Shiranpuri is an OVA from the Young Animator Project. Sometimes you just need an ONA/OVA to get you interested in the upcoming anime movie/series and this ONA definitely did that. It did however manage to give us a taste of the world setting and piqued my interest with the events that transpired during the four short episodes. With only 4 episodes of less than 10 minutes each, there wasn't much the ONA could have hoped to accomplish. It may be odd to put it on my top 10 of the year but think as a teaser of the upcoming Patema movie, it managed to get me interested and that deserves recognition.
SAKASAMA NO PATEMA OVA SERIES
When I thought about the #10 spot on this list, only one this short ONA series came to mind. #10 - Sakasama no Patema: Beginning of the Day I do hope the other movies will pay attention to the finishing touches, otherwise this should be As a starting point, it wasn't bad and luckily there is more Buddha to come. Problems aside - haven't read the manga yet, so can't claim butchering - I enjoyed my first Tezuka experience. Whether it was bad voice acting or the script, the true main character of the story didn't come across as he should have. All that pain and suffering that was brought up, it didn't really feel like Siddhartha cared for it, which is big probleme. In the end it was my inability to connect to Siddhartha, the future Buddha, that stopped me from really enjoying the story. No disrespect to Ohtaka-sensei, but Tezuka is a legendary mangaka. In the end, it looked more like Magi instead of something by Tezuka. It was aesthetically gorgeous and had an interesting plot, but it lacked polishing and was a let down in some instances.
It wasn't as great as I expected it to be, given how much praise the manga has received.ĭon't get me wrong, this was a good movie.Apparently the DVD was released really late last year, but I couldn't find it (even raws) until January, so I decided to give it some kind of mention.There are two reasons that Tezuka's Buddha only gets an honourable mentions: Honourable Mention #2 - Tezuka Osamu no Buddha: Akai Sabaku yo! Utsukushiku I'm not putting it in the top 10 because I have good taste but I won't look down on others who do so. It was so bizarre and funny that it deserves to be mentioned. Fans of bad horror movies - those who know what they're watching is bad - will tell you how much fun it is to watch something like this just for laughs.Įven for someone like me who isn't the biggest fan, Gyo was the most memorable movie/ova of the year. So bad that it was actually mildly good because it provided a lot of entertainment. If that wasn't enough, the Jaws meets Eight Legged Freaks(later turned Human Centipede meets zombie flick) setting was there to seal the deal. You know it's a bad horror when there's a slutty girl that's going to die before the others right ! It had all the hallmarks of a bad horror, especially with the characters: the heroine, her fat friend and that slut that's there for some fan service and to be the first sacrifice. The best way to describe it: an anime version of a bad American horror movie.
I could tell this was a bad anime, but I couldn't help myself because I actually enjoyed watching this 1 hour and 10 minute piece.
SAKASAMA NO PATEMA OVA MOVIE
Here's a look at what I consider the best anime of 2012 that came in movie and OVA format:
SAKASAMA NO PATEMA OVA TV
The year had a nice mix of OVA's and movies, but my top 10 list was much easier to form than my top 12 that consisted only of TV anime. I wasn't planning on doing an OVA/Movie version of the Best Anime of 2012 posts, but then I found the time to catch up.