So, after reviewing Argevollen and Aldnoah.Zero some time ago, I had an uncontrollable itch to go back and watch one of my favorite mecha shows… or because I’ve seen it all before, all my favorite moments and it’s sublime ending. It’s called Code Geass: Lelouch […]
If you’re a fan of anime, you’ll know that amongst all of the excellent anime I recommend there’s a high level of weird, weird stuff out there that I just ignore and let sink into oblivion. Some shows just have weird bits, some are predominantly […]
A new season of anime, and with it, as per usual, a new crop of mecha shows. Japanese boys have always loved giant humanoid robots going at each other with guns and swords, and with the continued unwarranted success of the Transformers movies, it’s clear […]
This week, perhaps the best named Japanese anime EVER – Bodacious Space Pirates! Or Moretsu Pirates in the original Japanese. Bodacious. Space. Pirates. What more is there to say? The story plunders (ho ho) from historical pirates, but is set IN THE FUTURE, where humanity […]
Something a little different this week. No giant robots, giant swords, giant boobs barely contained in skimpy outfits, and no fantastical other worlds or sci-fi or magic. This week, an anime set in modern day Japan. The story follows hardworking Daikichi – 30 years old, […]
A new season of anime started around the start of April, and as your resident anime reviewer, I scanned the big list to find my new favorite show. Turns out, I’m getting pretty jaded in my old age though. Most of the shows that interested […]
So, as I explained last week, there are two TV shows called Fullmetal Alchemist, born out of the strange system that is Japanese broadcasting. The stories begin the same, both spawned from the same manga, but diverge about a third of the way through. One […]
This is a big ol’ switch of pace from last week’s show, Death Note. Kill la Kill is pretty much everything that Death Note isn’t… but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Matoi Ryuko, short 17-year-old rebel punk, steps up to the door of intimidating […]
I’d like to tell you about a really popular TV show that I’m kinda embarrassed to admit I hadn’t watched until just recently. So, there’s a series of murders going on, and we the audience get to see the murderer behind them. That murderer believes […]
Here it is. The Classic. The Old Standard. The Jewel of the Nineties. I’m making all these names up as I go, but I’m trying to make a point. Everyone who loves anime inevitably finds this show, usually from lists of The Best Anime Ever, […]
