Uran WATANABE
Interview
: Greg Ayres and Brina Palencia, pt.2
Learn what it was like to work on Beck, and find out which musical artists have had the most influence on these rockers. 2007-12-02
Learn what it was like to work on Beck, and find out which musical artists have had the most influence on these rockers. 2007-12-02
The
Click - December 1 - 7
A mildly ill Brian Hanson nonetheless delivers a brand new Click! 2007-12-01
A mildly ill Brian Hanson nonetheless delivers a brand new Click! 2007-12-01
Who
Answers The Answerman?
It's Fansub Free Friday on Hey, Answerman this week, and at no point in this column are fansubs discussed! What will you find instead? Gundam's strange lack of popularity in the US, whether or not Evangelion sucks, and a whole load of Tokyopop's OEL sales figures! All that and your responses to last week's Hey, Answerfans! 2007-11-30
It's Fansub Free Friday on Hey, Answerman this week, and at no point in this column are fansubs discussed! What will you find instead? Gundam's strange lack of popularity in the US, whether or not Evangelion sucks, and a whole load of Tokyopop's OEL sales figures! All that and your responses to last week's Hey, Answerfans! 2007-11-30
Buried Garbage - Angel Cop
After a way-too-serious week, it's time to have fun wallowing in the dregs of anime. This month: the trash-fest Angel Cop
2007-11-29
After a way-
While it's true that most of these characters have talents we could never hope to attain, this volume is decidedly down-
If you must have one reason to buy the third Galaxy Angel Rune DVD, let it be Aya Hirano. But maybe you're buying Galaxy Angel Rune to actually watch the anime, in which case, it's safe to say that this is more of the same.
The Honoka material provides the series with its most emotionally successful volume to date, even while the series continues to trade in plot developments old enough to have hobnobbed with your grandparents.
Despite many flaws, including lack of originality and trouble deciding whether it wants to be a lighter or more decidedly horrific tale, the series shows at least some potential as a decent supernatural action title.
Although the series retains its sense of humor and occasionally falls back on typical romantic comedy hijinks, the depth and complexity of court political maneuvering in this very pretty series has begun to take over.
Aventura GN 1
A beautifully illustrated world, with elaborate magical principles to back it up. However, the other fundamentals of storytelling go amiss in this opener.
A beautifully illustrated world, with elaborate magical principles to back it up. However, the other fundamentals of storytelling go amiss in this opener.
009-1 DVD 3
This futuristic take on James-Bond-ish tales of Cold War derring-do makes an admirable attempt to portray the humanity and moral compromise that such action extravaganzas usually gloss over.
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya DVD 4
It may not be as thoroughly eccentric as previous volumes or have a proper ending, but a wonderful pair of insert songs provides highlights for content with a lot of replay value.
It may not be as thoroughly eccentric as previous volumes or have a proper ending, but a wonderful pair of insert songs provides highlights for content with a lot of replay value.
Utawarerumono DVD 6
Not everything turns out well, but a great sense of dramatic timing and a proper conclusion balance out more bittersweet elements in a well-paced span of episodes which wrap up the story in a sensible fashion.
Not everything turns out well, but a great sense of dramatic timing and a proper conclusion balance out more bittersweet elements in a well-
Xenosaga: The Animation DVD 2
But for a certain over-density of plot and a sense that it condenses a lengthy space opera into far too short a space of time, Xenosaga is an easy watch. Plus it's got the galaxy's most dangerous set of abs.
But for a certain over-
Virtually every successful sword-