Category: Anime
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One manga, two anime (originally released 2003 and remade in 2009), three movies, at least two video games, and another who-knows-what that may never reach North America. While there are so many properties it’s tiring, it’s probably the only big-name anime franchise I would recommend. But if you didn’t grow up with it like me,…
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Episodes 1 &2: Macross is attacked by an unknown alien enemy on the day of its maiden launch. Hikaru Ichijo, a stunt pilot, is downed in the middle of the battle and rescues Minmay from alien ground troops.
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I watched this anime in a single day about three months ago and my poor journal caught the brunt of my disappointment. This is a more coherent essay born from the one I originally wrote.
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Cowboy Bebop is highly recommended to old-school anime fans, novice anime watchers, and science fiction buffs of any kind.
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Do you wonder what the hell is anime and why it’s so popular? Feeling bogged down by the overwhelming amount of shows? Look no further for I am here to recommend several starting places to catch up on this anime trend.
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Do you wonder what the hell is anime and why it’s so popular? Feeling bogged down by the overwhelming amount of shows? Look no further for I am here to recommend several starting places to catch up on this anime trend.
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Do you wonder what the hell is anime and why it’s so popular? Feeling bogged down by the overwhelming amount of shows? Look no further for I am here to recommend several starting places to catch up on this anime trend.
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I am leaving for New Zealand soon. This means that I have to finish the knitted blanket I started for my parents last November (I am almost done though!). Since I am mostly packed and only working intensely in the mornings and early afternoons, I am spending a lot of time sitting in front of…
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Psycho Pass follows Inspector Akane Tsunemori and her subordinate Shinya Kogami as they hunt down the criminal mastermind behind a variety of gruesome crimes. By design, the show is meant to get people talking about the nature of crime in society and what people are willing to do to live in a crime-free world. It does…
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Anime Central (ACen) is the third largest anime convention in the United States. It is hosted in Rosemont, IL, one L-stop away from O’hare Airport. Rosemont is a shopping hub with a fashion outlet mall and various other unexplored-by-me areas within a few miles of each other. The Donald E. Stephenson Convention Center and Hyatt…
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Anime Central is this weekend! This will be my first time attending, and I am super excited. In preparation, I decided to exclusively watch anime the month and a half prior. Here is a list of all the shows I watched and a super-brief impression on each. Longer discussions about each will come out when I…
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Synopsis: Fifteen years after Heaven’s Fall, Princess Asseylum Vers Allusia visits Earth as a sign of goodwill between the empire of Vers and the remnants of Earth civilization. Her assassination sparks a war between the Earth and the Orbital Knights, warrior nobles of Vers who descend upon the Earth in their castles to lay siege…
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I started a few shows this week, but before I finish them, allow me to give you my initial impressions for the sake of content. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt I watched the first four episodes and the entire time I felt “meh.” The characters besides Kimmy did not have the depth of character to break free…
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Synopsis: Nagate Tanikaze lives in the underbelly of the seed ship Sidonia with his grandfather. Having met no one else his entire life, Nagate spends his childhood training on an old garde simulator, learning everything he can about the gauna, an alien race that hunts humanity. When his grandfather dies, Nagate emerges from the underbelly to protect Sidonia from the alien…