Category: 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,…
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…
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…
Alien Nine: Utter Alienation
To steal a line from Spike Spiegel, there are three things I hate: crying kids, incompetence, and strange, unidentifiable fluids. So tell me, why has…
Aversion and hikikomori
Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei makes the argument that the hikikomori complex is an elaborate form of aversion. In fact, all the people portrayed in the show…