SEXYTRON (Level 16)

Hell Girl is an interesting 26-episode horror/drama anime.  In this series, anyone with a grudge can access a website at midnight and summon a strangely beautiful red-eyed girl named Ai.  Ai appears to them and gives them a straw doll with a scarlet thread tied around its neck.  She tells them that ...

Witchblade is one of those series that probably could (should) have been quite a few episodes shorter.  That being said, there are some really cool action scenes, the animation is good, and the plot is enough to keep you interested throughout.  Witchblade doesn't introduce any new concepts to anime - ...

This is a really cool, fun action/drama series.  Tatsumi Saiga begins an investigation on the Roppongi Club, a secret society in which actors, politicians, wealthy aristocrats and the like pay to gather and indulge every sick fetish known to man.  They enage in these activities without the knowledge of their families or ...

I'm not going to beat a dead horse and resummarize the series - the first review on here already did a wonderful job of that.  Clannad is a rare diversion from the typical romance/high school type anime in that it stays interesting throughout and does not dwell on one single ...

Okay, as a diehard Sailor Moon fan, I will admit that I am a little biased here. But you have to give Sailor Moon credit - it was one of the TV shows that inspired thousands of American kids to become anime fans. It mainly targeted a female audience, becoming ...

This show has an admittedly cool and unique plot. However, the whole series focuses on a kid who is basically a pervert, a loser, and a coward. (Much more so even than Shinji Ikari from Evangelion.) I am not usually made uncomfortable by graphic sexual content, but even I feel that this ...

First off, I will give this show credit for decent English voice acting. It actually isn't bad.  Basically this show is about a group of 3 people (Junpei, Ritsuko, and Airi) who get summoned to some kind of alternate world from Japan by accident. Celcia, the sorceress who summoned them, attempts a spell ...

"Ponyo" takes concepts from The Little Mermaid (original, not Disney), some of Miyazaki's other movies, and apparently a Japanese folk tale or something like that.  For instance, like The Little Mermaid, it is said that Ponyo will "turn into sea foam" if the human boy doesn't really love her.  Anyway, ...

It is obvious that the writers of Emma did their research - this one-of-a-kind anime will take you back into Victorian times, from the scenery to the lifestyles of all of the characters.   You won't find any of the crazy, supernatural, physics-defying, or nonsensical action that is inherent to anime ...

This anime has very few redeeming qualities, if any.  Its graphics are cheesy even for its time, the story is terribly bland, it has a godawful soundtrack comprised of misplaced electric guitar riffs, and you won't really care about any of the characters. I would go over some plot points, ...

There are not too many anime series that I even give a second glance these days - sometimes it seems that this industry has gotten so lazy and mass-produced that more focus is put on what will (or might) sell than good, original writing, artwork, graphics, and a solid story.  ...