Travelling anime (with no actual travelling)
The problem with new genres is that a lot of the early names people try to pin on them don’t stick for long. The problem with calling this new genre, which was pioneered by the likes of Mushishi and Kino’s Journey, “travelling anime” is that the latest entry, Natsume Yuujinchou, doesn’t actually have any travelling in it. So it’s back to the drawing board for people like me who like to put labels to things. They’re basically iyashikei anime with an accentuated supernatural element and generally episodic stories.
Additionally, Kavik Ryx pans one of my favourite mecha series, Gasaraki. But that’s ok, we encourage a variety of views and opinions here at The Nihon Review. It’d be boring and mind-numbing if we all had the same opinion.
