Originally posted at myanimelist.net.
Forget Me Not doesn’t deserve to be forgotten. We can only hope Kenji Tsuruta doesn’t forget it either and realises its true potential one day.
Review: Forget-me-not
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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Review: Gunsmith Cats
Originally posted at myanimelist.net.
The Blue Brothers is an influence on Gunsmith Cats. Not the latter half of the movie with the hilarious SWAT guys and the car falling thousands of feet from the air, but the earlier stuff with Carrie Fisher carrying a bazooka around and causing sneaky destruction in Chicago.
Review: AD Police Files
Originally posted at myanimelist.net.
Someone saw more potential in the franchise and decided to take Blade Runner and blend it with Miami Vice. Inspired? Foolhardy? Definitely worth a shot. The cyberpunk genre can be blended with anything, and Bubblegum Crisis brilliant as it was, could have been taken in another direction entirely, and AD Police Files directs it into moody fatalistically romantic territory.
Review: Bubblegum Crisis
Originally posted at myanimelist.net.
The anime came out at what might be seen as cyberpunk’s peak of influence and exposure in the mainstream, and as such is worth a watch for its historical significance, in terms of impacting the genre of cyberpunk in anime and also being a window to the time. It’s so classy it even has time to throw a shout out to The Third Man!
Review: Vinland Saga
Originally posted at myanimelist.net.
The story travels around Europe, from Denmark to the UK to Wales to Iceland, we watch the invasion of England affect different players to the drama and pull them in towards each other through interesting means. There are sieges, manhunts, duels, chases, explosive action, edge of your seat tension, backstabs and unexpected partnerships, Vinland Saga has it all and is addictive reading while educating you along the way with its detailed depictions of an old way of life, from clothes, weaponry to customs and traditions.
Review: Sol Bianca: The Legacy
Originally posted at myanimelist.net.
Sol Bianca’s vibe is thanks to an amalgamation of music, art and of course story. The Sol Bianca is a mysterious ship that is more an abode with weaponry attached. A sanctuary with its fountains and fauna. A Garden of Eden if you will. Oh, that’s why the Genesis quote was chucked in our faces!
Review: Sol Bianca
Originally posted at myanimelist.net.
Ok, Sol Bianca has the same template as Outlaw Star, Cowboy Bebop and dozens of other sci-fi anime, and is crammed with every anime cliché you can think of, but at least it stars a fun group of characters squabbling and exchanging wisecracks you’ve heard a million times before but still grin at anyway.
Review: Biomega
Originally posted at myanimelist.net.
From the creator of dark mega structures of unknown origin, Biomega is the laidback easygoing cousin of the brooding and unintelligible Blame.
Review: The Cockpit
Originally posted at myanimelist.net.
The anime is produced, directed (by the luminary Yoshiaki Kawajiri), edited and animated very well for the time it was released. The music is lovely in a Joe Hisaishi kind of way and the character art is attractive. A fascinating production and worth checking out for the novelty alone.
Review: Pluto
Originally posted at myanimelist.net.
Naoki Urasawa, now an established author of pot-boiling epic thrillers such as Monster and 20th Century Boys, delivers again with Pluto, a sci-fi mash-up of Osamu Tezuka’s Tetsuwan Atom.
Cihan Narin 