The developments in last week s episode of
LasDan had me questioning the exact trajectory and motives of the show s plot. Obviously the pile-on of climaxes was mechanically in service of taking us to the ending of the first novel volume/storyline (a fact shamelessly underlined by the title of this week s episode), but with shocking betrayals and perilous cliffhangers juxtaposed against the jocular series setup and comical characters powering this series, it resonated vaguely. Were we supposed to take all this laborious escalation seriously, or was it purely parody of the kind of conventions the show s been riffing since it described its base premise? Thankfully, this episode doesn t waste too much time making the truth clear: They re absolutely taking the piss.
I gotta admit, I think I m starting to understand the upshot of the Light Novel title economy. Time was when a story would at least have to get me to check out a dedicated synopsis to figure out how interested I was in its premise. So here comes this series, stepping out of the shadows to intone like an inquisitive Jonathan Frakes, “Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town” and, simply by being familiar with the outlandishly unrealistic power scales of role-playing games, I immediately understood the gimmick. Upending the natural order of level progression in this kind of setting should be an easy path to mining irreverent humor from fantasy funtimes. So with that laid out, it s easy enough for me to dive right into this series, providing that I can first come up with something shorter to
The official website for the television anime of Nigojū and Umibōzu s
The Detective Is Already Dead (Tantei wa Mō, Shindeiru) light novel series opened on Wednesday and announced the main cast and staff.
The main cast members are:
Shin Nagai as Kimihiko Kimizuka
Saki Miyashita as Siesta
Kanon Takao as Yui Saikawa
Saho Shirasu as Charlotte Arisaka Anderson
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Kōmori (not pictured)
Takehito Koyasu as Chameleon (not pictured)
Manabu Kurihara (Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! character designer/chief animation director) is directing the anime at ENGI, and Deko Akao (Arakawa Under the Bridge, Suppose a Kid From the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town) is in charge of the series scripts. Yōsuke Itō (Hensuki, Holmes of Kyoto, King s Game The Animation) is designing the characters.
/ Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town showcases its characters
Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town showcases its characters
Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town is an anime based on a typical computer gaming RPG setup.
Newly created PCs in computer games are often in the weakest part of the world, an area with level 1 villains and monsters to be a suitable challenge. In contrast, the area around the final dungeon is full of the highest level NPCs and monsters.