Jackmastr

The best part about Scrap Diary is that it's only a few minutes long. I stumbled upon it randomly and didn't know what to expect, but was disappointed nonetheless. It's a bunch of random (and sometimes almost disturbing) sketches that transition into on another with an even more disheartening soundtrack. Now to some, I'm sure, this is quite a work of art. I don't mean to claim this view is fundamentally wrong (although I disagree with it), however this is almost certainly not what you'd be looking for in an 'anime' (and I use this term reluctantly). I find it hard to believe there are twosequels to this, yet, then again, it does not seem like it would cost a lot to produce these (whether we consider actual money, or man hours, or both). Then again, I wouldn't be to surprised if my curiosity led me eventually to see them unfortunately. Well, I suppose you may expect another review if that is the case.

Nordaviento

Many times I wonder what would be of Japan's art if drugs were easy to come by and its use/possession wasn't so harshly punished. This could be thought more as a music video. Great acid ambient techno accompanying nicely drawn and animated surreal imagery. I can already picture this being used as visuals for some rave music set. The first thing that strikes the viewer when the short begins is the simple charcoal on paper approach, which I feel adds a warm touch and feels closer to the viewer. I feel like people over here are being quite close minded to these kinda experimental things. Why botherwatching and giving such ratings to things that clearly don't fit your tastes?