I Got Lost in the Surreal Fantasia of ‘A Garden of Spheres’ and Loved Every Moment of It

Despite the anime world’s current fantasy renaissance, a fantasy series that truly feels singular is hard to come by. Nine times out of ten, whatever I pick up ends up echoing something I’ve already read or watched, triggering the urge to revisit the older thing instead. Comparison is the thief of joy, and all that jazz. Although A Garden of Spheres doesn’t fully shake my mind goblins’ impulse to map its narrative beats onto other fantasies I adore, its sheer…