Tag: Reviews, PAGE 14

The Full Time Wife Escapist [Review]

Mikuri is a licensed clinical psychologist with postgraduate qualifications who is struggling to keep a job. Any job. While she’s living with her parents, her father finds her work as a housekeeper for the picky Mr. Tsuzaki, a former colleague of his. When her parents …Read more »

Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul [Review] – Superhuman Strength AND Thirst!

September 16, 2017

Gerald Rathkolb

The animation by MAPPA isn’t the only worthwhile aspect of the show, Nina and her co-stars are a delightful group that play off of each other very well. If you watched the first series, Genesis. there’s no reason not to continue with Virgin Soul. If …Read more »

Chihayafuru [Review]

September 15, 2017

Che Gilson

Competitive card games form the backbone of this slow-burning but satisfying story of friendship and ambition. Sixth-grader Chihaya’s big dream is for her sister to become the number one beauty in Japan. Then she meets Arata, the dirt poor transfer student from Fukui that all …Read more »

Grimoire of Zero [Review]

September 15, 2017

Brittany Vincent

Grimoire of Zero is the result of what might happen if you combined anthropomorphic animals with The Familiar of Zero and Berserk. With that said, it’s not exactly my cup of tea, nor the type of series I’d normally seek out (even though Berserk is …Read more »

[Review] Evangelion: Legend of the Piko Piko Middle School Students

September 13, 2017

Che Gilson

The familiar characters Shinji, Asuka, and Rei are the top students at NERV, a middle school that trains Evangelion pilots for the day when giant mysterious life forms come to invade Earth. And since the only thing middle schoolers care about are video games, they …Read more »

Alice & Zoroku [Review]

September 13, 2017

Gerald Rathkolb

I recently heard about an anime-style novel contest that was held in Japan. While this by itself isn’t significant, the stipulations on the contest were. The first, “no alternate realities,” and the second, “the protagonist cannot be a teenage male.” The hopes were to eventually …Read more »

Manga Review: I Hear the Sunspot

September 11, 2017

Danica Davidson

Kohei and Taichi are opposites, and that’s part of what draws them together. Taichi is a loudmouth who has trouble keeping down a job, but his heart is always in the right place. Kohei is aloof and mysterious and mostly keeps to himself. Taichi grew …Read more »

Fireworks: Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? Doesn’t Quite Charm Like the Original

September 4, 2017

Matt Schley

Live-action adaptations of manga and anime are common—the reverse, not so much. The live action-to-anime adaptation is a rare beast indeed, but one that seems to be of particular interest to popular indie director Shunji Iwai, who, in 2015, used animation to create a prequel …Read more »

[Review] Sailor Moon Crystal Explores the Black Moon Arc

August 23, 2017

Danica Davidson

All parents have times when their kids drive them crazy, but for Usagi, she has a special case. Her daughter, a pink-haired princess called Chibiusa, shows up and points a gun at Usagi. The little girl is then more or less adopted by Usagi’s mother, …Read more »

The Franchise Comes of Age in Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You! [Review]

August 21, 2017

Annie Zhong

As fans around the globe celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Pokemon franchise, the latest film, Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You! , is here to bring wave upon wave of nostalgia to those who grew up with the original anime series. The film, which …Read more »

Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry Brings the Gang Together for an Epic Showdown

August 14, 2017

Joseph Luster

There's been a bunch of excitement surrounding Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail manga lately, mostly due to it coming to an end. While that's no doubt a bittersweet moment for long-time fans of the series, thankfully it's not the only content to look forward to. …Read more »

Live-Action JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Bizarre for All the Wrong Reasons [Review]

August 10, 2017

Matt Schley

That’s it. I quit. I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe: teen idols and bright yellow blobs failing to act their way out of a paper bag in Assassination’s Classroom . ERASED , a film I wish someone would’ve had the sense to do with …Read more »

The Ghosts of Ghibli Haunt Mary and the Witch’s Flower [Review]

July 10, 2017

Matt Schley

In Mary and the Witch’s Flower , the new anime film from Hiromasa Yonebayashi ( When Marnie Was There ), the main character is a young girl who moves to a new town, befriends a black cat and blonde-haired boy, and saves the latter with …Read more »

Grimgar: Ashes and Illusions Deluxe Edition Review – “Fatal Fantasies”

July 9, 2017

Austin Price

Title, subtitle and premise all suggest that Grimgar: Ashes and Illusions is another negligible addition to the isekai fantasy subgenre so prominent in anime and light novels these last few years. “Grimgar” is exactly the kind of name a teenager obsessed with a particularly violent kind of power fantasy might ascribe to the …Read more »

Walking the ‘Royal Road’ of Manga with Hirohiko Araki

June 14, 2017

Joseph Luster

Whether you're into creating comics or not, there's nothing quite like getting a chance to pick the brains of the best in the business. That exceedingly rare opportunity is rearing its head in English thanks to none other than JoJo's Bizarre Adventure creator Hirohiko Araki. …Read more »