Category: Anime
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EvilleCon 2012: Interview with Cosplayers SynchroHearts
From March 30 to April 1, I attended EvilleCon in Evansville, Indiana. While there, I conducted an interview with Malinda and Kyle Mathis of SynchroHearts. Micah Solusod sat in on the interview, as I also interviewed him. Malinda is an art graduate from Missouri State University with a concentration in computer animation. Malinda is the…
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EvilleCon 2012: Interview with Voice Actor Micah Solusod
From March 30 to April 1, I attended EvilleCon in Evansville, Indiana. While there, I was able to meet Micah Solusod on several occasions, even asking him to sign a few things and to call a friend of mine in New York who had recently gotten into the series but wasn’t able to come to…
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Anime Review: kimi ni todoke Volume 2 Premium Edition
kimi ni todoke: From Me to You Volume 2 Premium Edition Studio: Production I.G Publisher: Nippon Ichi Genre: Romance/Drama Release Date: 04/10/2012 Back in January I had the opportunity to review the first volume of kimi ni todoke. Even though I’m not really into the romantic dramas unless they are comedy heavy (like Toradora!), I…
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EvilleCon 2012: Interview with Joey Stalker
I lived in Evansville, Indiana for four years without ever having the chance of attending EvilleCon, their local anime convention, which hosts an assortment of events, panels, video gaming, table-top gaming, vendors, artists, and more. While not exactly an otaku myself, I did grow up watching such classics as Dragon Ball Z, Pokemon, Full Metal…
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Anime Review: House of Five Leaves
House of Five Leaves bombed in Japan. Will it be more appealing to a Western audience?
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Anime Review: Arakawa *2: Under the Bridge x Bridge
Arakawa *2: Under the Bridge x Bridge Studio: Shaft Publisher: Nippon Ichi Genre: Romantic (?) Comedy Release Date: 02/07/2012 Perhaps the hardest part about reviewing the second season of Arakawa is deciding what to call it. The box and DVD Profiler says Arakawa *2 Under the Bridge x Bridge. Rightstuf.com just calls it Arakawa Under…
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Anime Review: kimi ni todoke – From Me To You – Volume 1 Premium Edition
kimi ni todoke – From Me to You: Volume 1 Premium Edition Studio: Production I.G Publisher: Nippon Ichi Genre: Romance/Drama Release Date: 01/10/2011 kimi ni todoke (yes, there’s no capitalization) is the latest anime release from Nippon Ichi. I have to admit I’m not a big fan of romantic dramas, animated OR live-action. Anime-wise the…
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Anime Review: Katanagatari Volume 2
The second and final volume of Katanagatari is out. Does it fare better than the first?
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Anime Review: Katanagatari
Nippon Ichi’s latest anime series gets reviewed! What did we think?
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Anime Review: Arakawa Under the Bridge
Arakawa Under the Bridge Studio: Shaft Publisher: Nippon Ichi Genre: Romantic(?) Comedy Release Date: 07/05/2011 I was pleasantly surprised when a package from Nippon Ichi bearing Arakawa Under the Bridge arrived at Diehard GameFAN headquarters along with Katanagatari Volume 1. It was nice timing as it had been a few months since my last anime…
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Anime Review: WAGNARIA!!
Another Nippon Ichi anime release, another Nippon Ichi anime review.
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Anime Review: Our Home’s Fox Deity – Volume 2
Our Home’s Fox Diety Volume 2 Studio: Zexcs Publisher: Nippon Ichi Genre: Comedy Release Date: 2/22/2011 Roughly three months ago, I reviewed the first volume of Our Home’s Fox Diety and not only found it to be a lot of fun, but also the second best out of the four anime series Nippon Ichi has…
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Anime Review: Pandora Hearts, Volume 2
Pandora Hearts: Volume 2 Run Time: 310 Minutes Studio: XEBEC Publisher: NISA Genre: Drama with Light Comedy Elements Release Date: 01/25/2011 Three months ago I reviewed the first volume of Pandora Hearts. I found it to be a decent show, but a little too slow and filled with way too much padding compared to anime…
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Anime Review: Dead Space: Aftermath
Dead Space Aftermath is the second animated feature film based on the popular video game franchise. The first was a bit lackluster. How does Aftermath fare?
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Anime Review: Our Home’s Fox Deity
Nippon Ichi is back with another anime series. Is Our Home’s Fox Deity worth your hard earned money?
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Anime Review: Pandora Hearts
Nippon Ichi releases its third anime series in Pandora Hearts. Alex Lucard takes a look and sees if it is worth your $47.99.
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Anime Review: Toradora! Volume Two
Nippon Ichi continues to grow as Anime Publisher as well as a video game one. Alex Lucard loves the first volume of Toradora! How does the second volume hold up?
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Anime Review: Toradora!
Toradora! Run Time: 307 Minutes Studio: J.C.Studio Publisher: Nippon Ichi Genre: Romantic-Comedy Release Date: 07/06/2010 A few days ago, I reviewed the first anime release from Nippon Ichi, Persona: Trinity Soul. I reviewed that one first because it was directly tied into a video game franchise and well, we are a video game site. Toradora!…
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Anime Review: Persona: Trinity Soul
Persona: Trinity Soul Run Time: 300 Minutes Studio: A-1 Pictures Publisher: Nippon Ichi Release Date: 07/06/2010 I’ve had a few surprises regarding anime this year. The first was that both seasons of Slayers Revolution and Evolution-R were released this year, complete with the original English dub cast (sans Xellos) reunited. The next was that I…