Have you guys seen Shiki? It’s the kind of show that sticks with you. It gets under your skin and seeps into your brain. I’m not saying it’s perfect (it’s not) and it most certainly won’t be for everyone, but it’s definitely memorable. If you happen to be interested, I reviewed it last year. I…
Last month, I had the great pleasure to read this post on MagaKast and for some reason, it made me want to talk about those lovely flirty anime boys that get our hearts racing. I know I used the term playboy here, because I don’t have the swagger to pull off the much better term…
Genre : Supernatural, action, crime, ensemble, yummy, Episodes: 1 movie Studio: Bones For most of us being gifted sounds like a good thing, a dream come true even. I mean it’s called a gift after all. But for those special few, it’s often more of a curse. Destroying childhoods, alienating them from society and dooming…
Genre : Fantasy, drama, yaoi, catboys, almostmullets Length: 30-50 years Studio: Nitro+ Chiral It seems the Ribika (a race that evolved from cats) have just about reached the end of their rope. Not only has a terrible epidemic killed most of their females, bringing their species to the brink of extinction, but some type of…
Visual Novels and Otomes getting adapted to anime is a pretty common occurrence. It’s a good way to get some publicity for your game while putting out an anime with a guaranteed audience from the fans of the game. I’m gonna call it cross-media advertising. I’m pretty sure that’s not what it means…. Let’s face…
It’s Friday! You know what that means! Yeah a whole bunch of really fun stuff but ALSO a Friday Five! I kicked things off last week with a pretty silly list of androgynous girls that have captured my..let’s say heart.. That proved to be popular. Pretty girls are popular, who would’ve thunk it? So popular…
I thought I would kick off the Friday Five feature with something light and fluffy and silly. Not to be taken seriously in any way. I have been spoiled by a wealth of absolutely delicious anime characters in my time to the point that I have now splintered my anime harem into a myriad of…
Genre: Mystery, pure cool Playtime: Medium (10 – 30 hours) Developer: Spike Chunsoft & Spike Hope’s Peak academy is a cherished dream for most people. An illustrious institution responsible for nothing less than nurturing those destined to become the hope of all mankind. Anyone would be honored to attend, and most students have worked and sacrificed their…
Aaaahhh Christmas cake. For most of us in the Western world, this means the dense, molasses filled, door stomp like substance also known as fruit cake. No one likes fruit cake. I can already read your comments declaring that you’re actually quite fond of it and that when you make it yourself it’s delicious…I know…
Genre : Sports!, comedy, drama Episodes: 24 Studio: MAPPA Tsukamoto is a sports anime protagonist, short, unskilled and inexperienced in soccer but brimming with good will and enthusiasm and willing to do everything it takes to advance the standard sports anime plotline help his team get to nationals (Japan must have a national competition in something every single day of…
Genre : Everything that’s right and good in th world Episodes: 13 Studio: A-1 Pictures My Hero is back and better than ever! Having done several things at next pop star school and experienced so many events, she and the boys are now ready to take on their greatest adventure yet. Winning the Uta Pri (prince…
Well well well. Guess who is so amazing at drooling over imaginary people they got asked to list five more. Yup that’s right. This guy! Ok so maybe Ryuiji hadn’t realized the AMAZING Raistlin had already tagged me once but I like to think he was just so blown away by my pervy prowess, he…
Genre: Supernatural, fantasy, dark comedy Episodes: 12 Studio: A-1 Pictures Describing Black Butler should be considered an art form in its own. Right, here we go. Ciel and Sebastian are back somehow but this time, they’re not alone. Victorian England wasn’t exactly the happiest place and time to live in and Ciel’s hardly the only…
It took me longer than usual to get to this one but it’s not my fault! I have been very sick last week. See since the 4th I have been experiencing an array of odd and unpleasant symptoms which culminated in marked and persistent chest pain. There’s zero reason for me to worry about heart…
Genre: Horror, action, comedy, drama Episodes: 10 Studio: Satelight (1–4); Madhouse (5–7); Graphinica & Kelmadick (8–10) The Hellsing organisation is back… or rehere…rebooted. You know it’s Hellsing again. Yadda yadda vampires, yadda yadda freak microchips yadda yadda OMG that is soooo much blood. Only this time there’s Nazis. And also a coherent narrative with a complete arc that includes a…