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Why Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is Tops

Why Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is Tops

Earlier at the Animation Revelation boards,(hint hint), we played a vote n’ rank game entitled Greatest Animated Movie, where we’d vote for and determine what the general conscious of the board would be for the choice favorite animated movie. Our top choice was 90’s outing Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, ideal for fans of the show, while follow-ups were Disney’s beloved cash cow The Lion King, Tim Burton and Henry Selick’s cult classic The Nightmare Before Christmas, and End of…

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How to Train Your Dragon and Make a Good Movie Too

How to Train Your Dragon and Make a Good Movie Too

Typically I like to start my reviews off by giving a brief history of the people behind whatever I’m reviewing, but I believe I’ll keep this particular retrospective a bit briefer than usual. DreamWorks, Disney’s greatest rival in animation during the past 10 years, formed in 1994 as a merger between world-renowned auteur Steven Spielberg, former head of Disney’s animated feature department Jeffrey Katzenberg, and film producer David Geffen in order to continue making successful Hollywood movies. As a studio,…

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Mars of Destruction

Mars of Destruction

This is by far the anime medium’s magnum opus. Mars of Destruction is the best animated movie I’ve seen in years, if not ever. In terms of science-fiction related media, this blows other greats such as Heinlein’s works, Battlestar Galactica, and Neon Genesis Evangelion out of the water. Truly an experience I will never forget, and oh, what an experience it was! Story: 10/10 This film is highly philosophical. I actually felt regret when the Big Bad Ancient Guy told…

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When I Cry (Because This Shit Sucks)

When I Cry (Because This Shit Sucks)

NOTE: This is about the anime adaptation. I like the visual novel – it’s good. Also, I wrote this over three years ago and acknowledge that it is very abrasive and kind of obnoxious. I’m only leaving it up for posterity. Please do not judge the rest of our blog on the merits of this particular piece. Hello, everyone! Foggle here, back with another anime review! Unfortunately, there are no pictures this time, because I am far too lazy. Anyway,…

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Gotta Keep One Jump Ahead – A Necessary Tribute to the House of Mouse, Part 2

Gotta Keep One Jump Ahead – A Necessary Tribute to the House of Mouse, Part 2

Rushing this in to make sure I kept with my deadline, let me say that I couldn’t wait for a movie like The Princess and the Frog more. I’m hoping to see it this Friday and post about it on the main blog. Anyway, here are the articles I mentioned in the first part. John Musker & Ron Clements: The Legacy The Great Mouse Detective (1986): The beginning of a beautiful friendship, and what a beginning! Based on a series…

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Gotta Keep One Jump Ahead – A Necessary Tribute to the House of Mouse, Part 1

Gotta Keep One Jump Ahead – A Necessary Tribute to the House of Mouse, Part 1

This Friday, the first hand-drawn animated Disney movie in years, The Princess and the Frog, comes out. With some of the more recent Disney movies lacking in the certain magic that Disney used to reign supreme in supplying back in the day, this is an event the staff at Animation Revelation can not wait for. Especially not myself, a huge fan of Disney’s movies. Only about a year ago did I decide to rewatch a majority of the studio’s animated…

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And It Only Took 130 Episodes, 4 Specials, and a Movie – Avaitor Says Goodbye to Ed, Edd, n’ Eddy

And It Only Took 130 Episodes, 4 Specials, and a Movie – Avaitor Says Goodbye to Ed, Edd, n’ Eddy

My childhood is over. It took 19 years for it to happen, but it’s time to let my carefree years of youth go past me and prepare for the “joys” of adulthood. I just watched the last adventure of Ed, Edd, n’ Eddy, the cartoon which I invested more time in than any as a child and still kept up with through it’s decade-long run on Cartoon Network. It’s funny and kind of sad to think about it, really. I…

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Bakemonogatari: Face, Limb and Torso Value

Bakemonogatari: Face, Limb and Torso Value

I’ve never really gotten that into the harem subgenre of anime, since honestly, I’ve never been that interested in it. If anything, I thought it to be one of the least original genre out there. I mean, you’ve got you’re one male lead and he’s continually surrounded by no one else but females for no apparent reason. I mean at least with an action series or a thriller, there’s some kind of logic behind everything. For a harem series, just…

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You’ve got Your Marvel in my Anime!

You’ve got Your Marvel in my Anime!

“East meeting West” isn’t exactly the newest of concepts out there. For as long as I can remember, there has always been some kind of attempt at combining the two incredibly different cultures, whether it is a “fish out of water” type of story, or just in the sense that a story is told or displayed in a fashion similar to the other’s. In some cases, this has been successful. For others, well… … and now, after what seems like…

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Warhol, Hertzfeldt and the Endless Eight

Warhol, Hertzfeldt and the Endless Eight

… okay, maybe it wasn’t exactly the best time to give such early praise to Haruhi Suzumiya’s second season. As of late, we have been given a total of five new episodes, though I am currently wishing I only saw three of them. The season starts of strongly enough, with Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody, which does of a good job of re-introducing the cast after a three year hiatus, but after that, things get a bit… meh. Enter the Endless Eight….

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