This month, David, Tora and I are taking a look at the first season & film of Thunderbolt Fantasy for Lunar New Year.
Category Archives: Anime
Episode 3: Nutcracker Fantasy (1979)
This month, for Christmas, David, Tora, & I are taking a look at the 1979 Sanrio stop-motion animated film “Nutcracker Fantasy”.
Anime Explorations Podcast – Episode 2: Boogiepop & Others (2019)
This month, David, Tora, and I look at the 2019 adaptation of the successful adaptation of some of the Boogiepop light novels – Boogiepop & Others.
Anime Explorations Podcast – Episode #1: Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken
I’m podcasting again! I, along with David Stark (my frequent collaborator on the Greatest Science Fiction Film Tournament podcast, along with Blaine), have a new podcast, where we do a monthly book-club style discussion of an anime series. This month we’re taking a look at 2020’s Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Next month, we’re discussing Boogiepop and Others (currently available for streaming on Crunchyroll).
Halloween Anime Review: Hellsing Ultimate
“The Bird of Hermes Is My Name – Eating My Wings To Make Me Tame”
For this week’s horror Anime review, we have a more… complete anime adaptation of Kouta Hirano’s macabre action horror manga. For purposes of this review, I watched the show dubbed, so I will be using the dub acting credits. Continue reading →
Anime Review: Your Name.
This week I’m reviewing the latest film from Makoto Shinkai, director of Voices of a Distant Star, one of the first films I reviewed for this site. Continue reading →
Anime Review: Hero Tales
This time I’m taking a look at a wuxia (period Chinese fantasy action – ala Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon or House of Flying Daggers) pastiche anime from the creator of Fullmetal Alchemist. Continue reading →
Anime Review: Ghost Slayers Ayashi
This time I’m reviewing an anime series that I thought was going to be horror, but became ended up being rather different, while retaining its horror elements.
Anime Review: Log Horizon Season 2
This week I’m finishing up my look at the Log Horizon anime series as it currently stands with the series second season. Continue reading →
Anime Review: Log Horizon Season 1
This time I’m taking a look at another anime, a fantasy anime series that takes a unique spin on the “Trapped on the MMO” sub-genre of fantasy anime. Continue reading →