Amagi Brilliant Park
Animation: Kyoto Animation
Premiere: October 2, 2014
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Airtime (GMT+9): Thursdays at 26:03
Episodes: 13
Station: TBS
Information Links: AniDB, ANN Encyclopedia, MyAnimeList, syoboi, Wikipedia
Summary:
Based on a light novel of the same name, Amagi Brilliant Park marks the second time writer Gatoh Shouji has collaborated with Kyoto Animation to bring one of his original works to the screen. The story features misanthropic narcissist Kanie Seiya (Uchimaya Kouki) getting on with his generic high school life, until one day a mysterious transfer student Sento Isuzu (Kakuma Ai) threatens him, at gunpoint, to go on a date with her to the titular theme park. There Seiya meets self-proclaimed princess Latifa Fleuranza (Fujii Yukiyo), who assigns him a quest: take management of the park and attract 100,000 customers in two weeks. Unfortunately, Amagi Brilliant Park is but a decrepit remainder of the economic bubble from a previous century. Success will take nothing short of a miracle.
Rank: 5 over 5 stars
Own opinion:
Having had just a peek at the original source, Amagi Brilliant Park seems very different from what we’ve come to expect from Kyoto Animation, or at least its modern incarnation. Sure, comedy has always been in KyoAni’s genetic blueprint, but the apparent harem antics? Not so much these days. This may be a good thing because Gatoh Shouji’s Full Metal Panic!, which has had no new anime in eight years and counting, also does not fit into KyoAni’s current mold. Not that I expect Amagi Brilliant Park to also be a sci-fi mecha romp–far from it–but it does evoke some of that old KyoAni flair. For those clamouring for more FMP this may be as close, spiritually, as we’re going to get, especially with veteran director Takemoto Yasuhiro also on board. On my part, KyoAni has not really impressed since Hyouka, and what do you know, Gatoh was also involved there (with Takemoto), albeit in the (important) role of series composition. The evidence mounts: whenever the two collaborate, in whatever capacity, only good things happen. Amaburi promises to at least be something different, but I have faith it will turn out to also be something worth watching.
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