Been a while since I’ve tackled one of these, or so you’d think! In reality, I accidentally skipped over this studio (producer) and watched anime for the next 5 or so studios before coming back to this one.
Well, 81 Produce isn’t a studio, but a producer. They’ve worked on some big titles, like Konosuba, Kakegurui, and How Not to Summon a Demon Lord. But I’ve seen all of those, so I opted for something different – Salaryman Kintaro!
With the movies out of the way, we’re back in the present.
If you can consider it that. It’s all relative, this Monogatari timeline.
Now that I’ve said my part regarding Tsubasa, let’s look at Kiss-Shot, someone that I love just as much as Tsubasa. And this movie was really good for showing us Kiss-Shot!
And now for the final Kizumonogatari movie, and the conclusion to the story of where everything began, and why things ended up the way they did.
Part 2 time, also the Tsubasa Hanekawa & Koyomi Araragi part.
Movie 2 time.
Which means we get to see Koyomi Araragi fight some vampire hunters!
Also, more Tsubasa Hanekawa!
Alright, another anime studio challenge review.
This time, it’s 3xCube’s Jitsu wa Watashi Wa.
There were only two choices here, so it was basically either a supernatural school harem, or an adventure romance. And I went with the school harem, of course! In reality I was just in the mood for some comedy.
In the spirit of transparency I will disclose that I did skip the studio / producer 33 Collective, whose only work was a 40 episode children’s show. I hadn’t originally factored kids shows into the rules, but I’ll probably end up skipping those too if they are the only option. We’ll see though on a case-by-case basis…
Spoiler-free as usual.
Ok. Now with Tsubasa’s interactions with Koyomi, and then one of my favourite all-time Monogatari scenes – when Koyomi first meets Kiss-Shot out of the way… we can get to the rest of Kizumonogatari.
The second half of the movie.
The Koyomi vampire part of the movie.
With the Koyomi and Tsubasa interactions out of the way, we can dive into the vampire stuff. It’s also time for Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade. I’m going to be dedicating this post to Koyomi’s meeting with Kiss-Shot, because it’s such a powerful scene and deserves it’s own post.
Just a warning, there will be images of the very bloody and limbless Kiss-Shot in this post. So, be warned of that.
With the first Kizumonogatari movie, it’s time to go back and take a look at Spring Break, where it all began…
