Monstrous Humans and Humane Monsters
Colleen McMillan
Every spooky season, I watch as much scary stuff as possible. It can be “cute” scary like Over the Garden Wall or “you will not sleep for a week” scary…
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Livid Lady and Inept Villainess – Anime Reviews
A question I often see: What should I watch after The Apothecary Diaries that’s similar? Unfortunately, there aren’t many anime that can stand beside Maomao’s chaotic adventures in the Chinese…
The Summer Hikaru Died – Anime Review
With the recent release of Leviticus, the Boys’ Love (BL) genre is gaining new fans, perhaps searching for more difficult titles than Heartstopper, Netflix’s hit BL show. In the film…
Witch Hat Atelier and the Fantasy Big Three – Manga/Anime Review
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…
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…