Despite all this new content, the franchise has reached a point of stagnation centred around the Skywalker Saga. With the exception of the High Republic comic book series, there isn’t much exploration outside of the safety of the familiar themes. It could be possible that all the interesting new bits were lost with the omission of the extended universe.   Read the full article here…

Eden is a bit of a special cookie in the anime industry, a 2021 OVA (original video animation) distributed by Netflix and directed by Yashushiro Ire, best known for his work on the Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood anime series.  Read the full article here…

While 2020 was barren regarding anime variety, 2021 is trying to open the otaku flood gates to shower us with some sweet anime goodness. High-Rise Invasion is an anime series animated by Zero-G and based on the graphic novel written by Tsuina Miura and illustrated by Takahiro Oba.  Read the full article here…

Before Guillermo Del Toro buddied up with Hideo Kojima in making the Metal Gear Amazon delivery service that would later be known as Death Stranding, he made a franchise surrounding giant robots beating the daylights out of Kaiju called Pacific Rim. After Del Toro departed from the beloved franchise, Steven S. DeKnight took up the mantle as writer and director for its sequel, Pacific Rim: Uprising.  Read the full article here…

While I respect 3D animation in video games, the inclusion in anime felt aesthetically wrong. Then came a show called Dorohedoro, the wacky anime adaptation of Q Hayashida’s work, where the dark whimsical setting fits the animation style like a glove. Due to the bad reputation that CGI anime has garnered, potential viewers could feel sceptical about this show.  Read the full article here…

Excluding the Final Fantasy series, few franchises sparked my interest. I admit, I have not played any Persona games (also known as Shin Megami Tensei: Persona) before this one. That said, since I got the chance to jump into the cognitive palaces of 2020’s Persona 5 Royal, I have never wanted to leave.  Read the full article here…

Bewitched Introduction During the mid-2000s, several great anime series made their way onto the western scene, leading to a Japanese renaissance among the millennials. Tite Kubo was the artist and writer of the weekly anime, Bleach, on the Shonen Jump. After its anime debut in 2004, Bleach rose to popularity so quickly, it stood as one of the top three anime, Read the full article…

Time to Slay Some Gawblins! Introduction While 2018 was an incredible year overall in the anime industry, a show about slaughtering goblins took to the internet by storm with its captivating and controversial pilot episode. That anime was Goblin Slayer, based on the light novel series written by Kumo Kagyu. Goblin Slayer: Goblin’s Crown is a Read the full article…

The Furry Apocalypse Continues! Introduction For me, this year will be remembered as one dominated by cancellations, viruses, and an unhealthy intake of furry-centric media. BNA: Brand New Animal, or BNA for short, falls squarely within that final category. Before this series, I had previously experienced Cats and Beastars, the former scarring my innocent mind, Read the full article…

Violently Stylish and Beautifully Dark   Based on Paru Itagaki’s manga series of the same name, Beastars is a show revolving around anthropomorphic animals living in a world where herbivores and carnivores live in supposed harmony. Set in a high school called Cherryton where an alpaca student has just been devoured by an unknown carnivorous Read the full article…