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The second season of Attack on Titan had an uphill battle ahead of it in more ways than one. I’m not just talking about the ever-raging fight against the Titans themselves; the expectations alone were an enemy that could have demolished a slightly less sturdy …Read more »
The beefy ‘bot is back! Go Nagai has been celebrating what could be one of his biggest years yet, and it’s been nearly 50 years since he burst onto the scene with works like Devilman, Cutie Honey, and Mazinger Z. With the success of Devilman …Read more »
More crazy than you can shake a really big Sword at Respectively spurred on by ominous stirrings and a missing brother, a knight donning golden lion armor and an orphan named Sophie battle monsters called horrors in an attempt to find out what the hell …Read more »
Space is the place to be in ID-0, a 2017 3DCG TV anime with direction by Goro Taniguchi (Planetes, Maria the Virgin Witch) and animation by Sanzigen. Set in the distant future, in ID-0 humanity has begun exploring and colonizing deep space thanks to two …Read more »
Oh, no! There goes Tokyo. And Shanghai. And New York City. And Paris, France. And Paris, Texas. And pretty much the entirety of the Earth’s habitable landmass. In fact, no quotation from a 1977 Blue Oyster Cult song can adequately sum up the degree of …Read more »
You know how they say you should never meet your idols? Chiyo Sakura learned this lesson the hard way, unfortunately. All she wanted to do was confess to the tall and somber Umetaro Nozaki. Unfortunately, she stumbles and ends up saying she’s his “biggest fan.” …Read more »
I thought I knew what I was getting into when I agreed to review Hand Shakers, but nothing can really prepare anybody for this show. When the first episode premiered in January 2017, fans pounced on it for its abominable visual style, and for good …Read more »
Sugary sweet with a rock edge Many of us fantasize about one day joining the music industry, but hardly anyone just wakes up one morning and decides to go for it. That’s kind of the premise of BanG Dream, however, which begins with an important …Read more »
I still can’t get over how one of the most popular and beloved anime titles of 2018 is one from Masaaki Yuasa of all people. For those wowed by the aesthetic of DEVILMAN Crybaby who are curious to see how much further their mind can …Read more »
Right away, it looks like Konohana Kitan is taking inspiration from Spirited Away; but one thing sticks out immediately—unlike Chihiro, Yuzu is already a denizen of the spirit world, which has doses of traditional Japanese mythology wherever you look. So rather than being shocked at …Read more »
The Fate series has always proved more appealing in theory than in execution to me. Its core conceit is brilliant: throwing figures of myth into a battle royale laden with arcane rules that exist only to be twisted taps directly into both our ancient fascination …Read more »
How rapture and damnation alike can get bogged down in bureaucracy Office work is hellish in Hozuki’s Coolheadedness 2, a supernatural-comedy TV anime based on the manga by Natsumi Eguchi that chronicles the daily lives of the gods, demons, monsters, and other paranormal critters that …Read more »
It’s been a pretty great year and some change for anime movies. We’ve seen features both classic and contemporary make their way to theaters throughout North America, and the latest is a direct blend of the two. Mazinger Z: INFINITY is one of many projects …Read more »
We may be under the protection of the Time-Space Administrative Bureau, but not every world out there is quite so lucky. Eltria is just such a world; witnessing its own slow death with no recourse but to jettison its citizens elsewhere. Kyrie Florian and her …Read more »
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