Tag: shonen jump
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Naruto – 185 – Grotesque Pet
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/ ReviewsRead More →: Naruto – 185 – Grotesque PetAnd so begins another 23 minutes of pure time filling anime, Naruto-style. But despite it’s stupid premise, episode 185 wasn’t too bad; at least it was funny. These one-shot episodes are surely more suited to absurd comedy than say last week’s rushed mess of unoriginal drama. I’m sure we all have a mild fear of…
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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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Memoirs of a Shounen Jump fan – Dragonball Z
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/ ReviewsRead More →: Memoirs of a Shounen Jump fan – Dragonball ZDespite being both loved and loathed by an ever collecting legion of frothing fans, the various anime derived from Japan’s own Shounen Jump are undeniably the flag bearers of anime to our mainstream generation. As much as I like to think of myself as a serious anime fan, I must now confess that I happen…
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One Piece – Adventure of a lifetime!
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/ ReviewsRead More →: One Piece – Adventure of a lifetime!One Piece is a brilliant series. I’ve slowly come to realize this over the last few months and indeed, it’s my find of 2006. Void of the macho posturing that dogs it’s Shounen Jump brethren and brimming with such vibrant, colorful adventure- it’s a tragedy to see how it’s being handled outside of Japan by…
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One Piece – My Love Lorn Introduction
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/ ReviewsRead More →: One Piece – My Love Lorn IntroductionWhen it comes to swash-buckling Shounen Jump fun, the winky smiley face of One Piece stands proud. It took me a while to catch onto this show- I only started watching in January 2006, but spurred on by what has to be the most unique character designs I’ve come across in a mainstream anime series,…