Twelve minutes. That’s all it takes. You don’t need 26 episodes. You don’t need 13 episodes. Hell, you don’t even need an hour. You only need 12 minutes. You only need 12 minutes to have one of the most absorbing, thought provoking, melancholic, bittersweet, beautiful and calm (all at the same time) moments of your [...]
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Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone
February 25th, 2011 
trzr23 This review is purely of the first Neon Genesis Evangelion movie/rebuild, “You Are (Not) Alone”, and does not cover (and isn’t compared with) the original anime series or the subsequent movies. This review is spoiler free. Earth is being attacked by gigantic creatures called Angels, whose purpose is to annihilate the human species. Shinji [...]
Posted in Action, Anime Reviews, Drama, Genre, Mecha, Military, Psychological, Sci-Fi, Seinen, Shounen 
No Comments »Aoi Bungaku Series
January 13th, 2011 trzr23 The show is the anime adaptation of several literary masterpieces in Japan (much like Ayakashi Classic Japanese Horror), some of them dating back to the late 1920s. ABS portrays six such immortal classics, each of them highlighting the complex and fickle nature of the human mind.
Natsume Yuujinchou
December 23rd, 2010 trzr23 “So, you can see youkai huh?” Natsume Yuujinchou follows Natsume, a high school student and his encounters with youkai. Youkai are basically ghosts, but not the kind you see in kids’ cartoons or horror movies – they are just funky looking monsters that are invisible to most humans. Once a [...]
Posted in Action, Adventure, Anime, Anime Reviews, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Genre, Magic, Mystery, Psychological, School, Seinen, Shounen, Slice of Life, Supernatural 
Tags: Charming Fashion, Demon Cat, Episodic Format, Kids Cartoons, Kinos Journey, Slapstick Comedy No Comments »Working!! Review
June 25th, 2010 TamashiNoShinji Comment. Ok I’ll begin by saying how fun and gratifying it is for me to watch this amine, i’ve never read the manga so when i saw the poster announcing it’s first season i didn’t know what to expect but i have to admit i was looking forward for it and it wasn’t wasted time. [...]
Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin Review
June 17th, 2010 TamashiNoShinji This newcomer comes to teach us what storytelling is about, incredible visuals and smooth narrative. It dates us in the 1950′s in Japan 10 years after the Hiroshima attack, showing us how the Japanese people had to go through really hard times, the story is about six young men who get into a hellhole correctional [...]
Posted in Drama, Historical, Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin, Seinen Tags: historical, slice of life 3 Comments »
