Digimon Adventure Tri Part 6 closes out a marathon run for the series. With expectations high after the dramatic end to Part 5, it will be interesting to see how the team wrap up this final theatrical release. In the aftermath of Taiichi getting swallowed up by the earth and Hikari triggering an almost Eva-like […]
When hungover office worker Kobayashi opens her door the morning after a big night on the booze she is greeted by an enormous green dragon. Which quickly transforms into an enthusiastic woman (with horns and a big green tail) in a maid outfit named who announces she’s here to be Kobayashi’s maid. Turns out while […]
In a world where Demi-humans are steadily becoming included in Japanese society, high school biology teacher Tetsuo Takahashi ends up teaching three ‘Demi-chans’ and working with a Demi teacher, and takes the opportunity to interview them to learn more about them and their unique situations. Based on the Manga of the same name by Petos […]
The Abyss – a huge, multi-level pit with the cursed power to strip away a person’s humanity as they ascend from it’s depths. Full of unimaginable monsters, impossible geography and incredible and powerful artefacts. In a town named Orth just above the edge of the Abyss, young orphan girl Riko trains to be a Cave […]
Ocean Waves marked the first time in Studio Ghibli’s history where the directorial duties were handed over to someone other than co-founders Hayao Miyazaki or Isao Takahata back in 1993. With Madman’s recent blu-ray release in hand, let’s dive into this interesting experiment in Ghibli’s back catalogue. Ocean Waves treads somewhat familiar ground by telling […]
In a world made up of a multitude of floating islands, a girl named Lyria falls from the sky above the island of Zinkenstill, fleeing the Erste Empire. In the island’s forest she is found by a boy named Gran and his small winged friend who is definitely not a lizard, Vyrn. When the Imperial […]
90s Sailor Moon excite continues with the release of Sailor Moon SuperS Part 2 to Blu-Ray, officially catching up to the previous R1 releases of this magic girl classic. Sailor Moon SuperS Part 2 continues the usual monster of the week formula from its predecessors with the Amazon Trio being reasonably useless at their job, […]
Fireworks, an animated remake of Shunji Iwai’s 1993 TV drama/1995 live action film, made a big impact for SHAFT in 2017 as their highest-grossing theatrical feature to date. With a seemingly classic premise of repeating a single day over and over in the frame of a romantic drama, it will be interesting to see how […]
Sailor Moon S: The Movie is delightfully inconsequential. Is it essential viewing though? Let’s dive in and see what 1994 Toei was able to smash out… Sailor Moon S: The Movie takes place in the TV series’ continuity at a time of… some sort. Like most of the Toei theatrical spins based off their popular […]
Digimon Adventure Tri is back in the second to last entry in this epic theatrical series. With Part 4 stumbling somewhat in execution, it will be interesting to see how the story recovers in this latest release. Digimon Adventure Tri Part 5 follows in its predecessors’ footsteps by directly continuing the longform narrative of the […]