UFO sightings have been a superstitious craze for decades, centuries even, and Naoko Takeuchi’s decision to incorporate their iconic shape into the story takes the girls’ fascination for urban legends to the next level. In reality, these light-shaped discs are not machines but portals created ...
bottom line, it’s a blessed relief not to have to suffer through copious amounts of gore (for a story to be effective, sometimes less is more; and there are times when something that’s implied can be more powerful than something that’s obvious), pointless fan service or nausea-inducin...
In the Forest, Under the Cherries in Full Bloom (Ango Sakaguchi): This is a love story between a forest bandit and a beautiful maiden he abducts, and takes as his wife, set in the 12th Kokoro (Natsume Soseki): This story explores the transition from the Meiji era to the modern one, ...
we relive those feelings of powerlessness as Nine fails to save Five for the second time, and again, as Twelve is murdered before his eyes. Detective Shibazaki and we are completely helpless to save them, but we can remember them and their story. ...
Kazehaya Shouta is a super intelligent, popular and affable to everyone. He was the only one who willingly wanted to approach Sawako and became her friend. She was so thankful to God and felt blessed and assumed the new starting of life. The characters, art, sound, and amour story of the...
Please give this overlooked gem a try! 25. Angel’s Egg Designed by Yoshitaka Amano of Final Fantasy fame, and directed by Mamoru Oshii (and featuring his distinct nihilistic flair), Angel’s Egg is a speculative film with a relatively short run time. It’s lacking in much story, ...
(original video animation) based loosely on a small portion of the comic.Hiroyuki Kitakuboalso co-directed this piece, and later went on to work on such films asAkira,Gundam:Char’s Counterattack, andRoujin Zusually as a key animator or storyboard director. So here we go – let’s look...
Steins;Gate is one of the most popular anime of the last ten years and with good reason as it turned the Sci-Fi genre on its head with the outlandish story around time travel and government conspiracies. There are numerous amazing characters in Steins;Gate that we would love to spend Chris...
Manon is right that it’s a lovely story, but it has a cruel ending, as one day Flare executed Manon’s mom right in front of her, and didn’t even bother to kill her too. Manon grew up with everyone having great expectations for the child of a Lost One, only for her to have ...
This is his story. I like to think that if Children of the Whales had gotten another season, and they would have gone out into the world, they would see a world much like Alderamin on the Sky where most people can use small amounts of magic, but their governments utilize it for war...