Spice and Wolf is another series I wasn’t planning on watching and picked up after some good initial reviews. I’m still kind of out on Spice and Wolf, but it seems like it may be quite a bit interesting – how many stories about a wolf god going around as a girl in the Middle Ages are there?
I’m just not sold on the idea that an anime about a wolf girl going around with a merchant all over the place will be exciting, but if there is one thing I’ve learned about anime, a good series can always find a way to make things which would otherwise be completely unexciting and actually turn them into something interesting (I hold Kaleido Star up as the prime example of such a series).
As a result, since the first episode looked interesting, and the production quality and writing seemed pretty good, I’ll still watch this series with some hope that it’ll be pretty good.
First Thoughts: Shigofumi
Shigofumi immediately started off looking like it may be the class of the Winter season. A fascinating story (a girl and her sapient staff sidekick deliver letters from those who have died – a person’s last words), good production value, and an interesting story (Nice Rocket?) made this first episode rather memorable. I’m definitely digging this series and can’t wait to see more.
My only question is whether this is going to be a single coherent series, or whether it’s going to be a series of shorter stories, lasting, say 2 or 3 episodes each. I could see it going either way, especially given how the first episode went.