There is a spacious fifty minutes to each episode of Katanagatari — enough time for sweeping, epic tales befitting of the peculiar art style and setting within feudal Japan. Disappointing then that each episode has enough content for ten minutes which is written for twenty four then stretched torturously out to fifty. [...]
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Summary: Having obtained the first sword, Shichika and Togame make their way towards the second one, getting Shichika a change of clothes along the way.
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Here we are Winter 2010 Animes are releasing and yes there are some good ones. I will make a review of most of them after I finished watching them. But… there is an Anime that is looking different than the normal artstyle and I need to tell you about this one. I’m talking about “Katanagatari” Katanagatari, hmm? Sounds a [...]
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Having obtained the Zettou Kanna blade last episode from Koumori Maniwa, this time Togame and Shichika are after the Zantou Namakura, which is currently in the possession of a rounin swordsman named Uneri Ginkaku who is holed up in a castle in desert region. Kicking off were we left off, Shichika and Togame arrive in Kyoto [...]
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Last week on Katanagatari, the show acquainted us with our main characters, Shichika and Togame.  They didn’t have long to talk though, as Koumori from the Maniwa Corps attacked.  Shichika defeated him and retrieved the first sword, Zettou Kanna.  This week, they pursue Zantou Namakuma and the ronin that wields it. The episode begins with the [...]
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After a slightly slow-burning start, Katanagatari's opening episode turned out to be a deeply pleasing affair, although admittedly perhaps not in the way you'd expect from a series promising swordsman and ninjas.If you were put off by the prevalence of dialogue over action in that opener, then you won't be any more satisfied by this second episode - Although it sees Shichika Yasuri and his "
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Okay, for those confused by the strange schedule of this series: episode 3 will air on March 8th, and I assume that the rest of the episodes will also follow on the eighth of every month, but that’s not certain yet. Anyway, about this episode: I enjoyed it a lot. There obviously was a lot [...]
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Zettō Kanna Image comming soon.. Director: Keitaro Motonaga Studio: WHITE [...]
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Ric: A Ric post, (Almost) on time even? I can imagine you’re all quite shocked. (Then again, this is a monthly show…) With this series being such a delightful change of pace from the mostly awful shows this season (Excluding the excellent Durarara!), I think I’ll give you my opinion on this now, and rather than [...]
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Before I get to my top picks of 2009, I thought it would be a good idea to write some of my winter anime impression posts. I started with Katanagatari because it was one of the titles I was really curious about and also hopeful that it would turn out well. Rating: episode 1 – 6/12 [...]
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<meta name="Title" content=""> <meta name="Keywords" content=""> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <link rel="File-List" href="http://www.anime3000.com/file://localhost/Users/xx/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0clip_filelist.xml"/> <style type="text/css"> </style> <o:p></o:p>Review by: Josh Dunham<o:p></o:p> </meta> </meta> </meta> </meta> </meta> </meta> Director: Keitaro Motonaga<o:p></o:p> Animation Production: White Fox<o:p></o:p> Based on the novels by Nisio Isin<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Synopsis Katanagatari tells the story of Yasuri Shichika, the only living man who posses the legendary Kyoto-ryo style of anti-sword martial arts. Although exiled, he is sought out by a woman named Togame, who recruits Shichika on a quest to collect 12 swords of extreme craftsmanship. Battles ensue as they attempt to seize them from their masters.<o:p></o:p><o:p> 
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Katanagatari OP Single – “Meiya Kadenrou” by Minami Kuribayashi Tracklist: 1. Meiya Kadenrou 2. Hohoemi no Kanata 3. Meiya Kadenrou (off vocal) 4. Hohoemi no Kanata (off vocal) [w/ scans] >> Download Here
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We’ve almost reached the end of the Winter season launches with the airing of Katanagatari.  However, this is a nonstandard series.  The plan is to be a sweeping epic series that is aired as one 45-minute episode every month for the rest of the year.  I don’t have a lot of time before shipping out [...]
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At first glance, Katanagatari doesn't seem to be very plot-centric, instead only valuing action as its first priority. However, it turns out that Katangatari is, in fact, still not very plot-centric, but neither does it have the action to boot! And despite all that, it still manages to be entertaining! What gives?
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Togame is pretty entertaining. Well worth sitting through the show for 50 mins to see her mess up. But otherwise, Katanagatari was pretty…. “balanced”; the good parts and the bad parts were pretty much equal for me. For example the dialogue; while it was pretty witty at parts, the wooden voice acting cancelled it out [...]
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The opening scene reminded me of Izumi for some weird reason. And YAY Yukari returns! Her character even looks like Rika/Bernkastel. I paused to check the time…fifty minutes. THERE ARE ANIME LIKE THIS? I can understand drama, but seriously…*sighs* I don’t know the plot genre of this anime, wherein the protagonist is to endure great difficulties in [...]
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Katanagatari My initial impression after watching the first episode was that this is a strong contender for my favorite anime series of the Winter season. Katanagatari is based on a light novel series by Nishio Ishin, who is of Bakemonogatari fame. Here’s a somewhat longer summary from AniDB: The legendary swordsmith Shikizaki Kiki made 1000 swords in his career. [...]
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Summary: Twenty years after a big rebellion, Yasuri Shichika and his sister Nanami live by themselves on an island.
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Considering the massive critical and popular success of the anime adaptation of Bakemonogatari, it's not surprising to see a rush to translate more of NisiOisiN's works into an animated form, and thus 2010 is set to bring us monthly instalments of Katanagatari.At its heart, Katanagatari is your typical samurai action epic... Except its protagonist not only doesn't use a sword, he wouldn't even
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Whoa! I didn’t expect Katanagatari to have episodes of 50 minutes. that seals the deal for me: I’m going to blog it. I very much approve of this longer pause between episodes. Series like Votoms’ Pailsen Files, Figure 17, Blade of the Immortal and Marie & Gali also had this, and they became very entertaining [...]
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