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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: Spice and Wolf (2008)

Jellz | Aug 20, 2018 | 0

One criticism I have for anime as a whole is that it seems like there is a lack of variation in their stories. If you’re exposed to enough anime, it’s easy to identify that certain shows are blatant ripoffs of others. This is why I get excited when I find a series that isn’t like &...

You Should Be Watching: Paprika (2006)

virginiakublawi | Aug 5, 2018 | 0

Welcome back to You Should Be Watching, where I recommend films and series that I think are underrated. Based on a novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui (who voices a bit part in the movie), Paprika was the last film of Satoshi Kon, a brilliant artist, writer, and director who passed away in 2010 at the age &he...

REVIEW: Hal (2013)

Jellz | Aug 1, 2018 | 0

As much as I love anime, I will admit that the one genre I tend to stay away from is romance. There’s something about typical romance anime tropes that make the relationships completely unbelievable. When I do decide to dive into the genre, I typically grab a Makoto Shinkai film because I know...

REVIEW: AnoHana (2011)

Geeks + Gamers | Jul 28, 2018 | 0

*By special guest writer L.B. Bryant* Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai (or just AnoHana) first premiered in the Spring of 2011 as part of that season’s Noitamina block, but it seems like only yesterday that I first sat down to watch it. Animated by A-1 Pictures (Asterisk...

Most Iconic 80s Anime

Geeks + Gamers | Oct 31, 2017 | 0

It’s time for another tumble through the history of the anime medium. Last time, we counted off what the most iconic anime from the 90s were. Now we go back even further to the decade where anime seriously started taking shape: the 80s! A time of funky music, crazy hairstyles, and ridiculous amoun...