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Like every Japanophile out there I feel everything goes a bit better with a big J next to it there is for example Jpop, Jrock, Jgirls, and of course Jhorror. "Another" may come off quite a bit like american spook film Final Destination (no joke it really dose) but it ...

so yeah, a lot of people seem to really dig this Eureka crap, so much so that silly me I got caught up in the hype and signed up for this FIFTY EPISODE test of time abuse.If filler is a dirty word than Eureka seven is filthy beyond recognition I ...

I love anime,really I do but when something like Elfen lied comes along all I can do is squirm in disgust, ya know as if I was just another otaku outsider indifferent to all the big round eyes and tiny bitty mouths. Dont get me wrong I am not above ...

Well Hello Anime Vice It’s me again, M, here to bring you another review this time of something fairly out of style for me. In this review I turn my eyes to the Anime version of Black Rock Shooter, straight from the arms of Ordet and was their first full ...

The animated adaptation of Elfen Lied (no, there are no elves - its name comes from a poem), is the kind of thing you either love or hate. Like a lot of anime series, it's a giant soap opera with some great visuals and a plot that is at times ...

Shaman King (2001) - Anime Review:Although 4kids are infamous for the creative butchering of their licenced anime titles I’ve always known one day I would tackle the Sharman King series as I had just seen so much of it on and off on local TV throughout the years.So to no ...

As some of you know, I'm a social studies major with a degree in education and know a good deal about certain fields of the social sciences. I understand the various degrees of communal governments. I can explain the rise of the French Revolution and its repurcussions on 19th century ...

Casshern was a 2004 adaptation of a 1993 direct-to-video anime, Casshan: Robot Hunter. It takes place in the future. But this future is a retro future where many things actually resemble past eras like in Brazil. Unlike Brazil, however, there’s no obvious reason for it, apart from perhaps choosing things ...

First ImpressionsOkay being the Ichiruki fan I am when I heard Bleach: fade to Black was being made to support the Ichiruki fandom I was delighted to watch and enjoy the fun and mind-blowing interaction between Kuchiki Rukia and Ichigo Kurosaki.Later Impressions After watching Japanese and English versionsStoryMayuri makes memory ...

NisemonogatariWell hello again Anime Vice it’s me, M, here to talk about another piece of shaft wonderment. A few of you might remember my Bakemonogatari review that you can find right about here. Well along with that very popular series an eventual sequel was released earlier this year(2012). Based on ...

Deadman Wonderland is an Action/Horror anime based on the manga by Jinsei Kataoka and published by Kadokawa Shoten. Tokyopop licensed the series in America, but the series hasn’t been relicensed since the company closed its doors back in 2011. Director Koichiro Hatsumi and Studio Manglobe (Samurai Champloo, The World Only ...

Well hello once again it’ me, M, here to bring you another review. With the podcast still being made, the video stuff still a bit unfinished, I turn my sights to one of my favorite animation studios Shaft, maker of previous reviewed pieces such as MariaHolic and Madoka Magica. However ...

Someone finally got around to making a live action version of Space Battleship Yamato. Like most Americans, I first experienced the Yamato series via the American adaptation Star Blazers. It was the first kids cartoon I can remember on American TV that didn't seem like it was (completely) talking down ...