One more time, One more chance

It took me quite a while but I finally finished watching Gakuen Alice. (Mostly due to the fact that I've picked up way too many currently airing series and those tend to take priority.) It's a bit hard to sort out my thoughts about it, though. I started out really into it and watched the first eleven episodes in two days. Then I got distracted and didn't watch any for a couple weeks until I got back to it and watched an episode here and there. And finally I watched the last nine episodes in another two days. So did it hold my attention or not? I'm not sure.

I did like the series, though, even if I didn't find it particularly amazing. It was a nice departure from the standard magical girl formula.

I also just watched 5 Centimeters Per Second so I'm feeling like someone grabbed my heart and gave it a good wrenching. It was absolutely beautiful, both in its art and animation and its story. The amount of feeling conveyed through some scenes was downright breathtaking; Takaki's cold and lonely train ride through the nighttime snow was especially vivid to me. Though I haven't seen too many other anime movies to compare it with, I think it's my current favorite.

Next up on my to watch list is ef - a tale of memories. I'd been thinking of watching it ever since it started airing during Fall season 2007 but I never got around to it. But, hey, as long as I finish it before ef - a tale of melodies starts this fall I figure it's okay.

Life: 07/31/08 | By: Desbreko | 4 comments | Tags: 5 centimeters per second, anime, gakuen alice

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