Category: Review
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An Unabashed Love Letter to Gurren Lagann
This post will contain spoilers for Gurren Lagann You have been warned. There are few anime that have nestled their way into my heart as quickly as Gurren Lagann. Aniplex of America 2007 To this day, I’m not entirely certain what specifically won me over to this show so quickly. Was it the characters? The…
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Episode Review: Mob Psycho 100 – “Ripped Apart ~Someone Is Watching~” (S2E1)
This post will contain spoilers for Mob Psycho 100 Season 2, Episode 1 You have been warned. I saw great things from the newest season of Mob Psycho 100. Familiar Old Faces Never hurts to start strong: everything I loved about the first season was back. Funimation 2019 The beginning monologue, which introduces the world…
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Fixing Next Gen
This post will contain spoilers for Next Gen You have been warned. Two weeks ago, we looked at Next Gen, a film about a young girl named Mai who watches her family fall apart as the world becomes engulfed in technology fever. Mai despises robots, but her perspective begins to shift when she encounters 7723,…
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Movie Review: Next Gen
Next Gen, 2018 Netflix Genre: Action, Comedy, Children’s, Sci-Fi Year Released: 2018 Distributor: Netflix Directors: Kevin R. Adams and Joe Ksander Running Time: 106 minutes Rating: N/A; contains censored expletives and scenes of violence This review will contain some spoilers. You have been warned. The Premise After watching her family fall apart, Mai grows up feeling…
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Why I Loved Haibane Renmei – And You Might, Too
A somber-colored world of mystery, like a passing dream that fades into bright, cheerful smiles upon waking. All seems well; all seems right. But these smiles are not all true; some hide deep-seated fears and troubles just beneath the surface. Haibane Renmei, 2002 Radix Ace Entertainment A young girl named Rakka wakes to find herself…
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Why I Love Patema Inverted – And You Might, Too
A world divided—not by borders or races… but by gravity and fear. A world where one wrong step could leave you plunging upward into the endless sky. A world where government ideology rules with an iron fist, condemning anyone who diverges from their designs. Patema Inverted takes place in a Big Brother-style dystopia. The government…