With every new season of television comes the promise of fresh experiences, traditional elements, modern designs, and of course totally terrible television. As any fan of animation is aware, the industry is not doing all too hot currently. Not to say there are not good shows being made, but the industry as a whole is not one of a healthy outlook, respect for tradition, new ideas, nor consistency. It just operates on the 1980s mentality of “Kids will watch…
This is the first in a new series of articles that I’m planning on tackling. How I’ll handle other pilots/premiere episodes will likely vary as I move on from series to series, but as for now, I hope you enjoy this look back on the B:TAS debut. Let’s talk about Batman: TAS. According to us, it’s the second greatest animated series of all time, and if you like to be technical and not consider something theatrical like the Looney Tunes…
Hey folks, Foggle here! I’ve got some personal messages to deliver to all (two of) our loyal readers and anyone else stopping by for a quick read. First of all, I’m really sorry about the lack of activity on our blog during these past two months. We’ve got some good stuff coming down the pipe, but it’s slow-going since we’ve been pretty busy lately. Please bear with us! Secondly, I’m sure some of you are wondering why I haven’t been…
So I’ve been watching Young Justice ever since its premiere, mostly due to my love of DC and Greg Weisman. However, the start of the recent season has found me complaining more than appreciating the series. Let’s see why. I. The New Batch – Because of five years passing by between seasons, it was natural that the cast would be affected. However, it was much more than expected by the series unleashing more than half a dozen new main characters…
A girl with a pair of glasses sneaks into a science room while greeting jellyfish. Um, yeah. Onto a completely different scene, Kodaka walks by, catching the fear of one-dimensional school girls. I can understand bad first impressions, but it gets ridiculous after the first few times. Maybe their houses got burned down by blonde people or something, I don’t know. He enters the club room to find a miniature nun, which Yozora photographs to make him look like a…
Hey everybody! We’re back with another round of seasonal first impressions! This time is a bit different… and more professional. Everything is alphabetized (how exciting), and the end of the article features a short summary of all the shows we took a look at, along with some notes about our grading scale. Enjoy! Eureka Seven: AO In the distant future of the 2005 series, we get something much more down-to-earth than the Nirvash action of its predecessor. That said, it…
Still wishing that we could do more posts for The Film Experience‘s Hit Me With Your Best Shot series, I have to take whatever chance I can to tackle an animated work as it arrives to be analyzed. After doing Beauty and the Beast last year, once I saw that they were doing Disney’s landmark Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, I knew I had to do it as well. What can you say about a film that you’ve seen…
Late last year, I was getting caught up on one of the Summer’s better anime titles: We Still Don’t Know the Name of the Flower we Saw that Day (or Ano Hana if you like fake Japanese shorthand). At 11 episodes total, I was able to plow through the episodes in less than a week. The series was about a group of estranged friends trying to get over their differences after the ghost of one of their other childhood friends…
With the Winter Programs come to a close, it’s time to share with the rest of the class what we’ve been watching. First up: Nisemonogatari. Sequel series, or sequels in general, are tricky beasts to deal with. At the bare minimum, viewers expect that the same charm and quirks from the original be carried over, to the tune of a new, refreshing plot. The problem with that in terms of Nisemonogatari (or Impostory if you’re looking for a good English…
You know those shitty Christian propaganda cartoons used by fellas like Kirk Cameron to brainwash their children? Well, today we’re going to analyze one! So grab your popcorn and your Bible, ‘cuz it’s time to get downright sacrilegious in this motherfucker! Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. You know how “thou shalt not steal” is one of those Ten Commandment doohickeys? Well, there’s absolutely no way I’d ever pay money for this awful cartoon, so I watched it on…