The crew reflects on Tetsuya’s betrayal and the new options which have opened up. (And also Nine is unexpectedly mean to Ryoko from Nadesico). Read more
Comic Review: Superman Vol. 1 – Son of Superman
I am someone who likes Superman, but who has not read a lot of Superman stories. I’d read some Superman pre-New-52, and I read a bit of the Post New-52 Superman in the trade, but kind of fell off of reading that series. I decided recently to jump back on to Superman with the post Rebirth DC Comics universe and was interested in seeing how this turned out. Read more
Comics Review: Batman/Flash – The Button
When Flashpoint ended, the comic dropped a little hint suggesting that the new DC Multiverse could end up incorporating the world of Watchmen, because in the Batcave, embedded in a wall, was The Comedian’s Button. Batman/Flash: The Button follows up on that revelation, as Batman and The Flash try to figure out what The Button exactly means. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 110 – An Iron Blade and a Steel Bond IV
The Getter Robo Team is reunited, but we still have the mysterious Para-mail to contend with. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 109 – An Iron Blade and a Steel Bond III
Ashura may be defeated, but now we face Great Mazinger. Read more
Anime Review: Hayate the Combat Butler – Cuties
This week I’m covering the last Hayate series to date, with Hayate the Combat Butler: Cuties. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 108 – An Iron Blade and a Steel Bond II
We finish off Baron Ashura and their troops. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 107 – An Iron Blade and a Steel Bond I
We start off our fight with Baron Ashura and their golems. Read more
Comic Review: Batman/The Shadow – Murder Geniuses
I’ve been a fan of The Shadow for a long time. I’ve enjoyed his outings in the pulps, the radio plays, and even the film featuring Alec Baldwin. However, at least in the late ’80s and early ’90s on, comic book writers haven’t quite known what to do with him. The best depictions of the character after that time I’ve encountered have effectively skipped over any idea of characterization for the character, in favor of making him a force of nature, or an unknowable cipher, instead of giving him grounded motivations. Read more
Anime Review: Girls Und Panzer Der Film
Girls Und Panzer (which I reviewed at Bureau42, not here), was a show that I absolutely loved. It had a sports anime plot for a sport that didn’t exist in the real world, Sensha-do, the art of Tankery: the art of crewing and maintaining a tank, and succeeding in combat using that tank – though Sensha-Do competitions are not to the death. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 106 – Abominations of Science
In case you’d missed the ham – we have Go Nagai Super Robot Villains! Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 105 – Ellipsis
After the fight, Gendo Ikari and Bright Noa meet – and Shinji & Rei meet their new teammates. Read more
Legends of the Force Part XXIV: The Corellian Trilogy
We return to the Star Wars novels with a fairly underrated trilogy. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 104 – Descent from the Heavens IV
The unified forces of Londo Bell and NERV finish off the dragons and the Angel. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 103 – Descent from the Heavens III
Unfortunately, Team Mazinger/Londo Bell finds themselves facing another Angel hot on the heels of the last. – and it’s not alone. Read more
Comic Review: Batman – Death of the Family (Complete)
Not to get overly reductive in the way that is often mocked when people talk about criticism on the internet, but maybe a better title for Death of the Family is Fridging of the Family. Read more
Comic Review: Star Wars – River of Chaos
Continuing with my look at the Star Wars Expanded Universe with a stand-alone story from the creators of Power Pack – Louise Simonson and June Brigman. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 102 – Descent from the Heavens II
Team Mazinger and Londo Bell team up to take down the Federation drones and get Eva Unit 1 out of Berserk Mode. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 101 – Descent from the Heavens I
Shinji Ikari has his first sortie in Eva Unit-01 and it manages to go *worse* than it did in the anime and manga. Read more
Anime (Video) Review: Hayate the Combat Butler – Can’t Take My Eyes Off You!
This month I’m wrapping up a few loose ends, as I review the two Hayate TV series I hadn’t previously reviewed. First off is Hayate the Combat Butler: Can’t Take My Eyes Off You! Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 100 – Technical Difficulties
Londo Bell heads out from their base, as our scene shifts to Tokyo-3…
(Also, my cat caused me to shift scenes for a minute – sorry). Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 99 – Uneasy Lies The Head
The members of Londo Bell discuss Audrey’s departure and what that means, and everyone who hasn’t seen Gundam Unicorn already finds out Audrey’s true identity. Read more
Anime Review: Record of Grancrest War
One of my favorite works of anime fantasy is Record of Lodoss War. It’s a show that I try to watch at least once a year, and due to my appreciation of that, I’ve sought out the various works by its creator, Ryo Mizuno, which have gotten a US release, from the Lodoss series onwards. In any case, when Record of Grancrest War was announced, and that even more it was related to a tabletop RPG that Mizuno had created, I was definitely onboard to check this out.
Film Review: Fall of the Roman Empire
The Roman-Period Epic was something of a staple of cinema in the 1950s and ’60s, and one of the films of that genre that tanked the hardest was The Fall of the Roman Empire from 1964, which is a bummer because it’s really not that bad. Read more