I remember a time back when MAD magazine was pretty much everywhere. Back when magazines were hip and new, MAD seemed to be in the forefront of things, giving a less serious opinion on recent pop culture. From the handful of issues I leafed through, its tone alone was very tongue-in-cheek in that it was a compilation of short written works as well as comics and the like all compiled for the sake of mocking what we as a society…
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. After discovering the existence of a PS3 port/remake of the original Umineko visual novel, I remembered that — against my better judgment —…
How does one even start to describe a show like The Brave & The Bold? If you aren’t familiar with the Silver Age of comics, the Superfriends, or the old Adam West Batman show, then I can’t imagine how anyone could explain to you what it’s like. The best way would be that it’s about campy superheroes of all kinds of shapes and sizes cracking one liners and doing battle with the forces of evil. Just imagine those old 80s…
Ah, yes, Hanna-Barbera, the legendary animation studio that was originally spawned from MGM, which brought us some of the most popular cartoons over the last half century, including series that have since been littered into American pop-culture like The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo: Where are you?, Johnny Quest, Top Cat, The Yogi Bear Show, and The Huckleberry Hound Show, just to name a few well-known examples. Of course, when you think of Hanna-Barbera, it would be one of the…
Going in, I expected an awesome action extravaganza about Samuel L. Jackson running around Tokyo with an unrealistically large assortment of firearms and explosives blowing shit up with a soundtrack composed entirely by Motorhead. After all, what else could an hour-long OVA entitled Black Rock Shooter possibly be about? The friendship shared by two middle school girls, apparently. This pretty much sums it up. What we’ve got here is a slice of life school drama masquerading as a trippy fantasy…
Okay, it’s my turn to take a whack at one of these, and for my first one, I chose to do one of my favorite childhood cartoons, Tiny Toon Adventures. Rather than doing an episode that is regularly regarded as great by fans, like Animaniacs! or Sepulveda Boulevard, I decided to do the rarely spoken of specials that aired after the series had ended it’s normal run; Tiny Toon Adventures Spring Break Special and Night Ghoulery. First off, both of…
If you know me, you know that I love the Looney Tunes. And why not? The cartoons from the late 30’s, 40’s, and 50’s, as well as some early 60’s ones, were constantly hilarious and have a lot of replay value., which has helped them survive the test of time for generations. My grandparents liked them, my parents liked them, and while my sister wasn’t as big of a fan, I definitely grew to like them while watching these old…
First of all, I haven’t read the comic and have absolutely no plans to do so whatsoever. I couldn’t give two shits about Jason Todd. And frankly, I haven’t particularly liked a DC Animated Movie since The New Frontier. So even before I start the film, my expectations for this are pretty much six feet under. A mysterious vigilante by the name of Red Hood goes into the streets of Gotham to stick a middle finger up the ass of…
Oh boy, this is going to take a while. I’m going to keep this family friendly, because I’m told by several sources that this is a family friendly show, and being that this is a family friendly site (right, Foggle?), I feel it’s only right to review it from that angle. K-On! is a show about the “Light” Music Club at some high school in Japan. The four members sit around and eat snacks while talking about nothing (while also…
Yes, this series was finished months ago. Yes, no one heard about it or cared enough to watch it. Yes, I’m going to post a review for it. Have you ever been having sex and as you were nearing orgasm an obese hobo thrust himself into the room and ejaculated all over your face? No? Well, neither have I. But that theoretical semen… that semen would be Ookami Kakushi. This series not only proves that Ryukishi07 can rehash Higurashi, it…