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05.31.08 by Dindrane @ 3:57 am
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, that madcap place where world-hopping and imagination are the only rules, takes another look at the intriguing, remarkable worlds imagined by Sasshi, starting with a world startlingly like a dating sim, where all the girls are beautiful and Sasshi is the only real male. He has a lot of fun until Arumi shows up with her oni horn to spoil his fun. Eutus also shows up and whisks Sasshi off to learn more about this promising young man, and this discussion provides us a bit more of the backstory and how Abenobashi came into being to begin with. The final episode gets really wacky as Sasshi, trying to master his powers, creates a world specifically for Arumi, filled with the quasi-kawaii things he thinks girls like. Be afraid, be very afraid. Again, ADV's "Vid-Notes" are very cool, providing interesting and useful information about the show. (Buy it from Amazon) Categorized as: Anime and Reviews
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12.22.07 by Dindrane @ 2:29 am  Oh dear God, my afternoon productivity was ruined, and I am therefore destroying your productivity, too. You know you are beside yourself with excitement about the upcoming Appleseed Ex Machina, as produced by John Woo. Well, now you can absolutely revel in wicked, gleeful creativity as you create your own trailer for this sure-to-be-magical film! Hie thee over to the Appleseed Trailer Remix site and make your own trailer! It's like DIY anime, two of our favorite things! How could it go wrong? (Don't answer that, ScottC...) Post your efforts in the Gabfest, if you like! Or link them up in the comments here! There's even a contest involved for making a trailer, but really... isn't making anime people do what you want about the best reward already? Categorized as: Anime
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12.04.07 by Dindrane @ 8:21 pm Criteria include true creepiness, effectiveness, complexity, and capacity for destruction or at least ability to ruin The Protagonist's life. Some effort has also been made to represent a number of different types of villains commonly found in anime. Given that the real evil is in the thousands of rapists in hentai, here's Needcoffee's official list--the best of the worst--the Top 10 Anime Villains: 10. Vicious—Cowboy Bebop.  Very well known for a reason, Vicious was once Spike's partner, and it is because of him that Spike's life was shattered. A would-be leader of their crime syndicate, Vicious is smarter and more directly violent himself than a lot of the villains in anime. Old-fashioned destructiveness--plus a soupcon of maliciousness--par excellence. (Click here to Cowboy Bebop stuff from Amazon...) Categorized as: Anime
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11.30.07 by Dindrane @ 5:48 am If you know Ranma 1/2, then you need to see this very cool, funny, and well-edited AMV. Or if you don't know Ranma 1/2, you need to go get familiar, then come back and watch it. We'll all wait here for you. No pressure. Categorized as: Anime
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11.25.07 by Dindrane @ 11:06 pm As we all know, anime is legion and contains multitudes. One of the things it does very, very well is scare the pants off you. But when you want something scary (or at least bloody) and don't know where to start, what should you watch? Here is Needcoffee.com's list of Top 10 Horror Anime. Left off the list are things like Uzumaki that were manga and maybe even live-action, but never animated; I've also avoided things that are "horror" only because of where tentacles are put or what sadists will do to children (see the Director's Cut of Kite for what I mean here, or rather don't see it). Those aren't fun, and anime should be fun. And so it begins…. 10. Mermaid Forest. You wouldn't think a mermaid tale would be horror, but in the hands of an anime master, it is. Rumiko Takahashi's moody and affecting series is based upon a Japanese folktale that suggests that those who eat mermaid flesh will gain eternal life. However, it seems that sometimes, the diners will instead become monsters. The main characters, Yuta and Mana, didn't intend to become immortal, and now wander the world trying to find mermaids who they think can make them normal again. The world, however, is full of nasty people and monsters, and the quest is never easy. The video excerpt we picked provides a nice sample of the show's animation and style, as well as lost souls, murder, and human sacrifice. For my reviews of the title--check those out here. (Find Mermaid Forest titles at Amazon.) Categorized as: Anime
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