Category: Movie/Drama Review
Updated on October 3, 2022
Cyberpunk Edgerunner, A Masterpiece Recreation of the Cyberpunk Spirit
Updated on July 1, 2020
Drifting Dragons, Imagination that Blends Aspiration with Illusion
Alluringly artistic, spiritedly upbeat, Drifting Dragons explored the best of humanities through the fictional occupation of dragon hunting from an airship. Yet being removed from reality meant the depiction was both aspirational and illusional, if one traced back… Read More
Updated on November 24, 2019
Astra Lost in Space, a Beautiful Fairytale Far-Fetched from Reality
When I looked at the poster of Astra Lost in Space, I saw a group of younglings among stars and planets. When I watched its first trailer, the scenes were like the 2013 movie Gravity being tamed by… Read More
Updated on February 7, 2018
Knight of Sidonia, A Sci-Fi Animation Series with Little except Good Music
After destroying Earth many years ago, the alien race Gauna has been pursuing the remnants of humanity—which, having narrowly escaped, fled across the galaxy in a number of giant seed ships. In the year 3394, Nagate Tanikaze surfaces… Read More
Updated on January 26, 2018
Terror in Resonance, a Thought-Invoking Animation Series, for Japanese only?
Where shall I start? Maybe from the name itself and the poster. I was spoiled before watching the series that it somehow involved a “nuke”, which is not really my fault cause it’s written in the “Synopsis” part… Read More
Updated on October 20, 2017
Psycho Pass (Season 1), An Outstanding and Thought Invoking Animation Series
Justice, and the enforcement of it, has changed. In the 22nd century, Japan enforces the Sibyl System, an objective means of determining the threat level of each citizen by examining their mental state for signs of criminal intent,… Read More
Updated on June 8, 2017
RahXephon, a Great Animation Series out of the Shadow of EVA
At first glance, the animation series of RahXephon tells the story of a God-chosen teenage boy riding a giant robot and fighting off villains. Oh wait a moment, shouldn’t that be Neon Genesis Evangelion (EVA)?
Updated on September 21, 2016
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, a kids movie rated PG-13
Being adapted from a comic franchise, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows could easily be OK, because the comic already sets an exciting storyline that the movie just needs to follow. Also being adapted from a… Read More
Updated on September 21, 2016
Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare, a milestone for transition to action movies
Speaking of the Japanese animation series Detection Conan, a franchise that’s basically the age of myself, a series that I’ve watched from the age of Conan to the age of Shinichi Kudo and beyond, it’s hard to deny… Read More
Updated on July 7, 2016
Assassination Classroom Season 1&2, a Japanese Animation Series that didn’t get enough to deliver
I came to known the Assassination Classroom series because my friends were watching it on a train ride. I decided to give it a try, which ended up as just another topic for our casual chats, no more.
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