horror
Ghost Hunt Part One
A review of the Ghost Hunt Part One, which is episodes 1-13, released by Funimation.
The Beatdown Goes On, When They Cry v4
A mid series post on When They Cry – Higurashi, which after about a year on hiatus finally resumes release on DVD.
Portraits from Memory: Boogiepop Phantom
I’ve been wanting to write something smart about Boogiepop Phantom for years now, but I’ve come to realize that, no, I really don’t want to. Every six months or so it goes into the dvd player and I sit and take it all in. It has to have been at least ten times [...]
Saya Kind of Sucks in the First Half of Blood+
I burned through the first half of Blood+. Normally, it takes me forever and a day to get around to watching a box set. If I go the collected box set route, it usually means I didn’t find it worthy enough to spend the extra money to get the initial single volume [...]
Dead Flowers, Red Garden
One volume in and I begin to wonder which Gonzo made Red Garden. Is it the one that made Last Exile and Gankutsuou or the one that made SpeedGrapher and Real Bout High School? Cheap-shot mentioning RBHS, I know. I guess either way, Red Garden promises to be horrific, though obviously I [...]
Le Chevalier D’Eon, Series Review
Le Chevalier D’Eon scored well with me on a lot of notes in the beginning. The story borrows the setting of pre French Revolution Europe, uses the history and historical figures, twists them up, throws in zombies and wizards called poets in an intrigue filled plot. Sounds like it could be interesting, but [...]
Mushi-Shi, Inside the Cage
The episode that stuck with me the most on Mushi-Shi volume 3 is episode 14, Inside the Cage. While traveling through a bamboo forest, Ginko meets a man who can’t seem to leave the forest no matter how far he walks and what direction he goes. The man longs to return to his [...]
