Anime Review #88: F-Zero – Legend Of Falcon

I used to intern for a small software company in Toronto for 16 months from 2017-18 following my third year of university, and there are several things I miss about it. The office building was located near a Catholic parish which offered the Traditional Latin Mass, so on some weekday mornings and evenings I'd have …

East Meets West #20: Super Mario Bros (1986) .vs. Super Mario Bros (1993)

It's been more than a year since I last discussed the Super Mario Bros. anime, sub-titled The Quest To Rescue Princess Peach. It's a colourful, yet unassuming anime movie which retains many of the features from its video game source material and visually reminds us of why it has become one of the most well-beloved …

Anime Review #70: Kirby Of The Stars

At this time, I would like to wish all my readers a very Merry Christmas! May the blessings of the Holy Family be upon you this season as we commemorate the birth of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ; let us remember the words of the angelic hosts that night, to the shepherds who saw …

Anime Review #60: The Super Mario Anime Movie

Nintendo's famous mustachioed video game plumber, Super Mario, has been long considered an icon of the video gaming world. Ever since his debut in Donkey Kong in 1981, which would be followed up by the Mario Bros. arcade in 1983 and most famously, the NES smash hit Super Mario Bros. of 1985, his adventures have …

East Meets West #4: Super Mario Bros. Super Show .vs. Sonic X

This week I continue my next batch of posts for the East Meets West series, dedicated to comparing/contrasting anime and Western media of similar premises, and, based on a specific set of criteria, decide which of the two is, in my fallible opinion, the superior version. Our two shows this week are based on one of the …