Posted 5 May 2014
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle For Doldrey
Stunning in its excitement and violence, the second film in the series is very good but misses the character development that made the TV version so compelling.
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Posted 12 April 2014
Banner of the Stars III
While there's a little too much fan service of various kinds in this series' final entry, there's plenty here to appreciate, and it's a worthy ending to a very good show that comes this close to great.
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Posted 5 April 2014
Banner of the Stars II
This intelligent, sometimes frustrating series gets back on track as it focuses on its leads rather than the massive interstellar war that was the focal point of the previous season.
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Posted 10 March 2014
The Wind Rises
Hayao Miyazaki's swan song is a masterful work of beauty and melancholy, both moving and challenging, that will stay with the thoughtful viewer long after the credits have rolled.
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Posted 3 March 2014
Book Girl
This tale of two high schoolers drawn together by their love of books and nearly torn apart by a wackadoo sociopath is best left unopened.
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Posted 13 January 2014
Trigun: Badlands Rumble
A dozen years late, Vash is back with another adventure that fans will appreciate, but it's cotton candy filler from top to bottom.
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Posted 6 January 2014
Kogepan
This short series of ten 4-minute episodes introduces us to Kogepan, the most curmudgeonly burnt biscuit you will ever love.
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Posted 3 January 2014
Run, Melos!
The Japanese literary classic gets a surprisingly enjoyable, if not action-packed, retelling in this 1992 film, the third anime feature bearing the name.
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