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Category: Anime Reviews

Dragonball Z

Posted on August 21, 2011May 24, 2018 by Andrew Kincaid

As regular readers might know, I have my own corner of this site dedicated to Japanese Horror.  Don’t get me wrong I like anime, just not as much as my brother does.  Some of them are cool, and some have decent stories and memorable characters as well.  Many of them though have a lot of…

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Eden of the East

Posted on August 10, 2011May 23, 2016 by Chris Kincaid

What does nudity have to do with terrorism and politics? Quite a bit it seems.  Eden of the East opens with a naked man who calls himself Akira Takizawa in front of the White House just as Saki Morimi gets in trouble with the Secret Service for tossing a coin onto the White House lawn….

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Mushi-shi

Posted on July 27, 2011May 23, 2016 by Chris Kincaid

Mushi are beings that touch the essence of life; they are also described as pure life. Mushi-shi follows Ginko, a Mushi master, as he studies and helps people suffering from Mushi problems. Mushi-shi is an episodic anime. There is no storyline and very few reoccurring characters.  Ginko travels throughout Japan collecting samples of Mushi from…

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Spice and Wolf

Posted on July 20, 2011May 23, 2016 by Chris Kincaid

Every once in awhile I come across an anime that hooks me from the theme song. I’m a sucker for good characters. Spice and Wolf is one of those anime. The story follows Holo, a deity of the harvest, and Kraft Lawrence, a merchant. Lawrence stopped at Pasloe one night during their celebrations of the…

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Ga Rei: Zero

Posted on July 7, 2011May 23, 2016 by Chris Kincaid

This anime threw me for a loop with the first episode. It was completely unexpected and doesn’t have any real bearing on the main storyline. Ga Rei: Zero is a prequel to the manga Ga Rei. The first episode makes a little more sense with that in mind. The story follows a group of Vanquishers…

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Top 10 Most Influential Anime in America

Posted on June 28, 2011May 23, 2016 by Chris Kincaid

The US isn’t as large an anime market as Japan, but anime has left a mark on our pop culture. Here are 10 anime that had the most impact on America.   10) Bleach I’ll start with one of the most popular current anime. Why am I calling it one of the most influential in…

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