Review by Matt S. Atlus games lend themselves well to anime adaptations, because the narratives of those games are invariably the most engaging part of them. As we saw from the Persona 4 animation, for instance, by cutting out the occasionally repetitive dungeon exploration, the overall experience, if anything, improved…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I was a big fan of the opening opus of Attack on Titan. Underneath its highly-refined popular anime art style and pacing was a series that offered something substantially more, beyond action sequences and filler between more action sequences. It still revelled in its violence, and…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Circadas chirp in the background as the camera cuts sharply from one angle to the next, as the scene is set of a typical warm, humid day in suburban Japan. And indoors there’s a brother and sister that have set themselves a bet. The brother has…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I know I’m late to the party with Kill La Kill, but I was aware of the controversial reputation that the series had before I put the disc into my DVD drive. It took me around five minutes to understand why. This is a series that…
Read MoreReview by Clark A. Cardcaptor Sakura is regarded as a classic anime in most corners and, watching it again today, there’s no mystery as to why it took off. It’s a fun, innocent show with far more going on beneath the surface. It doesn’t hurt that, despite being a magical…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Here we go. I bet you were all looking forward to just what I had to say about Date a Live, otherwise known as “that incredibly popular anime with all the fan service.” Offensively popular, according to a more than a few people. Unsurprisingly for an…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. There’s a certain glee in Majestic Prince which sets it apart from most other offerings in the mecha genre. While esteemed directors have long been mixing the namesake giant robots with politics, philosophy and melodrama, Majestic Prince moves that all to the side and instead focuses…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Sometimes I don’t want to watch something deep or intelligent. Sometimes I don’t want to watch something serious. Sometimes I simply want to kick back and watch something childish, silly, and fun. Code: Breaker is the kind of anime that I turn to when I’m in…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I must be a sucker for punishment. Immediately after finishing with Bakemonogatari (at least to a level where I feel like I understand it enough to move on), I leap into another anime adaptation of Nisio Isin’s Monogatari series of light novels. Not that I actually…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. The vampire mythos is a veritable narrative goldmine for any horror writer worth their salt. The genre naturally lends so well to discussions of power, purity and violence that there’s plenty of potential for some great scares along the way. But Vampire Hunter D is not…
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