![]() ![]() The Coyotes are represented by "Mister", a bearish ring leader of a small gang who is taking caring of Pirate King Bruce's daughter and legacy. The agents are Angelica Burns, a fast talking, fast eating, fast thinking, mental juggernaut, and her until recently, cop, Doctor Watson-esque partner Chelsea Muir(gifted with a good data aggregation mind). While the "Criminal Guild" and their proxies, such as the 12 Sisters are the antagonists of the work, the Coyotes and cops are set up as dual protagonists. The initial impression of the characters is that they could be interesting, but the effort isn't made to reel in the hook. With everything thrown onto the field approach, the series is often less than the sum of its parts.Ĭoyote Ragtime Show's character problem is less severe, but it is still troubled by miscalculations. While Coyote Rag Time Show isn't a work of especially quick cut editing, only disconnected particles stick out. Movement and effects present themselves almost as distinct ideas rather than contributing to something like a coherent fight scene. While lighting, character movements and effects are often captivating to look at, the whole engagements don't build on the smaller pieces. The same is true on the level of specific scenes. There's an objective to the odyssey, but because of the poorly managed sight-seeing, and a tone that should be fast rather than sprawling epic, it feels hampered by pointless delays. Akin to something like Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, the pebble-skip like McGuffin chases and halts for bits of back story information just drag on the pacing. It is not so much disjoint, as it is poorly fit together. On a series wide scale, the continuous story doesn't build as a narrative. Unfortunately, something that may very well be inexperience hamstrings the work. From attempting to do a gospel revival (about as laughable as it sounds) to finding new ways to animating blood spurts, to paying attention to bear bottles being throw and a fat slob getting ready to fight in a bar brawl, it makes the effort that anime productions should make, but frequently don't. If nothing else, Coyote Rag Time Show gets points for trying new ideas in an anime. Love loli-goth fashion or hate it, a memorable element of the anime will be the first episode's introduction of the Twelve Sisters, a hit squad of 12 young to very young assassins, each of which sports a variant on black, white and red, lace trimmed elaborate attire, looking creepily exhibitionist as they baronet foes, toss potato masher grenades, machete throats and such. And finally, ufotable tries to offer a current, captivatingly stylishness. ![]() This confrontation is initiated a 'The Rock' style collection of action movie premises crammed into a prison. Its mini space-cowboy revival has a sort of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly three sided standoff with representatives from government agencies, the "Criminal Guild" and independent pirate Coyotes. ![]() Mundane or familiar actions, such as eating rituals or raising arms in preparation for a fight are given complex, showy choreography. ufotable tries hard to be hip, visually interesting and new. In other words, Coyote Ragtime Show has a lot of people attempting to demonstrate what they can do. Script, storyboard and episode direction are spread out fairly wide given the series 12 episode run length, almost comparable to what Production I.G did with Otogi Zoshi. Director Takuya Nonaka had animated various projects over the years, with some limited direction, Dokkoida?! and Armitage: Dual-Matrix, specifically. Series director Matsuri Ouse had helmed one previous project, Futakoi Alternative. It is the first full production from studio ufotable. Given the resume of the studio and creators behind it, Coyote Ragtime Show seems like it was probably an experimental attempt to take a step forward. Column by Scott Green Be sure to enter the AICN Anime Disgaea Give-Away here Anime Spotlight: Coyote Ragtime Show ![]()
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