Anime Digest
Eve and Aoi Amawashi, two players from entirely different origins and with completely distinct playing styles, will rock the golf world. Eve and Aoi Amawashi, two players from entirely different origins and with completely distinct playing styles, will rock the golf world.
The Feel-Good Part
Birdie Wing takes a distinct approach to sports anime in general. And conventional, feel-good sports anime motifs like intense competitors, hard work/determination, and comradery are still there in this distinct approach. Sports and yuri sound like a combination made in heaven, yet aside from the fantastic MMA comic Teppu. Birdie Wing hasn’t been open about girl’s love yet, and they may never be, but they’re clearly referencing it. It’s clear we are in for a good time, no matter how textual they get about it, from the borderline Freudian golf language to the more wicked roulette of older ladies in the supporting cast.
The Disappointing Factor
The presentation is a little rough around the edges, with lots of CG and limited animation. Just keep in mind that you should go in with minimal expectations and be ready for some absurd special Anime Golf attacks.
In-Depth Analysis
Eve and Aoi are two characters from distinct universes. One of poverty and having to gamble on golf to make ends meet on a daily basis, and then Aoi, a rising Japanese golfer funded by a major corporation. The story appears to be pushing Eve from the underground into the professional scene, but it also appears to be trying to keep her tethered to the underground by leaving all of her supporting cast by the wayside if it goes that way. Nothing makes sense; it’s just episode by episode, making things up as it goes. Her progressing towards the professional scene in one episode may be followed by her being dragged deeper into the underground in the next.
Star Power
Eve’s family, Aoi’s buddy and caddie, Amane, Rose and her lackey, the underground Golf organisation, and Helena Lobel, who is surprisingly hard to get information about while being billed as the probable primary enemy, are the only prominent characters thus far. The characters are fantastic, and each character’s personality is evident in their poses.
Overall Opinion
If you’ve seen “Sk8 The Infinity,” this is pretty much the same thing, but with an all-female cast rather than an all-male cast, and golf instead of skateboarding. And, as with Sk8, it’s difficult to take the severe bouts seriously since the sports motif isn’t typically associated with “tough” sports.
