Classic sci-fi military mecha anime. Good worldbuilding and decent pacing for its time. Entertaining even if it is a merchandising tool.

A few conveniences but decent pacing. Nicely lit and shot. Good performances. Not great but still a good effort and entertaining.

Classic mecha anime. Excellent visuals and sound. Focuses on characters and their relationships.

Some consider it a modern classic. Interesting premise. Clumsy plotting. Cheesy and tries too hard with its gratuitous nudity and violence.

The heroes play farmer in the first half, then get into a shootout with imperial forces in the second. Cheesy and clumsy like Part One.

Basically an Ahsoka spin-off. Don’t expect too much. Do expect some cheese. Writing improves as the series progresses. Sufficiently amusing.

A rebel’s cheesy recruitment drive against evil imperial forces. Not totally cringe but only because I don’t expect much from Hack Snyder.

In Book 3, Dr Michael E. Salla focuses on the Nazis hiding in Antarctica and their infiltration of the US industrial-military complex.

Set 15 years after Revival, a team of synths attempts to retrieve an Alien sample. Lacks the more refined execution of the previous volumes.

Fresh take on the franchise with mother-and-daughter duo. Set pieces can be better. Good production. Not bad despite a little wokeness.

In Book 2, Dr Michael E. Salla focuses on the space program run by the US Navy with influence from the so-called Nordics.

Bravo Station – A woman has been blown out of the airlock by her boyfriend after asking him for “some space”. “I just wanted to ask her...

Revival collects Issues 7 to 12 and is set two years after the events of Bloodlines.

Set in 2200—about twenty-one years after the film Aliens—this story follows Gabriel Cruz, a security veteran for Weyland-Yutani.

Despite some weaknesses in the opening and in characterizations, it is a well-produced sci-fi thriller that is interesting enough.

The Third Reich – Operation UFO is a 2006 Russian documentary written and directed by Vitaly Pravdivtsev about the Nazi’s fascination...

Dr Michael E. Salla presents evidence of so-called secret space programs and their connections to extraterrestrial civilizations.

Voices of a Distant Star is an OVA and one of Shinkai’s earlier works. Like most of his later works, it explores love and friendship.

Anime Review & Discussion: How Gundam SEED looks at the nature and conduct of war.