i am noky these are my random musings…

Earlier this month, I got caught up on a anime movie series. The episodes range in length from 45 minute affairs to feature film length events. The anime in question is Kara No Kyoukai. The best way to describe it is simply: disturbing.

There's blood...so much blood you'd think this was a vampire movie. Okay, maybe not that much but a lot. Then the subject matter deals with all sorts of fun, uncomfortable topics like suicide and rape. Did I mention there's blood? The great thing about films is you don't have to censor nearly as much as you would have to on television. Just take a minute to put everything together.

Now, it's not as bad as I'm probably making it sound but it caught me off guard. Behind all this is a interesting paranormal story. The central female lead holds interesting relationships and makes life choices that lead to plenty of action. In fact, the fifth film was suprisingly full of action. In fact, the fifth film is so unlike the rest of the series that it feels odd to like it. You end up liking the film for the quality scripted action instead of the wierd plot and funny character interactions.

Kara No Kyoukai is, IMO, by far the best anime you could treat yourself to right now. Heaven forbid you watch crap like Chrome Shelled Regios.

NOTE: I've only seen one episode of Regios and I'm pre-judging it. I apologize.