Someday’s Dreamers 3:
Precious Feelings (Animé)
Picture: B Sound: B- Extras: C Episodes: B
In the third
and final part of the Animé series Someday’s
Dreamers, we continue with our character Yumi and her Mage apprenticeship,
which involves her final part of her training and proves to be the
hardest. In the previous episodes her
confidence was gaining, but here we see her almost bail out towards the part of
her Mage exam, which presents much inner conflict with our character and her
choice to drop out and return to a somewhat normal life.
Just with any
final installment to any series this is where everything comes together in the
last eight episodes and resolution can be made.
It is hard to guess what the actual pivotal points where up to this
point since I was unable to see those parts, but much of the back-story is
re-presented here to some degree almost like a regular soap opera, where you
can gain the story as you go along without missing too much.
From a
presentation standpoint this is one anime that works a lot off of softer pastel
colors and creates Tokyo in an interesting way as it paints its character with
moody colors. This also plays into the
shows melancholy and ability to capture its audience visually as it displays
its narrative. This is all from the
animation design of View Works/JC Staff and is a real surprise considering all
the anime that has flooded the market.
It should also be noted that they are more conservative with their
animation in terms of keeping it less sexual and more foreboding than anything
else.
The DVD
displays the show quite nicely as well showing the watercolor-eque nature of
the show with excellent detail and contrast, without being too
overbearing. The presentation keeps with
the original full frame 1.33 X 1 ratio and the soundtrack by Takafumi Haketa is
subtle, but effective even coming through in Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo. Most will notice that his arrangements move
with the characters and never overshadow them or cause conflict, but rather
work harmoniously. Geneon/Pioneer has
included the original Japanese language track and the dubbed English track,
which offers the subtitles as well.
There are only a few extras, which include concept art, photo shoots,
and some previews. While I may not be an
expert on anime or even a big fan of it, this is certainly some of the more
respectable work that is coming through the market.
- Nate Goss
