Leave it to the most comedic member of the Justice League to spark one of the most significant elements in the show, one that involves talking gorillas of all things. The first act just seems like pandering to Wally West fans, showing how spectacular he can be by chasing a truck while saving civilians along the way. Then as the episode progresses, the Flash is portrayed in a more negative light as cops yell at him while even his companions…
Note: I have discovered recently that the fan translation of this visual novel is considered bad and stilted by people who can actually read Japanese. My complaints about Nasu’s prose have been rendered void in light of this, so you should probably not read the following article. The first season of the Fate/Zero anime will be concluding its run in a few days’ time. Packed with huge thrills, great animation, and a manly eminence on par with that of Dragon…
A distressingly consistent theme within these episodes is that Superman’s been pretty useless. More often than not, his only purpose is to be a meat shield so the villain will be shown to be threatening enough for the other heroes. While it proves effective in trying to show that characters like Hawkgirl are just as useful as everyone else, it ends up devaluing Superman and turns him into the Krillin of the group. As a result, the show ends up…
Oh crap, the robot’s back. And this time, it’s in a field, since that’s where robots usually roam at before getting poached by local resistance fighters. I can understand a robot having stiff dialogue, but hear what the girl says. “Wait a minute, to think that something is strange means, you have knowledge of that which is not strange.” She speaks the dialogue that people use to be deep, when in actuality, they’re just being pretentious in their tedium. Like…
Episode 1: 3D Girls Have Cooties The story begins with our hero’s latest in a long line of romantic conquests. Of course, immediately after a riveting montage of saccharine high-school dating moments, it is revealed that his relationship is nothing but a charade; one confined to the circuit boards of his portable game console, the PFP. Meet Keima Katsuragi. He’s really good at dating sims and only likes 2D girls. Yeah, Keima’s one badass motherfucker. So badass that Hell’s demons…
“The wind cannot blow eternally… There will surely come a time when it stops.” – Ziko; Kiba, Episode 2 I scratch at the scabs on my wrists, tears welling up in my eyes. I can’t do it. The realization rushes through my brain. I just can’t. I glance at the bloody razor blade sitting on my desk. It’s impossible. I strain myself to prevent from vomiting on the carpet. “It’s fucking impossible!” I scream, exasperated and struggling to maintain a…
Rather bold to name your episode after John Milton’s classic, huh? As such, it provides an interesting contrast between portrayals of the underworld. Where the epic poem shows Satan as a sympathetic being raging against an evil creator, this episode’s interpretation of Hades is more in line with Rita Repulsa in terms of character depth. There lies a brief moment of empathy for what seems to be genuine love for Hippolyta, but little else to make him more than yet…
Time was, long ago, that on Saturday Mornings you could flip from one network to another and watch kids shows of varying quality and all lacking in anything resembling educational content. These were the good, ol days. The days when you either complained about College Football interupting Bugs and Tweety, scratched your hairoff about how NBC could run Smurfs and Gummie Bears back to back or just throw your hands up and watch whatever CBS had on. To celebrate this…
UPDATE: In the second episode of our podcast, we reflect upon and discuss this list. We at Animation Revelation feel that we know a thing or two about quality animation. And after seeing a couple of lists try to rank what would be some of the best animated series of all time, we figured that if anyone should have a say at that, it should be us. In true vintage format, we’re doing 65 entries instead of the standard 100,…
The cold opening shows us something we never thought possible; Lex Luthor has beaten Superman. As he stands over his Kryptonite infected body, he tells Superman how he managed to sneak one past him… Until he learns that Superman isn’t really Superman at all! It’s the Martian Manhunter, and the Justice League has finally trapped Luthor! He makes a run for it, but he’s simply no match for the new team and as he’s catured by the Man of Steel…