Tag: review

Posted in Anime Reviews Face Off Review

The Fujiko Telegrams: Lupin III Fujiko Mine 5

The discussion continues about the latest Lupin series! This time the discussion centers around full frontal nudity—and more.

Continue Reading
Posted in Anime Reviews Reviews

Spit Take: Why Mysterious Girlfriend X’s shock value works

Mike makes a case for why drool has to be there to shock the audience in Mysterious Girlfriend X, while attempting to write an article under 1000 words!

Continue Reading
Posted in Anime Reviews Face Off Review

The Fujiko Telegrams: Lupin III Fujiko Mine 4

In the latest installment of The Fujiko Telegrams, wintermuted and dcbebop consider the changes made to the character of Zenigata. And they don’t approve of them.

Continue Reading
Posted in Anime Reviews Face Off Review

The Fujiko Telegrams: Lupin III Fujiko Mine, Episode 3

Wintermuted and DCBebop, our resident Lupin experts, continue their discussion of the new series. And this time, they disagree (just a little), on this episode introducing the samurai Goemon.

Continue Reading
Posted in Anime Reviews

Classic Anime Review: Porco Rosso

The IFC Studio Ghibli retrospective give me the chance to revisit an old Miyazaki classic after many years. Its uniqueness in his catalog, and in anime in general, is undeniable.

Continue Reading
Posted in Anime Reviews

Blu-ray Review: Onigamiden (Legend of the Millennium Dragon)

Onigamiden (Legend of the Millennium Dragon) is a pretty, mediocre anime film, whose lovely background art and battle animation cannot quite make up for a lack of character depth and emotional connection.

Continue Reading