Conclusion of the first story, this episode tells the reason why Asuna turned in to a murderer.
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The second episode was slightly less impressive than the first one, but still this remains a good series to blog. My main problem is that the influences of Code Geass’ writer were noticeable, and this episode just lacked the subtlety of Jigoku Shoujo. Still, the only real flaw of this episode was the ending, how [...]
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“Kotodama (コトダマ)” by ALI PROJECT - Haha, I love ALI PROJECT. What? No, their songs don’t all sound the same! Anyways, the song is quite fitting to the show. The animation is unique and very well done.
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The OP was finally shown this week. The song is from Ali Project, and let’s just say it wasn’t… “refreshing”. Flavor: Sweet Whoa, another great episode. This week is a continuation of the rocket story, where Shouta is now the one who sends a shigofumi to Asuna. After reading his rather nice letter, she goes to [...]
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Shigofumi is one of those series that has an intriguing and quirky setting that can either become amazingly brilliant or turn in absolute rubbish, depending on the execution of the story. Speaking of which, using the phrase “execution of the story” when talking about J.C. Staff and light novel adaptations conjures an entirely different mental [...]
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High school romance with a paranormal loli and her talking staff turns into shocking horror! Sound interesting? Make sure you check out Shigofumi (シゴフミ), Saturdays at 25:35 JST on CTC spanning 12 episodes.
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Shigofumi Ever since the past spring-season, Saturday has by far been my busiest day in terms of blogging, and it doesn’t look like the Winter-Season is going to change this, with yet another excellent series. Even though we’re only halfway the season yet, I’m pretty sure that Shigofumi has the best episode of all the new [...]
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Shigofumi doesn’t seem to have been what I was expecting from it and I’m happy with that, because it makes this show interesting. The first episode is about Shota Machiya, a rocket enthusiast, who’s in love with Ayase Asuna, a friend of his whom he got to know while trying to launch rockets on a [...]
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By the way, that annoying staff is voiced by… Tsuruya!
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The effect a mere letter can have on someone.
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Coming Soon - Jan 2008
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[Anime Preview] The anime adaptation of Shigofumi was announced quite some time ago in January and not much details were known. As recently reported by Moonphase, this 2 volume light novel series by Amamiya Ryo will be adapted into tv anime series which will start airing in 2008. The official website is now up. Pretty blank [...]
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