As a staple shounen for many years, Bleach was, unsurprisingly, one of the shows I was introduced to when I first started watching anime. That being said, I haven’t actually finished watching all of the show yet, having only made it to episode 266 before distracting myself with the numerous selection of other shows that Japanese animation has to […]
In the heart of Little Tokyo resides Pizza Cats, the cities’ most popular pizza joint staffed by Speedy Cerviche, Guido Anchovy, and Polly Esther. But unbeknownst to the robotic anthropomorphic animal citizens of Little Tokyo, Pizza Cats does much more than feed hungry citizens. When they’re not delivering pizzas, Speedy, Guido and Polly make up […]
2014’s Gundam Reconguista in G is the thirteenth incarnation of the ever-popular Gundam franchise, animated by Sunrise and written and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino. Set long after the end of the Universal Century Era in a new time period known as the Regild Century. Humanity’s space-faring days are largely over and Earth has known a long period […]
Ah, Sailor Moon R, what a tragic history you have in the West. When originally aired in 1996 in Australia, the series spent a great deal of time moving through the filler Hell Tree arc before settling into the Dark Moon arc, only to unceremoniously drop off part-way through the series. The abrupt ending left […]
In this volume of Fairy Tail our guild members make a triumphant return to Magnolia after the victory of the Grand Magic games. Just as they think it’s back to business as usual, bizarre events start to unfold in Fiore. The first episode starts off quite odd, with an older lady sitting at a café, […]
In One Piece collection 36, the race to save Ace from Impel Down continues. He has 29 hours and counting until his execution. Luffy and escaped prisoners Bon Clay, Buggy and Mr 3, keep battling through the prison to make their way to the lower prison levels. After battling and defeating the Demon Minatouris they […]
Based on the BL Visual Novel from the developers of Togainu No Chi and animated by Studio NAZ, Dramatical Murder follows Aoba, a resident of the island of Midorijima, a privatised resort paradise where the residents have been forced to live in an old run-down residential district. As the virtual battle game Rhyme rises in popularity, […]
The 1991 Ghibli classic Only Yesterday is returning to selected cinemas this month from May 5th. In anticipation for its re-release, I was given the opportunity to review a Japanese copy of the film before its English debut to Australian cinemas. The year is 1982 and Taeko Okajima is 27 and living alone. Following a […]
Transparency is important, so I’ll just say it. I don’t particularly like Sword Art Online. Sure, visually it’s a treat and conceptually it’s interesting, but the series makes a lot of choices with its characters and story I can’t agree with. Anyone who has watched the entirety of the Alfheim arc will hopefully know what […]
Samurai Flamenco follows Hazama Masayoshi, a fresh-faced male model on the verge of making it big by day, and the hero Samurai Flamenco by night. Hazama has always been obsessed with Sentai hero shows. After the death of his parents, Hazama was raised by his grandfather who created the hero character of Samurai Flamenco, and uses this […]