Sk8 the Infinity
Hiroko Utsumi's back with a new anime in the boys-sports showcase stylings of Free!, as opposed to everything that was going on in Banana Fish, with dudes freestyling it up on skateboards this time instead of in the pool. The first episode of Sk8 the Infinity seemed to be an introduction to everything that the series might encompass, showing off all the characters and seeing how skateboarding, the boards themselves, the culture, and the competitions would be integral to the show. And I'll be honest, that first episode didn't really click for me! For a series that seemed to be shooting for downhill jam excitement between its opening scene and climax, the downtime between that wherein we followed main boys Reki and Langa felt far too languid in comparison. There were flashes of attitude and style just in the backgrounds and designs and the way the colors of everything popped, but that stretch of pacing seemed at odds with the supposed appeal of the show.
With the second episode, however, things settle in an interesting way: It doubles down on depicting the chill skating times of our new best bros, but reveals how that can make for a pretty entertaining show in itself! As in Free! Utsumi has a pretty strong handle on depicting this relatable central relationship, and one teaching the other to skate is as good a hook as any to portray their development as the rest of the players in this weird little skateboard-obsessed parallel universe make their own moves. Being an extremely ‘anime’ sports-action show, it relies on some well-worn tropes to make this work at the outset: Langa is basically an isekai protagonist, coming from the mysterious alternate world of ‘Canada’ and finding that his lifetime experience in snowboarding gives him a leg up in learning these in-demand new skateboard skills (he even has a close encounter with Truck-kun in the second episode!). Seeing how he adapts his Shaun White skillset to be more Tony Hawk makes for a novel way to explain those technical bases to a layman audience, plus seeing Langa bail off of a skateboard repeatedly is entertaining in the same way as watching the boys in Haikyu!! get hit in the face with volleyballs over and over.
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