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Since Natsume is an episodic series, this post can also be thought of as “five favourite individual stories from Natsume Yuujinchou”. Naturally, they are from those stories adapted in seasons 1 and 2 (I say this hoping that there will be future seasons). Of them, I think there is one that is almost universally agreed upon, but I’ll leave that up to you to decide which……

Technically this a review of Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou’s soundtrack, but much of the music is the same, and the soundtrack to the sequel actually contains many pieces from the first season that weren’t included in the original score…..

Piano no Mori (Piano forest) is a pleasant anime film which revolves around a young, poor and talented young boy named Kai. The story is told through the perspective of a new student, Amamiya Shuuhei, who is from successful musical family and has been learning piano all his life. One day Kai brings him into a large forest where an old abandoned piano lies unused. When Shu tries to play the old instrument, it produces only a dull and creaky tone…….

Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou is the sequel to the original 13-episode series, but it’s really more of a simple continuation. The manga is ongoing and the first series adapted the story up to a certain point, and this sequel goes on adapting more material. However, the manga isn’t complete, so the ending of this sequel is still open ended without any solid conclusions. Since Zoku Natsume treads much….

Take a moment and picture yourself seated where the boy in this image is, staring upwards as clouds gently pass by peacefully in the wide blue sky, occasional breezes of warm air ruffle your hair, gentle sounds of birds and insects surround you, and memories slowly begin to drift through your mind. Isn’t that such a beautiful image? It’s from…..

Fans of Touch shouldn’t really expect anything from this film other than the novelty of seeing live-action versions of the characters.  After all, the anime was 101 episodes.  This film is a few hours.  There was absolutely no possibility of cramming in all that gradual development into such a short film.  The characterizations have rough similarities to the characters from the original, but to be honest I felt like I was just watching generic Japanese soap opera characters.  Early on …

Ookiku Furikabutte is one of the best anime I have ever seen for a very simple reason – it picks one specific subject and genre and then delivers a finely crafted story which exposes all the best possible aspects of this genre in one concise and captivating package. In this case, the genre is high school baseball. From there, Furikabutte shows viewers all the nuances and details of what high school baseball can possibly be – the friendships formed, the camaraderie developed, the aching losses, the glorious victories, the hard work…..

Seirei no Moribito tells the story of a female bodyguard named Balsa who, after rescuing the Prince (Chagum), is requested by the Empress to take him into hiding to save him from assassination by the Emperor…..