Posted in Anime Reviews

Sora wo Miageru Shoujo no Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai 01 – Decompressed review

This work relies on stereotypes, but it uses them with a deft touch.  The villains and heroes are easily identifiable as such, magic is obvious,…

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Review: Toradora! (85%)

Animation: 85% Acting: 90% Music/Sound: 80% Story: 88% Overall: 85% See explanation of scores. Toradora is the standard-setter anime about high school shounen romance. It…

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Posted in Editorials Face Off Review

Face Off: Mike, Ray, and Mori Meta-tate on Anime and Art

Yes, moritheil has become a discussion partner in this revival of our Face Off feature! Please enjoy this rather meta-level discussion about whether anime can…

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Alteil

Alteil is a web-based CCG whose claim to fame is that many famous mangaka were commissioned to draw the images.  It bills itself as “Japan’s…

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Posted in Anime Diet Radio Podcasts

Anime Diet Radio Episode 33 – Tuneless

[display_podcast] EDIT: Counters fixed. This late episode, recorded a while back, may be tuneless–as might be expected when seiyuus since punk rock songs–but it is…

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Blue Dragon Plus (DS): First Impressions

Blue Dragon Plus, a strategy RPG in the vein of Final Fantasy Tactics for the Nintendo DS, turns out to be a pretty easy-to-learn and…

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