“Her name is Koko she is loco, I said oh no” are the last lines of every episode of an anime called Jormungand. Those lines are probably the most accurate description of the main heroine, Koko. The series is split into two 12-episode seasons with the second called Jormungand: Perfect Order, which continues where the first [...]
Tentacles in Anime
Posted on January 28, 2013 Written by Leave a Comment
When you’ve been watching anime for a few years, you begin to notice things that happen in multiple series. It could be anything from a character running out of the house in the morning with a piece of toast in her mouth, or that every teen series has at least one beach/swimsuit episode where characters [...]
New Artwork from Rakuen Tsuihou: Expelled from Paradise
Posted on January 21, 2013 Written by Leave a Comment
Last year at the Tokyo International Anime Fair, it was announced that Gen Urobuchi would be teaming up with Toei Animation and Nitroplus to write the scenario for a new anime film called Rakuen Tsuihou: Expelled from Paradise. Gen is famous for writing the horrifying visual novel Saya no Uta, as well as disturbing anime [...]
A First Look at OreShura
Posted on January 14, 2013 Written by Leave a Comment
One of the new anime airing this season is Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru (My Girlfriend and Childhood Friend Fight Too Much) or OreShura if that’s too long. It is a 13-episode series produced by Aniplex and based on a manga by the same title. The original series was written by Yuuji [...]
New Anime for Winter 2013
Posted on January 7, 2013 Written by Leave a Comment
With a new year and a new season comes a fresh batch of anime straight from Japan. Here’s a look at some of the new anime that will be airing this season. Ai Mai Mi The members of an anime club experience adventures in all sorts of situations as they create their manga. AKB0048 Next [...]
10 Best Anime of 2012
Posted on December 31, 2012 Written by 4 Comments
Now that 2012 is coming to a close, it’s time to reflect on some of the great anime series that ended this year. To count as a 2012 anime, the series must have ended during the year, so series that are still airing aren’t included, but ones that started in a previous year but ended [...]
Tokyo Godfathers Review
Posted on December 24, 2012 Written by 1 Comment
Tokyo Godfathers is a 2003 film directed by Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse Studios. Set in the slums of Tokyo, it tells the story of three homeless people: Gin, Hana, and Miyuki, and the adventure that follows when they discover an abandoned baby among the trash. Gin is an older man that lost his [...]
Gifts for the Anime Fan
Posted on December 17, 2012 Written by Leave a Comment
With the season of giving fast approaching, many people are scrambling to find presents for everyone on their list that will make them happy. This can be a difficult task if one of those people is an anime fan. Buying DVDs and manga are typically not a good idea because anime fans typically already own [...]
The Onii-chan Syndome
Posted on December 10, 2012 Written by Leave a Comment
One of the things that frequent viewers of anime will notice is that the brother complex is very common in anime compared to other media. There are a number of titles in which romantic feelings develop between a brother and sister that may or may not be blood related. More often than not, such relationships [...]
Kara The Animation to Air in 2013
Posted on December 3, 2012 Written by Leave a Comment
Nowadays, when you mention Kpop, most people will think of Psy and his crazy popular “Gangnam Style” video. Psy isn’t the only popular Kpop artist though, for several years Kara has enjoyed a good deal of popularity in South Korea and Japan. They are a girl band that debuted in 2007 and consist of the [...]