Casshern: SINS is a tale set in a robotic dystopia. Humans are few; robots are everywhere, and the slow and sure hand of ruin breaks them down a little each day until they finally die. The world is a wasteland, filled with decayed structures, cliffs, and deserts. It is a beautifully gothic landscape, drawn and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘drama’
Casshern Sins: Gothic Emptiness
Posted in guide, tagged casshern, casshern: sins, drama, gothic, robot, romance, SF, travel on March 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Saiunkoku Monogatari (Season 2) Episode Guide
Posted in guide, tagged court intrigue, drama, harem, romance, saiunkoku monogatari, shoujo on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Saiunkoku Monogatari (Season II) (official site) is the story of Shurrei, adolescent head of one the land’s powerful ruling families. She is the governor of one particular section of the country. The series revolves around feudal Japanese-esque court intrigue, Shurrei’s life goals, and whether she loves Ryuuki or not. She is a workaholic and oblivious [...]
Toradora! Jumps the Shark
Posted in graveyard, guide, tagged comedy, drama, romance, school, toradora! on January 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today, Toradora! (official site in Japanese) jumped the shark. Episode 16 captures why the show has a heart of tin — not gold, not silver, not even brass, but tin. It combines together the most dramatic (and often ridiculous) moments of high school with overly-sentimental emotions, long plots where important things are hidden from the [...]
Emily of New Moon Episode Guide
Posted in guide, tagged coming of age, drama, emily of new moon, l.m. montgomery, romance, romanticism, shoujo, turn of the century on December 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is an interesting series; it’s based on the series of books by L.M Montgomery, and if you’ve read Anne of Green Gables, then you know what’s coming your way — tales of provincial Canada around the turn of the 19th century, filled with innocence and Romanticism. With that in mind, there’s little objectionable material [...]
Gunparade Orchestra Guide
Posted in guide, tagged comedy, drama, gunparade orchestra, mech, mecha, romance, school, SF, slice of life, war on December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One thing I’ve discovered is generally anime` based on games are nothing but disappointment squared. Sure, there are exceptions, but Gunparade Orchestra, sadly, is not one of them. The structure of the series is to blame, because it starts over with a new set of characters every nine episodes, so by the time you’ve gotten [...]
