Tag Archives: magical girl

Seeing the forest through the trees with Sailor Moon

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Celeste

If you haven’t done yourself the favour of reading the original Sailor Moon manga, I suggest you drop whatever stigmas or preconceptions you have of the series and find yourself a copy. Naturally, it suffers from the cliches it helped … Continue reading →

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Princess Tutu will dance her way into your heart

Posted on November 13, 2007 by bateszi

When I realized I had the opportunity to spend this most precious of weeks working my way through a long-ignored anime series, I could have wasted ages agonizing over the decision, yet it was quite the opposite – two elegant words immediately jumped (or should I say, danced?) to mind: Princess Tutu. Continue reading →

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Red Garden – Only in death do they find true happiness

Posted on January 10, 2007 by bateszi

I’ve been an advocate of Red Garden since the first episode, but until this past weekend I hadn’t seen beyond episode three. Red Garden isn’t easy to watch – if the characters aren’t paralysing my brain with screaming, tearful grief, … Continue reading →

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Red Garden – 3 – Theatrical heart break

Posted on October 29, 2006 by bateszi

Episode 3 of Red Garden is the best yet; the viewer leaves this instalment drenched in suspense, mystery and blood, and all the while we’re slowly beginning to understand what’s happened to the girls – or rather, how they died! … Continue reading →

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Red Garden – 2 – Expensive shirts and werewolves

Posted on October 22, 2006 by bateszi

I do love mysterious horror stories, especially when the viewer is as much at a loss as to what is going on as the characters themselves. The supernatural Red Garden is growing with this creeping intrigue, it’s bizarre and confusing … Continue reading →

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Red Garden – 1 – Colourful teenage exuberance

Posted on October 10, 2006 by bateszi

Many people couldn’t be bothered with Vision of Escaflowne because the character designs sported big noses. The almost-ignored Fantastic Children suffered from this same shallow discrimination. I dare say both of these are modern classics, and now Red Garden will … Continue reading →

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Mahou Shoujotai – Magical girl anime done good

Posted on July 30, 2006 by bateszi

Having stumbled across the passionate rants and pretty pictures over at the Star Crossed anime blog, I decided I’d take a chance on a magical girl anime called Mahou Shoujotai (also known as Tweeny Witches or Magic-Girl Squad – Alice). … Continue reading →

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