The OVA version of Yozakura Quartet continues to be far superior to the TV series, with Ryochimo Sawa’s signature look and direction continuing to lend a very distinctive style to this challenging manga adaptation. Unfortunately the animation quality seems to have taken a dip since the first episode, with some […] Read more
Evangelion. Where do I begin when talking about you? It’s no exaggeration to say that Eva was the series that made me a true anime lover. It was the series that opened my eyes to just how incredible and challenging and difficult a medium it could be. I probably saw […] Read more
I don’t know the manga all that well, but I know that it’s much beloved. And I know that the TV adaptation left me just barely interested enough to slog through to the end. The character design and animation felt flat, and there serious pacing issues and flaws in the […] Read more
Tonight, I went to a theatrical screening of Makoto Shinkai’s magnificent “5 Centimeters Per Second” at Viz Cinema in San Francisco. It had been a couple of years since I watched it, and I was curious to see if my reaction would have changed. Though I’ve watched it multiple times […] Read more