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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By Rachel on November 1, 2007
Idealism. Good, bad, naive? In todays’ world, where realism and cynicism have a strong foothold, idealism may seem all but dead.
Everyone wants to think that life can be made better for the masses (idealism) but the reality is, the masses don’t want life to be better (cynicism) or maybe it’s [...]
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By Rachel on August 13, 2006
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 [...]
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By Rachel on July 2, 2006
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, [...]
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By Rachel on April 19, 2006
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 [...]
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