This week’s Yoru no Yatterman follows the course set in the first episode but the result is significantly less satisfying. I could go so far as to call it dull. The retro costumes and [...]
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Impressions on the episodes 01-02 of the Fall Season 2014 anime series Yoru no Yatterman featuring wallpapers of the main heroine Leopard.
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Yesterday’s hero becomes today’s xenophobic border patrolman. Loved this first episode. Excellent animation, and thematically, they can go so many interesting places here. The main theme is the cycle [...]
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Superhero power!  This was originally a series I was going to pass on because I never knew a single thing about the Yatterman series, but I do know it comes from Tatsunoko Productions which has tons [...]
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This one is a throwback in every sense of the word.Every so often a series comes along that generates a ton of buzz, the reason for which is largely a mystery for me.  Such a show is the [...]
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「世界は真っ暗闇」 (Sekai wa Makkura Yami) "The World is in Total Darkness" This is one that's going under everyone's radar, but seriously, you should all watch this right now. It's ambitious, [...]
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The Rolling Girls Short Synopsis: What did I just watch? I am just going to break it to you. I have no idea what to think of this show. The is a work by the same studio who animated Attack on titan. [...]
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I remember this cartoon from when I was a kid. It was called The Smurfs. The Smurfs lived in a perfect, happy little society where everyone had their special skill that made them unique, yet they [...]
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Yoru no Yatterman is the grimmest happy show I’ve ever seen. It’s a post apocalyptic fighter with a fantastic sense of style, bleak colors, death and sadness, and a spunky 9 year old protagonist. [...]
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(12 episodes) What’s it about ? History lesson time ! 40 years ago, studio Tatsunoko started producing what would become known as “the Time Bokkan series” (named after the first installment) : [...]
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