Suletta Mercury is stuck in the Old Testament. I’m not talking about the eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth revenge plot stuff, though the mecha dueling system runs on that kind of logic; nor do I mean the smiting and wiping out of enemies, though we definitely see that too in all its… Read More Suletta Mercury, Part I: Stuck in the OT
Akihabara is in flames as giant police dog mechas bear down on panicking people. Suddenly, a metal fist pummels a mecha dog just as it’s about to crush a man, and the narrator kicks in. Flash back to a few hours earlier, as Hosomichi is heading to work around the time most citizens are being… Read More First Impression: Rumble Garanndoll
2061. The XXI Century has been very hard on Japan. A staggering economical crisis, the disastrous policies of the Government and the aging of population combined with low birthrate did cause its near-total collapse, and it became a failed State. Four powerful foreign nations (new flags, though one of them is called Oceania) stepped in… Read More First Impression: AMAIM: Warrior at the Borderline (Kyoukai Senki)
The episode opens with a rapid montage of ambiguous scenes: teenagers hanging out along a riverbank; a muted argument in a school corridor; a hand releasing pearl-like beads that seem to sparkle into stars in the night sky in the next shot; a train station; a closeup of a bead on the platform; and an… Read More First Impression: SSSS.Dynazenon
“Young boy, like a cruel angel’s thesis, Live up to be a legend…” Neon Genesis Evangelion (which means “the Gospel of the New Beginning” in Greek) is a very complicated show, and a messy one. It is clever. It is very, very human. It is filled with horror, disgust, tenderness, and wonder in equal measure.… Read More A Kind Angel’s Thesis: Evangelion and the Apocalypse
The first anime I fell in love with was Code Geass, but shortly after that another show captured my attention. It is called Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (sounded out as Gundam Double Oh). Gundam 00 is in many ways a standard Gundam series. The story takes place in an alternate timeline in the future, as… Read More Throwback Thursdays: Gundam 00
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann literally means, “Pierce the heavens, Gurren Lagann.” This strange title is used as a common phrase to inspire and build up the main protagonist of the series, Simon. If you haven’t realised by now, I love it when an anime series breaks off the norm and the stereotypical and does something… Read More Throwback Thursdays: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann