Update: Hiatus and Upcoming Schedule

I want to thank all of you for following my website, It is good to know I have a people to share my thoughts on films and anime with so that way I won't talk my friend's ears off. With that said I want to share my plans for the upcoming months and what I …

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BAD REVIEW: She-Ra, a Guide to Making Great Villains

Having a good group of villains adds a lot to the story as it can increase the audience's engagement with the conflict, and the new She-Ra reboot has hooked me with its spectacular rouge gallery. But how does She-Ra pull it off, what is the common thread between its cast of villains that make them …

BAD REVIEW: Lucky Star is two types of shows

  I think slice of life is probably the hardest type of story to write as you have to make something engaging out of a seemingly mundane. But Lucky Star is able to make an intriguing show by making two types of shows a moe show and a podcast series. Moe Show On the surface …

EPISODIC REVIEW: Lucky Star’s First Episode

The first episode of a series is like the first sentence of an essay in that it should get your attention, but also give you an idea of what to expect for the rest of the series. Lucky Star succeeds at presenting what to expect from the series but in the least engaging way possible. …

BAD IMPRESSIONS: Rosario Vampire

I’m usually not a fan of the ecchi genre but Rosario Vampire, hooked me, but why?  It's not the story, nor Is it the sexualized imagery (i can get that ... elsewhere). Its actually not anything one thing particular that makes Rosario Vampire a good read but is instead the combination of three elements that …

BAD REVIEW: The storytelling of Serial Experiments Lain

Spoilers ahead There are a lot of layers to this cult classic anime, but the ones that I’m interested in is how this show presents its ideas. There are four layers to the presentation of serial experiments lain, and I hope to analyze each one. Layer 01: Lain Serial experiments Lain would not be effective …

BAD IMPRESSIONS: Aladdin (2019)

First, would anyone had seen this movie if the original animated classic existed? The film is fine totally fine, so fine that you can put it on in your living room and no one would be upset, no one would be impressed either, but hey, it’s a perfectly safe film. First, I liked how they …

BAD IMPRESSIONS: Girls Last Tour

As opposed to my bad review series, this is a first impression that I got after finishing the manga. Spoilers ahead I won’t go in-depth to anything but will provide my general thoughts, and feelings’s on the work Girl’s Last Tour is a pretty melancholic the whole time, it is, after all, a post-apocalypse story …

BAD REVIEW: The Joy of Slice of Life

As a fan of Western Television and Japanize Anime, I found that there was a surprising amount of Slice of Life shows that are popular across both mediums. A Slice of Life story is one where the audience peers into the lives of the characters as they go about their everyday lives. In most Slice …

BAD REVIEW: The Typology of Anime

What makes a good beginners anime, or an anime for someone unfamiliar with the medium The thing about anime is that it is varied in its genres and types. When someone says, they like anime it actually does not tell you a lot about their taste. In the art style of anime, there are as …