This week we’re taking a look at the series that provided the third part of Robotech (which we also previously reviewed), Genesis Climber Mospeda. Continue reading →
Category Archives: Anime
Weekend Review – Bodacious Space Pirates
This week I’m taking a look at another anime from last season which has concluded and is available (legally) to anyone who wants to stream it (provided you live in the US) – and one which I would argue merits Hugo Award nomination.
Just look past the totally radical title. Continue reading →
Weekend Review: Lupin III – A Woman Called Fujiko Mine
This weekend we’re taking a look at a recently concluded anime series, and the latest installment of the Lupin III series, with Lupin III – A Woman Called Fujiko Mine.
EDIT: I’ve realized that I had failed to include the score for acting when this review was originally published. The error has been corrected. Continue reading →
Hayao Miyazaki to Direct Dune Anime
Studio Ghibli has announced that they will be doing a 24-episode television series adapting Frank Herbert’s Dune, to be directed by Hayao Miyazaki. This will be Miyazaki’s first television series since writing for Gainax’s television series Nadia and the Secret of Blue Water in the early 90s, and the first television series to be primarily animated by Studio Ghibli.
In a press release, Miyazaki said, “Frank Herbert created a beautifully realized universe with the Dune series, which inspired my own ‘Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind’. It is an honor to give this work the adaptation that it rightfully deserves, and with the production values that our viewers have become accustomed to.” The series is scheduled to begin in the Spring 2015 season, in time for the novel’s 40th Anniversary.
Some of the concept art and character designs have been released online, and can be found here.
Anime Review – Tsubasa Season 1
Another anime review for you today, covering the first season of Tsubasa, based on the manga series I’ve been reviewing off and on. Continue reading →
Manga Review – X/1999, Volume 10
As we get into 2012, we continue with the reviews of CLAMP’s apocalyptic opus, X/1999. Continue reading →
Manga Review – XxxHolic Vol. 10
This week we have another review of XxxHolic, with a volume that could change the dynamic of the series entirely. Continue reading →
Manga Review – Reservoir Chronicles Tsubasa, Vol. 10
This week we’re continuing with Tsubasa with Volume 10, and the start of a new, lighter, fluffier story arc. Continue reading →
Halloween Review – Devil May Cry
For our next anime review, I’m taking on another video game adaptation of a series with over-the-top action, bullets by the barrel, and attitude to spare, and also (in keeping with the season), lots of creepy monster slaying. Continue reading →
Halloween Review – Doomed Megalopolis
This week’s Halloween review is an anime, with another work from Rintaro, whose work we previously covered with Dagger of Kamui. This time it’s double adaptation – an adaptation of the film Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis, which was in turn adapting some of the novel series Teito Monotagari, featuring the character who I’d best describe as Japan’s Dracula, Yasunori Kato. Continue reading →