Bungaku Shoujo (Literature Girl) revolves around a girl who literally eats stories for food and a boy who writes “snacks” for her.

This movie is a serious drama filled with romance and tragedy. None of that fan service or silly comedy harems here. It feels like ages since I’ve last seen an actual good drama anime.

The characters here transcend the one-dimensional stereotypes that I’ve been seeing all Summer season. Especially Amano Tooko (the Literature Girl), who displays a very vibrant and likable personality and is superbly voiced by Kana Hanazawa (Tenshi/Kanade in Angel Beats!).

Even though the movie starts out peaceful, things get dicey when Inoue Konoha (the boy writer) has to face his past and overcome it. The clean resolution in the end seemed a bit too implausible for my liking, but it doesn’t hurt to be on the optimistic side of things.

As one would expect from a movie release, the animation quality is on the highest level. Everything from the characters to the scenery is top notch.

It is also nice to have an actual ending with all loose ends tied up, and even better when it is a happy one. Be sure to watch after the credits!

Rating: Excellent

I don’t really do loot posts that often, but maybe I’ll get in the habit now. It’s titled Part 1 since I don’t know how much stuff I’ll be getting in the future. I’m somewhat impulsive when it comes to purchases.

Got White Knight Chronicles International Edition and Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (Blu-ray) in the mail today from Amazon. It has been a while since I’ve played a PS3 RPG.

Time to try it out!

The main theme for the Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works movie is out!

Title: Fate-stay Night Unlimited Blade Works Main Theme Single – Voice ~Tadori Tsuku Basho~
Artist: Tainaka Sachi
Street Release Date: January 20, 2010

Tracklist:

1. Voice ~Tadori Tsuku Basho~

2. Sunao ni Natte

3. Voice ~Tadori Tsuku Basho~ (instrumental)
4. Sunao ni Natte (instrumental)

You can download the single over at Nipponsei, but I strongly urge you to purchase it as well. It’s well worth it!

Now we just have to wait for the movie to be released on DVD or Blu-ray.

As we’re nearing the movie release date of 1/23/2010, a new trailer appears on the main site for the Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works movie.

Although many other blogs have already posted about it, I just had to as well for obvious reasons. I first saw this over at the Nest of the Fledging Otaku and zotaku.

The animation/visuals look amazing, bravo. I only played the Fate route on the VN, so this should be interesting to watch.

See the trailer and more at http://www.fatestaynight.jp/. Seems to show some movie-related products as well.

Image Source: Toranoana

As I was looking around on AniDB while writing my Winter season preview post, I saw that there will be a Fate/stay night TV remake consisting of 2 OVAs being released around the same time that the movie airs (1/23/2010).

There will be some new animation that includes a newly animated opening and also new ending theme songs.

I personally have not seen the Fate/stay night TV series in ages, so this will be a nice refresher.

Image Source: Safebooru

I just finished watching Summer Wars, an anime movie produced by Madhouse and directed by Mamoru Hosoda, and felt like sharing my thoughts while they were still fresh in my mind.

Mamoru Hosoda is well known for another one of his films titled The Girl Who Lept Through Time, which I had the pleasure of viewing previously. Watching Summer Wars reminded me of Hayao Miyazaki and films that he has worked on such as Laputa.

Now let’s look at the story and its characters. I’ll try to not include any real spoilers besides just the basic plot outline.

The main character of this story is Kenji, a 17 year old boy who almost got selected as Japan’s representative in the Math Olympiad. In short, he’s starts out in the movie as a shy math genius. He’s asked by an older classmate named Natsuki to help her out with a part-time job that involved going with her to a large family gathering.

A central aspect of the plot is a virtual world called Oz, where a vast number of people in the world have accounts. From these accounts, they can do your typical things such as making phone calls and shopping online, but more vital aspects of society like controlling the traffic lights and water/gas utilities are also accessed through Oz.

Although I find this virtual universe fascinating and reminiscent of the Metaverse in Snow Crash, it is highly impractical since it would be somewhat comparable to having everyone access their bank accounts, pay taxes, and other sensitive duties through Facebook. For the sake of the film however, the concept of Oz does work well.

The main conflict is that an advanced hacker A.I. has taken over the majority of the accounts on Oz and started to wreak havoc with them. It has that good versus evil feel to it, especially with how the A.I. is represented.

I always like anime to have at least a tiny bit of romance in it, and this film does the job with the building relationship between Kenji and Natsuki. It’s not really the focus though, but still makes it more fun to watch.

Family and family bonds are emphasized, which is something that we can all hopefully relate to. Helping out each other in times of need and also resolving disputes are normal occurrences.

This movie has it all: comedy, action, romance, and moments of sadness. It’s one of those films that make you feel good on the inside after finishing it. Getting the opportunity to watch stuff like this is what makes me continue to stick with anime.

So get together with your family or just solo it, but be sure to not miss out on Summer Wars.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

For those like me that think TL;DR: Great movie, go watch it now!

I guess I’m behind in my news because this is the first related news I heard of DreamWorks adapting Ghost in the Shell into a 3D live action movie.

At a glance, some of the people involved in the project are experienced in adaptations (e.g. Spiderman, Hulk), which is somewhat reassuring. Hopefully they won’t butcher one of my all time favorite series. If they get it right and do a great job on it, the movie is going to be amazing.

News Source: Sankaku Complex, Variety
Image Source: pixiv

A trailer for the upcoming Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works movie was shown at Comiket 76!

The quality isn’t too good due to the surrounding noise, but at least we get to see it:

The animation quality appears to be superior to the Fate/stay night anime from 2006, as would be expected after a few years and considering that this is a theatrical release. (The blood gushing out of Shirou’s arm – very nicely done! ^^).

The action scenes look breathtakingly intense as well, with appearances by a considerable number of the Fate/stay night cast. Even with the surrounding noise, one can hear the epic/heroic music being played in the trailer.

Seeing it just makes me anticipate the movie all the more! >_<

Source: Sankaku Complex

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For those who haven’t checked yet, the Fate/stay night Movie website has been updated. It now shows a release date of 1/23/2010, so still half a year to go before it’s in theaters in Japan. Though highly unlikely, it would be awesome to see it in theaters here in the United States. =/

Looking through the menu on the site, some related merchandise is also shown. There appears to be a poster of Saber Lily in casual clothes (do want!) along with two different t-shirts. One is lime green with a chibi Saber (?) outlined in white and the other is white with Saber outlined in white on a black background. I’m assuming these products will be difficult to acquire for us foreigners.

I wonder if this Saber related merchandise has anything to do with the film?

Source: Fate / stay night

Fate/stay night movie is in the making due to the release of an official site for it.

I don’t know what to say, I’m beyond overjoyed considering Fate/stay night is my favorite series/universe. There’s basically no information on the movie at the moment, but hopefully we’ll get to see all the characters in the movie (especially Saber).

A dream come true.

Source: Sankaku Complex