“The next Miyazaki.” In an industry seen as slowly drying of talent, perhaps no other person in anime has had this label applied to them more than Makoto Shinkai. This might owe more to his staunchly self-driven, independent approach to animation than to his actual …Read more »
Warning: Antique Bakery is bound to make you hungry. If you’re like me, you'll need sugar after watching. Based on a popular manga written by Fumi Yoshinaga and published by Digital Manga, Antique Bakery is easygoing, simple and yummy. It’s only twelve episodes, and they’re …Read more »
Ah, university life. Whether a distant, quasi-fond memory or something you've only been given a small reprieve from this summer (for those of you still in high school and yet to know the joys of university life, the phrase "Abandon hope all ye who enter …Read more »
Christianity gets all the good movies. Oh sure, they get quite a few stinkers, but if a Left Behind is what it takes to get a Jesus of Montreal or The Gospel According to Matthew (which was produced by a gay communist for crying out …Read more »
It's kind of interesting to look at the variety of high fantasy anime out there. Considering that the whole high fantasy deal is usually a very, very western affair, you'd think that the stuff from Japan would tend to be obviously Japanese, or at least …Read more »
Universal domination is a bad thing, but try telling that to the villains of Dragon Ball Z Kai. Those special Dragon Balls on the planet Namek sure are in high demand. Gohan and Krillin want them to bring back the dead (which isn’t as …Read more »
Every so often, whether you’re reviewing a visual work or just taking in a casual screening, you get something that makes you say “What the hell did I just watch?” In recent times this has given me reason to re-watch titles such as Christopher Nolan’s …Read more »
Much like Macross helped define anime of the early '80s and Evangelion is the poster boy for mid/late 1990s anime, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is one of the medium's touchstones of the present day. The series and its titular villain burst onto the scene in …Read more »
Things seem to be going a little better for the young otaku Milton as we enter volume 3, the last leg of Felipe Smith's consistently bold Peepo Choo . His views of Japan forever altered, he begins to transition from the "anger" stage into his …Read more »
When I first beheld the title of this TV series, my heart soared: Finally, an anime version of Benson ! Obviously, that isn't the case, as Black Butler is based on a popular shonen manga rather than a hoary old sitcom starring Robert Gillaume. I also need …Read more »
Milton's magical mystery tour of Japan kicks off properly in the second volume of Felipe Smith's Peepo Choo , and it does so with the shocking screech of harsh reality. Having recently arrived with the hot-tempered, otaku-hating Jody, Milton is more than eager to "communicate" …Read more »
It really is about who you know. Through an amazing chain of unlikely events, I got to see the live-action Space Battleship Yamato movie, fully subtitled in English, three and half weeks before my plane ticket says I’m flying to Japan for the December 1 …Read more »
The first volume of Dragon Ball Z Kai ended as a cliffhanger, with Goku and Vegeta decking it out. The second volume, which contains thirteen episodes, gets right into the action. Though this is supposed to be Dragon Ball Z without the filler, there’s …Read more »
Xam'd: Lost Memories is a show that's taken a curious route to reach the anime-loving public. It first dropped in June of 2008, as a launch-day exclusive for Sony's new Playstation Network online service. This is interesting not just because it makes Xam'd an early …Read more »
If you were an anime fan in the mid-nineties, it’s likely you ran across Armitage III . A cyberpunk tale in the vein of Blade Runner and Ghost in the Shell , Armitage III was once so synonymous with “anime” that it was featured as …Read more »
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