This last weekend at Minicon 49, I moderated a panel on “Anime for Speculative Fiction Fans.” As is common at this sort of thing, a lot of series and films were mentioned very briefly, and not everyone had the opportunity to write them all down. Therefore, I promised to put up a list. I… Continue reading Anime for Speculative Fiction Fans
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Anime Review: Magi: The Kingdom of Magic
Anime Review: Magi: The Kingdom of Magic This is the sequel to last year’s Magi: The Magical Labyrinth so please see my review of that show, and the Magi manga if you don’t want to be spoiled for those. After defeating another dungeon, our heroes are in high spirits. But soon new matters come up. Prince Hakuryu… Continue reading Anime Review: Magi: The Kingdom of Magic
Anime Review: Samurai Flamenco
Anime Review: Samurai Flamenco Masayoshi Hazama is an up and coming male model with a superhero fixation. Since superheroes don’t exist in real life, Masayoshi decides to become the first, as non-powered masked hero Samurai Flamenco. He goes out to fight minor crime like jaywalking and littering, and it doesn’t go well. His first adventure… Continue reading Anime Review: Samurai Flamenco
Anime Review: Kill la Kill
Anime Review: Kill la Kill In the indefinite future, Ryuko Matoi is the delinquent daughter of a mad scientist who arrives home after a long time away at school to find him murdered with one blade of a giant scissors. The killer, too far away to identify, has the other blade. Ryuko vows vengeance. In… Continue reading Anime Review: Kill la Kill
Anime Review: Servant X Service
Anime Review: Servant X Service Like America, Japan has had its economic woes in the last few years, with unemployment a serious problem for many people. One of the jobs considered “safe” and steady if not spectacular work, is being a civil servant. So it is that a certain city Health and Welfare Office comes… Continue reading Anime Review: Servant X Service
Anime Review: Mushibugyo
Anime Review: Mushibugyo It has been about a century since Japan was invaded by giant mushi (“insect” or “bug”, it’s a loose category) that rampage about, eating people and destroying buildings. In Edo, the capital, the shogunate government has established the office of the Mushibugyo (“Insect Magistrate”) to protect the city and its people. A new… Continue reading Anime Review: Mushibugyo
Anime Review: [C] The Money of Soul and Possibility
Anime Review: [C] The Money of Soul and Possibility Kimimaro Yoga is an impoverished college student, bitter about the suicide of his father, which he sees as abandonment, and working hard to make sure he has a financially stable future. One day he is approached by a being called Masakaki and offered a deal. If… Continue reading Anime Review: [C] The Money of Soul and Possibility
Anime Review: Shiki
Anime Review: Shiki Megumi Shimizu hates living in an isolated mountain town in the middle of nowhere. She wants to move to the big city with its bright lights and fashion centers. So she dresses like a fashion model and yearns for the hot big city boy who moved in last year. She feels unappreciated… Continue reading Anime Review: Shiki
Anime Review: Suisei no Gargantia
Anime Review: Suisei no Gargantia In the future, Earth became uninhabitable due to extreme cold, so much of the human race took off to space. Somehow the remainder survived through the freezing, and now Earth is a water world, where the word “land” is a legend. The remnants of humanity live on interconnected fleets, the… Continue reading Anime Review: Suisei no Gargantia
Anime Review: Muromi-san
Anime Review: Muromi-san Takurou “Takkun” Mukoujima is a quiet lad who enjoys fishing off a lonely pier. (Apparently the fishing is normally terrible, since we never see any other fishermen there.) One day he catches a green-haired mermaid named Muromi. She quickly takes a liking to Takkun, though he’s not as impressed with her, and… Continue reading Anime Review: Muromi-san