Love and Honor Review
Acclaimed director Yoji Yamada, well-known in Japan for his films based on the fishing manga “Tsuribaka Nisshi” (aka “Free and Easy) went into a direction of creating a film trilogy based on samurai. Both films such as 2002’s “Tasogare Seibei (The Twilight Samurai) and 2004’s “Kakushi Ken Oni no Tsume” [...]
Trinity Blood, Chapter II (Episodes 5-8) Review
So far Trinity Blood is has hit a homerun on the first eight episodes. For a series that I had plenty of doubts for, thinking it would turn out to be exactly like Hellsing and completely unoriginal period but it hasn’t sopped impressing me. It’s got something new every [...]
GTO – Field Trips (Vol. 9) Review
It’s the GTO volume that opens with breast obsession and wraps up with a mushroom cloud bomb explosion. “Field Trips,” the second to last volume of the “Great Teacher Onizuka” series, produces one sub-par episode, followed by three well-connected, well-orchestrated installments that once again remind us why GTO is [...]
Negima, Vol. 4: Magic 401 – Magical Enchantments (Episodes 15-18) Review
Negima, Vol. 4: Magic 401 – Magical Enchantments (Episodes 15-18) Feature
Of books and bells, and magic spells The girls of Class 2-A literally have little Negi beside himself! DVD Extras include: School Girl Commentary, Japanese Values, Character Profiles and Textless Songs. Genre: ANIMATION Artist: NEGIMA Age: 704400077685 UPC: 704400077685 [...]
Samurai Champloo: The Complete Collection Review
Samurai Champloo is a wonderful series, certainly the best anime I have ever had the pleasure of watching and is, indeed, one of the best series I’ve watched in any animated or filmed medium. As a person who isn’t a regular anime viewer, I find this show to be very [...]