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REVIEW: My Hero Academia Season 1 (2016)

Jellz | Aug 26, 2018 | 0

I always feel like I have to proceed with caution when I start a new action/adventure anime. This is especially true when it’s being adapted from an ongoing manga that has no intentions of ending anytime soon. The common pitfalls of these longer-running anime usually mean I skip them, but this...

REVIEW: Big Hero 6: The Series – Season 1, Episode 17 “Mini-Max”

virginiakublawi | Aug 25, 2018 | 0

“I don’t have internal organs!” *Spoilers* In “Mini-Max,” Fred is left to battle Globby alone as his friends are all in class. However, Fred destroys public property and creates a huge mess in his attempts to stop Globby, who still ultimately gets away. Hiro develops a small bot to keep an...

REVIEW: Frozen (2013)

virginiakublawi | Aug 23, 2018 | 0

“What power do you have to stop this winter? To stop me?” Frozen has an interesting history. A loose adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen, it was originally intended to stay closer to the original story. It was in and out of production from Walt’s time until it was ...

REVIEW: Persona 5 (2016)

andrewrodriguez | Aug 22, 2018 | 0

The Shin Megami Tensei spin-off franchise, Persona first appeared in 1996 as Shin Megami Tensei Revelations: Persona (Megami Ibunroku Persona in Japan). This largely came about from the widespread success and praise that Shin Megami If… had received for its high school setting and character focus....

REVIEW: A Prayer Before Dawn (2017)

mikecalkins | Aug 21, 2018 | 0

A Prayer Before Dawn is a true story that follows Billy Moore, a down on his luck boxer and drug addict who is thrown in prison in Thailand. While inside, he discovers that there is a prison boxing team and seeks to join it, hopefully saving himself through fighting. If I’m going to be completely ...

REVIEW: Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure – Season 2, Episode 8 “King Pascal”

virginiakublawi | Aug 20, 2018 | 0

*Spoilers* “King Pascal” begins with the group on a makeshift boat, trying to remain calm as a storm comes. Rapunzel gives everyone tasks except for Pascal, who she urges to hide below deck. The chameleon sees that the jib of the mast is loose and tries to re-tie it, but ends up falling and ...