Review : Kino no Tabi
I’m at an age and a disposition where I just don’t have a lot of favorite things anymore. My daughter asks me what my favorite color is, and I have to give a half-hearted reply. “I like all the colors,”…
Review – King’s Game
In 1980, movie critic Gene Siskel famously shared his disdain of the movie Friday the 13th by spoiling the come-to-realize plot point of who the killer truly was. This, he felt, was the best way to discourage people from actually…
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Ever just have an off week and go “I sure wish I had content for a blog, but I don’t want to put a lot of effort into it? And then I’ll be surprised when no one takes the effort…
Review – Master of Martial Hearts
I can’t believe it. Today, February 2nd 2021, will forever be known as Watched This Horrible Anime Day. My dream of watching a god forsaken show worthy of giving a low-tier score has been fulfilled. I can finally drop out…
Review – Land of the Lustrous [Houseki no Kuni]
“Rigorous, meaningful work is the best medicine for questioning one’s place in the world.” Land of the Lustrous, or if you would rather Country of Jewels, is an 2017 show loosely based on the still on-going comic published in Monthly…
Review – Granbelm
I would sum up Granbelm as “Magical preteens who fight a battle royale with robots in hopes of being the one chosen by magic itself, complete with gutwrenching drama and enough character death to remind you that anime isn’t supposed…
Review – Cross Ange: Rondo of Angel And Dragon
There’s a dated joke in poor taste by internet cartoonist Natalie Dee. On a blog post she states her intent to swap out a problematic epithet with a replacement: I am going to be replacing “retarded” with “rondo” from now…
Review – Interspecies Reviewers, the Anime
Few Japanese cartoons can claim to have the outright notoriety stateside that Interspecies Reviewers (Japanese – Ishuzoku Rebyuāzu, 異種族レビュアーズ) has gathered in its short 12 episode run. Originally airing as part of a simulcast effort by Funimation, it was pulled…
Anime Discussion: Doreiku
Last year, an anime show titled Dorei-ku: Boku to 23-nin no Dorei aired on Japanese television; the streaming rights were later acquired by Sentai Films and as a result it can be watched on VRV in English. This show is…
