Reviews
Written by Richard Brown on Saturday, 31 October 2009

Japanese culture is known for two things: strange, and for cute. For my first manga review, I present a manga which large amount of both. But is it any good? Read on to find out.

 

 

 

 

Written by Richard Brown on Sunday, 02 August 2009

Now, its difficult for me to add anything to the critical lynching this movie has already experienced, but I want to try. A lot of this takes the form of comparisons to the source material, and footnotes, lots of footnotes. How much nerd rage did the movie provoke in me? Read on to find out.

Written by Richard Brown on Sunday, 02 August 2009

The original Gaogaigar TV series took a lot of people by surprise. While it did not draw in especially good viewing figures, it did succeed in drawing in an older and unexpected audience, the old school Super Robot Fanboy. The sequel, Final is deliberately targeting that audience, but is it any good? Read on to find out.

Written by Richard Brown on Monday, 16 March 2009

Serial Experiments Lain is one of “those” animes.  You know, one of the famed mindscrew (put politely) series. But is it any good? Read on to find out.

Written by Richard Brown on Monday, 16 March 2009

With a sequel in the works, and a number of spin-offs during the rounds on youtube, I felt a review of this was in order. Then I remembered there already was one. So, in a website first, I present the first “Second Opinion” review, read on to see my findings.

Written by Richard Brown on Wednesday, 18 February 2009

As I had already got the high profile sequels during the summer, I wasn’t really planning to get a PS3 game over Xmas 2008. The January sales changed that, as I sighted this game cheap at HMV. I had read about it before, and the buzz was good, so I took a chance. Did I make the right choice? Read on to find out.

Written by Richard Brown on Wednesday, 18 February 2009

At the time of writing, rumours are rife of a Hollywood, live action, adaptation of Cowboy Bebop. With Keanu Reeves. This has prompted me to write this brief review of the original movie adaptation, known as “Stairway to Heaven” in Japan, but simply as “The Movie” here due to legal reasons. Is it any good? Read on to find out.

 
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