And after having finished the project, I watched the rest (i.e. episodes 09-13) of “Haibane-Renmei” (Charcoal Feathers Federation) and they managed to pull it off very nicely! Kudos to Yoshitoshi Abe and Tokoro Tomokazu for an excellent series (which not everyone will like…) that took me by surprise. Thanks to the fan-subbers as well… ^_^