2012-10-01, 09:44 PM
Shin Sekai Yori 01
I'm thinking this may be one of the better shows this season already, and there are a LOT of good shows this season on the roster. Great OST, great plot, great characters. I've really wanted an Orwellian based anime for a long time...though this one seems to be a cross between many such dystopic settings. It has aspects from the Giver (sealing a person's emotions and skills away), aspects of Brave New World (sexual inhibition is supposedly a big part of the novels), aspects of 1984 with the crushingly oppressive rules and regulations...I don't know what to think of the cats yet, but I assume they are a sort of death squad that kills off everyone that isn't excelling in school, working hard enough, or ignoring the rules. Also seems to be some sort of memory wipe aspect, not sure what that was about, but Saki seems to not have been affected by it.
I'm thinking this may be one of the better shows this season already, and there are a LOT of good shows this season on the roster. Great OST, great plot, great characters. I've really wanted an Orwellian based anime for a long time...though this one seems to be a cross between many such dystopic settings. It has aspects from the Giver (sealing a person's emotions and skills away), aspects of Brave New World (sexual inhibition is supposedly a big part of the novels), aspects of 1984 with the crushingly oppressive rules and regulations...I don't know what to think of the cats yet, but I assume they are a sort of death squad that kills off everyone that isn't excelling in school, working hard enough, or ignoring the rules. Also seems to be some sort of memory wipe aspect, not sure what that was about, but Saki seems to not have been affected by it.