Anime Reviews (50)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- Impressions
Written by Salvador Mateos
Attention Demon Slayer (Kimetsu no Yaiba) fans! Your long-awaited return to the next season of the highly anticipated series is just around the corner. Get ready to witness the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- movie, arriving in North American theaters today! Before you rush off to catch this non-traditional film, allow me to share some insights from an advanced screening experience.
Director Makoto Shinkai who brought us films, The Place Promised in Our Early Days, 5 Centimeters per Second, Your Name, and Weathering with You now brings us Suzume. The film is about a girl named Suzume who lost her mother at a young age in a natural disaster in Japan, now 17 years old, she meets a young man who travels around Japan closing magical doors. If they are not closed, they will release natural disasters all over Japan. Suzume joins him on his journey and finds answers along the way to questions and feelings she has been hiding. No spoilers ahead, so keep reading.
There’s perhaps no anime more iconic worldwide than the Dragon Ball series. With this year’s new Dragon Ball movie finally out, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero serves as a reminder as to why the show has remained so popular for so long, longer even than the tropes it helped to create.
If you’re familiar with the work of Masaaki Yuasa, you’ll know that no matter what your expectations are beforehand, you’re bound to be off. This can be said for his newest work, Inu-Oh, an animated rock opera that follows Biwa, a blind musician, and Inu-Oh, a dancer with abnormal physical attributes.
We got the opportunity to review Ryoma! The Prince of Tennis - Decide movie from 2022. The movie is a continuation of the series Prince of Tennis which includes a manga series, anime series, and several anime movies. The story of the series follows tennis prodigy Ryoma who is the son of a famous retired professional tennis player that is a legend.
There is a moment in Sailor Moon Eternal where Chibusa (Sailor Chibi Moon) wishes to be an adult while her mother Usagi (Sailor Moon) jests it must be nice being a spoiled child. Chibiusa insists she wants to be an adult so Mamoru (Tuxedo Mask) will look at her as a woman. If you are confused at this point, you will need to watch Sailor Moon Crystal to understand the nuances of the story. Eternal is here to give a condensed adaptation of the Dream arc of Naoko Takeuchi’s renowned Sailor Moon manga or as some veteran Sailor Moon fans remember as Sailor Moon SuperS. On that level, Eternal succeeds in condensing SuperS into two films while giving Sailor Moon a fresh visual update.
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song - In Which We Feel a Feel
Written by Brian Lee
COVID19 has made Japanese events in America complicated, to say the least. A lot of conventions and concerts have been delayed or canceled outright. Such is the situation with spring song, the final movie of the Heaven's Feel trilogy. The formal name is Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song (quite the mouthful). Originally set to premiere at the end of March in Japan, it was eventually released in mid-August. Its American debut was set for April until things began getting worse across the globe. This November, Aniplex decided to hold a limited number of screenings across America. There are still two more screenings for Saturday, 11/21, and Sunday 11/22, if you're so inclined. This article won't be quite a review of the movie but more an expression of feelings.
Sentai is re–releasing all 54 episodes of Negima in a seven disc Blu-ray box set. Originally based on a manga written by Ken Akamatsu, Negima follows the story of 10-year-old Negi Springfield as he deals with a chaotic relationship now that he is appointed as the homeroom teacher of a class of 30 middle school girls. He does this while keeping the fact that he is a wizard, a secret.
Originally airing in Japan from July 2019 to September of the same year the anime The Demon Girl-Next-Door has finally gotten an American release.
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Season 2 (Blu-ray) Review
Written by Dawn Lam
When I was first informed of the re-make of my favorite childhood series, I was ecstatic. I was head over heels for all things Sailor Moon before it was even brought over to the West. I had the trading cards, artbooks, and basically anything I could get my hands on. I watched the anime but only a few episodes a month as they were difficult to get a hold of. I wanted to learn Japanese, so I can read the manga as they were released. I copied art from the artbooks and wanted to be a manga artist. Sailor Moon inspired me to draw and was my gateway drug to all things anime.
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From Hideaki Anno (Neon Genesis Evangelion) and Shinji Higuchi (Attack on Titan) comes Shin Godzilla, also known as Godzilla Resurgence here in the West. This is the 29th Godzilla film produced by Toho Co. Ltd and is a modern reboot of the Godzilla franchise that draws many classic elements from the original 1954 film. Already the highest grossing live action film in Japan for 2016, does it continue to build on the success of previous Toho Godzilla movies or is the new origin story a complete reboot like the Nolan Batman trilogy?
On November 1, 2015 Aniplex premiered Anthem of the Heart - Beautiful Word, Beautiful World in North America and Los Angeles was the first place to see the film. Coming from the same staff that brought us Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, it’s easy to go into the film expecting all sorts of feels. However, before you go and buy tissues, just wait and keep reading.
On December 13, 2014 Aniplex USA held the Los Angeles (LA) premiere of Expelled from Paradise (Rakuen Tsuiho) directed by Seiji Mizushima, written by Gen Urobuchi, and producer Koichi Noguchi. This movie has been playing in Japan and Japanese fans have been raving about it. Using a new 3D CGI technique called “cell look,” the computer graphics mimic the traditionally used cell art to the point that it looks really similar according to Mr Koichi Noguchi.
Have you ever thought what happened to your favorite anime characters after they graduated high school? Or just about what type of work they might have applied for if he or she didn't go to a university? Well if you have or just want to watch something else, then I think I might have the anime you've been seeking. So if you are used to the high school romance, this anime may not be for you as it is set a few years after that: namely, the great mysterious abyss many academic scholars have come to refer to the "real world."
Servant x Service is an anime that was adapted from a manga by Karino Takatsu, and released by Aniplex of America, which revolves around the lives of public service works in Japan. The anime begins with three new interns Lucy, Miyoshi and Hasebe. They come to Health and Welfare Division of The Mitsuba Ward to apply for work as a public servant (social worker). As you can probably tell, this anime is not like any anime you have probably seen lately. The closest comparison to this anime is the live-action comedy The Office, minus the cameras that follow the cast around, and that the cast works at a place like the DMV. Think of Pam Beesly, Jim Halpert, Michael Scott, Erin Hannon and Toby Flenderson working in a government office but with a few twists like the manager being a stuffed animal, along with other side stories and you get as close as you can to Servant x Service.