So now that Mai's story has concluded, I learned something fairly fundamental about Yuuichi. He's a trauma factory. Of course, when playing the game, you're supposed to be Yuuichi, so the game player must be a trauma factory. How do you like that thought?
I guess Sayuri's trauma isn't caused by Yuuchi, but then, who knows?
So, KyoAni is going to pick up Clannad, too. I think it's a waste of resources. They should use their incredible skills on something different for a change. It's natural for people to get tired of doing the same thing over and over. I guess Lucky*Star served as a small change of pace, but I don't think that's what people need at this point. Little change of pace only goes so far. A revolution is what we need. Besides, Lucky*Star DVDs are way overpriced.
Recently, I learned that "Mokke" is finally going to be animated! Guess who's doing it? According to the information on the internet, it will be produced by Maruyama Masao, directed by Nishida Masayoshi, with screenplay by Nagatsu Seiko, and animated by Mad House. The thing is, I don't know, at least I don't think I know, much about the director or the playwright. I'm still hopeful it will turn out great because the executive producer, Maruyama Masao, was involved with some of the best anime of recent years, such as "Millennium Actress," "Perfect Blue," "Hanada Shonen-shi," "Gakuen Senki Muryou," and "Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo." Then again, I don't know to what degree a producer or a planner is involved with an anime production.
Although some part of me was hoping KyoAni to pick up Mokke, it might actually be a good thing they're not. Regardless of who does it, it's one of those series that can be made into a wonderful anime, or a horrible offshoot, so I'm apprehensive about it.
Even drawing one of those seem like an impossibly hard task. Drawing tens of thousands of them for an half hour anime is unimaginable to me.
