Anime
Yoshika Becomes a Runepriest + Your Main Party
If Strike Witches were an RPG, Yoshika is the party cleric, which is usually a pretty boring class if you decide to specialize in healing and buffing armor class like she pretty much does. It’s great for survival and sweet when everyone is bloodied, but seems low on the Awesome! Eila pretty much nailed it [...]
Moribito — Review
I love Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit to pieces. It’s a type of anime I wish was more prevalent — a strong story-driven piece with a mature main character, a production that can call to a broader audience. There is something appealing about that. While I do admire the tone and animation of Moribito, I’m [...]
501s, 504s, Training and Broomsticks
What I find amusing about both the 501 and 504 strike witch aerial divisions is those numbers are also designations for brands of Levi’s blue jeans. Given the flight junkie thing about this show, the squadron numbers, if not just some random numbers pulled out of their pants, are more likely related to the air [...]
Sakamoto the Jedi
At the end of last season it looked like Major Sakamoto lost her ability to generate a barrier able to block Neuroi attacks. Just as long as the Neuroi or something worse doesn’t come back, she’d be fine. Bring on season 2 and the Neuroi are back. Oops. Actually, no, not oops, but a sweet [...]
Piling Up Like Zombies
Posts about High School of the Dead episode 1 are piling up like zombies, and why not? Zombie smashing is fun. Throw in the fan service and this looks like a winner. We need more decently animated stupid zombie violence in our lives, at least I do. Thanks, Madhouse! When this goes to dvd/bd I [...]
The Sky Crawlers
While it doesn’t sound like a normal thing to say about a Mamoru Oshii film, watch The Sky Crawlers for the air to air combat sequence eye candy. They’re cool, worth waiting for, and serve as anchors for the exploration in the film. However, from a director with a reputation of thoughtful films, The Sky [...]
