Archive for category 2014 Summer
Whenever Week 4 was, probably a long, long time ago: thoughts and observations on the symbolism of darkness and light in Zankyou no Terror, questioning the accuracy and reliability of Touko’s special ability in Glasslip, becoming unhappy with the direction Tokyo Ghoul is taking in relation to its story and its content, and a short rant on student governments and school clubs inspired by Hanayamata.
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Action, Akame ga Kill!, Aldnoah.Zero, Animation, Art, Captain Earth, Characters, City, Comedy, Curiosity, Differences, Direction, Distance, Drama, Entertainment, Fighting, Future, Glasslip, Government, Hanayamata, Harem, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Landscape, Light, Mystery, Nature, Negatives, Questions, Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!?, Romance, Sabagebu!, Sakuga, Scenery, School, School Club, Shounen, Slice of Life, Sound, Space Dandy, Story, Storytelling, Style, Sword Art Online, Symbolism, Tokyo ESP, Tokyo Ghoul, Video Games, Weekly Anime, Yama no Susume, Zankyou no Terror
Last week: why the third episode of Space Dandy Season 2 might be my favorite of the year, an analysis on the diversity of rural settings and how the specifics of this are impacting Barakamon, some egregious contradictions with the mecha in Aldnoah.Zero, and some serious questions about the structure and purpose of Night Raid in Akame ga Kill!
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Acchi Kocchi, Akame ga Kill!, Aldnoah.Zero, Analysis, Animation, Art, Barakamon, Censorship, Characters, Charm, Chibi, Clichés, Comedy, Comparison, Copyright, Cute, Development, Differences, Direction, Ecchi, Education, Entertainment, Favorites, Fighting, Friendship, Future, Glasslip, Hanayamata, Interactions, Japan, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Kick-Heart, KILL la KILL, Mecha, Mushishi, Music, Names, Nature, Negatives, Non Non Biyori, Observations, Opinions, Panties, Personalities, Perspective, Physics, Ping Pong the Animation, Politics, Positives, pupa, Purpose, Questions, Real World, Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!?, Romance, Rural, Sakuga, Science, Setting, Shiki, Shin Sekai Yori, Silver Spoon, Slice of Life, Society, Space Dandy, Story, Storytelling, Sword Art Online, Tatami Galaxy, Terror, That's Not How Science Works, Tokyo ESP, Tokyo Ghoul, Tourism, Video Games, Weapons, Weekly Anime, Writing, Yama no Susume, Zankyou no Terror
Last week: examining why Momoka dominates the comedy in Sabagebu!, a justification for why the educational segments in Yama no Susume Second Season are so enjoyable, enjoying the use of parallels in Zankyou no Terror and not understanding Japanese calligraphy at all in Barakamon.
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Action, Akame ga Kill!, Aldnoah.Zero, Analysis, Animation, Art, Barakamon, Bullying, Captain Earth, Characters, Chemistry, Colors, Comedy, Creativity, Cultures, Death, Development, Direction, Education, Entertainment, Evil, Favorites, Fighting, Fireworks, Food, Glasslip, Hanayamata, Health, Japan, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Mecha, Observations, Opinions, Parallels, Persona 4, Personalities, Perspective, Questions, Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!?, Romance, Sabagebu!, School Club, Seiyuu, Setting, Shounen, Shounen Fight Syndrome, Social Commentary, Sound, Space Dandy, Story, Storytelling, Style, Sword Art Online, Terror, Themes, Tokyo Ghoul, Tsundere, Unique, Weekly Anime, Writing, Yama no Susume, Zankyou no Terror
This post reviews: Yama no Susume Second Season, Majimoji Rurumo, Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!?, and Tokyo ESP.
