When I started hearing comments that the new Dororo anime was giving people serious ‘Rurouni Kenshin’ vibes, that was enough right there to put it near the very top of my watch-list. Disregarding the show’s supernatural bent, I do see the superficial similarities, what with a wandering swordsman being the main character (not Dororo, byContinueContinue reading “Dororo: when you gain, you lose”
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Mob vs. Saitama: How ONE’s protagonists are inversions of each other
With the critically acclaimed second season of Mob Psycho 100 currently airing, and the highly anticipated second season of One Punch Man on the way soon, I decided to give myself a refresher and re-watch the first seasons of both, but to try to do so in an unconventional way: by alternating between individual episodesContinueContinue reading “Mob vs. Saitama: How ONE’s protagonists are inversions of each other”
GUNNM, Alita’s source material, is just as cinematic as in any other medium
I went to see Alita: Battle Angel this weekend. I’m not going to add to the deluge of hundreds of other reviews of the movie coming out on the internet right now, but I will say this: it’s entertaining, groundbreaking, totally worth your time, and you should go see it, if only to reward filmmakersContinueContinue reading “GUNNM, Alita’s source material, is just as cinematic as in any other medium”
A good day for Gintama
Gintama’s three MCs: Gintoki, Kagura and Shinpachi. I’m taking some time out of my busy(?) schedule of binge-watching Gintama° (note the ‘ ° ‘, it’s important) to make a public service announcement: if you’re a fan of anime, or just a fan of comedy in general, then you really, really, really should be watching/reading theContinueContinue reading “A good day for Gintama”
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