Claymore 20 – There never was much hope. Just a fool’s hope.
“There never was much hope. Just a fool’s hope. Our enemy is ready, his full strength gathered…” Gandolf, from Lord of the Rings. I’ve never seen such a close to realistic war drama in anime. NEVER. In...
View ArticleReview: Toradora! (85%)
Animation: 85% Acting: 90% Music/Sound: 80% Story: 88% Overall: 85% See explanation of scores. Toradora is the standard-setter anime about high school shounen romance. It does for high school love what...
View ArticleMoetics: My Otaku Life, Part 1
Part 1: Nature vs Nurture Now I will focus evolution, an integral part of the human nature. And nurture will be umvelt (surroundings), which is primarily a culture we live in. I will solely focus on...
View ArticleGintama – Silver Balls of Comedy!
Buy Gin Tama, Volume 1 by Published by Viz Media. 192 pages. 2007 $7.99 Soooooo…. if you are a regular reader of Shonen Jump titles, then this title should have already been on your reading lists...
View ArticleRevenge or Love – Record of a Fallen Vampire
Buy The Record of a Fallen Vampire, Vol. 1 by Kyo Shirodaira. Published by Viz Media. 182 pages. 2008. $9.99. If you note the popularity of Dracula, or in pop culture of Buffy the Vampire Slayer or...
View ArticleToriko – A way to a man’s heart is through his stomach!
Buy Toriko, Vol. 1 by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro. Published by Viz Media. 208 pages. 2010. $9.99. Enter a world where gourmet food is quite prized, and if you can eat the most unique foods, then what is...
View ArticleBread.. we must fight for the best one in Yakitate!! Japan
I may be late in the reading specific titles.. and if anyone ever pays attention to my tweets, I posted this photo one time. Yet I digress… I am pretty much fascinated, and furiously reading/devouring...
View ArticleTegami Bachi – where communication is quite important!
Buy Tegami Bachi, Letter Bee, Vol. 1 by Hiroyuki Asada. Published by Viz Media. 200 pages. 2009 $7.99 With the speed of the internet, and cell phone… postal mail might be not in the minds of many...
View ArticleNovember MMF: One Piece Color Walk…
As the week of One Piece on MMF draws to a close. I find myself inspired to at least get out another article for this week of feasting. Earlier this week I wrote this entry for my own blog. So I am am...
View ArticleBakuman: Dear Artists/Writers – Slice of reality!
Bakuman. Story by Tsugumi Ohba and Art by Takeshi Obata. Published by Viz Media. 208 pages. 2010. $9.99 Just how many noticed the past fall season? Anime Diet has been pretty heavy in discussing...
View ArticleUltimo: crossovers should or shouldn’t be this extreme?
Karakuri Doji ULTIMO Written by Hiroyuki Takei & Stan Lee and drawn by Hiroyuki Takei Published by Viz Media. 216 pages. 2010. $9.99. I read this series, not just because it is a crossover between...
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