Anime Review 261 Girl’s High

I have a huge respect for the slice-of-life genre of anime. The majority of the anime from the genre has an amazing ability to make otherwise plotless storylines fun. My favorites include K-On, Lucky Star, New Game, Haruhi Suzumiya, Aria, Non-Non Biyori, and most recently Bocchi the Rock. That said, I have one gripe with the genre that I notice as I watched more of it the lack of raw realism of school life, especially on the CGDGT side of things. Not to knock against the majority of its peers as some of them are good shows (Kinozma), but I'm not fond of how many of them present the safe and basic side of school life. Everything seems happy and cutesy with these show's universes when in recently especially...

Anime Review 196 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

This Review will cover Season 1 and 2 of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya as well the featured film The Disappearance Of Haruhi Suzumiya. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is a special anime both financially and personality. The show defined modern anime, but the franchise was financially successful, spawning countless merchandise like CDs, figures, posters,...

Anime Review 22 Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (Redux)

This review will cover both seasons of Code Geass Lelouch of The Rebellion. When you people ask me what is your first favourite anime it would be Code Geass. The answer is not surprising to anyone as you will often meet people who have Code Geass as their first anime and I am no different....

Anime Review 70 Diebuster

Squeals in generally are hard to make because not only squeals to have to keep all the predecessor charm but they also have to improve in areas that the predecessor lacked. Assassination Classroom is one of the best examples of how to do a squeal because the staff from that series learned they shortcomings that...