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A really solid series of Sorachi's first child (Spoilers Ahead)
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Not gonna lie, when this was first announced, I already had low expectations considering this was Sorachi's first one shot in Jump. It goes without saying that usually the first work of any writer wouldn't be the greatest but after watching all 7 episodes, I ca…
Read full review on AniList →A Prototype of What Gintama Would Become
__ ~~~The beginning for one of the greats~~~__
The new short anime by none other than Sorachi himself introduces us to a new world where angels seek out souls that haven't passed on to the afterlife for one reason or another and decides to explore the complications/reasons that they decide to hold…
Read full review on AniList →Okay, so I wasn't expecting much from this one, but it was good.
So the first thing you need to know is this is literally Hideaki Sorachi's debut work, the same guy who made Gintama. He wrote it back in 2002, way before Gintama was even a thing. it's a one-shot, like one chapter, that's it. Sorachi said he usually avoids rereading it because it's embarrassing, bu…
Read full review on AniList →The seed of what made Gintama great is there, but it doesn't get enough time to really bloom.
__Who is this for?__
The main audience I'd recommend this for is Gintama fans as it's interesting for it's place as an adaptation of Sorachi's first work. The general vibe and structure is also the same (although obviously not as long). Although, just to note that only the first episode is an adapta…
Read full review on AniList →Such a great anime and a surprise!
Dandelion is an anime based on the very first one-shot written by Hideaki Sorachi, the author of the more famous Gintama. Only the first episode is canon, as it effectively adapted the story penned by the mangaka; everything else is anime-original content.
I was afraid of finding myself face-to-face…
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