Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Bride Strips Away Everything – Including The Plot
Despite a brilliant first episode that broke the forth wall Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Bride quickly throws away any pretense and focus on providing mountains of vulgar boobs and butt jokes. But, believe it or not, a mountain of boobs and butts is not enough to hide the backwards thinking that fuels this show. Continue reading
Is Moe Contributing To Anime?
There exist acquired tastes in life. Flavors you might not have liked before but now feel an urge to experience from time to time. And they grows on you, like that itch for spicy food or the craving for just on more cup of coffee. Such is moe – an acquired taste for some and that piece of dreaded spinach for others. There’s no denying that moe is a money-printing machine that will continue to play a big part in the visual styles of anime in the years to come. But is moe contributing to anime? And where exactly do we draw the fine line between suggestive moe and outright hentai? Continue reading
Young Animator Training Project 2012 Short Films Review
I’ve recently watch the four short anime films that took part in the young animator training project 2012. So were they any good? And what exactly is this project? Continue reading
2013 Winter Anime Season Retrospective
The 2013 Winter anime season was remarkably strong, with more than one or two notable series that you should definitely watch. Continue reading
Kokoro Connect’s Last Story Arc Deals With Personas And Masks
In the unaired (Blu-ray only) last story arc of Kokoro Connect Taichi and the rest of the literature club are given a devastating blow. This time around they are affected by a phenomenon called “emotional transmission” that randomly transmits their thoughts telepathically to the other without their consent. Initially the members of the literature club believe this to be an easy task to overcome. That is until they hear Nagase’s inner voice and discover that her cheerful and playful personality was just a pretense – a false persona she adopted in order to appear more likable in the eyes of others. Continue reading
Wolf Children Movie Review
The Girl who Leapt Through Time and Summer Wars were two undeniable success stories back in their day. Coming from such a background director Hosoda Mamoru had a hefty reputation to uphold with his new movie, and I’m very happy to announce that Wolf Children upholds this reputation with ease. Continue reading
The first Treasure Festa 2013 figure gallery covered regular Garage Kit figures. This time around we check in with the ... ∞
On May 5th the annual Treasure Festa event was held at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center in Odaiba. Treasure ... ∞
Despite a brilliant first episode that broke the forth wall Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Bride quickly throws away any pretense and ... ∞
There exist acquired tastes in life. Flavors you might not have liked before but now feel an urge to experience ... ∞
Nendoroid Tsubasa Kazanari is packed-full with blades, protective gears and a face with blood dripping all over it. Wait, what? ... ∞
I’ve recently watch the four short anime films that took part in the young animator training project 2012. So were ... ∞
The 2013 Winter anime season was remarkably strong, with more than one or two notable series that you should definitely ... ∞
A few days ago while writing the Twelve Kingdoms Blu-ray review I was again troubled by one of the hardest ... ∞
