I can overlook a shabby story in anime, to an extent. I can even really connect with an anime which has a none-so-good premise if the characters are well-developed. I can even-on occasion- hoot and holler along with a gratuitous anime which is rife with action and fanservice. However, I can’t seem to [...]
Read my E’s, Volume One manga review first!
E’S Volume Two continues to follow Kai Kudou’s struggle with his loyalties and his heart.
plot summary
Kai is both captive and guest of the Tokagawa. Yuuki doesn’t fully trust Kai since Kai is a member of Ashurum’s psychic military force. However, Yuuki does have a soft spot [...]
Someone once said, “It’s all been done before.” There might be a grain of truth to that cynical sentiment- in terms of anime and manga. However, even if “it’s all been done before,” it’s how a thing’s been done that makes an anime or manga either a copycat or a piece which sets itself [...]
We like to think that we’re a part of something cutting edge, something noveau in terms of our appreciation and fascination with Japanese pop culture in regards to anime and manga. Weren’t we already there with anime when people referred to it as “Japanimation”? Didn’t we scoff at the kids who read manga [...]
We hear the words “masterpiece”, “stunning” and “breathtaking” bandied around a lot in terms of anime series and movies. I’ve watched some of these breathtakingly stunning masterpieces- as described by reviewers- and have not felt the least bit as if my breath was taken away by a stunning masterpiece.
On the contrary, most of the [...]
ATTENTION!! We’ve reached 60 comments and the The Anime Blog’s Garage Sale Giveaway Part Two is now over. The winner for this round of the Giveaway is: Comment #25…Dee!!
Note: All winners must respond to the e-mail notice of winning within five days or we will draw another winner. Thanks for reading and [...]
DEATH NOTE AND DEATH NOTE: THE LAST NAME Based On Popular Anime And Manga Series That Have Taken Japan And North America By Storm
VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media LLC that focuses on Japanese live-action film distribution, has announced that it has licensed from Nippon Television (NTV) the North American theatrical and DVD distribution [...]
Demons, angels, heroes, and an epic quest to defeat an overlord sounds like you typical manga… wait there are demon penguins in my manga. This is just one of the awkward creatures in Disgaea 2, the sequel to the manga, based on the popular videogame.
The original Disgaea is a tactical RPG developed by Nippon Ichi [...]
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