Genre: Beautifully undefinable Episodes: 24 Studio: Brain’s Base I don’t know what a Penguindrum is. Not exactly. We’re never told in clear terms. That’s the type of story this is. A lot of it is up to you. It’s not the type of story that lends itself well to a summary. It’s not that clear…
Tag: symbolism
Ergo Proxy – Balancing Act
Titles: Ergo Proxy Genre: Science Fiction, action, adventure, dystopia, drama, romance Episodes: 23 Studio: Manglobe The world may be lost but as long as the beautiful city of Rondeau stands, humanity will have a home. A great home! Pinnacle of evolution and technology. No wonder everyone wants to be a citizen. But something is changing…
A Matter of Life and Death – Webtoon recommendation
In case this is your first Monday here, every week, I plan to tell you guys about a webcomic I am enjoying so that maybe some of you will discover a story you like. For now, I plan to concentrate on webcomics that are posted by the author and as such completely legal to read…
Penguindrum – One by One The Penguins Steal My Sanity
Genre: Beautifully undefinable Episodes: 24 Studio: Brain’s Base I don’t know what a Penguindrum is. Not exactly. We’re never told in clear terms. That’s the type of story this is. A lot of it is up to you. It’s not the type of story that lends itself well to a summary. It’s not that clear…
Land of the Lustrous – Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend
Genre : Drama, Action, Science Fiction, Symbolism Episodes: 12 Studio: Orange Kids are just the worst aren’t they? It’s always the youngest one’s that get in trouble and drag everyone else down with them. No matter how hard you try to keep them safe, they always end up getting hurt. And once you’ve manage…
Beastars – In Sheep’s Clothing
Genre: School, drama, romance, thriller, action Episodes: 12 Studio: Orange High School can be a real jungle. It’s rough out there. Survival of the fittest, kill or be killed, dog eat dog kind of world. And you have to deal with all your hormones going nuts. It’s amazing anyone survives high school at…
SSSS. Gridman – YAY #Mecha March!
Genre: Science fiction, mecha, action, adventure, kaiju, Episodes: 12 Studio: Trigger Puberty is weird. You hit high school and all the sudden you don’t know who you are anymore. Well you do but you don’t know who you should be. Unless you’re Hibiki, then you literally don’t know who you are. That’s cause…
Sunday Without God – Reinventing the Zombie Genre
Genre : Supernatural, drama, school, action, fantasy Episodes: 12 Studio: MADHOUSE 15 years ago, God abandoned his creation. Admitting failure, he left humanity to its fate and moved on. 15 years ago, with nowhere else to go, the dead got stuck in the living plane and had to go on as if nothing happened….
A Drop In The Ocean – The Symbolism of Water in Anime
I once tried to convince you all that I’m not just a drunk, but a person fascinated by symbolism and patterns. I actually did mean half of that. And the fact is that since I started putting together drinking games for anime, I have noticed certain elements that seem to come back a lot. Some…
Welcome to the Death Parade
Genre: Drama, psychological thriller, supernatural Episodes: 12 Studio: Madhouse It is an inevitable truth that all things alive must one day die. As humans, we all struggle to accept this fact and to find some sort of meaning to justify our existence. We like to think that what we do and who we are matters…
Blue Exorcist
Genre Supernatural, Action Episodes: 25 Studio: A-1 Pictures You think you got daddy issues? Imagine if your dad abandoned you at birth then came back fifteen years later and killed your loving adoptive father, who also happens to be entirely made out of coolness, and now wants to force you into the family business without giving…
Serial Experiments Lain
Genre: Sci Fi, Psychological, Cyberpunk, Magical girl(?) Episodes: 13 Studio: Triangle Staff Oh maaan… OK so like first scene – BAM, this girl kills herself and we have no clue why. Then, people at her school start getting emails from her (this was a while ago – you couldn’t just schedule your emails to send…