Delusional Hair: No idea why I put myself though this lengthy torment of watching all these titles for the winter anime season, but I did, and I kinda hate myself for doing it. But I stuck it out and there are some thoughts on what I finished. Aoharu x Kikanjuu 4/10 An anime about air soft […]
Opening the manga, you’re presented with a rather basic rendering of a town, then thrown right into the middle of a pimp beating his prostitute for not gaining enough clientele. This is the start of Gangsta, an on-going manga series written and drawn by Konske, which started publishing in 2011. This volume packs in five […]
First off, I will admit that I watched the show first before delving into the source material. I thoroughly enjoy the show for what it offers, and wanted to see if it held up to the manga, or simply took the premise and ran something completely different. Happy to see that the anime stayed truthful […]
With Studio Ghibli’s steady rise over the past few decades as a powerhouse in animation, everyone (including myself) had high expectations of their releases. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya surpasses all those expectations, and raised the bar to higher levels in terms of animations and storytelling. Directed, and co-written by Isao Takahata, whom you may have heard the […]
With legal anime streaming sites growing (especially in Western countries), it’s starting to become a hassle – having to search for them, and sign up to each site just to see and view a particular title. A couple of days ago @mczub, released a search engine site that cuts out that little annoyance in your anime viewing […]
Ever wondered what it would be like to play a Studio Ghibli anime on the NES? Well, the wonderful people over at CineFix have done just that. With stunning visuals of important scenes, plus incorporating midi versions of their major scores in the movie, this in an 8bit remake I would happily sit through the entirety of. […]
This is the third (and final, I believe) season of this quite hilariously done Comedy/Slice of Life anime adapted from manga by the same name. We once again follow Souta Takanashi at his part-time job; the Wagnaria family restaurant. Along with his daily interactions with fellow employees, and family members. A-1 Pictures once again […]
A portal in Japan opens, with a slew of Roman-inspired soldiers, dragons and all manner of monsters appear, slaughtering civilians left and right. On the outskirts of this we have Youji Itami, a JSDF officer and otaku, on his way to a doujinshi events. Interrupted by screams, dragons and fantasy monsters killing randomly, he jumps to, saving […]
P.A. Works try their hand at an original anime this time around. Having just come off from a rather successful series (Shirobako), they went with something completely new, using no source material. Now, on the surface Charlotte seems like a typical super powered, coming-of-age anime, but I like that misdirection. It lends itself on a lot […]
J.C. Staff’s take on Hachimitsu Private Academy, an elite, prestigious boarding school for girls has recently changed its policy to allow boys into the school. Now, with a ratio of 200:1, five boys who rarely interact with the opposite sex are surrounded by them. What happens when five hormone-riddled males, with few social interactions with females, are faced […]