Otherside Picnic posits the question – what would you do if you accidentally stumbled across a doorway to another dimension that wasn’t dominated by JRPG tropes and otaku power fantasies? Sorawo unwittingly finds herself travelling back and forth to a bizarre parallel dimension contemplating the value of her own existance when she crosses paths with […]
Gleipnir at first glance seems to visually revel in the subversive dichotomy of twisting a cute plushie thingie into a monster. At least that was my first impression based on the key art – the reality is an interesting exploration that thankfully dives a little deeper than the potential edgelord premise it might have had. […]
Kei and Ko have managed to stay one step ahead of the Japanese Government and those who would capture them for being Ajin – an unkillable human who is sought after to be used in inhumane experiments as a valuable specimen. But as the Ajin terrorist Sato begins his second wave of attacks against those […]
High school student Nagai Kei’s life takes a turn for the worst when he is hit by a truck while walking home from school and he doesn’t die. In fact, it’s quite the opposite – while the impact definitely kills him, Kei doesn’t stay dead. His premature and impermanent death reveals that Kei is an […]
If I was to question a handful of people on the pros and cons of immortality, I’m willing to bet that the general response would be a positive one. And why not? Logically, the more time you’re alive the more time you have to enjoy the things life has to offer, right? Well, Ajin is […]
Parasyte is a science fiction/horror/action manga series written and illustrated by Hitoshi Iwaaki, published from 1988 to 1995 in only 10 volumes. This is a lot less than all the popular manga these days that go over 20 or 30 volumes. The Japanese movie industries enjoy making successful manga/anime/novel into live adaptations and so in October 2014, Part 1 of […]
Tokyo Ghoul Season One is a 12 episode TV anime aired between July and September 2014 based on the manga of the same name. What this means is that the anime adaptation does not follow the story line of its manga counterpart, which I only found out after I finished the series. This series is a survival battle between ghouls […]