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The most beautiful anime I only kind of understood.
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In the Japanese History course I took during university, my professor decided to focus on the lives of commoners — the farmers, the merchants, the soldiers. She explained that when learning about history, people…
Read full review on AniList →A strange, misguided adaptation that adds pointless diversions to a Japanese literary classic
The original _Tale of the Heike_ (__平家物語, Heike Monogatari__) is a Japanese literary epic detailing the fall of the Taira clan (aka the "Heike" family) in the Genpei War. It's basically Japan's version of something not unlike the Iliad, Odyssey, or Epic of Gilgamesh. Different people throughout the…
Read full review on AniList →Where History and Her Story Meet.
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#"Based on a true story."
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These 5 magic words instantly slap on a layer of authenticity to the story being told. And why wouldn't they? A series of events taking place in real life is a really interesting h…
Read full review on AniList →Was Heike Monogatari too ambitious?
While many people were kindly disheartened by Naoko Yamada’s departure from KyoAni, I see it as a logical step forward in her already auspicious career. Yes, KyoAni is unquestionably an industry leader, pushing the envelope on how visually marvelous anime can be, but at the end of the day, KyoAni st…
Read full review on AniList →A beautifully animated retelling of a feudal classic that, unfortunately, is too short to fit its ambitious story.
So...this anime literally came right out of nowhere. Announced in September 2021, premiering not even weeks afterward, it caught a lot of people by surprise, especially the staff behind it. Directed by Naoko Yamada, who left KyoAni to join Science SARU which did the animation, with a screenplay by R…
Read full review on AniList →It's possible that Naoko Yamada is the greatest anime director of all time.
It’s possible that Naoko Yamada is the greatest anime director of all time.
To some, that statement might seem like blasphemy. What about Miyazaki, and Hosoda, and Kon, and all those other acclaimed directors with long and storied careers? Yet the more I think about it, the more I realize just how…
Read full review on AniList →Heike Monogatari is a powerful meditation on grief, suffering, and the impermanence of life.
~!>How can one overcome suffering?!~
~!>Pray. I too have feelings I still cannot forget. And so I simply, I simply press my hands together and pray. I think of the ones I love and I pray for their happiness in the next world. That small act is what I can do.
Those final few minutes are perhaps som…
Read full review on AniList →Some thoughts on the best anime of the decade
> _"I learned through those experiences about all the suffering of the people in this world. There is not one form of suffering that I do not understand."_
> _"How is it that one overcomes such suffering?"
"Prayer. There are still many things that I shall never forget. That is why all I can do is t…
Read full review on AniList →Naoka Yamada yet again amazes us with another great piece of entertainment.
Since I am copying this review from the one I wrote and posted on MAL and a Facebook group known as __"Pakistan Anime Community"__, I also saw that AniList requires you to write a review with at least 2200 characters so I've made little bit changes from what I wrote initially.
__Naoko Yamada__ team…
Read full review on AniList →This 11-episode series buckles under the weight of its sprawling Heian-period epic tale.
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Depictions of the Heian period are inherently interesting; a time when Buddhism and the arts blossomed within the handful of nobility in Kyoto, forming the bedrock of Japanese culture. __*Heike Monogatari*__ is a legend of the downfall of the ruling Tai…
Read full review on AniList →[PT/BR] A turbulenta história dos Heike.
Heike Monogatari ou A história dos Heikes, foi e ainda é o anime que eu mais aguardei e que criei mais esperanças nessa temporada, contando com uma soundtrack excelente, uma diretora renomada, uma animação incrível, mas também, uma ambição de ser mais do que realmente acabou sendo.
Se passando n…
Read full review on AniList →Time, life and death, but it's not perfect
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Como em __Koe no Katashi__, o trabalho da diretora _Naoko Yamada_ parte de ir desenvolvendo os seus personagens e conciliando seus problemas com o andar dos acontecimentos na história. Eu não gosto do filme já mencionado, pois me parece apenas se aproveitar desses temas e problemas…
Read full review on AniList →Good show but art and technicals were weak
I am a big history buff, but I have never read the original Heike Monogatari. Thus, unlike some other reviewers, I cannot comment on the differences between the original work and the anime. I can only comment on the anime. I will also try to keep spoilers light.
Overall, the anime is pretty good…
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