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Mashiro no Oto – 08
I can't stress enough how good the music in this series is. Read more
Mashiro no Oto – 05
Once more it's the shamisen that saves the day here. Read more
Mashiro no Oto – 11
Well, that was a pretty frustrating episode of Mashiro no Oto. But of course that was by design. Read more
Mashiro no Oto – 06
I think one can only objectively say that this series has been successful in its primary mission up to this point. Read more
Mashiro no Oto – 02
Music cuts straight to the heart of memory, of emotion, and this episode captures that in an incredibly powerful way. Read more
Mashiro no Oto – 10
For all its warts, there's a lot of interesting stuff in this series that's going to be left hanging in anime form. Read more
Mashiro no Oto – 04
The one question that keeps going through my mind with this series is "why?" Read more
Mashiro no Oto – 03
I can already tell that Mashiro no Oto is going to be one of those series that drives me nuts. Read more
Mashiro no Oto – 7
While I'd probably rank this episode of Mashiro no Oto right around the series' average, it took a bit of a different route to get there Read more
First Impressions – Mashiro no Oto
There's a lot to be excited about here, with some important caveats. Read more
Mashiro no Oto – Episode 8
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Mashiro no Oto – Episode 4
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Mashiro no Oto – Episode 3
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Mashiro no Oto – Episode 7
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Mashiro no Oto – Episode 10
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Mashiro no Oto – Episode 11
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Mashiro no Oto – Episode 6
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Mashiro no Oto – Episode 2
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Mashiro no Oto – Episode 5
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Mashiro no Oto – Episode 9
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Mashiro no Oto – Episode 1 [First Impressions]
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Mashiro no Oto – Episode 12 [Final Impressions]
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Mashiro no Oto – 12 (End) and Series Review
And so we get the ultimate "read the manga" end from Mashiro no Oto. Read more
Breaking Down the Visions in Mashiro no Oto
By “visions”, I mean two things – mental images and dreams.
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Anime Taste Testing: SSSS.Dynazenon and Mashiro no Oto
One show is about transforming dinosaur-like robots, the other is about the art of the shamisen. The former is the subtle one.
The Sound of a Heart – First Impressions: Mashiro no Oto
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First Look: Mashiro no Oto – Spell-binding shamisen music will have you totally hooked
The first episode is a bit of a mess, but a profoundly beautiful music sequence bookends it. The rest of the show is looking to be powerful and…
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Yofukashi no Uta – 09
Somehow we've looped back to that same fork in the road I saw way back at the beginning. Read more
Yuukoku no Moriarty – 09
「シャーロック・ホームズの研究 第二幕」 (Shaarokku Houmuzu no Kenkyuu Dainimaku) "A Study in 'S' Act 2" Thank Goc for Sherlock Holmes.
Sousou no Frieren – 09
Sven if this isn't where I expect Frieren to spend most of its time, it's nice to know it can deliver the goods when it's in this mode.
Kinsou no Vermeil – 09
「神命の魔術師」 (Shinmei no Majutsushi) "The Mage of Heaven's Will" Breakin' balls, bangin' walls.
Oshi no Ko – 09
「B小町」 (B Komachi) "B Komachi" MEM-cho and Aqua were the only two Love Now participants who were alive to see the Dreamcast’s launch.
Sousou no Frieren – 09
So it was actually a battle shounen all along? The B-team took the field for almost all of this episode. But in Sousou no Frieren that’s all relative,…
Senyoku no Sigrdrifa – 09
「館山故郷奪還戦!」 (Tateyama Kokyou Dakkan-sen!) "Retaking Tateyama Air Base!" Hard for a broken clock to be right when it has a tree sticking out of it.
Seirei no Moribito – 09
As usual, we’re left to piece the picture together from what we see and hear rather than have everything spelled out for us. But it’s a vivid picture…
86 – 09 – No Signal
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Kusuriya no Hitorigoto – 09
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto has a pretty flexible moral compass, which the protagonist personifies.
Yuukoku no Moriarty – 09
Thank Goc for Sherlock Holmes. Read more
Baraou no Souretsu – 09
It was back to the politics this week, which certainly constitutes a step in the right direction. Read more
Hikari no Ou – 09
「雷撃砲」 (Raigeki hou) "Lightning Cannon" Koushi's really leaped into a land mine (or rather, anti-aerial one)
AI no Idenshi – 09
So-called fiction is often the most truthful thing there is. Read more
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto – 09
「自殺か他殺か」 (Jisatsu ka Tasatsu ka) "Suicide or Murder?" Sometimes it's nice to do away with the bow
Majo no Tabitabi – 09
「遡る嘆き」 (Sakanoboru Nageki) "A Deep Sorrow from the Past" My stomach is still churning. But the predictability undermined many surprise twists, as well as tense moments.
Sousou no Frieren – 09
「断頭台のアウラ」 (Dantōdai no Aura) "Aura the Guillotine" So it was actually a battle shounen all along?
Hikari no Ou – 09
Not bad, but TaleSpin did it better. Read more
AI no Idenshi – 09
「正しい社会」 (Tadashī shakai) "A Proper Society" So-called fiction is often the most truthful thing there is.