The story of an outcast’s journey to acceptance is one that transcends cultures and time itself, from old testament bible stories to Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. It’s no mystery why it resonates with a myriad of audiences from all across the age spectrum; there’s a very human inclination to…
Read MoreThe snow has melted. The birds are chirping. You know what that means? Nothing, silly. Stay there half-comatose on your couch and overdose on some more anime. I guess the title of this article was a bit imprecise in hindsight… While this season can’t match the sheer star power that…
Read MoreIf any label could encapsulate the sheer zaniness of Chronicles of the Going Home Club, it’s “pure comedy”. Tempting as it is to lump it in under the ever-broadening umbrella of “school comedy” for the sake of categorisation, doing so does a disservice to both the show and its potential…
Read MoreWell. This anime is a bit of a problem for me. Jormungand quite literally heroises an illegal arms dealer and her organisation. An organisation that is so bereft of a moral centre that it, quite literally, recruits a child soldier into its ranks. As the kind of guy who isn’t…
Read MoreI was worried going in to Highschool DxD New Season 2. After all, I hadn’t seen the original season, and I was certain that a series with such a complex and in-depth narrative such as this one would make it difficult for me to catch up with the events and…
Read MoreWith Hayao Miyazaki now retired, it looks like Japan’s greatest animated artist’s filmography will be capped at 11 feature films. While that’s a sobering thought, those 11 films are brilliant, one and all, and any fan of Japanese art and culture should watch them all. That filmography, for the record,…
Read MoreI guess this was inevitable. Taking the generals and heroes of the Sengoku period of Japanese history (the same time period that the Samurai Warriors games take place within), and presenting an alternate history that revises almost all them into attractive ladies is a distinctly anime thing to do. If…
Read MoreA fortunate number of us got to encounter one of those “special” teachers growing up. You know the type; ones that actually instilled something more profound than fractions or long division into your skull and their concepts and values helped forge your very identity. These gifted professors often adopt a…
Read MoreSitting back and watching a couple Yu-Gi-Oh! episodes with English subtitles sounds easy enough. After all, it’s an anime based on one of the most popular trading card games in the world. Heck, the franchise is so omnipresent that it spawned spin-offs that collectively span over 700 episodes, rivaling the likes…
Read MoreEvery season of anime comes with its requisite ecchi and harem shows and Absolute Duo fits both bills rather nicely. So far it has presented a few notable tweaks to the formulas of genres that I feel have become oversaturated in recent years, which should appease the fans of the…
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