Typhoon Noruda

Taifuu no Noruda is the result of attempting to squeeze a movie into half an hour. A lot of things are poorly explained if at all. The storyline is incredibly predictable, mostly because the characters are flat and cliche. The art was decent, nothing special, especially when compared to modern standards. The background music wasn't bad, but the voice actors sounded flat and boring. This is especially noticeable during exclamations; the characters do not sound scared or excited at all. The characters as stated before are incredibly cliche. The main character for the sake of wanting to make his own decisions decides to risk hislife to save a girl, Noruda. He fights with his friend because he thinks it is lame to follow him. Characters are not the strongest point in this movie. In fact, Noruda's name is pretty much the only piece of information we learn about her. Nothing is explained about what she is, where she came from, and why she's causing the end of the world. I personally didn't enjoy it at all and would not recommend it.

Just like my previous review i won't compare this show to anything else due to the simple fact i'm reviewing this and nothing else. OK lets keep this pretty quick and straightforward. 1st of all i wanna touch on the story side of things, i neither like it or dislike it ,it's a rushed 30 minute movie i treated it more like an OVA ,which it basically is. There is a story but its so short there no point on me talking about it ,the synopsis itself tells u most of what's going on. -Its visual appeal was really good ,i enjoyed the animation thoroughly. -The sounds, ost's and whatnot ,are very appealing and fit that.. let's call it setting. -Characters well they are pretty lovable even within that short 30 minutes ,but i got nothing furthermore to add to that. To be honest just watch it, its 30 minutes it's a great animation overall ,just kick back grab a drink and watch it. If you managed to read this all.. well i appreciate that thanks, much love (also i give a 5 on story due to what is manage to tell in such short time)

Not gonna go in-depth as this is only a half hour film. Well, for this particular film, Ishida and Arai decided to flip their roles of Director and Animator. Arai had been an animator for the late Studio Ghibli, now being quite involved with Studio Colorido, he makes his directorial debut with Taifuu no Noruda. The film takes place on a certain isolated island, at a certain middle school, and on the eve of the culture festival. A boy quits baseball after playing his whole life and has a fight with his best friend. Then, they suddenly meet a mysterious, red-eyed girl named Noruda, and ahuge typhoon hits the middle school. This is the longest film they have made running 27 mins. It leaves something to be desired for it's typical approach to narrative rather than relying on subtext through their superb visuals. Not to say the animation isn't good, in fact it's really good, but I feel like they are conforming to more recent character designs instead of the their previous works' style that is reminiscent to the more unique Ghibli characters. It's sort of a mash of the two. The only aspect that's underwhelming is the approach to its story. As typical of most Narrative focused short films, there is just too much of an idea squeezed into an insufficient amount of time, in both production and in the film itself. The story is too complex, forcing characters to develop prematurely and leaving lots of aspects unresolved. The voice acting also could have used a little more work, the characters didn't feel like they had any emotion, farther detaching the viewer from the story. As I mentioned, it was very well animated and an interesting idea even though events are rather cliche. Has potential to be a decent series if fleshed out properly. Still quite enjoyable. 6/10 (Note that I rate Short Films on a bit of a curve different to that of a series or full length feature film) I'll still be following and supporting Studio Colorido. I think I'll end up ordering the BD if available. And I hope to see a full length feature film or maybe an original single cour series in the future. And when they do, I hope Ishida retakes his rein as director and Arai returns to the drawing board.

To keep this review short, the anime is very average. The story two kids, Saijou and Azuma, who get into a fight because Azuma wants to quit baseball. A Typhoon that's about to hit and there's this girl who says the only way to have the world "reborn" is by becoming a pillar. You can figure out the rest of the story. There's nothing deep or sentimental about this anime whatsoever. MAL said to write a longer review so instead I'm going to recommend an anime. If you want something about natural disasters and a way better story/plot/overall anime in general, watch Tokyo Magnitude 8.0.Plus it's only 11 and not only 27 minutes. Honestly, I feel like they could've done more with this concept. Maybe more backstory on Saijou and Azuma. Episodes about when they were kids, playing baseball, and about Noruda (the girl, if you didn't know by now) and her past.