Clik here to view.
Anime Review: Nerawareta Gakuen
Now this… this is a good movie. Superbly animated, wonderfully executed, and a joy to sit through. Other than the slightly confusing ending I’d still say it’s damn near flawless for what it is and sets...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Review: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks
About a year ago I reviewed the first Equestria Girls movie and I was noticeably guarded through the whole thing. Not surprisingly: this was the first movie and it was also doing something risky by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anime Review: R.O.D. / Read or Die
Ah yes, R.O.D.; it’s been a long time coming. I still remember how fantastically popular it was back when it originally came out in 2001. Footage of it appeared in countless AMVs of the time and for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anime Review: Kaitou Reinya
As an anime and weirdo Japanophile who’s a bit long in the tooth I’ve been around the JPop block long enough. Even so, while I have long had a cursory knowledge of its existence, I can’t say that I’ve...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anime Review: Miss Monochrome
I have been a long, long time fan of Horie Yui ever since seeing (and obsessing over) Love Hina so many years ago. She’s delightfully talented in both speaking and singing roles and she’s managed to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anime Review: Tonari no Seki-kun
As someone who, generally speaking, detested school and the many thousands of hours I spent waiting for the bell to ring, I can sympathize with the desire to zone out and just doodle or whatever to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anime Review: Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu
Time and time again, I feel like I end up defending myself a little bit in these reviews, desperately scrounging at times to justify why I watch (to completion) and subsequently review (no small...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anime Review: Kami-sama no Inai Nichiyōbi
Toying around with Christian imagery and ideas is not a foreign concept to anime (with Evangelion being the most extreme example) but it is often a gimmick or confusing at best. I attribute this mostly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anime Review: Golden Time
It seems like every time I review a genuine romance anime (as opposed to one of the many fluff pieces) I’m constantly making comparisons to Toradora! and revisiting my opinion of it. True enough, I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anime Review: Kin-iro Mosaic
Super cute, colorful, and charismatic. Do you revel in lolicakes? This show excels in loli by putting on a fantastic presentation. It’s got fairly high production value and it shows by having gorgeous...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anime Review: Nagi no Asukara
Wow. Well… I should have known once I saw this was a P.A. Works production. It’s beautiful and pushes all of my buttons. The animation is phenomenal (as expected anymore from them), Manaka is adorbs,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why I Don’t Assign Ratings
Not that anyone is asking, but there is a distinctly missing feature of all of my many reviews: some kind of rating. I never give anything 8.5 out of 10, 3 out of 5 stars, or whatever system you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anime Review: Plastic Nee-san
I have long been led to believe that the domain of the three-minute mini-series were for the adaptations and ideas that, well, to be charitable… couldn’t secure real funding. Maybe they’re too risky,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Brony Closet
Leaving a job is never easy. Doubly so if you liked it and/or the people. The obligation to those you leave behind is, at least for me, also a bit daunting and agonizing. I don’t like schmaltzy...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anime Review: Diabolik Lovers
Cool colors, dark vignettes, and high contrast do nothing to innovate yet are certainly appropriate and striking. But alas, the actual result is that of a frustrated high school girl’s fanfic of “dark...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anime Review: Shingeki no Kyojin
Well… shit. Where does one begin when reviewing the titan that is Attack on Titan? Yeah, you know the one. Maybe you didn’t see it or still plan to or saw some screenshots and figured it wasn’t your...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anime Review: Shamanic Princess
I grew up on weird obscure titles found in our small town VHS rental store as well as, a bit later, whatever I could scrounge up from the deep reaches of the early internet. Which is to say, not much,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anime Review: Himouto! Umaru-chan
An often unfortunate fact about the anime biz as a whole is that it is entirely self-aware of its place. It knows that it is a relatively niche medium and it also knows that, for the most part, a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anime Review: Isshuukan Friends
Sigh. It’s my old nemesis, memory-related plot devices. It’s such a lazy, unrealistic contrivance and rarely is it ever a good choice but rather a convenient way to get out of a tight writing spot. I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anime Review: Kyoukai no Kanata
It’s true I’m a sucker for a high quality production series but I’m starting to see why a lot of people walk away unimpressed from some of them. No matter how good looking, how fluid the animation, or...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anime Review: Kono Naka ni Hitori, Imouto ga Iru!
Do you like your harem shows with some semblance of a plot? Well step right up and take a gander at our next contestant! It’s got the gaggle of assorted flavors girls who all have the exact same body...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anime Review: Anne Happy
Continuing in my recent trend of reviewing mediocreanime, I’d like to bring your attention to the next waste of time series. Are you feeling the emptiness ever since shows like Gochiusa and Kinmoza’s...
View ArticleTolerance
Let’s talk about tolerance. I don’t mean the hippy world-peace kind, I’m talking biology and chemistry level tolerance. The body and mind’s resistance, natural or learned, to changes in mental or...
View ArticleHow I Assign Ratings
If you’re that mythical regular reader of mine then you might notice the title of this post is a bit intentionally contradictorily worded. About a year and a half ago I wrote a piece on exactly the...
View ArticleInitial Impressions: My Little Pony The Movie Trailer
The first official trailer has finally dropped.My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic has always struggled with epic tale vs slice of life. If you watch any given season of it, the first couple episodes...
View Article