Author: bateszi
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Black Lagoon – 4 – Neo Nazis
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/ ReviewsRead More →: Black Lagoon – 4 – Neo NazisThe beauty of Black Lagoon is that it knows exactly what it is; pure action, and then forcing the volume way past maximum. If last time flying submarines weren’t enough for you, how do Neo-Nazi’s sound? The Black Lagoon is after a precious Nazi painting (commissioned by none other than the Fuhrer himself, Hitler) that…
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Kiba – 7 – Hollow Defeat
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/ ReviewsRead More →: Kiba – 7 – Hollow DefeatAs insane as it may sound, the last two episodes of Kiba were actually quite good! If you then stop to consider that they also didn’t feature its main character, there is something undoubtedly wrong. To keep me interested, a show has to have an interesting, involving and immersive story; Kiba doesn’t have that. Likeable…
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Tokko – 3 – When Phantoms from Hades attack!
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/ ReviewsRead More →: Tokko – 3 – When Phantoms from Hades attack!The mysteries behind Tokko are slowly starting to unravel amidst yet more greasy siscon innuendo and extreme blood letting. As blunt as Tokko often is, it makes a refreshing change to watch such a traditional horror show for once. It is said that the monsters (or as they will now be known; phantoms) have “literally…
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Jyu-Oh-Sei – 3 through 4 – Nature bites back
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/ ReviewsRead More →: Jyu-Oh-Sei – 3 through 4 – Nature bites backAgain I get my hit of Jyu-Oh-Sei in double dosage, and again I’m left feeling completely intoxicated by it. It’s the story that I love; so thick with detail, almost every scene contributes something new or shocking, continuously building on the already heavy narrative with yet more helpings of tribal politics, social commentary and romantic…
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Naruto – 184 – Ad nauseam
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/ ReviewsRead More →: Naruto – 184 – Ad nauseamThe filler wasn’t supposed to go on for this long. A black hole of 48 straight episodes, 18 hours of pure nothingness; it would be funny if I didn’t love Naruto as much as I do, but as it stands this is a damn travesty. And the frightening thing is, an end to this utter…
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Greetings and Salutations
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Read More →: Greetings and SalutationsAs is the proper tradition for us newbs, here is my belated introduction to the hectic world of blogsuki. If this is the first time you have come across BATESZI; HI! I hope you stick around! Of course, that’s entirely down to your (and indeed, my) tastes in anime- I’ll give you fair warning though…
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Kiba – 6 – The price of freedom
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/ ReviewsRead More →: Kiba – 6 – The price of freedomIt’s easy to take kids anime for granted, but compared with Western cartoons aimed at the same young viewers, the difference in conviction and themes is exceptional. Through out episode 6 of Kiba, several (old and young) characters die. It’s not gory, but the intent to kill is clear from the outset. There are no…
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Ergo Proxy – 8 – Larger than life
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/ ReviewsRead More →: Ergo Proxy – 8 – Larger than lifeI read a few weeks ago that somewhere along the line, Ergo Proxy gets a bit like X-Men; mutants against mutants and all that. I guess episode 8 is where it started. This episode was just weird. The people Vincent meets, the way the monstrous finale plays out- it was just utterly inexplicable in places.…
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Black Lagoon – 1 through 3 – Adrenaline Rush
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/ ReviewsRead More →: Black Lagoon – 1 through 3 – Adrenaline RushIt took me a few weeks to catch onto Black Lagoon, but now I’m fully convinced of its (loud) qualities. I had avoided it up until this weekend because the reviews I’d read gave the impression that it was another typical girls with guns anime. I was wrong and it’s much more than that. I’m…
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My long winded countdown of the top 8 spring anime
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/ ReviewsRead More →: My long winded countdown of the top 8 spring animeIt’s been a while since I’ve watched so much anime. This spring season is quite remarkable in that not only is there an unprecedented number of new series, but also because a lot of them are actually quite good. And I’m not a fan of harem, loli or whatever other genre is “hip” right now.…