Tag Archives: dark

Why didn’t you shoot? I meant to. – Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Celeste

The thing is like a wolf. The thing is a wolf. Thus, it is a thing to be banished. I’ve been an anime fan for a long time. At 22, the portion of my life in which I’ve been a … Continue reading →

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Horrible fun / Exhuming Ga-Rei -Zero-

Posted on June 14, 2010 by bateszi

If just because there’s something exciting about proving yourself wrong every now and then, I’m trying to watch a bunch of recent series that I’ve snubbed or otherwise ignored in past. This all started when, on a whim, I began … Continue reading →

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Bee Train’s bullet ballet Phantom is really good

Posted on August 26, 2009 by bateszi

Bee Train doesn’t exactly have the best of reputations, be it their bias for girls with guns or their notoriously poor production values, fact is their work polarises opinion and attracts its fair share of detractors. I’ve seen neither Noir … Continue reading →

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Fullmetal Alchemist is overlooked as horror

Posted on August 22, 2009 by bateszi

Something that ‘outsiders’ probably don’t realise about Fullmetal Alchemist is just how grotesque and disturbing it can be for mainstream shonen; it has never been a story that shys away from death, even when the victims are cute little girls … Continue reading →

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