Above all that must be said, I have to admire the confidence this show exuded throughout the run. It was wacky and in your face, but it could be sincere about it. The show knew how to make a scene where characters have a mass naked hug together, and make it not look stupid. Not once in this series were there any pussyfooting or restraint, hitting plot points and jokes home alike with the subtlety of a missile. This was…
This week, we get spectacle and joy raining down for the penultimate episode. In all honesty, I’m finding it hard to talk about the series when the episodes are like this. I wish I knew how to discuss anime fights better. Like I can describe the final fight in Fate/Zero as a battle of attrition where both opponents are at their peak. That’s something. But here, I’m perplexed. It’s a fight where both sides pull out everything they have previously…
I still think so. But in a somewhat different way than I initially believed. Space Dandy hasn’t really given me what I was looking for or expecting from it since episode 3. But that’s okay – I’ve, personally, loved every minute of the last four episodes. Probably more than most, as only one of them seems to have received any sort of favorable response from the general public. And it’s easy to see why; this isn’t at all the same…
Well, this had a bit more elbow grease than usual. I must give a hand to Trigger for the fight between Ryuko and Harime. Actions were nail-bitingly intense, with the oncoming Cocoon Planet threat only being at an arm’s length. As always, good fights in this show are as common as a flick of the wrist. I don’t need to point fingers, because everyone in Trigger should be given a hand of applause. They handled it quite well, with the…
There’s no doubt that Attack on Titan is the most popular anime among Western fans in years. Cosplayers storm the cons like there’s no tomorrow. Merchandise ranging from dolls to Mikasa hangers get sold. People who otherwise aren’t anime fans have put this series on a leagues-high pedestal. It’s a reception that’s boggled the original creators to no end, causing them to drastically alter the planned ending in order to satisfy this new horde of followers. It’s the anime that’s…
I know the moment the episode began, all of you were focusing on the familial threesome. Don’t lie. You did. There was nowhere else to focus on. Even if you were a fundamentalist who whipped themselves every time the mere thought of sex occurs, you were focusing on this scene. But this scene offers more than Ragyo’s chin in Ryuko’s ass. Throughout the show, you have seen how any sort of affection Ragyo gives to her children has to be…
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…
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to circumstances involving a certain “Last One Until He Makes Another One”-movie, Marquis is unavailable to provide this week’s installment. Happily EclecticDude volunteered his time to act as substitute.] So, we have entered the endgame at this point, or at least we have been since the end of episode 18 and its fantastic twist. Ryuuko has finally reached the point of no return, which is evident in the fact that Mako’s tension breaking goofy moment doesn’t diminish…
In 1968, writer Ikki Kajiwara (or whatever his real name is) and artist Chiba Tetsuya teamed up to create one of the most influential and critically-acclaimed manga of all time. It was a gritty, and at times surprisingly dark, manga about a young man from the slums who slowly rises to fame in Japan as he pursues a career in boxing. The story itself sounds basic enough from that description, which unfortunately does it absolutely no justice since what you…
I could swear that the Covers agents are basically the D-Reaper entities but in nice suits. They even have the cord that connects them to the main source. So like the D-Reaper, I’m theorizing that the Life Fibers are like an Old One, in that its terms and morals cannot be comprehended by normal man. Mankind may try to mold life fibers into something palatable like clothing, but that’s only superficial recognition to the monstrous guise beneath. They’re living suits…