Shin-chan really loves his own butt. This is consistent in both the Japanese original and this dub-only US release; most everything else, however, is not. You see, Crayon Shin-chan , as it's known in Japan, is a nightmare of a show to westernize. The trademarks …Read more »
Goro Miyazaki has to be the unluckiest man in the anime industry. His legendary parentage aside, no one could envy his position of having been promoted from landscape architect to suddenly directing a movie based on an epic fantasy universe spanning a half-dozen books. …Read more »
Well after having finished Velveteen & Mandala , the English-language debut of mangaka Jiro Matsumoto ( Freesia ), I can't shake the memories of Makoto Aida's Mutant Hanako . Maybe it's some strange trigger caused by Matsumoto's sketchy-detailed art style, though the two aren't really …Read more »
It’s the roaring twenties in New York, and the best way to fight the baddies is with a gun-toting nun and a devil. Wait, what? That’s actually how it works in Chrono Crusade . Rosette is the ditzy, clumsy and loudmouthed (if well-meaning) nun who …Read more »
In this age of Internet streaming, it’s easy to forget that only a few scant years ago, the most efficient way to experience anime was to collect it on home video in such formats as VHS, laserdisc, and DVD. This required disposable income, dedication, and …Read more »
In some ways, Ai Ore! is difficult to pin down and I had mixed reactions to it. It’s a relationship story, and the main boy in it (Akira) looks like a girl and the main girl in it (Mizuki) looks like a boy. It’s a …Read more »
The fourth volume of Kobato starts off feeling much like the past volumes. That’s not a bad thing, but it feels as if nothing new is going to happen. Kobato is going to continue trying to fill her bottle so she can get her wish …Read more »
In Highschool of the Dead , zombies are taking over the earth and everyone could soon be dead. It’s the perfect excuse to show girls bursting out of their tops. Yeah, I’m not even going to try to say Highschool of the Dead is being …Read more »
“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 »
It should come as no surprise that manga is a rich medium for exploring gender issues; boys' love/yaoi content is famously infamous within fandom, and girls' love/yuri is becoming almost as recognizable, if not as emblematic for manga, as its male/male counterpart. Yet for all …Read more »
The first volume of the Time Killing Arc opens with a horrific murder in 1985. From there, without explanation, we’re taken back to 1978. Tokyo police detective Akasaka is being sent to Hinamizawa, despite the fact that his wife is about to give birth. And …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 »
Now 42-years-old, Shizuo has quit his regular job, taken up a gig at a burger place where his boss is 25, and is trying desperately to become a professional mangaka. Time and again he bemoans how many years he’s let slip by, and how hard …Read more »
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D , the game where you can't erase your save data, where you are doomed for all eternity to stare at the high scores of whoever pwnt your copy first—yes, it's true, but Capcom has already heard everyone loud and clear …Read more »
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