The Avengers: Some Assembly Required

The Avengers: Some Assembly Required

Last year, Marvel fans were greeted with the worst April Fools’ Day joke of all time: the abysmal Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon, which – despite involvement from writer Brian Michael Bendis – has absolutely nothing to do with the excellent comic book series of the same name. While many fans of the previous (and much better) series, Spectacular Spider-Man, were sore about Ultimate‘s mere existence, the truth is that SSM actually ended because of licensing issues between Marvel and Sony –…

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In The Grail, Pass The Xanax

In The Grail, Pass The Xanax

The short-lived animated series Immortal Grand Prix, a racing show co-produced by Cartoon Network, recently returned to screens to much fanfare. Much praise has been given to Toonami for this idea, with the consensus being this represents a return to the good old days. However, that contrasts with previous apathy for the show in favor of desire for shows like Sym-Bionic Titan or Teen Titans to return. In fact, the interest in bringing back IGPX seemed nonexistent in the months…

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On “Free!” (You Know, The Swimming Anime)

On “Free!” (You Know, The Swimming Anime)

Earlier this year, Kyoto Animation released a teaser for a potential new project. It featured a bunch of shirtless dudes swimming, complete with the crazy camera angles and energetic animation KyoAni is known for. This 30 second video started a fandom all on its own, spawning third party projects such as the wonderful Swimming Anime Dating Sim, the beta of which I actually did a reading of earlier this month. Today, the release of a PV has confirmed the swimming…

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HARUHI SUZUMIYA’S ASS

HARUHI SUZUMIYA’S ASS

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Spring Anime 2013 Clusterfuck

Spring Anime 2013 Clusterfuck

Is it… can it be…? We’re on time for once!? Aiura Well, that was an anime. Clocking in at exactly four minutes, Aiura spends about half of its first installment on the OP and ED, leaving only a little more than two minutes for the actual meat of the episode. This isn’t to say it was bad – in fact, it’s actually one of the lovelier looking TV anime in recent memory – but really, there’s almost nothing here. There…

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Overdue Final Thoughts: Psycho-Pass

Overdue Final Thoughts: Psycho-Pass

Psycho-Pass is one of those shows with a decent enough first half, only to drop the ball come the second batch of episodes. Honestly, Psycho-Pass never broke new ground even in the first half of the series, but what it did it did well. In a sea of moe titles, it was the first anime cop drama I’ve seen in a good long while, so that alone was reason enough for me to watch it. The first arc pretty much…

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Global Shinkai Day Movie Marathon part 4: Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011)

Global Shinkai Day Movie Marathon part 4: Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011)

I haven’t seen all that many Ghibli movies, and the ones I have seen I’ve already forgotten. So forgive me if my agreeing with the majority that says Children Who Chase Lost Voices is a Ghibli-esque film comes off with some negative undertones. The story centers around Asuna, a young girl that stumbles upon the secrets of another world when she is saved by a mysterious boy who fends off a rather fantastical-looking creature. As expected, she is soon caught…

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Global Shinkai Day Movie Marathon part 3: 5 Centimeters per Second (2007)

Global Shinkai Day Movie Marathon part 3: 5 Centimeters per Second (2007)

With two Makoto Shinkai works under my belt, I still wasn’t sure of the direction his movies were going. While both Voices of a Distant Star and The Place Promised in Our Early Days leaned more towards romantic dramas in sci-fi settings, I remained skeptical as to how many different takes of the same theme Shinkai could pull off. Thankfully, 5 Centimeters per Second breaks the mold of the previous two movies, if only slightly. While 5 Centimeters Per Second…

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Homestuck

Homestuck

Okay, so…Homestuck. You’ve heard the name. You’ve heard…things. 14-year-old kids talk excitedly about it in the back of the class as they fill binders full of their John/Dave yaois. Convention-goers mutter about people in gray makeup with candy-corn horns and police light-colored glasses roving around and forming photo groups. Bryan Lee O’Malley offhandedly mentions Scott Pilgrim and Homestuck in the same breath. But no one seems to be willing to try and explain what Homestuck even is, much less tell…

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Global Shinkai Day Movie Marathon part 2: The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)

Global Shinkai Day Movie Marathon part 2: The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)

I liked Voices of a Distant Star. It was the first Makoto Shinkai work I watched, and considering it was less than half an hour long, I think it was able to make the most of every minute it was allotted. Details and backstory that established the OVA’s world were given second seat to the characters due to its time constraints, and for the most part, I’d say it was the right call. The Place Promised in Our Early Days…

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