First episode of the 2002 version I remember finding of very little interest, it was only because I'd heard that it became really good in the later episodes that I kept watching.
First episode of the 2006 version? I just smiled uncontrollably all the way through.
KyoAni are just obscenely talented. I'm not one for slice-of-life type storytelling, I want things to actually happen, for stories to be about something. But even if there was going to be no plot whatsoever, I could still sit through 23 more episodes of that quite happily. Absolutely no doubt.
But I know that things are going to happen. And I'm alive with anticipation.
Living up to the hype? Yep.
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