Dennou Coil

It's so funny now-a-days how thanks to streaming, an old show from the past can plop into your lap and, despite it's age--- utterly astound.

Den Noh Coil is just like that. It's an Anime from 2008. A Story that seems to just be about Life for Children in a city that has adopted a city-wide virtual reality that can be accessed by 'Glasses'.

At first it tells the story of these children as they just go thru life, growing up... cute and endearing with stories and family friendly messages that many would recognize...

But then a mystery unfolds: The virtual reality may not be what they think it is. And something dark wants to remain hidden from forces that want to destroy it.

The story is great for children of all ages...and best of all, it's enjoyable even for adults. And that's before the story arc about the dark mystery starts to unfold in astounding complexity.

But, my god...The sophistication of the Den-Noh technology and how they imagine it being implemented is FANTASTIC. And though this was from 2008-- the show's creators were ahead of their time in their imagining of this futurity.

It was a Future that was at once mundane and believable...but the story told from the children's eyes is at the same rivetingly different: It's about Magic!

Watch this one!