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A missed opportunity: Jormungand
May 11, 2012 (2 weeks ago)
I really wanted to like Jormungand. It's a series about illegal arms dealers and child soldiers, which is not exactly typical fare for anime and sounds interesting. Comparisons to 2006's fantastic Black Lagoon…
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April 14, 2012
I have many a faint and fond memory of Eureka Seven, but wasn't sure how to feel about news of its sequel. It ended with a quite profound sense of finality, after all. Everything that needed to be said, was, an…
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Tag Archives: studio bones
Being swept away
I have many a faint and fond memory of Eureka Seven, but wasn’t sure how to feel about news of its sequel. It ended with a quite profound sense of finality, after all. Everything that needed to be said, was, … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Reviews
Tagged animation, Eureka Seven, Eureka Seven AO, fantasy, mecha, Music, science fiction, studio bones
22 Comments
Darker than Black is the new black
Darker than Black is an enigma. The more I watch it, the less I understand how I feel about it. I wanted to write an article extolling its virtues, for example its deep characters and beautiful art. Then I went … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Editorials
Tagged Aniplex, cowboy bebop, darker than black, studio bones, witch hunter robin
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On Wolf’s Rain
I first watched Wolf’s Rain in 2003, just as I was beginning to ramp up my interest in anime. I remember a few things about it: being absolutely traumatised by its ending and being spell-bound by Yoko Kanno’s music. Following … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Reviews
Tagged fantasy, Keiko Nobumoto, science fiction, studio bones, Wolf's Rain, Yoko Kanno
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Trying to get back into anime movies / Sword of the Stranger
Writing this now is probably a bit old hat, but I finally got around to watching Sword of the Stranger at the weekend! Why the delay? I’ve developed a strained relationship with anime movies; having become so used to watching … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Editorials, Reviews
Tagged action, animation, ninja, samurai, studio bones, sword of the stranger, violence
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Turn off your mind, unwind and see how high the cloudy sky. Xam’d, naturally.
Should I say Xam’d: Lost Memories is good? It’s better than good, and I know it’s not enough to say just that, but I have to be careful. Because I’m about ready to explode. Yes, there’s too much to say. … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Reviews
Tagged fantasy, mecha, miltary, nostalgia, romance, studio bones, war, Xam'd: Lost Memories
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I’m one of his twenty faces too
When its first episode finished, I suspect a lot of people probably dropped their interest in The Daughter of Twenty Faces (a.k.a Nijuu Mensou no Musume) right there and then. Going off of first impressions, it’s not flashy at all. … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged action, adventure, drama, studio bones, The Daughter of Twenty Faces
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Past, present and future
To quote rubbish rockers Staind, it’s been a while. Of course I haven’t stopped watching anime, I just don’t have much to say. I could write boring episode reviews, but you know, that’s boring! More than anything I seem to … Continue reading
Posted in Editorials
Tagged bokurano, darker than black, drama, mecha, studio bones, Yoko Kanno
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Jyu-Oh-Sei – 10 to 11 – Die, Die My Darling
By becoming the Jyu-Oh, Thor transcends the planet of Chimera in search of the bloody truth hidden beneath the bodies of his murdered parents; after years of waiting, he gets his answers, though it’s not the happy ending he had … Continue reading
Jyu-Oh-Sei – 7 to 9 – Blinded from the truth
It’s taken a while, but I’m finally starting to twig that Jyu-Oh-Sei has an absolutely stellar voice cast. Young Thor was played by Minami Takayama, whose best work comes in the form of the insane, eccentric Dilandau of Escaflowne. Thor’s … Continue reading
Jyu-Oh-Sei – 5 through 6 – Lost Love
To my frank and utter bemusement, we are now over half way through the 11 episodes of Jyu-Oh-Sei and although a part of me is glad to see every episode crammed full with so much story and character development, I … Continue reading
Jyu-Oh-Sei – 3 through 4 – Nature bites back
Again I get my hit of Jyu-Oh-Sei in double dosage, and again I’m left feeling completely intoxicated by it. It’s the story that I love; so thick with detail, almost every scene contributes something new or shocking, continuously building on … Continue reading
Studio BONES’ Jyu-Oh-Sei: First impressions
Of all the new anime debuting this season, the one I was most anticipating was always Jyu-Oh-Sei. I’m basically a massive fan of Studio BONES, and despite a few less than stellar exceptions (Ouran, Kenran); I’m worryingly in love everything … Continue reading