Tag: Reviews, PAGE 31

[Review] Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma

Have you ever eaten food so delicious you thought you might just keel over and die? It's happened to all of us once or twice, though likely never to the point where our eyes have rolled back in our heads. That's exactly what happens nearly …Read more »

Norn9: Var Commons Brings Welcome Changes to the Genre

January 12, 2016

Kristina Potts

The future is now. Or maybe it comes later. Either way, it's definitely not in the past… Or is it? Perceptions of time and reality grow muddled in the tangled sci-fi yarn woven in the latest otome visual novel published by Aksys Games , Norn9: …Read more »

The Perfect Insider Anime Eventually Wears Out Its Welcome

January 11, 2016

Norbert Daniels Jr.

Subete Ga F Ni Naru: The Perfect Insider is an adaptation of the 1996 light novel of the same name by Hiroshi Mori. The series has had a good amount of popularity in the past, having already been made into manga, live-action and video game …Read more »

[Review] Kizumonogatari Part I: Tekketsu

January 11, 2016

Matt Schley

© Nisio Isin/Kodansha Aniplex/Shaft There’s a fundamental problem with prequels. Whatever unique twists and turns they take, we know the ultimate outcome can only go one way. Just as we know Anakin eventually betrays the Jedi and turns into Darth Vader, fans of Bakemonogatari know Araragi-kun …Read more »

[Manga Review] Tokyo Ghoul

January 10, 2016

Che Gilson

© sui ishida 2012 Ken Kaneki is thrilled when he gets the chance to go on a date with Rize, the girl he’s been mooning over from a coffee bar he haunts with his friend. The date goes sour when she tries to eat him. …Read more »

[Review] Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance

January 10, 2016

Brittany Vincent

Disgaea has long been a strategy-RPG series that's felt mired in the previous generation of gaming, despite its quality and generally high reviews from critics. That's why Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance is here, as it's the series' first sojourn onto PlayStation 4 and also …Read more »

[Review] Noragami

January 9, 2016

Evan Minto

Depicting Japanese “kami” or “gods” as relatable modern characters is so common in anime that it’s hardly surprising anymore, but there’s something novel about Noragami’s take on the trope: a once powerful god of calamity who’s so unknown in the modern day that he relies …Read more »

[Review] Twin Star Exorcists

January 9, 2016

Evan Minto

Let’s be real here: Twin Star Exorcists is textbook shonen action. Our hero is a boy with amazing abilities but a bad attitude, tasked with fighting monsters. He meets a girl who motivates him to reach his true potential. They don’t get along at first …Read more »

[Review] Steins;Gate

January 9, 2016

Alexandria Hill

Hououin Kyouma is a self-described mad scientist who leads the Future Gadget Labora-tory in a conquest for world domination! But you can usually find the scientists either playing cards at the nearest maid café or trying not to piss off their landlord running the television …Read more »

[Review] Wagnaria!!3

January 7, 2016

Kristina Potts

Food service isn't for the weak. Low wages, cranky customers, the insanity of the lunch and dinnertime rush, and then, of course, there are the occupational hazards. I mean, who knows if around the next corner awaits a flying fist to the face? Well, the …Read more »

[Review] Evergreen Vol. 1

January 1, 2016

Che Gilson

© Akira Caskabe/Yuko Takemiya “It’s so corny it hurts! It hurts soo baaad!” Yes. Yes it does. Those words are shrieked out by Yoshimatsu Hotaka, the main character of Evergreen , but it may describe readers’ reactions as well. Hotaka is a skinny sad-sack suffering …Read more »

[Review] Sakura Trick

January 1, 2016

Kristina Potts

As an old song muses, one you must remember, "a kiss is just a kiss" and "a sigh is just a sigh," but, as time goes by you come to learn that perhaps these assertions aren't so fundamental. After all, if said sigh contentedly passes …Read more »

Japanese Fans Rank The Best Anime Films of 2015

December 31, 2015

Matt Schley

On this final day of 2015, forgive us one more best-of list, won’t you? This time, it’s from the guys over at Anime Anime, who have asked their readers to rank the top ten anime films of 2015. And just what did they choose? 10. …Read more »

[Review] Dream Fossil

December 31, 2015

Shaenon K. Garrity

© Satoshi Kon - KON'STONE Inc. / Kodansha, Ltd. Since the great animator Satoshi Kon died in 2010, publishers Vertical and Dark Horse have begun bringing his manga into print in English. Kon began his career as a manga artist (he assisted Katsuhiro Otomo on …Read more »

Akame ga Kill: Collection 1

December 31, 2015

Brittany Vincent

Akame ga Kill is an interesting series in that it combines elements that you wouldn't immediately think to bring together: ultraviolent, gory fights with humor sprinkled in that actually manages to be funny. Many anime series are often rarely actually humorous, so the fact that …Read more »