Bear with me all, but I'm going to be reviewing a movie today - but not in consecutive posts like what I did last year. Fifty-one Anime Reviews earlier, I reviewed The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, the anime featuring the titular manic high school girl with a penchant for world-building at whim, and her motley … Continue reading Anime Review #72: The Disappearance Of Haruhi Suzumiya
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Anime Review #52: The Place Promised In Our Early Days
In my last three Anime Review posts, I looked at works created by acclaimed director Makoto Shinkai, known by some as the second Hayao Miyazaki for his charmingly sentimental works released throughout the past decade. One thing they share in common is the same trope featuring a friendship later blossoming to a romance between an … Continue reading Anime Review #52: The Place Promised In Our Early Days
East Meets West #2: Steins;Gate .vs. Back To The Future
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. Last week, I kicked off this series with a … Continue reading East Meets West #2: Steins;Gate .vs. Back To The Future
Anime Review #50: Your Name
Sometimes life surprises you in the wildest of ways. Up until last Thanksgiving, I had no idea what Makoto Shinkai's Your Name was all about. Granted, I had heard the name being thrown around and was quite familiar as to its widespread appeal, but that's about all I had running about it from face value. … Continue reading Anime Review #50: Your Name