Madhouse
Redline Flatlines, but Still Beats
Redline opens, race in progress and my mouth stretches wide with a wicked grin, eager to sing its praise over the rooftops of the world. My buds need to see this. There hasn’t been something this balls dipped in awesome in years. At last, I have something new I can lend to Mr. Likes anime, [...]
Rideback
Worlds change in an instant, mused Rin Ogata as she danced on stage. She was a rising star in the ballet world, but when her ankle gives way it changes what she had thought would be the rest of her life, following her mother’s path of the prima ballerina. Now that the dream had slipped [...]
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 [...]
Gunslinger Girl Il Teatrino: Pinocchio Stinks
Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino is an ugly show. Maybe Artland isn’t the worst studio on earth, but compared to what Madhouse built in the first season of Gunslinger Girl, Artland might as well be. But, whatever, the first season supposedly had an insane budget that Artland probably didn’t have, but still, Il Teatrino has some [...]
Shigurui: Death Frenzy
On a bleached out courtyard at Sunpu Castle, two men disfigured by a life of perpetual violence face off to bring sweet destruction to the other man. Shigurui: Death Frenzy then takes the viewer back to the beginning of the story in order to explain this moment. It is blood, guts, and brutality.
