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Big Little Caballeros March-April, Sky Atlantic At first glance, this glossy drama seemed like one to give a wide berth. It was ultimately absurd, but there was nothing else like it. The docu-drama is executed so well that you might forget it's not about someone claiming to be wrongfully accused of sin someone but instead it's about a SoCal high-school stoner goofball played by claiming to be wrongfully accused of spray-painting phalluses on teachers' vehicles. Julie Hesmondhalgh in series three of. Legion FX Season 1. The chemistry between McConaughey and Harrelson is everything one might hope for and more. The con is New York City's Time Square in the early Seventies, where sex workers linger and the newly legalised pornography industry is on the rise.
It was challenging in meta ways that are usually better off in surrealist art projects rather than a popcorn X-Men-adjacent program. Hope may be at a premium, but somehow this show makes it an even more valuable commodity in Hollywoo. Packed with rich character writing and sly political jabs, Mr.
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The year has brought us sequels to both colossal properties like Attack on Titan and My Hero Academia and critic darling along the lines of Rakugo and Eccentric Family. On a similar vein, and since theatrical distribution of anime is still quite tricky, this will be limited to series available for streaming. All that said, please enjoy this collection of outstanding 2017 anime. And don't forget to read our list of the! WorldEnd: What Do You Do at the End of the World? Will You Save Us? Director: Junichi Wada Series composer: Akira Kareno Character designer: Tohru Imanishi Animation Production: Satelight x C2C Why it's great: In WorldEnd, humanity has been all but wiped out by giant beasts. The series crosses the finish goal with such tremendous momentum, proving series director Junishi Wada, is a name to look out for. Available on: , 19. Restaurant to Another World Director, series composition: Masato Jinbo Character designer: Keiichi Sano, Takao Sano Animation Production: Silver Link Why it's great: Western Cuisine Nekoya is a perfectly standard restaurant during weekdays, but on Saturdays, they close down to regular customers and invite in the denizens of a parallel fantasy world, which leads to individuals from all sorts of magical races wandering into the restaurant. The show's structure is formulaic all the way through: even as important events happen -- such as training a dragon who could accidentally end all life -- every episode attempts to present a couple of different delicious-looking recipes that are sure to please the extravagant customers. As the show progresses, clients grow acquainted as they would in a standard bar, all the while the establishment gains curious new employees, too. Cooking anime is a well-established genre that usually relies on amusing exaggeration, the series remains understated; even as political instabilities are dealt with, adversary species come into contact, and interpersonal relationships develop, it all remains pleasantly calm. Little Witch Academia TV Director: Yoh Yoshinari Series composer: Michiru Shimada Character designer, chief animation director: Shuhei Handa Animation production: Trigger Why it's great: It started as a short film within a government program to train new talent, then gained enough of a following to warrant a sequel supported by Kickstarter. Now Little Witch Academia is a hit on television and Netflix -- though in the form of a soft reboot, which makes it perfectly approachable. Little Witch Academia TV follows Akko Kagari right as she arrives at the prestigious Luna Nova Magical Academy for witches, where she comically struggles to learn magic. The early episodic adventures capture that delightful Saturday-morning cartoon feel, made even wilder by the animation style, all while staying thematically cohesive. The intentional parallels between the decaying magic world and the state of hand-drawn animation might not be obvious to those who aren't up on their industry news, but Little Witch Academia TV's celebration of dying traditions can be extrapolated to many other cases. While the loss its creators means the show never quite captures the magic of the original short, and the second half of the season focuses on a messy plot marked by the appearance of a main antagonist, if you want a fun witches cartoon, you can hardly go wrong here. Factions quickly stop mattering as amusing chaos ensues. The series isn't entirely shallow -- there's a recurring idea that the heroes are unhappy with the idealization of their legends -- but the focus goes to the action first and foremost. Following the central character Sieg, a homunculus that aims to lead a life of his own, the show is a canvas for young digital animators to go wild, offering grand spectacle that fits the messy, large-scale war. Staff Why it's great: Locked in a research facility, Alice, a young girl with the supernatural power to bring her imagination to life, breaks out and meets the grumpy-yet-kind-hearted Zoroku, a wise old florist. A title that starts as if it were a ridiculous action show ends up finding its greatest success on a very mundane, personal level. Available on: , 15. Magical Circle Guru-Guru Director: Hiroshi Ikehata Series composer: Hisaaki Okui Character designer: Naoyuki Asano Chief animation director: Fumi Yamada Animation production: Production I. G Why it's great: Hero Nike and ultimate magic apprentice Kukuri star in a charming remake of early RPGs. Originally published in 1992 and granted