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Time of Eve Ends

Sat, 09/19/2009 - 11:56pm — Nick

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Just finished Time of Eve, and though I am trying to temper my usual enthusiasm and usually wait a bit before posting about a series I really enjoyed, I just can't resist on this one. Consisting of six episodes clocking in around 15 to 17.5 minutes each (with the finale going 27 minutes and 44 seconds), Yasuhiro Yoshiura delivers a series that is hard to really find faults with1, is very thought-provoking, and features some excellent animation and well though-out camera work. I really want to collect this series on Bluray or DVD2. As it were, I did purchase each episode off of crunchyroll as they became available, mainly to have a copy that I can watch on the main entertainment setup rather than having to watch the stream on the computer.

At this point, I consider Yasuhiro Yoshiura as a story-writer and anime director superior to Makoto Shinkai.

  • 1. The biggest one being that it took 1 to 2 months between episodes, but considering the small team, they put out a very high quality product
  • 2. Directions, Inc. was selling the DVD singles as each episode came out, but the fact that I can't read Japanese and that they seemed to offer shipping only within Japan makes trying to collect them difficult. I do hope they can release a Bluray or DVD release of the full season that I could get through CD Japan or Amazon.
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Comments

Tue, 09/22/2009 - 5:49pm — Martin (not verified)

Y'know, I got a bit annoyed with the 'new Miyazaki' label that Shinkai is lumbered with sometimes, so sarcastically started calling Yoshiura 'the next Shinkai'. I didn't know how right I was... ^_^' Not sure whether one director is 'better' than the other but I have an immense amount of respect for both. Keep your eyes and ears open for Cencoroll too, because I think there may be another director to add to the list soon, from what I've seen from the trailers so far.

I've been out of town and offline for the past week but I'll head over to CR and pick up the latest episode. All good anime is worth paying for!

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