wrote it early on at least 3 separate occasions but now the time is finally here! I’m a little giddy…
The Sacrificial Lambs of the New World
….Shin Sekai Yori… I’m not sure I was prepared. I don’t know if my review for the series will be published by the time this post goes up. In any case, let me just say, Shin Sekai Yori is one dense show. It’s heavy with meaning, dripping with allegory, ruthless in its judgment and harsh…
Shin Sekai Yori – The Lessons of the Bonobos (Countdown to Halloween)
Genre: Dystopian, horror, science fiction, romance Episodes: 25 Studio: A-1 Pictures It seems pretty clear that humans are destined to muck things up. Whether individually or in large groups, we seemed determined to make every mistake for ourselves before we learn a single thing. And let’s face it, we manage to learn the wrong lessons…