Ikoku Nikki – I think it’s the earliest in the season I get my AOTS contender.

I had to check this out, since that’s such a bold prediction, and… now it’s already an AOTS contender for me too.

That was tremendous, and in so many different ways - the characters, the narration, the art style, the music, the way the story unfolded non-linearly but still somehow seamlessly, the perfectly placed surrealism…

I really didn’t expect something that good. Thanks for the heads up.