By Rachel on February 4, 2009
Seldom is a sequel ever as good as its original. In Afro Samurai: Resurrection, the movie sequel to the five episode long series, Afro returns after meting out the pain to his father’s killer.
Plot Summary
Years after Afro Samurai avenged his father, the deadly warrior has laid down his sword and tries to live a life [...]
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By David on January 12, 2009
Here’s a little bit of Monday fun: Tetsujin 28, one of the original series featuring a little boy who controls a robot might be getting the CG feature film treatment from Imagi Entertainment! They’re the ones who are producing both Astroboy and Gatchaman (as CG feature films). They’ve got a website up, along with some [...]
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By Rachel on April 2, 2008
Don’t miss out on my reviews of School Rumble, Volumes One, Two, Three, Four and Five before reading my review of Volume Six!!
School Rumble “ends” with this last volume in the series, but why does it feel more like a “See You Soon” than a “Sayonara“?
plot summary
Class 2C and 2D are locked in a battle [...]
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By Rachel on March 31, 2008
The Death Note manga is turning out to be a riveting read. And after taking into account of how popular the manga is with anime fans, I wanted to judge for myself if the anime series of the same name does the manga justice. So far, the Death Note anime is as engaging as the [...]
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By Rachel on March 19, 2008
Every now and again, anime gets a chance to impart some wisdom or express a valid point of view. Hayao Miyazaki is a master at making highly entertaining anime which doubles as commentary. His movies have a clarity which is subtle and obvious, depending on how you view them.
Origins: Spirits of the Past, [...]
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By Rachel on March 12, 2008
It so happens I love vampire novels and movies. When Anne Rice, vampire novelist extraordinare, was the toast of the goth world, I read all her books, even the Witching Hour (blah). I even read the less than complimentary novels featuring vampires by other novelists, but became burnt out on it all.
Black Blood Brothers [...]
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By Rachel on March 10, 2008
FUNimation has released a double feature DVD for CLAMP fans to go gaga over. The double feature is two thirty five minute movies: one is Tsubasa, the other is xxxHolic. Let’s see what a double dose of CLAMP feels like!
The Princes in the birdcage kingdom
Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle is an anime based on the [...]
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By Rachel on March 4, 2008
Mystery anime is a genre I haven’t watched much of. Not that I’m averse to it, just I haven’t found any which make sense or seem believable. Spiral, the anime, is a mystery anime based off the manga by Kyou Shirodaira. The manga was first inked in 2000 with fifteen volumes being produced. [...]
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