The Next Generation Patlabor: Final Battle in the Capital is the final chapter of a series based on a well-remembered but not especially famous 90s anime series which was viewable only via limited theatrical release or seven Blu-rays retailing about $60. It’s also the direct …Read more »
Gamon Sakurai's impressive work on Ajin: Demi-Human keeps chugging along at a powerful pace in volume 4, which ramps up the action and the animosity between society and the immortal beings known as Demi-Humans. The calm but sinister Sato (AKA Hat) wants to turn the …Read more »
I bought Etrian Mystery Dungeon on release, having seen nothing about the game but a fairly vague trailer. These were two tastes I already knew I liked: the massive Wizardry-style Etrian Odyssey dungeon-crawler RPG combined with the smaller-scale-- but far less forgiving-- roguelike Mystery Dungeon. …Read more »
The fifth volume of Daisuke Ashihara's World Trigger manga offers a slight reprieve from the Neighbor-battling action of previous chapters. Instead the focus turns to training and tests, as four-eyed non-wonder Osamu Mikumo finds himself ranked higher than he should be, the target of much …Read more »
At approximately one thousand pages, The Anime Encyclopedia is your go-to source for anime information. Written by anime academics Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy, this is the third revised edition of the book. This edition has more than a thousand brand-new entries as it gives …Read more »
Warning: contains minor spoilers. The Dragon Ball franchise has always been known for its high-octane fights, charming gags and its colorfully designed characters. I am happy to say that under the direction of Tadayoshi Yamamuro, Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ takes these qualities of Akira …Read more »
Wolfsmund volume five was all about the siege of the notorious, seemingly impenetrable Sankt Gotthard Pass, home to the vile bailiff Wolfram. It was pretty much non-stop action, with Walter leading the charge and helping his people evade every last attempt at keeping them out …Read more »
Last February we found out that Gintama would be returning for a new season this year. It’s been over two years since we had last seen any new episodes and the premiere episode of the new season doesn’t disappoint. Gintama is a difficult show to …Read more »
All good things must come to an end, and it's nice whenever the rare opportunity pops up to read a manga series that isn't more than a dozen volumes in length. Tetsuya Tsutsui's Prophecy is just three, and its final volume brings things to an …Read more »
Naota's got it rough. Robots and aliens and laser guns, the usual anime protagonist fare. That’s all there, front and center, but he’s got other problems. Nobody wants to pay attention to him. Nobody gives him any credit. He’s smarter than every adult around him. …Read more »
Luffy and the Straw Hats are at that crucial point of the current Dressrosa Arc in which most of them are split up and doing different things, inevitably building to a final showdown and a timely reconvening. One Piece story arcs are pretty predictable—introduce the …Read more »
Assassination Classroom , the live-action film based on the manga of the same name, revolves around a fantasy that’s run through the head of every junior high school student at least once: killing their homeroom teacher. In Assassination Classroom , though, the teacher is a …Read more »
If you’re a fan of supernatural series and you haven’t already picked up Mushi-shi , you really should. Finding really good supernatural tales, the stories that are really evocative of the otherworldly, where the supernatural is integral to the story and world rather than tacked-on, …Read more »
What happens when you find out your lead might just be a massive, unsympathetic jerk? I guess nothing, really—contrary to popular belief a character doesn't need to be likable to be a good character—but that's one of the handful of revelations in Ajin: Demi-Human vol. …Read more »
A friend of mine once described the 1998 anime classic Cowboy Bebop as an “anime for people who hate anime.” I suppose in many ways then, Samurai Champloo is an animated samurai film for those who can’t be bothered to check out jidaigeki or “period …Read more »
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