Amatsuki is a fantasy action thrill ride that’s unusually immersive and immense for a mere 13 episode anime series. Made by Studio Deen, it has a phenomenally compelling setting and characters that [...]
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It's good. It's amazing. It's deep. It's thought-provoking. I love it. Well, maybe not love but its more than a like. Continue reading →
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When Tokidoki Rikugou fails his high school history class, he has to make up for it by attending a virtual reality tour of Edo- the last resort for drumming information into young minds. Unfortunately, what started off as a simple make-up class turns into something more sinister when Tokidoki is pulled into what appears to [...]
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Starting off and remaining rather obscure throughout the spring season, Amatsuki is one of those series that really did deserve more attention (seeing that only one guy blogged it). Eitherway, boasting  a well thought plot, and multi-faceted characters it definitely didn’t disappoint. I’d say the main draw of amatsuki is it’s well scripted characters and the [...]
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I really like Studio Deen. Sure, they may screw up their series very often, but when they hit a classic, they really deliver an amazing series. Their newest series to add to that list is Amatsuki, with the interesting thing being that even after watching it I’m still not 100% sure why I liked it [...]
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Haha! Now I know for sure that the second season is only a matter of time. There is NO way that the creators planned this to be the final episodes. There were TONS of hints for a continuation. The fox-story could have just been resolved and everyone could have just happily returned home. Instead, the [...]
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In true Amatsuki-fashion, the big climax of this series (or at least the first half… I’m still waiting for that second season announcement…) is not about action at all, but instead about dialogue. And of course, it wasn’t just a matter of the tree being cut down by evil people, there seems to be a [...]
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Toki’s captor reveals himself as an insidious prettyboy tengu now named Bonten, and he utters some cryptic-but-not-really nonsense about Toki choosing the fate of the world of Amatsuki. After awakening to find himself in the shrine of the princess he was sent to visit, he gets attacked by the princess’s personal guard who manages [...]
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For the past few years, I’ve been using AniDB to keep track of the anime I’ve watched. It’s got a clean look with a lot of options for statistics, and I especially like how you can assign priorities to the entries in your wishlist, which helps to give a clear overview over my huge to-watch [...]
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I remember noting somewhere how an average episode of Real Drive feels like it’s much shorter than it actually is. The opposite is the case with Amatsuki. Seriously, I can hardly believe that this episode was just twenty minutes long. I could have sworn that this episode was much longer. I think this has to [...]
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This post is going to be short, as I have a slight headache right now. I swear to god, Amatsuki isn’t the right series to watch with a headache. This episode in particular introduced a character who could give Holon from Real Drive a run for her money in terms of elaborate monologues. This episode [...]
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Flashback time! If there weren’t already enough reasons for a second season, then this episode added another one. Episode eight usually is the point for 13-episode series to start building up for their climaxes. If there’s going to be a flashback, it’s most often used as a revelation of an important mystery. This episode instead [...]
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Wow. The past few episodes have al started, seeming like a regular intermezzo, and then the episode hits its halfway-point and closes the off with a really powerful second half. This really makes every episode deliver. Series with a continuous storyline often need to insert quiet episodes to give the characters a bit of time [...]
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So I went to smoking roll-your-own cigarettes so I could buy more anime. I’m not sure if it’s a good thing, but I sure do have Haruhi sitting on top of my TV just waiting for me to watch it, but anyway on too some impressions. Saiunkoku Monogatari: Since it seems that no one has seen [...]
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Well, we can already see the results of 92JeyRfcya, YS2YSUOe1cLtf, and YnXmHqtxqS being arrested. It’s been 24 hours, and there’s still no Amatsuki 06 on Share to be found. I can only guess (and thank) where the person who uploaded a version on Tokyo Toshokan got his from, but it seems that all other share-uploaders [...]
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Hi everyone! Some Kajiuran news! The release date and preordering for the single “Namae no nai michi” is now online. If you wanna hear the song again, click here or play on the player below: No cover yet… but the release is planned for 18 June 2008 under reference FCCM-229. The maxi single is already preorderable at Play Asia!
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In what can only be described as the most obvious mashing together of two manga chapters ever (and I’ve not even read the manga!), a visitor comes to the temple who investigates monster sightings in Edo after Toki’s little prank in the last episode; turns out that he’s not going to arrest him or anything, [...]
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Okay… Amatsuki has a good chance of becoming Studio Deen’s next masterpiece. Yes, this episode was that good. I’m left quite speechless by it. Amatsuki has really been the most emotionally intense series of the spring-season so far, and with series as Kaiba, xxxHolic, Kurenai and Himitsu, this HAS TO SAY SOMETHING. I really like [...]
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This is the face I have when I go “recruit” more lolis.” A singing yokai with a metalic voice, a fox-faced historical character and an androgynal looking mysterious guys. Amatsuki really is as diverse as New York in rush hour….Or as #Animeblogger at Friday nights. Episode Summary Thoughts The more I see, the more I get excited about [...]
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For a history nerd like me, Amatsuki is like a sweet candy. Amatsuki is a story of boy, Tokidoki aka Toki, who fails history class and takes supplementary classes at a high-tech museum which has built a realistic CG-village of Edo period´s Bakumatsu era (1853-1867). At the simulation village, he realises that graphic has turned into [...]
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