Just like Hollywood movies, anime comes in a variety of forms. Delving beyond the standard shonen, seinen, and shojo, there’s almost everything you can dream up. Buddy comedies, female empowerment, even teeny bopper fantasies all come to life in Japanese animated features. But sometimes the …Read more »
“A hapless, average guy finds himself surrounded by beautiful women, all of whom love him inexplicably for simply existing and have one or two defining personality traits. The guy lacks the backbone to pick just one girl, so he’s content to keep things as they …Read more »
The latest One Piece DVD collection has me practically dancin' on the ceiling like Lionel Richie, because the Alabasta arc finally comes to a close. For the record I really enjoyed Alabasta, but I also dug it when I read the manga and again when …Read more »
I figured it's been a while since I've watched Neon Genesis Evangelion in its entirety, so going into Evangelion 1.11 would be kind of a fresh slate viewing, or at least a memory-jogging one. It turns out the former isn't actually possible, but it …Read more »
"From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of star-cross'd lovers, take their life.” – William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Act I My decision to take on the review of the boxed sets of Romeo X Juliet was a difficult one. When …Read more »
For me, xxxHolic walks a fine line. At its root, this series is a motley collection of morality tales framed by slapstick humor and J-horror. It’s something of a unique twist on the average anime (which isn’t particularly surprising coming from CLAMP), but, in the …Read more »
As a purveyor of shonen and seinen-style anime, it’s obvious when you stumble upon a series that is top notch. While these series are made for boys and young men, the mark of an exceptional shonen anime rests in the studios’ ability to draw an …Read more »
Conan Edogawa is up to his comically oversized ears in crime once more as the night skies light up with the presence of a new rival, the Kaito Kid. This white-clad thief—looking like Tuxedo Mask with a garish monocle—makes authorities look foolish as he zips …Read more »
As a somewhat lapsed PC gamer, I personally have never been fond of the gameplay in Halo and especially not the multiplayer culture it popularized both online and off, which is why I'm so let down every time a new FPS gets made which decides …Read more »
Mai Mai Miracle (or, to literally translate the Japanese title, Mai Mai Shinko and the Millennium-old Magic ) could have been a Studio Ghibli film. Like Isao Takahata’s I Can Hear the Sea and Only Yesterday , Mai is a nostalgic film with a slightly …Read more »
Not terribly shocking considering the series' popularity, but the tenth One Piece film, Strong World , had a killer debut in Japanese theaters, ultimately toppling the opening weekend box office gross of Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo . The first filmgoers to attend Strong World screenings received …Read more »
From the young adult section of your local bookstore to every other show on The CW and the recent release of the latest movie installment of Clarissa’s favorite live-action film franchise the Twilight “Saga” (based on her time spent talking about it), vampires are once …Read more »
Fall of 2009 was host to a special series of events in Japan known as the Jump Super Anime Tour, and among all of the excitement were two new anime shorts for Weekly Shonen Jump series Naruto and Toriko . Actually, for the latter—an animal-hunting …Read more »
Don't be alarmed if you attempt to tune in to the One Piece stream over at FUNimation this weekend only to find Luffy and co. adrift somewhere in the wild seas of the Internet. Since Japan doesn't switch up for our wacky Daylight Savings Time, …Read more »
Dedication, loyalty, and an unstoppable will to serve. It could be a fanatical religion, a really serious waitressing gig, or an incredibly unhealthy crush. In the case of Shattered Angels, it's almost a combination of all three as Kuu Shiratori and company learn their fate. …Read more »
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