Miyazaki’s latest movie proves to be a bittersweet affair in many ways. It’s both the most down-to-earth and one of the most otherworldly, with the desire to create being examined throughout the movie. Jiro really wants to make planes, even risking his life from the Nazis to pursue that dream. Despite that unstoppable awe he carries, he knows very well that his planes will be turned into bombers for the Second World War. While the war only looms in the…
Those who know me are aware of how Archer is not only one of my favorite animated series currently airing, but is one of my favorite animated series period. I’ve been casually watching the show since its premiere, catching new episodes on and off, enjoying what I was seeing, but not really sticking around, yet didn’t become a lifelong fan until catching the last 2 episodes of the second season basically back-to-back. This prompted me to marathon season 1 on…
With the huge amount of animated shows that come out of Japan every year it’s natural that some are going to slip of the radar and end up in relative obscurity, even if they deserve to be more well known. The last anime I finished, a decade old shojo series titled Ashita no Nadja (Nadja of the Tomorrow/Tomorrow’s Nadja), is certainly one such show. The story begins in England at the dawn of the 20th Century. It’s here that we…
Before we begin, it’s my civic duty to inform you that this review does not contain any spoilers. However, you probably won’t get much out of this movie if you haven’t seen the Puella Magi Madoka Magica TV series. So, if you’ve yet to experience it, go watch it right the heck now, because you missed out on one of 2011’s best anime! You can read the review afterwards. Don’t worry, I’ll wait. Picking up right where the TV series…
The start of season two gets off to one doozy of a beginning as Ayumu breaks Haruna’s magic chainsaw which could previous transform him into a magical girl who could conjure massive amounts of magic and exposes his fondness for pretty pink dresses to the entire school of students! Next, there’s an incident with a dreadful dance of doom that turns out to be an unfortunate curse – and an embarrassing trip which does Ayumu no positive favors at all…
Art anime. Love it or hate it, its here to stay. For every mainstream populist director like Goro Taniguchi or Mamoru Hosoda; there’s an Akiyuki Shinbo, Kenji Nakamura, or Makoto Shinkai making plotless, often pointless, tripe hidden under some nifty, if rather infrequent, animation (then again… Shinkai’s stuff is barely animated isn’t it?). Occasionally you get a genius like Satoshi Kon who was able to stand in both fields at once, but he’s dead now so the world is one…
At last, we’ve come to the end of the road. Throughout these past three years, the show has been quite an interesting journey. And by interesting, I mean a huge slog where I wish Kirino was a real person just so I could have the chance to throw rocks at her. When Oreimo was first introduced, I thought it would be a satire on otaku and how they’re obsession leads them into futility. Unfortunately, this show is not watamote. Instead,…
OBLIGATORY SPOILER WARNING (MAJOR SPOILERS INCOMING (JUST SAYIN’)) Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox is a spot-on parody of everything stupid about the DC Universe. From the Liefeld-esque character design of Aquaman to the scene in which Batman’s mom becomes The Joker, this movie is truly a hoot ‘n hollerin’ laugh-a-minute extravaganza. Not since Kick-Ass has a superhero film been so uproariously funny. Our story begins with the Justice League ripping explosive devices off of people because a bad guy named…
Aku no Hana has the worst pacing of any anime – nay, any TV show – I’ve ever seen. It’s not a terrible series by any means, but watching it is akin to staring at the grass as it grows. I was not a fan of the characters or the rotoscoped animation (which, while occasionally extremely stupid looking, is not bad enough to be worth getting worked up over), but I found the plot interesting and was occasionally taken in…
I don’t think I speak just for myself when I say that a lot of people in the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fan community were a bit skeptical of Equestria Girls. Despite what haters and websites such as Cracked were spewing, there were very few of us that were absolutely ecstatic to see our favourite characters ditch their equine forms for human ones. Every single brony saw Equestria Girls as it was: a cash grab, pure and simple….