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Action, Adaptations, Animation, Art, Characters, Charm, Clichés, Comedy, Cute, Darker than Black, Direction, Ecchi, Entertainment, Fighting, First Impressions, Harem, Majimoji Rurumo, Moe, Needless, Observations, Opinions, Panties, Psycho-Pass, Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!?, Sequel, Serious, Setting, Slice of Life, Story, Tokyo ESP, Yama no Susume
This post reviews: Hanayamata, Ao Haru Ride, Persona 4 the Golden Animation, and Zankyou no Terror.
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Adaptations, Animation, Ao Haru Ride, Art, Boring, Characters, Cinematography, Clichés, Comedy, Curiosity, Dancing, Direction, Drama, Entertainment, Fate/kaleid linear Prisma Illya, First Impressions, Hamatora, Hanayamata, Kimi ni Todoke, Misunderstandings, Observations, Opinions, Persona 4, Rivals, Romance, School, School Club, Setting, Slice of Life, Story, Terror, Video Games, Zankyou no Terror
This post reviews: Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Crystal, Aldnoah.Zero, Barakamon, Akame ga Kill!, and Sabagebu!
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Action, Adventure, Akame ga Kill!, Aldnoah.Zero, Animation, Art, Barakamon, Blood, Characters, Charm, Comedy, Death, Direction, Entertainment, Fantasy, Favorites, First Impressions, Love Lab, Mascot Character, Mecha, Observations, Opinions, Positives, Sabagebu!, Sailor Moon, School Club, Setting, Shounen, Space Dandy, Stella Jogakuin Koutou-ka C3-bu, Story, Sword Art Online, War
This post reviews: Glasslip, Shirogane no Ishi: Argevollen, Tokyo Ghoul, and Rail Wars!
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Animation, Art, Characters, Clichés, Entertainment, First Impressions, Glasslip, Horror, Mecha, Nagi no Asukara, Negatives, Positives, Rail Wars!, Relaxing, Romance, School, Setting, Shirogane no Ishi Argevollen, Shounen, Slice of Life, Story, Tari Tari, Tokyo Ghoul, War
Whenever Week 4 was, probably a long, long time ago: thoughts and observations on the symbolism of darkness and light in Zankyou no Terror, questioning the accuracy and reliability of Touko’s special ability in Glasslip, becoming unhappy with the direction Tokyo Ghoul is taking in relation to its story and its content, and a short rant on student governments and school clubs inspired by Hanayamata.
Last week: why the third episode of Space Dandy Season 2 might be my favorite of the year, an analysis on the diversity of rural settings and how the specifics of this are impacting Barakamon, some egregious contradictions with the mecha in Aldnoah.Zero, and some serious questions about the structure and purpose of Night Raid in Akame ga Kill!
This post reviews: Yama no Susume Second Season, Majimoji Rurumo, Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!?, and Tokyo ESP.
This post reviews: Hanayamata, Ao Haru Ride, Persona 4 the Golden Animation, and Zankyou no Terror.
This post reviews: Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Crystal, Aldnoah.Zero, Barakamon, Akame ga Kill!, and Sabagebu!
This post reviews: Glasslip, Shirogane no Ishi: Argevollen, Tokyo Ghoul, and Rail Wars!
Summer 2014 – Week 2 Anime Review
Posted by avvesione in 2014 Summer, Anime on July 20, 2014
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Action, Akame ga Kill!, Aldnoah.Zero, Analysis, Animation, Art, Barakamon, Bullying, Captain Earth, Characters, Chemistry, Colors, Comedy, Creativity, Cultures, Death, Development, Direction, Education, Entertainment, Evil, Favorites, Fighting, Fireworks, Food, Glasslip, Hanayamata, Health, Japan, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Mecha, Observations, Opinions, Parallels, Persona 4, Personalities, Perspective, Questions, Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!?, Romance, Sabagebu!, School Club, Seiyuu, Setting, Shounen, Shounen Fight Syndrome, Social Commentary, Sound, Space Dandy, Story, Storytelling, Style, Sword Art Online, Terror, Themes, Tokyo Ghoul, Tsundere, Unique, Weekly Anime, Writing, Yama no Susume, Zankyou no Terror
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