There’s no text version of this since it’s an unscripted stylistic homage to Demolition D+’s “Should you watch” videos. Figured I’d post it here anyways.Filed under: Analysis, Review
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First released: April 2008Version reviewed: TV I started my Yozakura Quartet review by saying that screenshots won’t sell you on the series. I was politely reminded by both omo and tamerlane that, in [...]
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If you want real massive anime boob action, you don’t go to Eiken. You go to Kaiba. As I outlined in my last anniversary post, I’m planning to return to a bunch of my old favourite anime, although it [...]
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Kotobukiya is going to re-release the ARTFX Kaiba Seto ( 海馬瀬人 ) 1/7 PVC figure from the manga/anime/game series “Yu-Gi-Oh!” ( 遊☆戯☆王 ). Will be re-released in February 2014. Around 275mm tall, 7,800 yen. Official Konami Yu-Gi-Oh homepage http://www.konami.jp/yugioh/ via Kotobukiya
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Kaiba was an anime that I had been interested in watching for a while based on its concept – it was on my list of anime from the 2000′s I wanted to see – so when I received it as … Continue reading →
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Tonari no Kaibatsu-kun … What we got here is a girl who studies all the time meeting the class thug, realizes he’s not so bad after all, and the romance that happens after. This is such a tired story that the only time you see it in anime now is when they’re making fun of [...]
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Following the release of Yami Yugi, Kotobukiya has followed up with the preorder for Kaiba Seto (海馬 瀬人), Yugi’s arch-enemy from the popular franchise Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (遊☆戯☆王 デュエルモンスターズ). He is scheduled for release in Sep 2012, and will be released for 8,190 [...]
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One element of Kaiba I wanted to write about in my Secret Santa review is the show’s black sense of humor, but I couldn’t find a decent way to work it in to the review. That thing was getting too long, anyway. So now, since this week’s episode of Hunter x Hunter is a recap [...]
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One element of Kaiba I wanted to write about in my Secret Santa review is the show’s black sense of humor, but I couldn’t find a decent way to work it in to the review. That thing was getting too long, anyway. So now, since this week’s episode of Hunter x Hunter is a recap [...]
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(This is my review for Reverse Thieves’ third-annual Secret Santa event. I have another Secret Santa review coming up at The Nihon Reiew. Both are spoiler-free reviews.) I knew a little bit about Kaiba going in: Mainly that the main character wakes up in the beginning of the series having lost his memory, and that [...]
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(This is my review for Reverse Thieves’ third-annual Secret Santa event. I have another Secret Santa review coming up at The Nihon Reiew. Both are spoiler-free reviews.) I knew a little bit about Kaiba going in: Mainly that the main character wakes up in the beginning of the series having lost his memory, and that [...]
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The 3rd episode of Kaiba is arguably one of the best episodes of the series, in the 4th installment there are a few interesting in Kaiba’s first trip in Chroniko’s body. There’s the grandmother who isolates herself from tragedy in … Continue reading →
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The 3rd episode of Kaiba focused once again on building a sense of life on a different world as told by characters outside of the main cast. This time, the story revolves around a girl’s body, tragic family circumstances and … Continue reading →
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The 2nd episode of Kaiba continues as an exploration of its world and also as a piece of cinema vérité. The primary subject of this episode isn’t Warp or Hyo-hyo who is supporting him on his journey. Instead, it is … Continue reading →
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I needed something different from the usual fare of light-hearted moe hi-jinks and high-school settings. Something deep. Something artsy fartsy if you want to put it from an elitism point of view. Something that could pull me in from the word go and take me for a hell of a ride. And what a ride [...]
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So I’ve had this idea floating around for a while where I would write about which I had already watched previously, was one of my favorites and wasn’t Legend of the Galactic Heroes could provide some interesting things to discuss. … Continue reading →
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Kaiba is strange. I guess that would be the best adjective that could describe it for me. With the way that the characters were drawn, I never expected it would have serious connotations with regards to reality. Of course, the mere fact that it discusses the concept of memories already made me so fascinated [...]
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After the end of Tatami Galaxy, I thought it was high time to re-watch Kaiba, because people could posit that I only like it as a series because it just ended. Re-watching Kaiba would address both of that, as it won’t be the most recent series I watched, and it’s also a work by Masaaki [...]
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I’m not following many current series so I have time for sci-fi backlog :) To Aru Kagaku no Railgun 1 - 4/5 Enjoying this for the character design/personalities and their superpowers rather than plot. Shangri-La 1 - 3.5/5 I’m a little confused with all the carbon talk. Cassern Sins 1 - 4.5/5 A little pretentious, love the setting. Kill Casshern. Devour [...]
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The master of the Mind Game-- and director of the anime film Mind Game --Masaaki Yuasa, also known for the more recent and phenomenal Kaiba and occasional work on the Crayon Shin-chan anime, is hard at work again on a new anime called Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei. The show is airing this spring, and a trailer has hit the web.  <object width="640px" height="378px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dMOTgpvqI6Q&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;hd=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dMOTgpvqI6Q&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640px" height="378px" wmode="transparent"></embed></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param></object>   We've talked about the show off and on since it was first announced; it's based on a novel about a senior in college looking back on his time in school. It looks like a somewhat melancholy piece, but true to Yuasa form, it'll also be pretty thoughtful, dynamic, and...weird. Probably a little on the surreal side.  What say you? Does it look like something up your alley?
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