Titles: WonEgg, WEP, WONDER EGG PRIORITY Genre: Drama, Supernatural, Magical Girl Episodes: 13 Studio: CloverWorks Sometimes life can be terrible. It can. It can feel like a bottomless ocean filled with pain and remorse. It sort of feels that way for Ai at the moment. Her best friend, maybe her only friend, just committed suicide….
Guest Post by Rowegn (blogger at 90sanime.com, your resource for 90s Anime). There’s hardly an anime fan alive who isn’t aware of the classic magic girl anime, Sailor Moon and Cardcaptor Sakura. And it’s hard to argue that any decade surpasses the 90s when it comes to magical girl anime. At this point, it may seem…
Titles: Princess Tutu Genre: Adventure, surreal, magical girl, romance, drama, fairy tale Episodes: 38 Studio: Hal Film Maker The world can be a cold harsh place for a little duck. Danger lurks everywhere. It’s freezing in winter and stifling in summer. You have to stay strong and sharp, if you don,t want to be eaten….
Titles: Flip Flappers Genre: Adventure, supernatural, Magical Girl, school Episodes: 13 Studio: Studio 3Hz It can be tough to make friends. Even when you’re in middle school, sometimes it’s not easy to find someone to really relate to. But it’s not like Cocona is all alone. She has her grandmother and her childhood friend Yayaka….
I’m trying to leave a or Genre: Drama, gore, supernatural, magical girl, urban fantasy, school, horror? Episodes: 12 Studio: production doA Those poor unfortunate souls. In Pain. In need. When they think their all alone there only one thing that can help them. The site, yes indeed. Aya is a girl who just can’t get…
Genre: Supernatural, action, drama, mystery, romance Episodes: 24 Studio: Bones Have you even seen The Happening? The evil tree movie by M. Night Shyamalan. I haven’t but I love watching reviews and parodies that rip it apart. So Imagine if that movie had been written by William Shakespeare, except in modern times and…
At least I think so… No no wait! Hear me out…I know how this sounds! I really do! But I have reasons for thinking this. Logical ones. And no I didn’t slip on our very icy sidewalks and hit my head hard!
Genre : Action, political thriller, mystery, magical girl(?) Episodes: 12 Studio: Actas As someone who lives in a very cold country, I have a healthy appreciation for walls. They can be incredibly useful. Necessary even. But history has thought us that when they are used to tear families apart and segment off bits of the…
The time has finally come, Granbelm has been won! It was a bumpy ride for me and I tell you exactly what I thought of this closing chapter over on 100 Word Anime! For the last time though, welcome to my Granbelm gallery. I know you should never say never but this story seemed to…
We are now just one episode away from the grand finale (to my surprise). You can read all about my initial reaction to finding out that Granbelm was not a 12 episode series over on 100 Word Anime. I think penultimate episode are often tricky. You want to keep your best images for the last…
It hasn’t always been the smoothest ride but as the finish line becomes visible, I can’t say I’m not glad I stuck it out on the Granbelm journey. To know what I’m talking about, you can read my episode review over on 100 Word Anime. But part of the fun is also that Granbelm has…
I think I have never changed my mind about a series as often as I have about Granbelm. It’s been a wild ride indeed. To find out where I stand at the moment, feel free to go read my episode review over on 100 Word Anime. One this I can say here is that this…
Granbelm has been quite a roller coaster for me. It does some things so well and others so not well. Let me tell you what I thought about this week’s episode over on Karandi’s blog. Even visually. I seem to be the only person that notices when the art quality dips down but it does….
It’s a little late as I write this. I hope I will still have some good insights on the screencaps. I do think I manage to get my thoughts out on the story pretty well. You can judge for yourselves by going over to 100 Word Anime! Like I said in my episode review, I…
Narratively, Granbelm is going on a journey. It’s trying some stuff out. I talk about over on Karandi’s blog if you want to know what I mean! Production wise, I’m getting mixed messages. Occasionally it seems as if the budget has been stretched a little thin and visible dips in quality are starting to show…