
I’m a little embarrassed to admit that my first encounter with the SAINT SEIYA franchise came when Louis Leterrier admitted that he modelled the armors in the CLASH OF THE TITANS remake after those in the original series. As some of you may remember, he subsequently invited the creator, Masami ...

Greetings, Anime Vice Community. Tom and Sam posted two Vice Pit videos this week summing up all the anime they have been watching, Sam posted his article on watching RISTORANTE PARADISO with his lovely girlfriend, Emily. Alex Eckman-Lawn wrote an editorial this week on respecting creators in Anime Fans Should ...

Well, this actually had the funniest gag in the entire series - - maybe even the funniest gag between both of these shows. I'm talking about the part where Ed’s trying to flee out the window and Izumi’s hand just pops out like a jack-in-the-box to give him a wallop.It’s ...

Have the Straw Hats seriously never encountered a dragon before in this entire series? I find that pretty hard to believe, especially considering the rate at which ONE PIECE rolls through new characters and concepts. Remember when they were setting up Big Ma (or whatever that gangster’s name was) several ...

It's in no way news that I've often been a vocal critic of the publishing practices of VIZ Media. I was also a skeptic when I heard that VIZ was ...

RISTORANTE PARADISO is one of those series that's hard to describe (and not because it features bondage ninjas or exploding pandas). It aims to hook you on feelings, mostly, with ...

The funny part is that lil’ Hatchin’s experience working as unpaid server at the Japanese restaurant is exactly the sort of scenario that somehow seems to lead to somebody becoming ...

Previously on OTAKU COMING HOME...How FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST Saved Anime (For Me) *** SAILOR MOON is for Boys (Too)!KINGDOM HEARTS Rescued an Anime Fan *** The Art of the Remake Part ...

If it didn’t require more effort than it’s worth - - and if it wasn’t incredibly narcissistic - - there might be some value to taping myself as I watched ...

Go somewhere else if you want rote description of this episode’s plot and some speculation about what happens next. Seriously, I’m far more interested in going on another rambling tangent ...

Much as the case was with IS THIS A ZOMBIE?, I feel like I’ve just watched a stage troupe performing a sketch that squeezes most of your stereotypical tropes into ...

Recent Vice Pit sessions on...Every Anime We've Ever Watched!Top 20 Anime of 2012!Wishes for Anime in 2013!Does Animation Quality Really Matter?Top 4 Ass-Kicking Anime Heroines!Classic Vice Pit sessions on...Serious Anime ...

Maybe there ought to be some name for the suspension-of-disbelief threshold. A specific term for the line a fantasy series can potentially cross and break its own tone over. In ...

Other Vice Pit sessions on...Top 20 Anime of 2012!Wishes for Anime in 2013!Does Animation Quality Really Matter?Top 4 Ass-Kicking Anime Heroines!Serious Anime Life Advice!Otaku Life Advice!BLACK LAGOON an Anime for ...

Yep - - I was more interested in catching up with anime answer’s to CITY OF GOD than I was with continuing on with FMA today. Rest assured, I’ll still ...

At last, I’m getting to go back through one of my all-time favorite shonen classics. Read my thoughts on earlier episodes here, and here’s PART 1 of my write-up on ...

Ha, well… if I ever wondered what the Japanese equivalent of PBS programming looked like, I suppose I should wonder no longer.Look, I don’t think anybody is seriously expecting me ...

Now, this is what I’d like to see more of.While I still think the series could benefit from a more brazen, over-the-top, DEMOLITION MAN-like approach to its action satire, I’m ...

It's certainly been a few weeks since the Anime Vice Community Spotlight has graced the front page, but we're back after the holiday hiatus. Also, we're coming up on the ...

Other Vice Pit sessions on...Wishes for Anime in 2013!Does Animation Quality Really Matter?Top 4 Ass-Kicking Anime Heroines!Serious Anime Life Advice!Otaku Life Advice!BLACK LAGOON an Anime for Hollywood?All Anime Questions Answered!FAIRY ...

Is it just me, or do ONE PIECE episodes follow the same titling ethos as Coheed & Cambria songs? “Arriving! a Burning Island - - Punk Hazard!” has the sort ...

Following the general consensus of advice offered in the last write-up’s talk back, I’ve opted to skip over a half-season to the point where (as I’m told) this version starts ...