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Jan 30, 2023
Itou Junji: Maniac
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As a huge Junji Ito fan, I unfortunately have to admit that his work just does not translate well into anime. The overall quality of the show is good, the mangaka's artstyle is replicated perfectly and the stories have all the elements that make a good Ito tale, there is just something I can not put my finger on that get's lost in translation and turns a bizzare reading experience into a slice of life show. As far as I am concerned, the only Junji Ito manga that was adapetd reasonably well is Gyo, which was heavily changed from it's source material. If you are
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Jan 17, 2015
Terra Formars
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Terra Formas is actually really good. It's good in the sense that you get exactly what you pay for. Genetically modified people with animal-based powers fight huge mutant cockroaches on Mars. Hell yeah? Over the top concepts that just don't give a damn are the best. The story is a basic one: Go up there and find a cure for some Mars disease. Badass guys and gals kicking some space insect butt. Terra Formars does not pretend to be "deep" and "philosophical" (which is the norm nowadys I guess). This would have been the greatest thing I ever saw if I was 15 years younger,
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Sep 29, 2013
Yadda yadda, first review, bluh bluh.
A group of teenagers, each of them exceeding in their own field, be it sports, programing or leading an outlaw biker gang, get locked up in an elite school with no obvious way to escape, except one: Kill a fellow student and don't get caught. An interesting take of the snowed-in-in-a-mountain-cabin trope and good set up for a murder mystery. Or is it? Danganronpa was based on a game of the same name. Since the game was a success which spawned a sequel and huge, dedicated fanbase, it was only natural to cash in on it. An ... |
