This week, we take a look at Bandai Namco's upcoming Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment! Plus Firefly Diary, Under Night In-Birth, and the secrets of an old NES nightmare-maker!
Live from Anime Expo, it's ANNCast! Justin and Hope are here and a crowd of tens, asking questions and getting answers (and prizes of dubious merit)! Summer season, Expo happenings and more are on the table.
The most recent offering from the creator of Elfen Lied strives to capture its predecessor's bloody magic, but even its highly appealing cast cannot carry the series through its many rough parts. As a result, it largely disappoints.
Watch it if you want to know what Yoshiyuki Tomino was reacting against when he made Mobile Suit Gundam. Watch it if you want to see the mecha traditions that Hideaki Anno drew on for Neon Genesis Evangelion. Do not watch it if you want to be entertained.
The Summer 2014 Anime Preview Guide is here! Check back every day for new previews of this summer's biggest shows.
Now Available - Terror in Resonance - Love Stage!! - Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA 2wei! - Momo Kyun Sword - Sabagebu! Survival Game Club - Space Dandy Season 2 - Blue Spring Ride - Re: Hamatora - HaNaMaYaTa - Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun - DRAMAtical Murder - Akame ga KILL! - Rail Wars! - Shonen Hollywood - Aldnoah.Zero - Sword Art Online II - Sailor Moon Crystal - And much more!
Despite being steeped a little too much in current romcom humor and character relationship trends, this fantasy series from the creators of Scrapped Princess offers plenty enough merits to keeps its viewers coming back.
Nobunaga the Fool began as a flashy, goofy reimagining of world history that ripped historical figures out of their contexts and played with them. Unfortunately in its second half it begins to take itself far too seriously, and all of the flashy battles and sparkly effects that Satelight throws in cannot make this ending a success.
One girl defends another against all comers in a class full of prospective female assassins? It is a concept full of lots of action and yuri romantic potential, but it never fully capitalizes on that potential despite telling a complete story.