DRRRRRRRR!!
Quick post today!
Last summer I had a lot of free time on my hands and I wanted to take that free time and waste it. So I began watching a lot of weekly animes. One of these was Durarara!! which became one of my favorite animes almost instantly.
Durarara!! is about the
Tokyo district Ikebukuro and all the strange happenings that occur there. The main character, Mikado Ryuugamine (who spelled that right? I SPELLED THAT RIGHT!), has just moved to the area right outside of Ikebukuro and is now attending school there with his best friend Masaomi. These two and their new friend Anri are pulled into the midst of a dangerous game in which only one person, the creepy and possibly insane Izaya Orihara, knows all the players. Some of the interesting entities in this show include a gang whose members are completely unknown, a man with super strength and a bad temper, and a headless motorcyclist who is searching for her long lost head.
So that is the simplest version of this plot which jumps from perspective and to perspective like a rabbit on caffeine. Mikado may be the main character but he is one of the people you know least about because the plot focuses on all characters in near equal amounts.
The animation in this series is wonderful. It's by the same studio who did Baccano and, just like Baccano, it has a very earthy texture and subdued colors. The movement is clean and realistic and the character design is subtle yet distinctive (as in, they all look different, but very few look ridiculous).
The one thing about this series I admire most, however, is it's uninhibited approach to fantasy. Realistically, if strange stuff happened on a regular basis it would eventually become normal and that's how Durarara!! is approached. Even though one of the characters has NO HEAD (I can't stress this enough) the series is never treated like fantasy and the other characters don't treat her strangely either. And even though another character throws vending machines, it's never suggest that this is unrealistic.
And it's not like the characters live in a different reality. This is OUR reality and these people where made to be like normal people. Even though, by our standards they're not.
The main character actually spoke about this at one point. I can't remember the exact quote but it went something like "I always wanted to lead an extraordinary life. I didn't know, however, that something that is unusual is only unusual for a few days and then it becomes normal. I can't live an extraordinary life because, to me, my life will always be 'ordinary'."
So that's Durarara!!. An ordinary tale about extraordinary happenings.
More info (and a better plot summary) here. And if you want to watch it go here.
More pics!
Last summer I had a lot of free time on my hands and I wanted to take that free time and waste it. So I began watching a lot of weekly animes. One of these was Durarara!! which became one of my favorite animes almost instantly.
Durarara!! is about the
Tokyo district Ikebukuro and all the strange happenings that occur there. The main character, Mikado Ryuugamine (who spelled that right? I SPELLED THAT RIGHT!), has just moved to the area right outside of Ikebukuro and is now attending school there with his best friend Masaomi. These two and their new friend Anri are pulled into the midst of a dangerous game in which only one person, the creepy and possibly insane Izaya Orihara, knows all the players. Some of the interesting entities in this show include a gang whose members are completely unknown, a man with super strength and a bad temper, and a headless motorcyclist who is searching for her long lost head.
So that is the simplest version of this plot which jumps from perspective and to perspective like a rabbit on caffeine. Mikado may be the main character but he is one of the people you know least about because the plot focuses on all characters in near equal amounts.
The animation in this series is wonderful. It's by the same studio who did Baccano and, just like Baccano, it has a very earthy texture and subdued colors. The movement is clean and realistic and the character design is subtle yet distinctive (as in, they all look different, but very few look ridiculous).
The one thing about this series I admire most, however, is it's uninhibited approach to fantasy. Realistically, if strange stuff happened on a regular basis it would eventually become normal and that's how Durarara!! is approached. Even though one of the characters has NO HEAD (I can't stress this enough) the series is never treated like fantasy and the other characters don't treat her strangely either. And even though another character throws vending machines, it's never suggest that this is unrealistic.
And it's not like the characters live in a different reality. This is OUR reality and these people where made to be like normal people. Even though, by our standards they're not.
The main character actually spoke about this at one point. I can't remember the exact quote but it went something like "I always wanted to lead an extraordinary life. I didn't know, however, that something that is unusual is only unusual for a few days and then it becomes normal. I can't live an extraordinary life because, to me, my life will always be 'ordinary'."
So that's Durarara!!. An ordinary tale about extraordinary happenings.
More info (and a better plot summary) here. And if you want to watch it go here.
More pics!