Haibane Renmei came highly recommended from the same person as one of the two guys through which I found out about Sugar, all those years ago. (Does one and a half years entitle me to use that phrase?) And I do see similarities between the two. Neither one is a grand tale of heroes and […]
5 Centimeters Per Second is story about how the passage of time can cause people to drift farther and farther apart. Takaki Tono and Akari Shinohara start off as elementary schoolers who grow to really like each other. But at the end of their final elementary year, they have to move away from each other. […]
For New Year’s, I stayed up watching Air until midnight. Air was the last of the “Key Three”, three animes based on visual novels by Key Visual Arts. Kanon and Clannad were the other two. The story is about Yukito Kunisaki, who travels around doing a neat puppet show, and lives off of the generosity […]
Hayao Miyazaki. If you know anything about the Japanese film industry, you almost certainly know the name Hayao Miyazaki. He is widely hailed as one of the greatest animators living today. Spirited Away is his most famous work. Since it was released in 2001, it became not just the highest grossing animated film in Japanese […]
Well, well, well! Are y’all excited about Christmas tomorrow? It’s winter now. And with winter, comes winter break. And with winter break, comes more time for me to watch anime! So a new season of Xbolt’s Anime Reviews starts today, and continuing every Thursday until I run out of animes. But you know the drill […]
After watching all these animes, I thought I would finish off the series with a few words concerning the openings, or the OPs. I won’t embed all of the videos in the post, since that would take up too much space. Linking will be good enough. Now let’s get started: Sugar: A Little Snow Fairy […]
My series just wouldn’t be complete without a few words about the first anime I ever watched, and which still holds the place closest to my heart, now would it? As you may remember, I’ve talked about Sugar: A Little Snow Fairy before, but hey. Who says I can’t do so again? :D Like I […]
Clannad is my second-favorite anime, ever since it pushed Death Note out of its spot. The word ‘Clannad’ is derived from ‘clan’, the Irish word for family. And that’s really what is at the heart of the anime; the building of families. Not just actual relatives, but a close circle of friends who are like […]
Alas, we’re reaching the end of this series. I’ve been saving the best for last, so here we go. Death Note is my third-favorite anime that I have watched so far. (It was my second favorite, before being usurped by next week’s anime.) It is clear that the creators know how to tell a good […]
Azumanga Daioh is yet another school life comedy, again with high school girls. Chiyo Mihama is a genius in every sense of the word. She skipped five grades, entering high school at age 10. Despite the huge age gap, she gets along well with her older classmates, and is a very nice person. Chiyo is […]