It is a rare occurrence for short animations to be released on this side of the Pacific. While this is not a tragedy I have personally suffered over; I can see why it is not a readily viable business proposition…. Read More ›
Anime
Anime titles from the past to the present.
Broken Blade Special: Stop Calling It The “Broken Blade”, For It Works Pretty Damn Well
If you have been watching Anime long enough, you will come to a point where you can clearly say with conviction your opinion on marathoning a series. Marathoners believe that if you watch something all at once, you keep everything… Read More ›
Midori Days Review: This Is What Happens When You Drop Your Standards
Say a guy has not enjoyed the privilege of having a girlfriend in a long time; or perhaps ever. He will have at some point, whether told to him or an associate, heard the allusion that his right, (or left)… Read More ›
Megazone 23 Special – Part 2: How To Repopulate The Earth With Your Ragtag Band Of Misfits
Megazone23 part 2 was directed by Ichiro Itano (Blassreiter, Gantz, Spirit Warrior) and its character designer was Yasuomi Umetsu (Yumemakura Baku Twilight Gekijō, Mezzo Forte, Kite). Part 2 of Megazone23 starts a few months after the events of part 1. Shogo was defeated in his attempt… Read More ›
Le Portrait De Petite Cossette Review: Like Dorian Grey But With A Ghost And Surrealism
Anime has an interesting mixed history with the horror genre. Usually action based series that just happens to involve horror tropes like vampires in the case of Hellsing or werewolves in the case of Princess Resurrection, fit under this umbrella… Read More ›
Megazone 23 Special – Part 1: So You Just Combined Streets of Fire With Science Fiction?
Megazone Part 1 was directed and part created by Noboru Ishiguro. He seems to have shared the director’s chair with recognizable names like Leiji Matsumoto on Space Battleship Yamato and Shoji Kawamori on the Macross movie The Super Dimension Fortress… Read More ›
What Happens When CTBF Takes On The Megazone 23Complete Collection?
Anime as a medium goes through the same (or similar, from my viewpoint) creative processes of any other visual entertainment work. At a certain stage in a production, financial backing from producers has to come into play. In 1985, when… Read More ›
Memories Review: Two Out Of Three Is Not Half-Bad
This is the first anthology I have reviewed in my short life as a reviewer, so meeting with some unfamiliarity was unavoidable. For my first anthology, 1995’s Memories was a bit disappointing, yet not without its achievements. Memories is co-directed by… Read More ›
Project A-ko Review: Follow Your Dreams
Back in my younger days as an Anime fan; my first Anime Convention was A-Kon 19 taking place the last day of my freshman year of high school. Even though it is considered the U.S.’s oldest Anime convention, nowadays I… Read More ›
Sword Of The Stranger Review: Concocting An Immortality Medicine Out Of Steel And Ass-Kicking
Most samurai films are just that, films involving samurai (usually ronin) in a war-torn country and a lordless swordsman trying not to attract attention, just to have destiny kick him into something major that only his skills can solve. The… Read More ›
Shinesman Review: The Goal Is To Get Overtime Pay!
Throughout anime’s lengthy history, the parody genre has been a long withstanding staple. Kid shows like Sgt. Frog parodies Gundam and Kamen Rider, the early 2000’s anime Panda-Z parodies Go-Nagai’s famous Mazinger Z, and the anime classic Project A-ko is… Read More ›
Area 88 Review: Before There Was Sky Crawlers
In 2008, famed anime director Mamoru Oshii premiered his film, The Sky Crawlers, to the world. One of the main draws of The Sky Crawlers was its focus around characters whose job was to fly planes and engage in dogfights… Read More ›
The Three Forgotten Stories: Neo-Tokyo Review
Released in September 25, 1987, Neo-Tokyo is an anthology of three short anime films made by three different Directors. It comes from Madhouse, the same studio who brought the West Trigun, Vampire Hunter D: Blood Lust, and Ninja Scroll to… Read More ›
Children of The Blazing Fist 