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Anime Film Review: Blame!
Dark sci-fi cyberpunk set in a vast, lifeless cityscape in the distant future. Looks good. Not a bad story. Solid worldbuilding.
Aug 21, 20253 min read


Animation Review: Love, Death + Robots (Volume 1)
An anthology that mostly looks good but most of the episodes try too hard.
Aug 18, 20259 min read


Anime Film Review: Demon City Shinjuku
Simple dark fantasy-horror: kill the bad guy with a sword and save the world. Looks great but it’s a bit flat.
Jul 29, 20253 min read


Anime Review: Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Good production and performances. Not bad and I want to like it more, but the writing is just not quite right.
Jul 26, 20254 min read


Anime ● Review: Muv-Luv Alternative
Guy wakes up in a parallel timeline dealing with an alien-infested world. Harem genre cheese with mecha. Looks clean but at times a bit cheap.
Jun 30, 20254 min read


Anime ● Review: Death Parade
Afterlife and judgement psychological thriller. Visually solid. Mildly intriguing initially but not particularly gripping. Overall, tries a bit too hard.
Jun 24, 20253 min read


Anime Film ● Review: The Silent Service
Visually excellent. Intriguing premise. Entertaining enough military action-thriller with politics even if it is far-fetched.
Jun 20, 20253 min read


Anime ● Review: Charlotte
Not the worst ever but unfocused and clumsy plotting and pacing with too many conveniences.
Jun 17, 20253 min read


Anime Film Review: Wicked City
Looks impressive as a noir action-fantasy thriller. But it tries too hard to be edgy with all the sex and violence and comes across as a bit too cheese.
Jun 6, 20253 min read


Aeni Film ● Review: Lost in Starlight
Simple and predictable romance but well-written enough for what it is. Superb rendering.
Jun 2, 20252 min read


Anime Review: Ergo Proxy
Post-apocalyptic cyberpunk with some detective noir inspiration. Visually excellent, dark and gritty. Starts strongly but tries too hard to be cerebral. Too slow and bloated.
Jun 1, 20253 min read


Anime ● Review: Plastic Memories
Looks slick and good voice acting but the plot and themes of this boy and girl android pseudo-romance are contrived. Tries to be emotion porn and fails.
May 28, 20252 min read


Anime Review: Jujutsu Kaisen
High school student gets dragged into a war between sorcerers. Plot-driven and fast-paced action-packed dark fantasy. Solid production.
May 26, 20256 min read


Anime Review: Planetarian
In a post-apocalyptic world, a man finds a “lonely innocent robot” who is the host of a planetarium. Dialogue-heavy but good production and not bad overall.
May 8, 20254 min read


Anime Review: Moonrise
Earth vs Moon rebels. Starts well enough but worldbuilding and structure are not quite right. Overly ambitious and unfocused.
Apr 29, 20255 min read


Anime ● Review: Planetes
Hard sci-fi that follows a young woman assigned to remove space junk. Classic space sci-fi series with superb visual details.
Apr 8, 20254 min read


Anime Review: Sakamoto Days (Part 1)
Nothing spectacular but still a well-produced and fun show. It strikes the balance between having an overall arc and being episodic.
Mar 26, 20253 min read


Anime ● Review: Highspeed Etoile
Cool designs but mediocre animation. Crude plotting and the lack of thought in the writing make it unconvincing and boring if not annoying.
Mar 24, 20255 min read


Trump Talks of “Domain Expansion”
Washington DC – President Trump has once again expressed his desire to do a “domain expansion” that will envelop Canada. “I love Canada,...
Mar 15, 20251 min read


Anime ● Review: In Search of the Lost Future
High school slice-of-life romance drama with time travel. Not a particularly original premise but still decent production and execution.
Feb 10, 20253 min read


Manga ● Review: Before Demon Slayer by Gotouge Koyoharu
Gotouge’s early work is intriguing. As expected, the art is not as refined but the storytelling is generally not bad.
Feb 5, 20253 min read
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