Vandread is set up along the rather amusing premise of two planets; one populated entirely by males and the other entirely by females, warring with each other in space. The culture of each planet has developed to abhor the opposing gender, and the show opens …Read more »
Planet of the Beast King: I didn't go so far as to expect furries, but I will say that I at least anticipated some wolf men or something-cat girls, hyena goofballs, foxy tricksters, rabbit children-something! Instead, the planet is ruled by violent plants; only the …Read more »
Strait Jacket immediately brings to mind a different time in anime's long and strange trip. It reminds me of the days I spent when I was younger, ignoring TV series (because they were only bringing a select few out over here) and flocking to the …Read more »
Moon Phase started out so very painfully. I don't want to watch abandoned-by-his-mother Kouhei Morioka have a reluctant and awkward master-slave relationship with a teenager named Hazuki in the context of her vampirism. I especially don't want to watch Hazuki be a brat (and that …Read more »
Western otaku are used to being inundated in Japanese cultural elements when watching anime... Whether it be the school uniform "sailor suits", the honorific "sans", "chans" and "kuns", or characters dutifully removing their shoes on entry in a home, almost every anime is steeped in …Read more »
Coyote Ragtime Show goes out of its way to make a bizarre first impression on the viewer. Aside from purposely obscuring who the real protagonist of the show is in episode one, it really pulls out all the stops that should send off warning flares …Read more »
Julian Gnam
Emily Balistrieri
Joseph Luster
