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charlessynyard
Oct 1, 202210 min read
Urusei Yatsura
A timely review for once? Soon to be back for a new generation and new royalties, Urusei Yatsura (meaning, Those Obnoxious Aliens) is the...
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charlessynyard
Nov 10, 20214 min read
Twelve Months
Beginning this anime movie blind, I was a little jarred greeted by an in memoriam photo of someone, name given in Cyrillic, who lived...
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charlessynyard
Sep 16, 20217 min read
Serial Experiments Lain
This here is one fantastic series that never lets up, and is widely enjoyed, but is hard to write about. Serial Experiments Lain, a...
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charlessynyard
Jun 28, 20216 min read
Ranma ½
Vying warriors and vying lovers are staples of anime. While the shonen protagonist can be lampoonably focused on proving hisself the best...
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charlessynyard
Feb 28, 20218 min read
Kimagure Orange Road
Between the standard romance anime with a couple by predestination, and the harem anime where numerous love interests focused on a...
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Thomas (StarManOfAtmora)
Oct 25, 20205 min read
Ouke no Monshou - War, Politics, and Love Triangles in Ancient Egypt
Prefer to listen on YouTube instead? https://youtu.be/hHxA1HBHtV8 Ouke no Monshou, or Crest of the Royal Family, is a historical shoujo...
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Thomas (StarManOfAtmora)
Aug 16, 20203 min read
Children of the Sea - Visually breathtaking
Directed by Ayumu Watanabe (After The Rain, Space Brothers, Mysterious Girlfriend X) and produced by Studio 4°C (Tekkon Kinkreet,...
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charlessynyard
Jul 12, 20203 min read
Hakujaden (The Tale of the White Serpent)
In the middle of watching Dirty Pair and Higurashi: When They Cry, I decided to watch a movie, the better to have something to review,...
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Thomas (StarManOfAtmora)
Jun 8, 20204 min read
Fate/Zero - Great or Faulty Heroes?
Contains minor spoilers for Psycho-Pass Gen Urobuchi is fairly well known as a consensous "good writer." From his work, I had only...
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charlessynyard
Feb 25, 20203 min read
Kimi to, Nami ni Noretara (Ride Your Wave)
As a fan of more conventionally styled anime, I was wary of director Masaaki Yuasa’s Yoru wa Mijikashi Aruke yo Otome (The Night is...
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Feb 9, 20203 min read
No Game no Life
I have a complicated relationship with otaku media. A lot of it is not very good, an exampleof this being the multitude of forgettable...
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charlessynyard
Jan 17, 20204 min read
Tenki no Ko (Weathering With You)
Director Makoto Shinkai has, wow, another No. 1 hit anime movie that just made a brief, yet memorable run in packed American theaters....
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Dewlso
Oct 9, 20191 min read
Val x Love
This anime has its fair share of fanservice, although not as over the top as others. This does not detract from the story though. Akutsu...
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charlessynyard
Aug 11, 20194 min read
Bakuten Shoot Beyblade (Explosive Shoot Beyblade)
Sometimes, the only way to sell a toy to a kid is if everyone else already has one, and he wants in on the action. This can be a real,...
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charlessynyard
Jun 25, 20194 min read
High School DxD
Commonly, the anime that answers questions about the true meaning of love and friendship, and the anime that answers to what men want,...
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charlessynyard
Jun 10, 20194 min read
Youjo Senki (Saga of Tanya the Evil)
There are so many animes hyped by so many fans, that discernment can be a challenge. In actual fact, I likely have not actually “got to...
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Thomas (StarManOfAtmora)
May 9, 20193 min read
Fruits Basket (2019) - Sugary Sweet Shojo at its Finest
So, four weeks in to the new season and oh boy has it been good! Attack on Titan started up again, Tate no Yuusha seems to building up to...
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Dewlso
Apr 5, 20191 min read
Kono Yo no Hate de Koi wo Utau Shoujo YU-NO
Well, here we are, a new season and a new batch of reviews. First up is Kono yo no hate de koi wo utau shoujo YU-NO or Yuno: A girl who...
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Dewlso
Jan 18, 20191 min read
Yakusoku no Neverland (The Promised Neverland)
It's orphans......with a twist. Based off the 2016 manga series, Yakusoku no neverland is a creative story of orphans longing to be freed...
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