Posts Tagged ‘ Key ’

Angel Beats! Track Zero Review: The Beginning of the SSS

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Wow, it’s been almost a month since my last post, and probably a great deal longer since I read through what I’m going to be writing about this time around.  The last month and a half or so has been extremely hectic for me due to schoolwork, college apps, and whatnot.  It was certainly very stressful and my free time was severely limited, but luckily for me that’s all come to pass.  Well, mostly, I do have one more semester of school to live through and one more class to attend tomorrow (though my work is all done so it’s mostly obligatory attendance stuff) but for the most part, I’m off to the freedoms of winter break, and with that I’ll actually have time to make more blog posts about the variety of series I’ve seen recently (and not so recently).  Anywho, all that aside, this time around I’ll be taking a look at Angel Beats! Track Zero, the prequel light novel to the Angel Beats! anime series.  Track Zero may not be the greatest display the series has to offer, but it provides some nice insight on the background of the SSS that the anime never got a chance to show and it’ll do a pretty good job of giving fans something to enjoy while waiting for the release of the upcoming Angel Beats! game, which I’m extremely excited for. Continue reading

Kanon (2006) Review: Winters Past and Uncovering Memories

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I just finished with Kanon (2006) so I guess this will be my first “real” post.  As I expected, Kanon was great and I definitely enjoyed it.  I’ve enjoyed the other Key works I’ve seen and I can definitely say that Kanon ranks up with those.  I enjoyed watching the 2002 adaptation, but the 2006 version was even better due to having more time for development and proper pacing. Continue reading