Ghost Hound 18-19 - Absolutely sick. The pay-off is coming but without it feeling like the revelations are rushed, and there are some impressive bits of subtle animation here, too. (The enlarging Snark in 18 and Taro's speech to Makoto in 19 are stand-outs.)
Only three more to go; can't wait.
They sort of already looked like that...
Um, how does
this resemble the shoujo-oriented designs at all?
Her voice is annoying? She's all the things you describe her as, but she also isn't the completely serious type. Her demeanor, from what I've seen in the preview, pretty much matches the voice type.
No, from what I've read (and also what Andrew Cunningham has stated; he also thinks the voice is no ****ing fit) that type of tone and acting does. not. match. I don't want a demure fantasy-styled moe voice on helium, I want a strong, relatively realistic voice.
I blame the voice director.
After stopping around episode 5, I decided to re-download and re-watch Ghost Hound up to the current Genjo episode. They need to hurry up!
SS is faster and possibly better.
I'm currently in the process of 'acquiring' all of Spice and Wolf as well, and I've already got all 26 episodes of Denno Coil waiting for me to marathon.
Spice and Wolf is consistent with a few latter episodes due to the director's inexperience at handling remotely serious shows and screwing up the tone, but it's overall good. Bit disappointing considering the hype, but not bad at all.
Denno Coil, on the other hand, didn't even drop the ball -- it pile-drived it through the ****ing center of the Earth. The second half is a contrived, typical mess that while very, very compelling leaves an ending that oozes with such melodrama and retreaded themes I could not believe that the same creator as the utterly brilliant first half could have created it.
That's not to say I didn't enjoy it, but
Denno Coil could have been so much more than what the final package is.
Anything else from the latest seasons I need to watch?
Anything good that's worth watching out there?
Anyway, Ghost hound is the only anime that I consistently follow right now.
Open to suggestion, though.
Since you all are watching
Ghost Hound, from 2007:
Baccano!
Mononoke
Moyashimon
Shigurui
And anything that you three and anyone else reading this haven't seen from
my anime list that is rated a "Masterpiece" or "Excellent" needs to be seen. Now.