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Errinundra's Anime

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My average ranking: 7.00

Director Pantheon: Akitaro Daichi▲▼ Rating▲▼
Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran (TV) Very good

Elf Princess Rane (OAV) Good

Review

Jubei-Chan 2: The Counterattack of Siberia Yagyu (TV) Decent

Jubei-Chan The Ninja Girl - Secret of the Lovely Eyepatch (TV) So-so

Now and Then, Here and There (TV) Very good

This harrowing tale of girls as slaves and boys as soldiers in wartime contains sequences that can sear themselves into your psyche, such as the final confrontation at gunpoint between the two youngsters, Boo and Soon; Sara's escape from sexual bondage and subsequent despair as she tries to come to terms with the realities of her maltreatment; the psycopathic tantrums of the villain, Hamdo; or the terrifying obsequiousness of his offsider, Abelia, made all the worse because she knows how wrong it all is yet finds herself unable to overcome her military discipline. Hamdo breaks the mould of the all too common anime big bad. Even though he's mad, he giggles, he wants to rule the world and will commit all kinds of atrocities to get there, both the Japanese and American voice actors transcend anime cliche and give us truly chilling performances. The weakest characters are, paradoxically, the protagonist Shu, whose irrepressible optimism masks an otherwise flat character not helped by a design out of kilter with the tone of the series, and the water spirit Lala-Ru, who is only interesting on the odd occasion when she comes across as creepy. Shu's achievements are just too improbable and the ending too pat but, nevertheless, Now and Then, Here and There joins Barefoot Gen and Grave of the Fireflies as commercially and artistically brave ruminations on the effects of war on children.
Nurse Angel Ririka SOS (TV) Very good