Gosick–Anime First Impressions
Gosick is a series of detective stories based on a series of light novels by Kazuki Sakuraba. “Gosick” is apparently what you get when you take the Japanese word for… Read more »
Yumekui Merry–Anime First Impressions
Merry Nightmare (Ayane Sakura) is a muma (dream demon) who somehow finds herself trapped in the Real World with no memory of how she got here. All she wants to… Read more »
Another Year–Movie Review
Mike Leigh’s latest movie Another Year is a pure “slice of life” exercise. It consists of four segments labeled “Spring,” “Summer,” “Autumn” and “Winter” featuring incidents from a year in… Read more »
Puella Magi Madoka Magica–Anime First Impressions
One of the most fascinating animes of the new season is also one of the most unsettling. Puella Magi Madoka Magica has all the elements of a traditional magical girl… Read more »
Durarara Marketing
So apparently Aniplex is going to handle marketing Durarara in North America on DVD itself, instead of licensing it to one of the regular importers. And they’re going to release… Read more »
The King’s Speech–Movie Review
The King’s Speech is yet another of those classy, high-minded British films about the royal family. It is also an impressive personal drama about a man’s struggle to overcome a… Read more »
Sex and Anime and YnS
Author noted my denunciation of Yosuga no Sora and commented “…I think he cheapened the argument by railing against sex before getting to the issue…” Maybe I should make it… Read more »
2010: The Anime Year in Review
It seems almost a requirement now to bemoan the current state of anime as compared to the golden age of past (which for most people seems to be 5 to… Read more »
True Grit (2010)–Movie Review
When I first saw the trailer for True Grit (2010 version) I wondered why Ethan and Joel Coen would bother to remake the classic 1969 movie that starred John Wayne,… Read more »
OreImo Ends
After watching the last episode of Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai I wonder if I was too harsh in some of my earlier posts. The… Read more »