Category: Anime

  • Velvet Crowe: The Lord of Calamity

    Velvet Crowe: The Lord of Calamity

    *Psst! This’ll have spoilers for Tales of Berseria. Go play it if you haven’t. That is all.* Ah, the Tales of series. One of the most underappreciated yet longest-lasted JRPGs on the market. These games have never reached the heights that its rivals have. But they are so consistently beloved by their smaller fanbases that…

  • Why the God of Highschool Disappointed

    Presentation isn’t everything. I know that seems like an obvious statement. If your story or show or whatever is entirely style over substance, then what do you have? Polish a turd all you like. In the end, all you’ll have is a shiny turd. It’s when the presentation works in tandem with good storytelling that…

  • Jiren: How Not to Handle an Antagonist

    Jiren: How Not to Handle an Antagonist

    It still feels weird to me that Dragon Ball Super is over. Well, the anime at least. The manga is still going, but… well, my patience for that version has reached an end. Oddly enough, though, I have a fondness for Super. Yes, the writing averages out around mediocre and the animation is very up…

  • Attack on Titan Season 1: The Rollercoaster

    Attack on Titan Season 1: The Rollercoaster

    Remember when everyone was talking about this season? Like, literally everyone? And how they’d compare it to Game of Thrones even though the only thing they had in common was the tone? Yeah, I remember. I honestly don’t think I can ever forget it. The first season of Attack on Titan can best be described…

  • Gabi Braun: Creating a Controversy The Right Way

    *MAJOR SPOILERS FOR ATTACK ON TITAN AHEAD!! READ WITH CAUTION!!* Bear with me for a second as I set the stage, would you? It’s 2013. Attack on Titan’s first season is mid-swing. The hype is unreal. Everyone’s watching it, everyone’s talking about it. But for some reason, there aren’t many characters that people can actually…