Anime/Manga Review

The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes, is an intriguing drama fantasy anime film that aired earlier this year. It scratched an itch I didn't know I had as a viewer and critic, despite...

I reviewed the first Summertime Rendering volume over nine months ago and noted how excellent the quality of the series is. It provides an enticing mystery to follow, an endearing cast of characters against an...

Goodbye, Don Glees! is Madhouse's latest anime film that tells a coming-of-age story about the lives and adventures of three high school teens and friends. Ryoma; is the timid pillar of the group who always...

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko is a highly unique film as it is one that I believe can only be told through the anime film medium. While the narrative being told isn't a grandiose one, it...

Summertime Rendering provides quite a unique reading experience. The manga succeeds at engaging the reader with every passing page through a slew of breathtaking twists, turns, and intriguing mysteries, and despite some of its character...

Pompo: The Cinephile recently reminded me why I love anime films so much. There's a distinct level of passion that not many pieces of media display, but this film oozes it. It does a great...

Jujutsu Kaisen 0 is a film that succeeded in impressing me in several different ways, but mainly through its narrative. What was once a series that had my attention and failed to keep it for...

Ranking of Kings is an anime I think everyone should be watching. While it’s received its fair share of recognition here and there, it's an anime that should still be seen by everyone regardless, as...

Blue Period is one of the most impactful anime I've ever watched, and before that, it was one of the most impactful manga I've ever read. There are a few manga you'll encounter in your...

Takt op. Destiny is an anime that is quite an anomaly to me. It is the first half of Bandai Namco Arts and DeNA's Takt op. media project that includes the anime and an upcoming...

Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night is the first anime film adaptation of SAO's Progressive novel series, which provides an alternate method of telling the series' story. As I'm not much of...

Blade Runner: Black Lotus is the heavily advertised upcoming 3D original anime produced by Crunchyroll and Adult Swim with some big names behind it. As such, it includes some notably refined elements but still staggers...

I haven't had the chance to read a lot of manga lately due to my frantic ever-changing schedule. So when I finally had to read one, albeit, for a review, I decided I'd take my...

Fist of the North Star is a legendary anime and manga series. It is also one of the best-selling manga series in history, having sold approximately 100 million copies. It is regarded as a pioneer...

Time Paradox Ghostwriter is quite an interesting manga. What I first thought to be a manga series about the adventures of a time-traveling mangaka and their slew of hijinks turned out to be a social...

Star Wars has been a saga that has taken influence from Japanese culture. George Lucas has stated that one of his inspirations was Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress. You can see it in the characters...

After 12 years as a film saga and roughly nine years since the previous entry, the Evangelion Rebuild series comes to a close. It’s been quite the journey for this reboot of the iconic mecha...

The Gundam franchise, created by Yoshiyuki Tomino, had been feeling like it lost its way for the longest time. The days of a space opera mixed with gritty war didn’t seem to be in the...

The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace is probably one of the most conflicting anime I've seen this year. It premiered later than most other anime that already set up their foundation as well as their...

Junji Ito is my all-time favorite mangaka. The man is a literary and artistic genius. These aren't empty or unearned compliments either, as he's globally renowned as a master of horror manga. As a longtime...

Fena: Pirate Princess is Crunchyroll and Adult Swim's upcoming original anime from Production I.G that's been advertised for quite some time now. However, all that's been shown in trailers and images so far had initially...

There's quite a lot to take in with the first episode of Sakugan. So it's a good thing that while the story demands a significant amount of attention to understand, it at least succeeds at...

Content Warning: dubious consent, sexual content, and suicidal thoughts It’s been a while since I’ve picked up a manga to read. FANGS caught my eye and I’m pretty stoked about where it’s going and to...