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Tuesday, 20 November 2007

  • Full Metal Alchemist - Anime

    Anime Review - Full Metal Alchemist


    Duration: 51 episodes
    Good Points: One of the greatest I think is the battle animation. It's so clean and streamlined, all movements liquid and natural. There's a lot of skill shown. Also, the story will keep you on your toes.
    Bad Points: There's a lot of filler in the first half of the series, which is tedious and annoying. Also, beware screaming children.
    Conclusion: This series is one of those great ones that don't come along all the time. It seamlessly mixes humor, drama, angst, horror, everything into a cohesive bundle. The philosophy inherent alone is worth watching, so buy it, find it, just watch the thing and bear through the first half to get to the real beauty in the second.
    Music: 5
    Storyline: 8
    Graphics/Animation: 9
    Ending Score: 7

Friday, 02 November 2007

  • The Looking GLass Wars - Book

    Book Review - The Looking Glass Wars
    By Frank Beddor


    Duration: 358 pages, part one of a trilogy
    Good Points: Inventions. Dear gods, the inventions are lovely and funny. Then there's the seamless integration of new parts of Wonderland, great pulling from the original source for some very cool reimaginings...All in all, it's a creative kid's dream.
    Bad Points: Some characters don't quite get what's coming to them, but there's hope for the next two books.
    Conclusion: Beddor has definitely shed new life into Wonderland with this book. It'll keep you hooked from start to finish!
    Score: 8
  • Last Order - Anime

    Anime Review - Last Order


    Duration: One Shot
    Good Points: The animation is GORGEOUS. It's so smooth, fluid, lovely... And, of course, yay for seeing Zack so nicely anime-ized!!
    Bad Points: If you see this without the context of FF7, there's very little meaning to the whole thing. It's just a chase and then a strange, blacked ending.
    Conclusion: Final Fantasy 7 fans MUST see this. It's so pretty and there's some really cool fight scenes.
    Music: 3
    Storyline: 7
    Graphics/Animation: 9
    Ending Score: 6
  • The Melanchology of Haruhi Suzumiya - Anime

    Anime Review - The Melanchology of Haruhi Suzumiya


    Duration: 13 episodes
    Good Points: Well...the ending theme animation is cute.
    Bad Points: About 70% of the time, you don't know what the hell is going on. The storyline is ridiculous and segmented without much in the way of cohesion or even coherency.
    Conclusion: Definitely not the best thing I've seen and not worth wasting much time on unless you're just in it for the girl in fetish outfits.
    Music: 2
    Storyline: 2
    Graphics/Animation: 7
    Ending Score: 4

Monday, 17 September 2007

  • Gankutsuou - Anime

    Anime Review - Gankutsuou


    Duration: 24 episodes
    Good Points: Good GODS, the art in this series is wonderful! There are patterns everywhere and it's just beautiful. The music is also lovely as are the character designs.
    Bad Points:  Well, not many. The only oddity really is the whole aliens and space travel thing.
    Conclusion: This is a MUST SEE. Buy it, find the sub online, bribe your friends, just get a hold of it and watch.
    Music: 6
    Storyline: 9
    Graphics/Animation: 10
    Ending Score: 8