Kannagi: Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About?

November 17th, 2008

Kannagi peaked @ episode 7.

And that is fine. I think if I dropped the show right here and now, I would have already gotten my money’s worth, so to speak. Kannagi had made a fan, and it will get my money. I’d save the rest of my time left, lest my passion and curiosity for the things I like get the better of me. It would be a fearsome anti-dilemma, if such a thing exists.

But when you have Yukata Yamamoto and Hideyuki Kurata at the helm, this is really just a glimpse of what they are capable of doing.

And yeah, Kannagi is a Sony! As I hope you already know, A1 Pictures is 100% owned by Aniplex, which is a company under the Sony conglomerate umbrella. The lovely jab at Blu-Ray Disc and Beta is not only the highlight, but also how to stick it in the show while sticking it to the man. A best of both worlds.

Does it surprise anyone when Akiba-kun went on and talked about the equally godly episode with the guest animation director and the connections? Animating a cockroach’s POV is something you only do for your friends? We can only suppose.

To end with drawing comparisons to a totally random and different show–in the pilot episode of Karekano, we’ve also seen peddling of bamboo poles. Coincidence? No way. Nobody frets about sex in that series, right…?



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7 Comments for 'Kannagi: Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About?'

  1. 9:59 PM, November 17th, 2008

    Yes. They support BluRay Sony. Yay how cool is that? XD

  2. 11:45 PM, November 17th, 2008

    It’s a Sony

  3. 12:31 AM, November 18th, 2008

    you’ve probably noticed, but the haters are starting to roll in. That means success is here for Kannagi. Or that Yamamoto is somehow very divisive.

  4. 3:36 AM, November 18th, 2008

    “Nobody fret about sex in that series, right…?”
    Yay flowers.

    I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. This episode reminded me of the Kamichu! episode where Yurie spent the whole time trying to remain under a kotatsu. That happened to be my favorite episode of the series. :P

  5. 7:58 AM, November 18th, 2008

    > Kannagi peaked @ episode 7.

    Harsh! Give the show a chance to at least finish first. We may have better in store, although I admit that ep7 will be difficult to beat.

  6. 8:03 AM, November 18th, 2008

    lastarial: true, we may have twin peaks. XD

    N: the Kamichu comparison is relevant because that’s Hideyuki Kurata’s award winning work so … he just used the same formula. I’m sure you know this anyways.

  7. 1:24 PM, November 19th, 2008

    Kannagi is like delicious cake.

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