En el Kill la Kill, Capítulo 25: Oh Yeah, There Was An OVA

En el Kill la Kill, Capítulo 25: Oh Yeah, There Was An OVA

I tried weekly blogging an anime once. It didn’t end well. I wrote three fairly decent editorials about Kill la Kill. I put a lot of effort into those pieces, and I’m still quite proud of them. But that’s all I had in me; a few critical analyses about other critical analyses, as it were. Substantial arguments against other substantial arguments that fell on deaf ears because our readership was low. I wanted to engage in a discussion about how…

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After The Cel Shading: Aldnoah.Zero Season 1

After The Cel Shading: Aldnoah.Zero Season 1

For my initial impression on Aldnoah.Zero, please refer to my entry on the Summer Clusterfuck Week 1. When I first experienced Aldnoah.Zero, I summed up my opinion piece *points upward enthusiastically*, with the note that this is Urobuchi at his most blasé. Well… little did I know Urobuchi would depart by Episode 3’s end, leaving the rest of the season under someone else’s responsibility. So, as a result what I saw after the first three episodes was not the intended…

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Revolutionary Girl Utena Episode 8: Secret Lover Laser Razor

Revolutionary Girl Utena Episode 8: Secret Lover Laser Razor

The Great Curry High Trip… that title explains it all, doesn’t it? I was prepared to go all smarmy lit critic and discuss how the episode’s a discussion on duality between the roles women are given, but then they flew Nanami to Africa and the whole episode became stupid. It’s a fun kind of stupid, with some parts that make the episode almost worth the experience of a naked Saionji eating a banana, but this outing feels hollow compared to…

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The Top 30 Greatest Story Arcs in Anime and Manga: Part 7 – Honorable Mentions

The Top 30 Greatest Story Arcs in Anime and Manga: Part 7 – Honorable Mentions

The following is a list of story arcs we never got around to including for one reason or another. Each compiler will include a reason why the arc was not included and maybe you will hate us all a bit less. Nonetheless, these are all extra nominees that just missed the cut for the final list. Chances are, if it’s good, we looked it over. So enjoy this compilation of stories that didn’t quite make it on. Ashita no Joe – Carlos…

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The Top 30 Greatest Story Arcs in Anime and Manga: Part 6 – #05-01

The Top 30 Greatest Story Arcs in Anime and Manga: Part 6 – #05-01

#05. Revenge/Remembrance (Rurouni Kenshin) Creator: Nobuhiro Watsuki Original Years of Publication: 1997-1999 Manga: Volumes #18-28, Chapters #152-255 Anime: Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal #1-4 (Remembrance only) Studio: Studio Deen Japanese Publisher: Shueisha (Weekly Shonen Jump) North American Publisher: Viz Media North American Distributor: Aniplex of America Recommended Version: Manga Revenge: Rurouni Kenshin is a story about change; changing times, changing values, and changing people. Moreover, it’s the story of how it’s main character, Kenshin Himura, makes an oath to atone…

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The Top 30 Greatest Story Arcs in Anime and Manga: Part 5 – #10-06

The Top 30 Greatest Story Arcs in Anime and Manga: Part 5 – #10-06

#10. The Gung-Ho Guns (Trigun) Creator: Yasuhiro Nightow (series creator), Yousuke Kuroda (writer), Satoshi Nishimura (director) Originally Aired: 1998 Anime: Episodes #12-26 Studio: Madhouse North American Distributor: Funimation Streaming: Funimation, Netflix In recent years, Trigun has been known as the “obvious lesser” of the fan-dubbed “Space Western Trilogy” which has somehow been given an “obvious” hierarchy. The order would be Cowboy Bebop > Trigun > Outlaw Star, despite none of three even remotely attempting the same thing and all three being great…

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The Top 30 Greatest Story Arcs in Anime and Manga: Part 4 – #15-11

The Top 30 Greatest Story Arcs in Anime and Manga: Part 4 – #15-11

#15. Munich (Monster) Creator: Naoki Uraswa Original Years of Publication: 1997-1998 Manga: Chapters #47-77 Anime: (Monster) Episodes #25-39 Studio: Madhouse Japanese Publisher: Shogakukan (Big Comic Original) North American Publisher: Viz Media North American Distributor: Viz Media Recommended Version: Manga There’s a doctor named Kenzo Tenma on the road searching for a man named Johan. A man as sick and twisted as he is good at hiding his evil intentions, Johan quickly rises through the criminal underworld with nothing but charisma…

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The Top 30 Greatest Story Arcs in Anime and Manga: Part 3 – #20-16

The Top 30 Greatest Story Arcs in Anime and Manga: Part 3 – #20-16

#20. Kyoto (Rurouni Kenshin) Creator: Nobuhiro Watsuki Original Years of Publication: 1994-1997 Manga: Chapters #48-151 Anime: (Rurouni Kenshin) Episodes #28-62 Studio: Studio Gallop Japanese Publisher: Shueisha (Weekly Shonen Jump) North American Publisher: Viz Media North American Distributor: Aniplex of America Streaming: Crunchyroll, Hulu Recommended Version: Manga Oh, come on. You can’t tell me you haven’t seen or read this yet? Rurouni Kenshin, known as one of the best manga series out there, and one of the most influential, is a story…

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The Top 30 Greatest Story Arcs in Anime and Manga: Part 2 – #25-21

The Top 30 Greatest Story Arcs in Anime and Manga: Part 2 – #25-21

#25. Ending Day by Day (Full Metal Panic!) Creator: Shoji Gatoh Original Years of Publication: 2000-2001 Light Novel: Volumes #4-5 Manga: (Full Metal Panic! Sigma) Volumes #1-3, Chapters #1-12 Anime: (Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid) Episodes #1-13 Studio: Kyoto Animation Japanese Publisher: Fujimi Shobo (Fujimi Fantasia Bunko/Light Novel, Monthly Dragon Magazine/Manga) North American Publisher: Tokyopop [Defunct] (Light Novel) North American Distributor: FUNimation Entertainment Streaming: FUNimation Recommended Version: Anime Full Metal Panic! was a series of light novels that ran…

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The Top 30 Greatest Story Arcs in Anime and Manga: Part 1 – #30-26

The Top 30 Greatest Story Arcs in Anime and Manga: Part 1 – #30-26

In the world of animated series, there are a plethora of great episodic masterpieces, from the humor of Rocko’s Modern Life to the great stories of Batman: The Animated Series or Cowboy Bebop. However, as amazing as any of those more episodic series can be, it can’t be denied that they have their limitations in story-telling possibilities. After all, there is only so much you can do with just a mere half-hour at a time to work with. This is…

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