Warning: The following contains major spoilers for Your Name. and 5cm Per Second. Makoto Shinkai's Your Name. is without question a hit. It topped the box office in Japan for months, surpassed every Ghibli movie except Spirited Away, was wildly successful outside of Japan and has been discussed in the English-speaking anime community for months … Continue reading Your Name. and What Makes a Hit
Month: January 2017
Winter 2017 First Reaction
It's January again. 2016 is over, winter break is (sadly) done and, most importantly, the winter anime season is starting. I was a little hesitant about this season since not a lot of premiers sounded interesting, but we've still got quite a few good shows here. I'll be doing this list like my previous reactions, but … Continue reading Winter 2017 First Reaction
One Piece Film Gold Review
One Piece Film: Z is a hard act to follow. It was an excellent shounen movie that was very popular in the One Piece fandom, so it only makes sense that Gold would be compared to it. The big question going in is always going to be "is it as good as Z?" The short answer: not … Continue reading One Piece Film Gold Review
Top 10 Anime of 2016
It's been quite a year. Aside from everything that's been going in the real world (and there's a lot) this is also my first year blogging. I'd thought about it occasionally, but never actually done it until May. Now it's been a solid seven months and I'm still going. I hope to still be doing this … Continue reading Top 10 Anime of 2016
A Piece of Anime 