Once again this year I participated in the “Anime and Manga for Speculative Fiction Fans” panel at Minicon. As promised at the panel, here’s a list of the items mentioned–I make no representations regarding the quality of the ones I have not seen. .hack: A series of interlocking video games, anime, manga and light novels… Continue reading Anime for Speculative Fiction Fans (2015)
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Anime Review: Argevollen
Anime Review: Argevollen When Tokimune Susumu’s sister Reika is killed in a mysterious “training accident”, the boy decides to join the Arandas military as a Trail Krieger (basically walking tanks) pilot to work his way up the ranks in hope of eventually having enough access to learn the truth about her death. He’s still very… Continue reading Anime Review: Argevollen
Anime Review: I Can’t Understand What My Husband Is Saying
Anime Review: I Can’t Understand What My Husband Is Saying Kaoru is a typical office worker in her mid-twenties who by chance meets, falls in love with, and marries Hajime, who is slightly younger than her and a dedicated otaku (A person who is a big fan of a particular esoteric subject and has poor social… Continue reading Anime Review: I Can’t Understand What My Husband Is Saying
Open Thread: Happy New Year!
2014 ends, and 2015 begins, so let’s see what this year’s top ten lists look like. (You like top ten lists, right?) Top Ten Posts of 2014 Comic Book Review: The Forgotten Man Graphic Edition Comic Strip Review: Spacetrawler Book 1 The Human Seat Manga Review: Weekly Shonen Jump (USA) Book Review: Insurrections of the… Continue reading Open Thread: Happy New Year!
Anime Review: Invaders of the Rokujyoma!?
Anime Review: Invaders of the Rokujyoma!? Satomi Kotaro’s father has gone abroad on business, but he’s staying in Japan to attend high school. Their family is not well off, and to stretch his living allowance as far as possible, Satomi jumps on Room 106 at Corona House because it costs the equivalent of $50 a… Continue reading Anime Review: Invaders of the Rokujyoma!?
Anime Review: Humanity Has Declined
Anime Review: Humanity Has Declined In the indefinite future, homo sapiens as we know it is slowly going extinct. Not to worry, though, our successors have already appeared, the New Humans, also commonly referred to as “fairies.” The Mediator is a young woman who works for what’s left of the UN, acting as an intermediary between… Continue reading Anime Review: Humanity Has Declined
Anime Review: Matchless Raijin-Oh
The fifth-dimensional Jaku Empire (literally, “the Evil Empire”) has decided to conquer the third dimension, starting with Earth. Good thing Earth has a powerful guardian spirit named Eldoran. Or perhaps we should say had a powerful guardian spirit, as Eldoran blocks the invaders’ one-shot superweapon at the cost of crippling himself to a near-death state. Eldoran… Continue reading Anime Review: Matchless Raijin-Oh
Anime Review: Tonari no Seki-kun
Anime Review: Tonari no Seki-kun (The Master of Killing Time) Rumi Yokoi is a high school student who wants to study hard and get good grades. But she’s constantly distracted by the boy sitting next to her, Toshinari Seki, and not for the reasons you might at first expect. You see, Seki is easily bored… Continue reading Anime Review: Tonari no Seki-kun
Open Thread: Inspired Blog Challenge Wrap-Up
Today is the last day of the Inspired Blog Challenge, so it’s time for a wrap-up post. The main objective was to post twenty times during the month, and that was accomplished. While joining the challenge did not greatly increase the number of pageviews (other things I did during the month were more effective), I… Continue reading Open Thread: Inspired Blog Challenge Wrap-Up
Anime Review: Elfen Lied
Anime Review: Elfen Lied There is a secret laboratory off the coast of Kamakura, Japan. There a naked woman wearing an eyeless helmet, codenamed “Lucy”, is undergoing experimentation. When the helmet is damaged, allowing Lucy to see, she sets about freeing herself, slaughtering many of the lab’s personnel in the process. Yes, even the… Continue reading Anime Review: Elfen Lied