Witch Hat Atelier and the Fantasy Big Three – Manga/Anime Review
Colleen McMillan
Witch Hat is the newest anime in a string of fantasy hits. Alongside Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (2023 – present) and Delicious in Dungeon (2024 – present), it becomes the…
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Gnosia: A Deadly Paranoia Game in Space – Anime Review
Adapted from a 2019 visual novel role-playing game of the same name, Gnosia immerses the viewer in an intense game of whodunnit. Or, more aptly, a game of “who’s gonna…
Blue Eye Samurai – Netflix Series Review
JC Kang
I enjoyed the Blue Eye Samurai much as I enjoyed Solo. Both tell engrossing stories, with complex plots, luscious visuals, and compelling characters; but suffer for being part of an…
Year in Anime 2019
Rakib Ahmad Khan
2019 is coming to its end. Anime has reached new heights in popularity in the Western Hemisphere and now even popular streaming services like Netflix have taken up producing original…
Is Voltron: Legendary Defender Worth Watching?
Emma Rose Hollands
The final season of Dreamworks’ Voltron: Legendary Defender dropped on 14th December 2018. Originally launching on Netflix in 2016, this re-boot of the 80s sci-fi adventure cartoon captured the hearts…
Year in Anime – 2017
My interest in anime has been rather lacking since 2013. Despite occasionally re-watching classics or catching up on stuff that I missed, I actually thought anime had become rather repetitive…
Big Fish & Begonia – Movie Review
Malcolm Pope
So apparently China is making big animated movies now? Good on them. No seriously, that wasn’t sarcasm. Good on them. The more different animations out there the better. Especially if…
Seinen Manga: Maturity in Japanese Manga
There has been much talk around the internet about Japanese form of comics known as manga. Most of the focus is on shounens which are manga aimed at children or…
Ancien and the Magic Tablet (Napping Princess) – Anime Movie Review
Ah… Now, how exactly do I describe this movie to a newcomer? Imagine Inception, except where the dream involved has a significantly more fairy tale/fantasy bent, mixed with a corporate…
Death Note – 2017 Movie Review
Death Note is a Japanese manga series created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata about a teenage genius, Light Yagami, who one day finds a notebook capable of killing any…
Castlevania – TV Series Review
You know, when I first heard that Netflix was doing a four-episode animated Castlevania TV series, I have to admit, I wasn’t really all that interested. I mean, let’s face…
The Ancient Magus’ Bride by Kore Yamazaki – Volumes 1-7 Series Review
Rebekah Loper
Do you like folklore? Pretty imagery? Stories reminiscent of fairytales without being a direct retelling or adaptation? If so, you should read The Ancient Magus’ Bride. The Ancient Magus’ Bride…