Category: Anime
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Changing your destiny: Dororo
Read More →: Changing your destiny: DororoBefore he was born, Hyakkimaru was sold to demons.
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Winter 2019 impressions
Read More →: Winter 2019 impressionsWhen it came to writing up my top anime of 2018 list, I realised that there wasn’t much from 2018 that I could really recommend. I would even go so far as to say that 2018 was a poor year for anime. However, in comparison, 2019 is already looking good.
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A game of faces: The Promised Neverland episode 1
Read More →: A game of faces: The Promised Neverland episode 1There are some early visual cues that all is not right for the orphans in The Promised Neverland.
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Dororo episode 1 is superb
Read More →: Dororo episode 1 is superbThis is what I needed. Dororo episode 1 is a visual treat, with its Mushishi esque painterly backgrounds and moody period setting.
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Anxious and otherworldly: Boogiepop and Others first impressions
Read More →: Anxious and otherworldly: Boogiepop and Others first impressionsMy gut feeling is that Boogiepop and Others won’t be a crowd-pleaser.
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The visual eccentricity of Mob Psycho 100
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Read More →: The visual eccentricity of Mob Psycho 100The new Mob Psycho 100 II trailer was released last week and I’m pumped! I admire its story but what’s really pushing me over the edge is the animation. It’s such a weird looking anime, heavily influenced by One’s manga, but brought to life by Bones in a rare and lavish attempt to go all out on a story…
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Surviving as an anime fan
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Read More →: Surviving as an anime fanIt’s easy at first. You just need to watch anime. That’s all it takes. For a few years, that’s all I did. I finished one anime and moved to the next. At some point though, things changed. I became curious and the sub-culture opened itself to me. Why anime? I don’t know. It’s been this…
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When it’s easier to pay than to pirate
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Read More →: When it’s easier to pay than to pirateEarlier this week, Netflix announced that it will begin streaming Neon Genesis Evangelion in April 2019. The 1995 Evangelion TV series is not only one of the most popular anime ever made, it’s also one of the rarest to own on US/UK home video. Since 2005, for various reasons, it has seen neither a home video release nor a…
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Winning & losing, running & writing – Run with the Wind
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Read More →: Winning & losing, running & writing – Run with the WindIf the end goal is to win, how easy is it to enjoy doing a thing? Be it playing table tennis, running in a marathon or just writing for your blog, we do things for complicated reasons that don’t always mean having fun. In Run with the Wind, Kakeru is a talented runner and the…