Ancien and the Magic Tablet
Screenplay:
Kenji KamiyamaCinematography:
Kôji TanakaComposer:
Yôko ShimomuraCast:
高畑充希, Yôsuke Eguchi, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Arata Furuta, 前野朋哉, 高橋英樹, Yohei Hamada, Mami Fujita, 渡辺弥咲Plots(1)
Kokone should be diligently studying for her university entrance exams, but she just can't seem to stay awake. Aside from stealing precious study time, her napping is even more distracting, as it brings on strange dreams with warring machines that hint at family secrets that have been dormant for years. She can't ask her father, a hipster mechanic more talented and artful than his job requires, as he's always busy modifying motorcycles and cars in flights of fancy. What are these visions that lead Kokone at once closer to and farther away from her family? (Anime Ltd)
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The intermingling of dreams and reality can be fascinating (such as in Sucker Punch), and it partially works in this show. As long as the fantasy part works as a parallel to reality and complements the actual narrative, everything flows interestingly enough. Finding out that the main female protagonist’s father told her as much without her knowing was also quite touching. However, then comes the second half (or maybe the last third, I was not watching the time) of the season, and that is when it stopped working for me. From a certain point when reality seamlessly transitioned into fantasy and everything kind of weirdly came together, I thought it lost its charm. The supposedly epic and visually exciting but somehow completely vacuous conclusion convinced me that I do not want to give more than an average rating. 5/10.
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