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Mouryou no Hako, a boxful of wonderfully hard-boiled madness
I started watching this back in ’08 but for a number of reasons I didn’t get around to finishing it. The subbing was sporadic, the plot derailed into a lengthy period of three blokes sitting around a...
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Thoughts on Loups-Garous, first half: the novel
Imagine walking up a high, steep hill on a hot summer’s day to reach a bar or restaurant: the journey’s long, dry and arduous but if what’s on the menu is your thing, the hard slog is worth it in the...
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Thoughts on Loups-Garous, second half: the anime
It was a funny coincidence when I spotted the Loups-Garous anime on fansub so soon after I’d bought a copy of the original novel. I was interested to see how the transition would go since the book’s an...
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The Summer of the Ubume
My introduction to Natsuhiko Kyogoku was the anime adaptation of his second novel of the Kyogokudou series, Mouryou no Hako. Then there was the sci-fi-themed Loups Garous. The first novel of his...
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Kara no Kyoukai revisited, part 1: “like suicide”
The process of adapting a novel for the screen fascinates me, if not as much as the writing process itself. On those rare and wonderful occasions where there’s no “…the book was better…” sensation, the...
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Kara no Kyoukai revisited, part 3: “comfortably numb”
Although I was intrigued by the first two Kara no Kyoukai movie outings I wasn’t totally sold until I’d seen the third one. The brutal and shocking opening scene made me sit up and take notice, but the...
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