an anime a couple years later, it was quite the surprise to see Magical Circle Guru-Guru receive a new adaptation meant to cover the whole series -- and an inspired one at that. A mix of tender moments with scatological and even suggestive gags makes it feel like kind of a relic of the past, but it will quickly worm its way into your heart. Director: Manabu Okamoto Series composer: Hiroki Uchida Character designer, chief animation director: Tensho Sato Animation production: PINE JAM Why it's great: Gamers! The show turns an annoying tendency into an asset by making its cast, a lovable bunch of losers, absolutely incapable of parsing reality. Available on: , 13. Tsukigakirei Director: Seiji Kishi Series composer: Yuko Kakihara Character designer: Kazuaki Morita Animation production: feel. Why it's great: Tsukigakirei is an adorable love story that successfully captures the awkwardness of middle schoolers trying to date. Rather than big romantic developments, the core of the show are the little moments that define their relationship: delightfully uncomfortable silences, the mulling over a reply to a message he just received, and the rush of adrenaline that makes the protagonist, young aspiring writer Kotaro Azumi, punch his lamp cord as a LINE conversation heads in the right direction. Relationship struggles at such a young age are childish and short-sighted, but the show will endear you to the characters and make you root for them with all your soul. Princess Principal Director: Masaki Tachibana Series composer: Ichiro Okouchi Character designer, chief animation director: Yukie Akiya Animation production: Studio 3hz x Actas Why it's great: Princess Principal is a steampunk thriller set in Victorian Not-England, which has been split in two after a revolution: the remains of the Kingdom, and the Commonwealth created after the proletariat revolted. While that sounds serious, Princess Principal is a charming spy series, featuring a group of girls that should probably never be trusted with undercover missions, including the princess of the kingdom herself. As the girls become involved in an increasingly more complicated net of ploys and betrayals, the show's effective twists and turns will quickly hook you. But the plot is always secondary to the character work, each episodic piece told out of order to track the emotional flow rather than the events as they happened. For now, the only real downside to their adventures is leaving you dying for more. Tsuredure Children Director: Hiraku Kaneko Series composer: Tatsuhiko Urahata Character designer, chief animation director: Etsuko Sumimoto Animation production: Gokumi Why it's great: Have you ever been frustrated at an interrupted confession scene? Tsuredure Children garners the energy of your exasperation in any such moments and uses them as a force of good. Set in a school with dozens upon dozens of clumsy blooming romances, the omnibus series picks up with couples who are bad at dating, couples who are too apt at dating for their own good, couples who are dating without even realizing, couples who thought they were dating -- just an endless array of different kinds of dorks in love. Many setups would be maddening under normal circumstances, but the sharp dialogue and snappy timing of all vignettes make it a joy to watch. Available on: , 10. Recovery of an MMO Junkie Director: Kazuyoshi Yaginuma Series composition: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu Character designer: Senbon Umishima Chief animation director: Fumi Yamada Animation production: Signal. MD Why it's great: After reaching her thirties, Moriko Morioka feels no longer capable of dealing with her stressful corporate job and ends up quitting, seeking refuge in the online games that she loves. To really change things up, she plays as a male character, and quickly finds a party that warmly welcomes her. She becomes very attached to the beautiful Lilly... The appearance of needless side characters could have threatened to offset its perfect balance, but the show regains its focus by returning to its wonderful central relationship, and stays strong until the very end. ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.  When rumors of a coup d'état threaten to shaken the now immensely peaceful Kingdom of Dowa -- made up of 13 autonomous states with notoriously diverse cultures -- Jean Otus, an officer on the national body ACCA that sustains that current model, is tasked with investigating the case. ACCA allows you to soak into the distinct atmosphere of each state, mustering just enough tension to function as a thriller yet not getting in the way of appreciating your pleasant trip, gradually building up momentum in a masterful way that feels silent at first. It helps that renowned Studio Pablo was entrusted with painting all these different locations, making them all memorable enough to deserve setting an entire series in each one. Available on: , 8. The wide range of ages allows the show to tackle the theme of perseverance and embracing second chances from multiple angles, but in the end each episodic tale is just as heartwarming. Girls' Last Tour Director: Takaharu Ozaki Series composition: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu Character designer, chief animation director: Mai Toda Animation production: White Fox Why it's great: Chito and Yuu, two laid-back kids, traverse the desolate remains of civilization in the most cheerful post-apocalyptic story you could imagine. All glimpses of the past hint at humanity wiping itself out in a never-ending war; from scattered weaponry to constructions built with austere military efficiency , the world's surroundings make the young survivors wonder why would people fight each other to begin with. On that bleak canvas, the girls paint simple messages of hope. The very stylized character designs set over more realistic gritty backgrounds embody this curious duality of this title, and the animation crew managed to imbue their close relationship with great physicality despite their exaggerated approach. And possibly of other years too. Director: Atsushi Kobayashi Series composer: Hajime Kamoshida Character designer: Hiroyuki Yoshii Animation production: PINE JAM Why it's great: Just Because! Eita Izumi returns to his hometown, where he meets old acquaintances and becomes the catalyst of small yet meaningful changes. His journey is a laid-back, melancholic look at the boundaries between adolescence and adulthood, more tangibly set in an urban setting than right about any other anime. The series' thorough approach to acting is remarkable; even as the production struggles to keep up with their ambition, the staff do their best to illustrate all the minute daily life actions that convincingly turn its cast into actual people. The Dragon Dentist TV Director: Kazuya Tsurumaki Script: Ohtaro Maijo, Yoji Enokido Character designer, animation director: Shuichi Iseki Animation production: Khara Why it's great: A war-ridden world where humans have made a pact with dragons, which are used as almighty tools of war in exchange for... Quite the unique way to explore concepts such as our purpose in life, inevitability, death, and fate itself. The Dragon Dentist was originally the opening salvo for the Animator Expo project, an ambitious anthology of short films that allowed creators to put together ideas that would likely never have been funded otherwise. The interesting themes of the original are kept, as well as its impressive sense of scale, wrapping it up with a sweet personal story and adding neat action sequences. Available on: for many European countries, available otherwise. Kemono Friends Director: Tatsuki Series composer: Shigenori Tanabe Animation director: Yoshihisa Isa Animation production: Yaoyorozu Why it's great: The tale of Kaban and her anthropomorphic animal friends searching for the truth of where she came from is the most unlikely success story of the year, and perhaps in anime as a whole. The animated take on what was essentially a defunct IP only got traction online because people found its abysmal production values amusing; the clumsy 3-D animation was floaty, the models clipped through the world more often than not, and the entire package made it obvious that it was put together by a small crew of basically indie creators. The joke turned on them as people kept getting drawn into its mysteries and quickly were charmed by the character interactions. Kemono Friends would essentially be a pleasant show for kids were it not for the fact that it aired at 2am, but it also surprised its viewers with very intriguing post-apocalyptic world-building. Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid Director: Yasuhiro Takemoto Series composer: Yuka Yamada Character designer: Miku Kadowaki Chief animation director: Nobuaki Maruki Animation production: Kyoto Animation Why it's great: The stoic Kobayashi is a 25-year-old programmer who feels tired all the time. She also happens to like maids. And so the dragon she once drunkenly saved takes the form of her literally and figuratively horny assistant. The gradual establishment of a genuine sense of household makes the final arc that threatens that situation feel tense, and its ending very earned. A family can be a woman, her homosexual winged partner, and their battery-powered dragon child. The people in its world are inexplicably drawn into a giant hole populated by nothing but dangerous creatures and harmful phenomena, and due to the fantastic art direction and imaginative design work, so are the viewers. There, Made in Abyss becomes natural instead of hostile, building death into everyday aspects of life in the abyss. The final arcs mix the inherently rewarding discovery of this captivating world with emotional dynamite, managing to capture both physical and emotional pain like very few other shows. Just beware -- no one leaves the abyss. At least, not emotionally intact. Land of the Lustrous Director: Takahiko Kyougoku Series composer: Toshiya Ohno Character designer: Asako Nishida CG chief director: Eiji Inomoto Animation production: orange Why it's great: In this modern myth, a group of genderless humanoid gems fight off the regular attacks of hostile Lunarians that attempt to abduct them to turn their remains into jewelry. It's a joyfully original concept from author Haruko Ichikawa, and getting further into the series reveals that they were very thorough in building out the world: from the countless mineralogy points that tie into the series to the fact that the characters wear black outfits in an allusion to mourning, as loss is deeply ingrained into their lives, it all feels like a cohesive setting despite being totally alien. Land of the Lustrous follows the misadventures of the immediately charming Phosphophyllite, the youngest and most brittle of gem, which isn't great in such ruthless settings. Through her eyes, the show deals with loss and questions what constitutes the sense of self. The tragedy has an uncanny ability to turn hilarious, even after shattering your dear ones and your heart while it was at it. This show could have felt content with being an inventive and touching work, but it decided to be a significant achievement in this industry too. Not a bad choice to top a whole year of TV anime.