For the past three episodes, Another has been trundling along a fine line. While I can’t deny that I’ve enjoyed it so far, there’s still a definite sense that it doesn’t know what it wants to make of itself. It has that all important atmosphere that all horror must have, putting it together in an excellent melding of above average animation and wonderfully chilling yet unobtrusive discordant sounds. However, its story and characters have still been rather lacking from what’s been presented. The elements are still there to make it good, but it doesn’t know how to put them together properly and it seems to just be biding its time until it does. This episode dispelled some of that unease, but I’m still a touch wary of what the remainder of the series has in store because of the slapdash pacing. (more…)
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