An American Writer's Thoughts on Japanese Animation

Time to Fail – RErideD: Derrida, who leaps through time Spoiler Review

If my last two reviews hadn’t been so generally positive, I’d feel like I was picking on Takuya Satou. In case you’re wondering, he’s the man who directed Steins;Gate and Selector, and who also directed this week’s charming little paradox, RErideD.

Believe it or not, he’s not the only great talent to work on this show. The character designs are from Yoshitoshi ABe, who also did the character designs for Serial Experiments Lain and just about everything for Haibane Renmei, a show that I consider to be an all-time great. This makes a pair of incredible people who have done incredible work, stepping up to the plate in their successful fields. That means this show should be good, right?

You’d think so, but no.

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