Tales of gods and goddesses and the epic battles they wage between themselves are easy fodder for storytellers to turn into movies, books and anime series. Countless ancient cultures have given rise to thousands of myths and legends which are still recounted to this day.
The Epic of Gilgamesh is an ancient poem that tells [...]
I was a wee little girl when I became fascinated with Alexandra Dumas’ The Three Musketeers. I thought the friendship the four main characters shared was romantic and epic. In stark contrast to the Three Musketeers is Dumas’ revenge novel, The Comte du Monte Cristo aka The Count of Monte Cristo. No happy camaraderie there, [...]
Ghost stories aren’t just for campfires and sleepovers anymore. Requiem From the Darkness pulls the viewer into the world of the supernatural – a disturbing place populated by monsters, ghouls and unexplained phenomena. Or is it?
Plot Summary
Momosuke is a naive young author traveling feudal Japan in the hopes of finishing his “100 Storiesâ€, a compilation [...]
AZUMANGA DAIOH!!!!!
ACTION!!!
ROMANCE!!!
MAGIC!!!
NON-STOP VIOLENCE!!!
BLOOD AND GORE!!!
MECHS!!!!
ENOURMOUS BREASTS THAT DEFY THE LAWS OF GRAVITY!!!!
NINJAS!!!
SAMURAI!!!
HOT AND HORNY HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS!!!!
Check out this SUPER COOL anime that has none of the ABOVE and be pleasantly surprised as how an anime about ordinary high school girls can be so good!!!
The girls in Azumanga Daioh can’t fly, fight or perform feats [...]
I just got done watching the brand spanking new Hellsing Ultimate Volume 1 OVA from Japan and although I was super excited and utterly thrilled to watch it I was a lil’ let done by where the OVA started up at in the Hellsing manga.
Just an FYI, the OVA starts off at the very [...]
If I could sum up Haibane Renmei in a few words it would be: vanilla ice cream. Why vanilla ice cream? I would say that, though the short series was a pleasant distraction and a nice change of pace from the action and blood packed series I’m used to, it was a little bland [...]
Gungrave for me actually started off on the wrong foot. The first episode left me scratching my head and muttering “WTF???” Then top that off with the title character dressed like a gay cowboy, or what Japanese people think a gay cowboy should like and I was convinced that I didn’t wanna watch [...]
Last Exile was a big disappointment for me. Perhaps it was disappointing because of the way I built it up in my head or maybe it was a disappointment because the plot sucked. I actually had to make myself watch this anime for the first five or six episodes since the dialog and story were [...]
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