Given such an aus­pi­cious and con­fus­ing open­ing three epis­odes, it would have been easy for ef to fall into obscur­ity and abstrac­tion with deep sym­bol­ism and obscured plot; thank­fully this is not the case and the series man­ages to make the absurdly styl­istic sym­bol­ism part of itself while still a some­times unique, […]

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Organised with care and attention into:

• abstract,
• art,
• beach,
• ef,
• ef a tale of memories,
• memories,
• review,
• romance,
• shaft,
• shinbo,
• skies,
• snow,
• stylish,
• sunset,
• symbolism

With sig­na­ture aplomb, SHAFT take up art-duties with ef  —  a tale of memor­ies and craft a typ­ic­ally styl­ish and coy intro­duc­tion to an intriguing and melo­dra­matic series. Long shad­ows and open skies, stark lines and sil­hou­et­ted pro­files, the art dir­ec­tion obscures the sed­ate story and mundane char­ac­ters but the poten­tial for things much […]

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Organised with care and attention into:

• 3 episode taste test,
• Anime,
• beach,
• ef,
• ef a tale of memories,
• review,
• school days,
• shaft,
• shinbo,
• skies,
• sola,
• style,
• sunsets