Spring 2016 Clusterfuck: Capitalist Japanimations of the Interest [The Retard Sponge Factory]

Spring 2016 Clusterfuck: Capitalist Japanimations of the Interest [The Retard Sponge Factory]

Guten tag, my working-class brethren. May you insist on taking a bite of our Eastern Animation First Impressions, yes? Ace Attorney (Turnabout Courtroom) AUTHOR‘S NOTE: The Phoenix Wright franchise is notorious for its rather overzealous NA localization which transplanted the series from a Near Future Tokyo to a magical fantasy land version of Los Angeles where World War II never occurred. Although Crunchyroll does provide subs with the US names spliced in, I watched it with the original Japanese names and…

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From Page to Animation: Flame of Recca [Episode 4]

From Page to Animation: Flame of Recca [Episode 4]

Episode 4: Labyrinth of Mirrors – The Flame of Death!! Chapters adapted:  Volume 2, Chapters 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17   Last time we left off in Flame of Recca, our hero, Recca, was nearly sliced into pieces in the middle of the park by an angry teenager but was saved because his girlfriend who was able to hear his voice from across town. It was quite the mess of an episode. It also ended in mid-scene, so we…

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From Page to Animation: Flame of Recca [Episode 3]

From Page to Animation: Flame of Recca [Episode 3]

Episode 3: The Water Swordsman – The Fang of Revenge!! Chapters adapted: Volume 1, Chapters 8 and 9; Volume 2, Chapters 11 and 12 Chapters skipped: Volume 2, Chapter 10   Here we are back in the fray again! When we last left off in Flame of Recca, episode 2 clumsily adapted 5 chapters of manga material while removing much of the fun and left us on a cliffhanger. After a poorly paced second episode we jump straight back into…

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After the Jump: 2016, Issue No. 18

After the Jump: 2016, Issue No. 18

Sorry for posting this so late, but ho boy, this was a monster to write up. There were eleven series in this issue, and I had to balance writing this while also doing a bunch of Clusterfuck reviews AND finish all of the far more important schoolwork I needed to get done. So, forgive me if I keep the introduction short this time and we just dive right into things, okay? Besides, if you want to know my thoughts on…

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After the Jump: 2016, Issue No. 17

After the Jump: 2016, Issue No. 17

It’s been a while, huh? No, this is no April Fools. The artist formerly known as Cartoon X is back and raring to review manga on here again. I never intended to take such a long hiatus from After the Jump, much less AR, but school and life kept me busy so hey, what could I do? There’s been several times I’ve hoped to jump back in, but I’ve just never found the time necessary to until now. Still, it’s…

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From Page to Animation: Flame of Recca [Episode 2]

From Page to Animation: Flame of Recca [Episode 2]

Episode 2: Wind and Fire – A Dangerous Seduction!! Chapters adapted: Volume 1, Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7   Before we begin, you might notice Domon’s face is different in the early chapters of the manga to the anime. This isn’t really a change to note since the anime version is how Domon eventually looks in the manga. Anzai solidified his character design pretty quickly after these early chapters. The anime did not change anything there unlike how…

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From Page to Animation: Flame of Recca [Episode 1]

From Page to Animation: Flame of Recca [Episode 1]

Episode 1: The Princess & the Ninja Chapters adapted: Volume 1, Chapters 1 and 2   As we start our comparison of Flame of Recca you must keep in mind that this is an action show adapted from an action manga. Your mileage might vary with some of these changes, but since quite a bit is changed from the original (sometimes for seemingly no reason) I feel it is important to note the differences even when miniscule. If you can’t…

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From Page to Animation: Flame of Recca [An Introduction]

From Page to Animation: Flame of Recca [An Introduction]

Comic books and animation go hand in hand a lot of the time. While live action tends to have trouble handling a lot of the more imaginative and out there aspects of tales from the visual print medium, animation is always able to keep up. From superheroes, to outlandish comedy, space opera, the medium of animation has no problem giving the stories the visual realization they deserve. But there are exceptions. Sometimes the result is immaculate, the animated version easily…

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The Winter 2016 Clusterfuck: Meet the New Year, Same as the Old Year

The Winter 2016 Clusterfuck: Meet the New Year, Same as the Old Year

This season’s clusterfuck dedicated to the memory of David Robert Jones. May your spirit soar higher than 100,000 miles while your spaceship knows which way to go. Active Raid: Special Public Security Fifth Division Third Mobile Assault Eighth Unit That’s A Lot Of Words Seriously Who Thought This Was A Good Idea? Active Raid! An anime with a title that sounds like a brand of either roll-on deodorant or insecticide! After yesterday’s crap I watched, how bad could it be???…

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North Korean Constitution Day of Anime: Dead Sisters Are a Hell of a Drug

North Korean Constitution Day of Anime: Dead Sisters Are a Hell of a Drug

I say this without hyperbole that the last episode of Charlotte was the worst twenty minutes of anime this year. The episode of Ranpo Kitan where the fat guy made cement blocks out of lolis? All the times in Dragonball Super where the characters were just circles and dots? None of them compare to the torrential incompetence of Yu having to scour the world for mutants and then taking away their powers without even a second thought or even question…

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