2008 · animation · fantasy · mystery
The Garden of Sinners: Oblivion Recording
Directed by Takahiro Miura59m2008
January 1999: Apprentice mage Azaka Kokutou, Mikiya's younger sister, has been ordered by her mentor, Touko Aozaki, to investigate a certain incident in which fairies steal the memories of students at Azaka's school, Reien Academy. Azaka launches an investigation with the help of Shiki.
Our read: The Garden of Sinners: Oblivion Recording (2008) reads as a sombre, steady, surreal animation · fantasy · mystery entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured animation / fantasy, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- inventive
- cold
- twisty
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