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Anime Review: RIN Daughters of Mnemosyne

Sometimes I tire of anime that prominently features spunky schoolgirls, giant bipedal robots, cute mascots, super-powered brawlers charging up energy blasts, or a flock of girls competing over some guy with the sex drive of a wet noodle. [...]

Posted On : Jan, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Anime Review: Kurau Phantom Memory

It's the year 2100, and Doctor Amami has discovered a new energy source, the extra-dimensional Rynax. But on Take-Your-Daughter-To-The-Top-Secret-Lab-Day, there's an accident that kills his child, Kurau. All is not lost, though, as Kurau co [...]

Posted On : Dec, 31 2009 | Comments : 0

Anime Review: Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino

Yu Aida's Gunslinger Girl was a spectacular and disturbing anime that tackled the moral issues of condemning tween girls to a shortened life due to cybernetic implants and brainwashing. In addition to its story, the animation and attention [...]

Posted On : Dec, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

Anime Review: Shonen Onmyouji

Shonen Onmyouji is an interesting departure from what I often see: As a historical fiction, the series is based around the adventures of Abe no Masahiro, the fictitious grandson of the famous and not-so-fictitious Japanese onmyouji, Abe no [...]

Posted On : Dec, 12 2009 | Comments : 0

Anime Review: Nana Box Set Part 1

Two strangers meet on a train; it's romantical and holds so many possibilities, so why does it feel as though their relationship is doomed from the start? Okay, maybe 'doomed' is too strong a word, but right from the beginning, with t [...]

Posted On : Dec, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

Anime Review Dragonaut The Resonance, Part One

Dragonaut: The Resonance is an anime about breasts, or so that's what I gather after watching part one of the series. The first line on the back of the DVD seems to confirm my suspicions: "With a deadly asteroid hurtling towards Earth, [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2009 | Comments : 0

Anime Review Claymore

When it comes to anime, I tend to look toward action-based series with a cautious eye. Too often, it seems, writers for action series take the easy route and fill them with paper-thin characters and nonexistent stories. Entertaining at time [...]

Posted On : Nov, 25 2009 | Comments : 0

Anime Review Gunslinger Girl

After glancing at the DVD box art and perusing its written synopsis, Gunslinger Girl sounded like an exploitation film where a clandestine government organization with a deceptive cover story trains a gang of innocent schoolgirls to use hig [...]

Posted On : Nov, 21 2009 | Comments : 0

Anime Review: Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage

After a rousing series of adventures during Black Lagoon, Roanapur is again a hotbed of activity as the employees of the Lagoon Company continue to shoot their way to big bucks in Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage. With its leader Dutch, tec [...]

Posted On : Oct, 20 2009 | Comments : 0

Anime Review: Red Garden

In Red Garden's New York City, four high-school girls worry about what happened to a fifth girl that they barely know. They make the mistake of stumbling upon a spooky house ... and the next day, they wake up, tired and confused, with no me [...]

Posted On : Oct, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

Anime Review: Heat Guy J

The premise of Heat Guy J doesn't exactly stand out in a crowd, nor does it have a very strong allure: A special unit officer with an android partner investigates possible crimes - I just yawned while typing that sentence. Odds are you will [...]

Posted On : Oct, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

Peter Tatara & Kim Mueller Right Stuf's Anime Today Previews...

Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer Right Stuf, Inc. is pleased to welcome Peter Tatara and Kim Mueller – the programming director and programming coordinator for the New York Anime Festival – to episode 101 of ANIME T [...]

Posted On : Sep, 14 2009 | Comments : 0

Anime Review Higurashi When They Cry

Every once in a great while, you come across an anime that completely alters your perception of what constitutes a "great series." For this reviewer, that anime was Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni, or the localized When They Cry, a seri [...]

Posted On : Sep, 09 2009 | Comments : 0

Anime Review Fullmetal Alchemist - Brotherhood

Unlike the first anime series, Brotherhood follows the storyline as written by Hiromu Arakawa down to the exact kanji. The action sequences are well scripted and this version does not shy away from bloody scenes. The emotions il [...]