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Anime Review: Space Pirate Captain Harlock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCea94LRtPY This one is a movie remake of an old Anime series. The story is pretty interesting, set in a time when humanity has colonized most of the galaxy, but with resources drained, the species is in decline. Many look … Continue reading

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Anime Review: Appleseed XIII

I actually was trying to get my hands on the new Appleseed Alpha movie, which looks amazing, but I accidentally bought this. I thought it wasn’t a big deal, since I really enjoy the Appleseed franchise, so I started to … Continue reading

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Film Review: ‘A Letter to Momo’ (2011)

A Letter to Momo (Momo e no Tegami) (2011) Japanese subtitled version: Karen Miyama, Yuka, Toshiyuki Nishida, Koichi Yamadera. English dubbed version: Amanda Pace, Stephanie Sheh, Fred Tatasciore, Dana Snyder. Directed and written by Hiroyuki Okiura. Twelve-year-old Momo has recently … Continue reading

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Review: The Garden of Words

The Garden of Words (2013) Voices of Kana Hanazawa and Miyu Irino. Directed by Makoto Shinkai. Available on DVD at Amazon The Garden of Words (言の葉の庭, or Kotonoha no Niwa) is a Japanese animated movie that, to its great credit, continues one Japanese … Continue reading

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Anime Review: Fate Xero

The Holy Grail chooses 7 Mages it deems worthy of fighting for its power, and in this battle to the death, the mages are able to summon Servants, historic heroes like King Arthur, Alexander the Great, and Gilgamesh. The last … Continue reading

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Anime Review: My Little Monster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcigAiYTnbY My mom hates love stories and prefers horror or historical films over a romance any day. I can’t say I’m a huge fan of love dramas, because most of them just get too convoluted and the characters often become … Continue reading

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Anime Review: Silver Spoon

The creator of the wildly popular manga and anime Full Metal Alchemist, author Hiromu Arakawa, recently released a new highly anticipated series called Silver Spoon. It could not be more different from his previous successful anime. Full Metal Alchemist is … Continue reading

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Anime Review: Blue Exorcist

Sometimes Euro-centric anime can get pretty annoying to me, since I generally am not a fan of European art, architecture, or designs. Plus, Asian Europhilia unfortunately smells too much like rotting colonial imperialism leftovers. So when I see an anime … Continue reading

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Anime Review: Time of Eve

Ever since my first Terminator movie in the 80s, I’ve always loved movies, books, TV shows, and, of course, even anime about robots. So when I discovered this anime, Time of Eve, on Crunchyroll, it immediately caught my interest. The … Continue reading

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Anime Review: Hajime no Ippo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WebDMtitufk Umm, warning, this video is a super spoiler. Anyways, this summer, I was introduced to an old school style anime called Hajime no Ippo. It’s about a kid named Ippo who was always bullied happening upon the sport of … Continue reading

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“Attack on Titan” Anime PTSD

After watching the new anime “Attack on Titan”, I have been suffering from mild insomnia, having sudden flashback attacks, and lapsing into waking dreams where I’m replaying scenes from the show over and over again in my mind. I feel … Continue reading

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Anime Review: Bamboo Blade

Bamboo Blade is basically a sports anime. Sports anime are ones that focus on a sport or activity through which a main protagonist, with a cohort of friends providing plenty of back stories to explore, works on improving in that … Continue reading

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