Tag: Reviews, PAGE 9

Mazinger Z: INFINITY Celebrates Go Nagai’s Work in Style [Review]

It’s been a pretty great year and some change for anime movies. We’ve seen features both classic and contemporary make their way to theaters throughout North America, and the latest is a direct blend of the two. Mazinger Z: INFINITY is one of many projects …Read more »

Soaring High with the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: Reflection Anime Film [Review]

February 7, 2018

Joseph Luster

We may be under the protection of the Time-Space Administrative Bureau, but not every world out there is quite so lucky. Eltria is just such a world; witnessing its own slow death with no recourse but to jettison its citizens elsewhere. Kyrie Florian and her …Read more »

Takane & Hana Vol. 1 [Review]

February 7, 2018

Che Gilson

When Hana fills in for her older sister at an arranged marriage meeting, she’s introduced to Takane, obnoxious scion of the Takaba Group, a massive corporate conglomerate that can shake the economy with one word. After Takane insults Hana, she tosses her wig at him …Read more »

Hybrid x Heart Vol. 1 [Review]

February 4, 2018

Brittany Vincent

Hybrid x Heart is an unfortunate case of “what you see is what you get” when it comes to titillating manga. It features fantastic art and incredibly detailed costumes, but its overarching narrative is as flat as its protagonists’ chests are inflated. While there’s nothing …Read more »

Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 [Review]

February 4, 2018

Daryl Surat

1974’s Space Battleship Yamato is considered among the greatest Japanese animated series of all time, revolutionizing not only anime itself but its promotion and merchandising. Inspired by its melodramatic sci-fi storytelling, several Yamato “maniacs” (so named before “otaku” was in common use) joined the anime …Read more »

No Game No Life, Please! [Review]

February 3, 2018

Jason Bradley Thompson

In Disboard, a fantasy world of vampires, angels and beastfolk, all disputes are solved by games instead of violence. Izuna, an eight-year-old girl with a fox tail and fox ears, is the ambassador from the beastfolk to the human kingdom of Elkia, presently ruled by …Read more »

TWOCAR: Racing Sidecar [Review]

February 3, 2018

Ink

People really do race motorcycles equipped with sidecars. Who knew? Well now you do, and (more importantly) you should also know there’s a new anime, defined by said motorsport, that drives a delicious mix of melodrama and mirth all the way to the finish line. …Read more »

Girls’ Last Tour [Review]

January 28, 2018

Michael Goldstein

Come along for the ride “Nothing really happens, but in a really good way.” That’s the way voice actor Sayaka Ohara once described the mood of ARIA, and it’s a pretty solid definition of a handful of anime that are created with the specific purpose …Read more »

[Review] Captain Harlock Space Pirate: Dimensional Voyage

January 28, 2018

Daryl Surat

I commend Seven Seas Entertainment for releasing the original Space Pirate Captain Harlock by Leiji Matsumoto, but perhaps Matsumoto’s art style and loose approach to continuity may feel too “old fashioned” to new fans. Harlock is ideal for a remake, but the various anime (and …Read more »

Nirvana Vol. 1 [Review]

January 27, 2018

Che Gilson

Yachiyo Hitotose has an altruistic streak a mile wide. When she gets the chance to volunteer overseas, Yachiyo jumps at the chance. Unfortunately, her airplane goes down in a fiery blaze. Fortunately, she wakes up in another world. Yup, Nirvana is a portal fantasy. But …Read more »

Recovery of an MMO Junkie [Review]

January 27, 2018

Michael Goldstein

Catching the virtual love bug! When you think about the NEET lifestyle (if you think about it at all), Keima Katsuragi is usually one of the many examples that come to mind. And then there’s Moriko Morioka; a near-middle-aged woman who just quit her office …Read more »

Rose Guns Days Season 3 [Review]

January 24, 2018

Jason Bradley Thompson

In an alternate-universe 1949, Japan is even more devastated by World War II than in our universe, and hordes of Chinese and American immigrants move into the depopulated country after the war. Native Japanese find themselves a minority in their own homeland; most adopt English …Read more »

Review: Sailor Moon S Part 2 Delivers More Anime Nostalgia

December 31, 2017

Danica Davidson

Looking over the 2017 anime releases, there’s a title made long before 2017 — long before this decade, even before this century — that stands out as one of the most entertaining and popular. And that’s Sailor Moon. Many of us grew up watching Sailor …Read more »

[Review] Chibi Sasuke’s Sharingan Legend

December 30, 2017

Brittany Vincent

When you think of the funniest characters in Naruto, Sasuke—the brooding loner whose mission in life was to kill his brother Itachi—probably doesn’t come to mind. But Rock Lee already had his own comedy spinoff manga, so now it’s Sasuke’s turn! As in the original …Read more »

Neo Parasyte M [Review]

December 17, 2017

Shaenon K. Garrity

Last year, Kodansha published the English edition of Neo Parasyte F, a collection of manga tributes to the legendary horror manga Parasyte. All the contributors to Neo Parasyte F were shojo manga artists, and it was fun (not to mention bizarre) to see cute shojo …Read more »