Check out my review of GIts: SAC: The Laughing Man movie for a deeper understanding of my review of GiTs: SAC: Individual Eleven!
The Major and her crew are back again in this compressed, movie version of 2nd Gig; the second season of Ghost In the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. This second movie is much [...]
Catch up with Xenosaga by reading my review for Volume One first!
Things get more complex in Volume Two of Xenosaga as comrades’ pasts and motives are slowly revealed to Shion and her friends.
plot summary
Shion and the crew of the Elsa are taken aboard the Durandal by Junior (Jr.). Jr. is the pint-sized commander of [...]
Everyone has probably at some point in their life vowed to lose weight, be it 5 or 50 pounds. We’ve all tried to watch what we eat and make the right choices in regards to food and exercise.
If you read this blog, you know how I feel about Japanese food as a healthy addition [...]
A recent Business Week article noted the rising popularity of manga in Europe. The article concentrated on France, Germany, and a brief mention of Britain. It mentioned that readers are looking increasingly toward the east for their comics rather than the west. Svenja Malis, an 18-year old German reader was quoted:
“I [...]
A New Year means all new anime! There’s bound to be all sorts of good anime, bad anime, and downright god awful anime in 2008, just like every year. And there’s bound to be fans who know exactly what they’re wanting to see.
I have yet to sit down and truly plan out which [...]
There was some shakiness to the start of the 2008 New Year, so let’s get the bad news out of the way first:
Viz Discontinues MAR Anime Series
Viz Media has discontinued DVD releases for the MAR anime series after volume 4. This was originally reported by AnimeOnDVD and later picked up by ANN. When [...]
You might want to catch up with my reviews of School Rumble, Volume One, Two, and Three before reading my review of Volume Four!
Summer is still in full swing in Volume Four of School Rumble, and girls are in the middle of a friendship crisis!
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Eri has subtly insulted her friend, Mikoto, over a misunderstanding [...]
Anime is a fertile medium for strange concepts, outlandish character designs, and bizarre backdrops. Giant mechs aren’t considered odd in anime, neither are physically mature 15-year olds and their talking animal sidekicks.
Over time, weirdness has become part and parcel of anime, and makes it better because of it. Some fans might take umbrage to hear [...]
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