Katanagatari Season 1

Right now you can watch Katanagatari Season 1 on streaming — and the writing holds up regardless of the format's reputation. The show says what it needs to say in a single season, no filler. A 7/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. Yukari Tamura's voice work is a big part of what makes it distinctive. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Katanagatari Season 1 earns its spot. The look of Katanagatari Season 1 gets people in the door, but the writing is what keeps them there. Season 1 of Katanagatari includes 12 episodes. It aired from January 2010 to December 2010. This season stars Yukari Tamura, Yoshimasa Hosoya and Mai Nakahara. Yukari Tamura and Yoshimasa Hosoya lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2010. What makes Katanagatari Season 1 more than a curiosity is writing that would hold up in any format. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Katanagatari Season 1 belongs on any best-of list regardless of format. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Visually distinctive and narratively ambitious in ways that hold up regardless of format. Worth watching in order from the beginning.