Sixty Years Since Mighty Atom: 2007
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krpalmerAfter having the sudden impression Azumanga Daioh was a bit too comedic to really feel like a “cute girls doing cute things” anime (much less “a prototype for that genre”), I could at least suppose Hidamari Sketch would be cuter. As I watched the first episode of that later series, though, I did find myself taking particular note of the “dotty backgrounds, character closeups, and real-life collages,” which befitted the “cute things” being high school art but just might have nudged towards that dangerous thought “now if it’s interesting, it can’t be ‘cute girls doing cute things.’”
I had recalled this show mixing up the progression of time, although every episode was labelled with the date of its events. It at once did seem “a post-Haruhi Suzumiya series” and “at least not a puzzle to be fit together without a key for any hope of really getting things.” The episode did establish its cute characters well while still alluding to their shared past, and in making one last double-check of when the series had premiered I just happened to notice the date the episode was labelled with corresponded with the date it should have premiered. Getting around to opening up a Blu-Ray after having seen the show on DVD years before had me contemplating the transition to high-definition production, and the episode did seem to vary between “thick-lined” and “fine-lined.” The only problem there was it wasn’t quite easy to suppose this “part of the artiness.” I do recall the distinctive style of this series (said to befit its producing studio SHAFT) fading in its sequels, but that point I suppose I was engaged with the characters to the point of not being bothered.
I had recalled this show mixing up the progression of time, although every episode was labelled with the date of its events. It at once did seem “a post-Haruhi Suzumiya series” and “at least not a puzzle to be fit together without a key for any hope of really getting things.” The episode did establish its cute characters well while still alluding to their shared past, and in making one last double-check of when the series had premiered I just happened to notice the date the episode was labelled with corresponded with the date it should have premiered. Getting around to opening up a Blu-Ray after having seen the show on DVD years before had me contemplating the transition to high-definition production, and the episode did seem to vary between “thick-lined” and “fine-lined.” The only problem there was it wasn’t quite easy to suppose this “part of the artiness.” I do recall the distinctive style of this series (said to befit its producing studio SHAFT) fading in its sequels, but that point I suppose I was engaged with the characters to the point of not being bothered.