Like many others, Miguel had his first taste of anime without realizing it. During the early years he was exposed to Macross, Dragon Quest, and Saint Seiya. Years later, Dragon Ball and Ranma were on the air, but it was also the time when much older fans traded anime VHS tapes; some such tapes his brother got had the GUNNM OVA, the Ghost in the Shell movie, and the first episodes of Evangelion. It perhaps were those tapes that most marked the impressionable mind of his 9 year old self. Alas, most of the busy hours are taken up by a nanotechnology graduate program.
91 Days is a by-the-numbers mafia-themed revenge story — that’s pretty much it. It’s well structured, well executed and carries itself without much of a hassle from beginning to end, despite its boring cast. It’s just that it’s not very …
Not long ago I wrote about the Berserk movies, having heard about the new Berserk 2016 adaptation and how it’d not be the same bit done thrice. I thought it’d be cool to cover the newer retellings. But once Berserk …
Every anime fan has heard of “The Big Three”: Naruto, Bleach, and One Piece. When talking about classics, you’ve likely heard about Gundam, Evangelion, and obviously DBZ. If you’ve scratched the surface layer, then you’ve bumped into stuff like Death …
In the depths, where the illusion of light and the reality of darkness meet in the mind of what remains of the White Hawk, is where the last part of Berserk: Golden Age Arc begins. One year after the events …
The first Berserk: Golden Age movie dealt with various threads, but its main concern was the portrayal of Griffith’s relentless ambition. This second film follows the same idea, but this time centering more around kinship and belonging. The movie opens …
At first glance, to those who are not familiar with Kentaro Miura’s most famous work, Berserk might seem like the quintessential dark fantasy tale hailing from Japan; it features a brooding, quasi mad anti-hero clad in dark garb that wields the …
It’s not uncommon to see media, whether they’re movies, TV shows, novels or games, that follow a tried-and-true formula, often changing it to fit their needs or to try to make it more interesting. What’s not …
Everyone has heard the phrase “don’t judge a book by its cover,” which is used to say that one should take their time to get to know about something, whatever it is, before reaching …
Roller coasters are noted for having a series of steep inclines that carts climb or slide down of, among other designed patterns. Gangsta has one such incline sitting near its end, and it’s a very steep one …
Plastic Memories is an anime about androids and love where the premise gives the idea that it will deal with topics like end-of-life care, euthanasia, and the memories left behind by those that have passed. But what could’ve …
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