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「オール・ブルース」 (Ōru burūsu)
“All Blues”
Whatever else you might think of the final episode – or of the eleven that preceded it – I think it’s hard to argue that Watanabe-sensei isn’t a directorial genius of the first order.
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「 レフト・アローン」 (Refuto aroun)
“Left Alone”
Of all the episodes of Sakamichi so far, this one might be the most difficult to get a handle on.
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「イン・ア・センチメンタル・ムード」 (In a sentementaru muudo)
“In A Sentimental Mood”
As many different styles, shapes and sizes as great anime come in, how alike they are is more striking than how different they are.
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「ラブ・ミー・オア・リーブ・ミー」 (Rabu mī oa rību mī)
“Love Me Or Leave Me”
If Tsuritama is Oscar Peterson – bright and brash and slightly out of control, bursting with creative flair, Sakamichi is Bill Evans. Not a note is wasted, and not an unnecessary one added.
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「ムード・インディゴ ジーズ・フーリッシュ・シングス」 (Mūdo indigo jīzu fūrisshu shingusu)
“Mood Indigo These Foolish Things”
And lo, with the simple question “Would you like a persimmon?” was the fujoshi movement born in Kyushu, 1967…
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「ナウズ・ザ・タイム」 (Nauzu za taimu)
“Now’s The Time”
Well, that’s certainly going to give the fujoshi something to talk about…
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「ユー･ドント・ノウ・ホワット・ラブ・イ」
“You Don’t Know What Love is”
If you ask me what my favorite NoitaminA series this season is, my answer might have to be “What time is it?”
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「バードランドの子守唄」 (Bādorando no komori-uta)
“Lullaby of Birdland”
“Realism” is a term that gets thrown around almost as much as “slice-of-life”, and likewise incorrectly most of the time – but Sakamichi no Apollon is that rare series that earns the descriptor.
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「 バットノットフォーミー」
“But Not For Me”
Really, it isn’t supposed to look so effortless as Watanabe-sensei is making it look.
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「いつか王子様が」
“Someday My Prince Will Come”
Why does everyone make this anime thing out to be so hard? Just do it like that.