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Category: Anime Reviews

Arpeggio of Blue Steel

Posted on October 25, 2015May 23, 2016 by Chris Kincaid

It is common to refer to ships as female. Now what would happen if warships and submarines were equipped with sentient artificial intelligence? Arpeggio of Blue Steel is one of the more unique anime I’ve watched. The Fog is a fleet of sentient warships and submarines equipped with technology that is centuries ahead of anything…

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Fate/Zero

Posted on October 11, 2015May 23, 2016 by Chris Kincaid

Fate/Zero has a completely different angle on the old quest for the Holy Grail. Every so often mages of talent are selected by the Holy Grail to battle for the right to use it. Each mage is granted a Servant: a hero from history. Each hero has a class much like in a video game….

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Another

Posted on July 9, 2015May 24, 2016 by Chris Kincaid

Class 3 had a problem. People had the nasty habit of dying. Of course, exchange student Koichi Sakakibara had little idea of this little problem when he joined the middle school class. It seemed strange how a girl with an eye patch was ignored by everyone. It was as if she did not exist. Once…

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My First Anime Ends: Considering Inuyasha

Posted on June 28, 2015May 23, 2016 by Chris Kincaid

Midnight. I trudge into the house after a longer-than-it-should-be workday, exhausted. Everyone sleeps, and the quiet is welcome. But I need time to decompress. I slump onto the couch and channel surf.  MTV nonsense. Saturday Night Live. Not my cup of tea. Movies.  Oh, what’s this? Cartoons on this late? I had stumbled across Adult…

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Inuyasha: Final Cut–The End of an Era in Anime

Posted on June 21, 2015May 23, 2016 by Andrew Kincaid

Chris and I have different preferences and opinions when it comes to anime. One thing we do have in common is that Inuyasha is among the first batch of anime that we watched. Now that venerable series has finally ended, and along with it an era in anime history. At least, it felt like the…

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The Evangelion of Shojo: Revolutionary Girl Utena

Posted on June 6, 2015May 23, 2016 by Chris Kincaid

Revolutionary Girl Utena is a game changer on the order of Evangelion.  Like Sailor Moon, Utena is a magical girl story. The story is stuffed with symbolism and considered a post-modern fairy-tale (Haeker, n.d). This symbolism is what makes many people consider Utena the Evangelion of shojo (Rose, 2013). I will touch on some of these…

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