Episode 6 – The Detective Is Already Dead

I find myself wistfully wondering about a better version of The Detective Is Already Dead out there in an alternate universe, one where it was backed by the production power and talent to really push the kinds of fun its author is trying to have with the material. I think back to that single stellar cut of animation from the premiere episode, and am more than a little disappointed that we haven’t seen anything of that caliber since, with the anime looking functional at best and positively flat at worst. Going into this series I could immediately tell you the storytelling was going to be consistent nonsense, but that doesn’t have to be a problem if a show can present itself with the right amount of spectacle. One of my favorite anime ever is Symphogear, for instance, which is a show that’s dumb as rocks but sells its over-the-top action with gusto. I guess what I’m trying to say…