Archive for August, 2010

Getter Robo: Armageddon Complete Anime Review

24, Aug 2010

I will have to say upfront that I love Go Nagai’s work, so this review will not be completely unbiased. Go Nagai is one of the reasons I fell in love with science fiction in general. Who else could have possibly brought us Mazinger Z or Cutey Honey, Devil Lady. To this very day I [...]

Gasaraki Anime Review

20, Aug 2010

All I can say is Wow… Wow. This series has to be hands down one of the most intriguing and intelligent anime shows I’ve seen, story wise and character creation surpassed RahXephon and Evangelion. The artwork is definitely not to die for, but I don’t think the show was created to dazzle but to convey [...]

FLCL Vol 1 – 3 Anime Review

18, Aug 2010

Overview Naota is a 12-year old boy who acts quite mature for his age. His brother is in America playing baseball, leaving Naota behind with his girlfriend — Mamimi. Mamimi begins flirting with Naota because she misses his brother. Everything is fine until an alien girl named Haruko runs Naota over with her motorbike. As [...]

Five Star Stories DVD Anime Review

16, Aug 2010

Overview Among the 5 star systems known as the Joker Systems, there are many kingdoms. There are knights within the kingdoms and the knights control giant robots called Headliners. Bound to the knights are fatimas. Human in appearance and mind, the fatimas (mostly female) possess expanded physical capabilities and make it possible to control a [...]

Farscape Complete DVD Collection

12, Aug 2010

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 5 years (or you don’t have the SciFI network on cable) you’ve heard of and possibly even seen an episode or two of SciFi channel’s Farscape. You take one scientist, toss in a wormhole, add a living ship and a cast of very strange costars [...]

Visions of Escaflowne and Escaflowne the Movie

10, Aug 2010

Overview Gaea, a world close to Earth… An otherwise ordinary schoolgirl, Kanzaki Hitomi has one ability: she can sometimes see glimpses of the future. Along with her mysterious pendant, this “vision” becomes the bond between Hitomi and the world of Gaea. After getting the track team captain to agree to a first kiss should she [...]

Elysium

8, Aug 2010

Overview Stripped to its essence Elysium is a movie about an evil General who uses the mysterious destruction of a space cruiser as a reason to lead a massive attack on Earth. Of course retaliation for this attack is not his main motivation but that of gaining control of an ancient artifact that was uncovered [...]

Cowboy Bebop Anime Review

6, Aug 2010

Overview In 2071 A.D., the solar system is in turmoil, the Earth suffers from a terrible hypergate accident and criminals run free in the streets. The Inter Solar System Police are unable to maintain control, so the only other option is to enlist the help of bounty hunters. These brave men and women risk their [...]

Casshan Robot Hunter DVD Review

4, Aug 2010

Overview Enslaved by an army of rebellious super-robots originally designed to help civilization avert a complete ecological cataclysm, mankind’s only hope is CASSHAN, a legendary hero who wages a solitary war to defeat these NEOROIDS and restore the Earth to its rightful order. Ironically, Casshan’s father is the same scientist who engineered the race of [...]

Big O Anime Dvd Review

2, Aug 2010

Let me first say that I’ve not seen a huge amount of Anime. But my brother-in-law thought that I might like a new series that he purchased – Big O. I watched all 13 episodes from the DVD set in 2 sittings – it was that good. It’s basically a cross between Batman (more Bruce [...]


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