Manga Every Week 01: Shuukan Shounen Girl

Shuukan Shounen Girl (aka Weekly Shounen Girl) is a manga which consists of a collection of stories focusing on a particular girl in a classroom, her strange problem, and the romantic hijinks that ensue. And when I say strange, I mean strange. The very first chapter focuses on a girl who wakes up and suddenly […]

New Game! – The high school anime about adults

Most anime that takes place outside of a school setting don’t really have a clear sense of progression in the same way high school anime do. Especially in the case of slice of life shows, it can sometimes seem as if the story isn’t going anywhere (although that can sometimes be done effectively). For any […]

The core message of Eyeshield 21

The Deimon Devilbats is a team that is comprised mostly of people who just stumbled across it by chance. However, they soon create strong bonds and go through thick and thin together. They all unite under the idea of sheer determination. The manga starts out with Hiruma blackmailing a bunch of people in order to […]

How does an anime have bad animation?

note: this article is old and I may not agree with everything said here now. Anime is a visual medium and as such it must work just as well visually as it does narratively. While it’s easy to separate the two, good visuals should go hand in hand with the story to enhance other aspects […]

Simplicity and aesthetic in anime

The Monogatari series is probably the best example of this with a lot of scenes in Bakemonogatari and some of the following seasons having little to no animation but being so stylised that it remains visually interesting. Studio Shaft also tends to do this with other shows. When there’s a long dialogue scene or if […]

Scattered thoughts on Yuru Camp ∆ – Some might call it a review

If you have seen Yuru Camp, the appeal is obvious. People might watch it after a tiring day to forget about troubles, or with a friend on rainy day with a cup of coffee. Shows like this aren’t uncommon and usually fall under the label of *Iyashikei*. What sets Yuru Camp apart from anime in […]

On Rating Anime

The main purpose of rating anything is to keep a record for yourself of how you felt about a particular movie, anime, album, or basically anything that you can have an opinion about. Rating is ranking If you rate something a 10 you are saying that it means more to you than something that you […]

Review: Highschool of the Dead

The Premise Corpses come to life and attack the living and a group of students and teachers band together to try and survive the apocalypse. The Characters This is one aspect of the show that didn’t interest me. Each character had their own quirks, traits, and role in the story. Narratively, they we good characters […]

Hanigare – Connecting through loneliness

( I know this is the anime almanac but I really loved this manga) Title: Nettaigyo wa Yuki ni Kogareru ( A tropical fish yearns for snow) [aka Hanigare] Author & Illustrator: Hagino Makoto Amano is struggling to cope with the lonely feeling of being disconnected from those around her after moving to Nagahama when […]

Love, in five minutes

Calling it beautiful doesn’t encapsulate the emotions felt when watching Kanamewo. In just five short minutes it does what many TV anime can’t achieve. Lacking in dialogue, Kanamewo conveys it’s message through its appropriate music and stunning animation. I discovered this masterpiece through a video by Zeria in which she speaks about the talented Rapparu […]