Tag Archives: beautiful

Shadow of the Colossus

Posted on February 5, 2012 by bateszi

Unless you count my yearly flings with Football Manager, I’ve never been much of a gamer. Even still, I bought myself a Playstation 3 in December. Stepping into today’s world of consoles is intimidating at first. I’d been divorced from … Continue reading →

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Am I looking at the sky, or the sea?

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Celeste

Though it borrows from the mythos of the (very real) city of Venice, there’s something pleasantly unreal about Aria. Rather, not unreal so much as there is a disregard for the idea and constraints of reality. Perhaps Aria seeks not … Continue reading →

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The heavens are angered

Posted on September 29, 2010 by bateszi

The Twelve Kingdoms feels very much like a shoujo anime, but it’s more akin to Utena and Toward the Terra than Escaflowne, and by that what I mean to say is, while there are no melodramatic love triangles here, The … Continue reading →

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The candy-colored afterlife

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Celeste

Occult Academy, you’ve made a fan out of me.

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Gren’s eternal smile

Posted on May 19, 2010 by bateszi

If I had to condense my love for anime into one single moment, I’d choose the scene when `Space Lion` begins playing in the 13th episode of Cowboy Bebop (Jupiter Jazz.) It is one of the first times I can … Continue reading →

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When all that’s left is dust

Posted on September 27, 2009 by bateszi

When I think about Boogiepop Phantom, I’m also reminded of other recent Madhouse anime, like Shigurui and Casshern Sins. Each has a strange aesthetic; seductive yet tinged by an under-lying sense of sadness and desolation. It would be easy to … Continue reading →

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Naruto Shippuuden episode 82 is a masterpiece

Posted on September 2, 2009 by bateszi

After all these years, I still love watching Naruto. I’ll place it on hiatus every now and then, but it still is, and always will be, one of my biggest favourites. This past weekend marked the end of my latest … Continue reading →

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Casshern Sins: I wanted to leave my color on my city

Posted on February 15, 2009 by bateszi

Knowing that some day you will die is not a prospect that one’s thoughts tend to dwell on, but in Casshern Sins, when death is everywhere and the land is ravaged with decay, that your life will some day end … Continue reading →

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Casshern Sins: You looked as if you were dancing

Posted on November 30, 2008 by bateszi

It’s hard to explain how I feel about Casshern Sins. It’s way beyond anything else I’ve seen this year. More than just another good anime series, more than just entertainment, I find it is engaging, evocative and inspiring, perched somewhere … Continue reading →

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