Moonlight Mile – 01
Title - Moonlight Mile
No. Of Eps - 12
Genres - Adventure, Sci-fi
Plot Summary - Mountain climbing partners Saruwatari Gorou and “Lostman” Jack F. Woodbridge succeed in scaling Mt. Everest. Whilst at the summit they see the ISA Space station and they each vow to make the trek into outer-space. A new energy source, Helium 3, is discovered on the moon, NASA forms a new project called ‘Nexus’ which will harness that energy so it can be used on earth. This is a story the two men and the paths they take to see their dream become reality amidst the quest to harness the next-generation energy source.
Episode 01 – To beyond the sky
It becomes obvious from the first few scenes that this anime is NOT aimed at the younger audience. In fact I’m pretty sure that most kids would find this boring. Which makes this very interesting viewing! Even though I don’t particularly like ’space’ themed anime, I thoroughly enjoyed the first ep of Moonlight Mile. Its very adult in its style – character designs, themes, content etc, which some people will defiantly find boring, a lot like ‘Monster’ in that sense. The CGI is awesome, all the characters look very real and unique to each other and the story is solid too. Though its not the most interesting story, well for me anyway, the characters will make this show, if they don’t develop then it could get boring but this episode was very good.
Pros - More mature and real than most anime, awesome CGI
Cons - The story was a bit dull and its about ’space’
Episode Score - 7.5/10
Ghost Hound – 01
Title - Ghost Hound/Shinreigari (Japanese)
No. Of Eps - 22
Genres - Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural
Plot Summary - Set in the town Suiten located in a desolate region on an island. Ghost Hound follows the experiences of 3 boys who each experienced traumatic events in childhood. From which the boys have learnt to transfer their souls to a parallel world known as the ‘Unseen World’. This parallel world is undergoing a change and ghosts are starting to appear in the real world, changing it in unpredictable ways.
Episode 01 - Lucid Dream
This first episode was really something, the story is what stood out the most, for me. It was creepy, incredibly interesting, I want to know more! Characters are interesting, especially Taro, who would have thought at the start of the ep that he had such a traumatic past! There are so many things that I’m desperate to learn more about, if a first episode serves to reel you in to watch the rest of the series then Ghost Hound 01 succeeds this like no other. The animation is awesome and the art is also very pleasant. Some of the character designs aren’t the most inspiring, Taro for example, but then again they do succeed in looking like regular people which suits the setting well. And something else that was very well done is the sound/music, it creates a brilliantly real and eerie atmosphere. Top marks for this episode!
Pros - Everything?!
Cons - Some of the character designs were ordinary
Episode Score - 9/10
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