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The best thing about the anime series Nerima Daikon Brothers is that the dub track means you practically get two series for the price of one. As I mentioned when I reviewed the series back in 2009, the series...
There comes a time in every reviewer's life when he or she meets an obstacle they just can't get past. In my head I conjure the image of a passive stone bear blocking my prose-path. The bear gives it...
Over the years of watching anime, I've really come to dislike the comedy genre in particular. And it's really a shame, because some of the first anime I ever bought were comedies (Excel Saga, Galaxy Angel, Azumanga Daioh, Abenobashi),...
Paranoia and conspiracy. The unsettling feeling that you’re just another face in the juggernaut that is modern society and that you’d be powerless if it turned against you.
This is the crisis that begins the story of Ganta Igarashi. A...
Back when the slice-of-life anime comedy Shin-chan first aired, I loved it because it was vastly different than any other anime I had watched, especially considering what usually airs on Adult Swim (i.e. shonen action shows). I also greatly...
The Dirty Pair are back, for the first time! Years after the original, much-loved Lovely Angels hung up their hats (voluntarily or not), two new girls have taken up the mantle. Hotheaded Kei and refined Yuri are the dirty...
At the start of One Piece Season Four Voyage Four, Cipher Pol 9, a secret taskforce that executes the World Government’s dirty work, has framed the Straw Hat Pirates for the attempted murder of Water Seven’s mayor, Iceberg. What’s...
"Are you there?" If you hear this question, do not answer it. A mobile island may be humanity's last hope against the Festum, alien forces that have destroyed much of life on the planet. With no options left, a...
The first thing that struck me about this film was the contradiction in the title. ‘Oblivion Island’ brought up Elder Scrolls-style images of gothic adventure and battles against demonic hordes. But right next to it was the subtitle ‘Haruka...
I haven't revisited Hayao Miyazaki's adaptation of Howl's Moving Castle since it was released on DVD in 2006. I had vague memories of dissatisfaction with the movie and distinctly recall thinking that a lot of stuff in the back...