The News Team's Grenzer has a new review up on the front page of AnimeSuperhero.com:
"Animation is a remarkable medium. Its origins in the drawn comics of another, simpler era lend it to be rather fantastical, able to depict concepts that would be impossible in the real world: Clashes between superheroes and grotesque monsters, trips to other planets or dimensions, or just the day-to-day lives of talking animals. Yet the other side of this is that animation can depict very serious real-world issues in a fantastical form that often allows the viewer to understand these problems within a new context. Such is the case of the recent anime adaptation of Shun Umezawa’s The Darwin Incident (aka Darwin Jihen) which began streaming this past winter. This is a story that examines the various currents of 21st century American life within the context of a science-fiction action thriller. It is certainly one of the most unique anime offerings in recent years.
The first thing we need to discuss here is that this show is set in the United States. The cast are all Americans and come from a wide variety of social backgrounds and racial groups. Even though it was created by a Japanese artist and written in that language, the attempt was to clearly depict these characters as first and foremost Americans in thought and action. How successful was Umezawa in his goal? Let us break it down further."
Read the full review here.
"Animation is a remarkable medium. Its origins in the drawn comics of another, simpler era lend it to be rather fantastical, able to depict concepts that would be impossible in the real world: Clashes between superheroes and grotesque monsters, trips to other planets or dimensions, or just the day-to-day lives of talking animals. Yet the other side of this is that animation can depict very serious real-world issues in a fantastical form that often allows the viewer to understand these problems within a new context. Such is the case of the recent anime adaptation of Shun Umezawa’s The Darwin Incident (aka Darwin Jihen) which began streaming this past winter. This is a story that examines the various currents of 21st century American life within the context of a science-fiction action thriller. It is certainly one of the most unique anime offerings in recent years.
The first thing we need to discuss here is that this show is set in the United States. The cast are all Americans and come from a wide variety of social backgrounds and racial groups. Even though it was created by a Japanese artist and written in that language, the attempt was to clearly depict these characters as first and foremost Americans in thought and action. How successful was Umezawa in his goal? Let us break it down further."
Read the full review here.
