Anime ● Review: Mobile Suit Gundam – The Witch from Mercury
Fresh take on the franchise with mother-and-daughter duo. Set pieces can be better. Good production. Not bad despite a little wokeness.
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Jul 1, 20236 min read
Manga & Anime ● Review: Orange by Takano Ichigo
A solid romance slice-of-life drama about living with regrets. Can use more dramatic tension but mostly avoids being too cheesy.
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May 16, 20236 min read
Animation Review: Star Wars – Visions 2
Season 2 broadens to styles other than anime. Arguably worse than Season 1 in terms of storytelling. Nonetheless, a few are recommended.
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May 16, 20235 min read
Anime Review: Star Wars – Visions 1
Whilst not a bad effort overall, they are nothing great. A few are recommended.
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Apr 4, 202310 min read
Anime ● Review: Junji Ito Collection & Maniac
Recommended if one is a fan of Ito’s work; he has good ideas but not necessarily the best plotting. Not bad but animation is inconsistent.
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Mar 15, 20235 min read
Anime Review: Aggretsuko
Red panda with her work and personal life problems. Vents by singing death metal. Relatable and amusing if you are into that type of humor.
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Feb 24, 20233 min read
Anime ● Review: From the New World
Intriguing coming-of-age supernatural-fantasy mystery involving humans with telekinesis set in an idyllic village. Highly recommended.
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Feb 16, 20233 min read
Anime ● Review: Monster
Long psychological crime-mystery thriller series. Visually excellent. Initially intriguing and progresses well, but ending may be a letdown.
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Sep 26, 20224 min read
Anime ● Review: Cyberpunk – Edgerunners
Somewhat predictable. Tries too hard to look cool at times. Good voice acting (Japanese). Not bad but nothing great. Overhyped.
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Oct 13, 20213 min read
Anime Film Review: Weathering with You
Morishima Hodaka is a 16-year-old high school student who is running away from home. On the ferry making its way to Tokyo in a storm...
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Oct 3, 20213 min read
Anime Film Review: Your Name
A fantasy and slice-of-life romantic-comedy about friendship, romance, the difficulties of adolescence, identity and destiny.
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Oct 2, 20214 min read
Anime ● Review: Psycho-Pass
Although there is nothing particularly new, the story is intriguing enough with strong characters and it does look good.
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Sep 3, 20213 min read
Anime Film Review: The Garden of Words
Although it is about friendship, it takes a more ambiguous approach compared to Shinkai’s previous works.
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Aug 25, 20213 min read
Anime Film Review: Children Who Chase Lost Voices
A fantasy-adventure that follows elementary school student Asuna and widower Mr Morisaki as they deal with death and loss.
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Aug 20, 20213 min read
Anime Film Review: The Place Promised in Our Early Days
The Place Promised in Our Early Days is Shinkai’s first feature-length work that, like most of his later works, explores friendship.
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Jul 28, 20213 min read
Anime Film & Manga Review: Voices of a Distant Star
Voices of a Distant Star is an OVA and one of Shinkai’s earlier works. Like most of his later works, it explores love and friendship.
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Jun 10, 20218 min read
Anime Review & Discussion: Gundam SEED
Anime Review & Discussion: How Gundam SEED looks at the nature and conduct of war.
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Mar 5, 20214 min read
Anime Film & Manga Review: 5 Centimeters per Second
Anime, Manga and Light Novel review of Shinkai's 5 Centimeters per Second.
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Nov 25, 20202 min read
Survey: Japanese Trusts Doraemon
Tokyo, Japan – A survey across Tokyo has revealed that many Japanese are skeptical of the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine currently being...
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