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
