If you haven’t been introduced to the Japanese’s take on gore, then the live action movie The Machine Girl should serve as a brutal introduction. It’s an over the top murder fest that makes the recent Rambo look tame (any notion of physics is not included).
I also review a relatively unknown anime called Tokyo […]

One a disappointing contribution from a respected storyteller, the other a refreshing new approach to a tiring franchise.  That’s how our reviewers saw them, anyway.  Here are reviews of Garzey’s Wing and Ah! My Goddess: Fighting Wings.  Enjoy.

Though 2008 has been far from the best year, there still are gems to be found, and two of our reviewers have written reviews on one of especially brilliant specimens. Here are Sorrow-kun’s take on Kure-nai and Akira’s take as well.

That’s what Toward the Terra is, according the Shadowmage.  I might have to check this anime out.  When Shadowmage touts an anime like this, it’s typically worth watching.  I mean, he wasn’t wrong about Dennou Coil.

When it comes to handing out praises, I’m usually an old fashioned type of guy. I’d rather take the old fashioned dish of excellent stories and memorable characterization than some panache attempt to be avant-garde.
Then comes someone like Shinbo Akiyuki who manage to break out of any known mold. Though he has pretty much […]