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Sep 30, 2016
91 Days (Anime) add
I came into this show somewhat optimistic. It has a nice premise: Set during the Prohibition Era, a man returns to town after years of being away because he receives new information into the deaths of his family. This is a revenge story, which is a popular focus in the mafia business – you leave one person alive in a killing spree and it will come back to bite you in the ass. However, the execution of this tale is terrible for a number of reasons.

The story starts off in Episode One by showing how the Lagusa Family was betrayed by the Vanetti Family and ...
Sep 17, 2016
Berserk (Anime) add
*Minor spoilers for Golden Age and Berserk 2016 below*

Miura’s Berserk is a classic manga series beloved by many and deals with dark, gritty violence and mature themes. Miura started writing Berserk in 1989; however due to many factors, most of which I am not aware of, the manga has turned into Hiatus x Hiatus over the past decade or so. Berserk received an anime adaption in the 1990s covering the famous Golden Age Arc, a flashback/prequel that covers roughly 13 manga volumes, and ever since fans have been asking for a sequel. This manga is held in such high esteem by so many that a ...
Jul 13, 2016
Haikyuu!! (Anime) add
There comes a time when you've watched a few shows of the same genre that you unconsciously start to compare new shows to those that have come before them. Sports anime in particular is a hard genre to kick this habit, particularly because many of the same tropes are used throughout each show's plot. In Haikyuu's case, these comparisons actually raised the show up in my eyes as I watched this highly enjoyable spectacle do many of these tropes better than shows previous.

Keep in mind that I have only seen a handful of sports anime in the five years I've been watching anime. But ...
Jul 1, 2016
*Spoilers below, though I have not given away the villain's identity or the ending*

The supernatural has captivated our imagination for generations. For all the horror that usually abounds these tropes, many storytellers use supernatural elements to comment on human nature. In the many titles focusing on zombie apocalypses, this is especially true. Rick and his merry band fight humanity at its worst throughout much of The Walking Dead. Joel and Ellie battle hunters and cannibals as they try to find the cure for the fungal zombie virus in The Last of Us. It fascinates us and horrifies us when we see what humanity is capable ...
Jun 30, 2016
Mixed Feelings
Many people have heard the saying “The book is better than the movie.” Heck, I’ve said it quite a number of times when watching my favorite books get transformed into movies or TV shows. I just never thought I’d say the same about an anime, excluding One Piece. It might be because I never thought I’d ever finish a manga series before it was fully adapted into an anime. But that’s what happened with Assassination Classroom and I have to say I’m disappointed in the adaption I just finished. The manga is indeed better than the anime.

Story: This series is interesting in many regards. It ...
Jun 7, 2016
Barakamon (Anime) add
It is rare indeed when I find a slice of life show I actually want to watch, let alone one that I consider one of my favorite shows. But Barakamon is different from many of those shows. Like many slice of life shows, it is character driven and focuses on everyday events instead of action and adventure. For the most part, I find these shows to be boring and unengaging, but Barakamon pulls you in through the top notch characters and underlying story. Truly a wonderful experience.

The story is fairly simple, yet also very engaging. Handa-sensei exiles himself to an island after disgracing himself ...
May 17, 2016
Konosuba is a new take on the "guy goes into an RPG" trope that was made popular by Sword Art Online. I am not a fan of SAO by any means, which is probably why I enjoyed this anime so much. Konosuba takes this overused trope and turns it on its head and parodies the crap out of it. The protagonist is a weak novice asshole adventurer. The main female protagonist is a tsundere asshole goddess. The two supporting characters are a crazy pyromaniac and a perverted cavalier. It's hilarious.

Story: Kazuma Satou, a NEET, is walking down the street when he sees a lady ...
Apr 12, 2016
Mixed Feelings
*There will be spoilers in this review*I have to start this off by being frank: I dropped this series after the GGO arc finished airing back in 2014. Recently, I became aware that the last half of the season was actually somewhat good, so I put my reservations aside and watched the rest of the series. Keep in mind that my memories of the GGO arc are a year and a half old and my views may have been swayed by other reviews of the series.

So, what do I think of the sequel to the horrid Sword Art Online? It’s shit.

Art & Sound ...
Apr 5, 2016
Dagashi Kashi (Anime) add
Preliminary (7/12 eps)
At the time of writing this review, I have dropped this anime, with no plans to ever return and finish the remaining five episodes. This anime is boring. It is basically a Japanese candy commercial in anime form. Each episode is typically divided into two parts, with each part focusing on a different candy. There is also a weird crazy girl that knows too much about candy, and she is usually the one that introduces the candy of the episode.
The plot of this anime is relatively simple: Kokonotsu wants to be a manga artist, but his father wants him to take over the family ...
Dec 13, 2015
One Piece (Anime) add
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (755/? eps)
After seeing the scores I have given this anime, many people might be confused by my overall score. Don't get me wrong, One Piece is my favorite manga, hands down. The story is wonderful, the characters are great, the art style is unique and colorful.

However, One Piece is a long running shounen manga that is no where near being finished. Usually with these types of series, the anime will add in long filler arcs to allow the manga to put out more material for the main story. Naruto and Bleach are notorious for this and even Fairy Tail had to resort to doing this ...


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