Diego adds to the festive cheer by opening the covers of a splendid stocking stuffer: ARIA the Illustration – Avvenire, a compilation of artwork related to the ARIA anime series.
Tags: ARIA, Artbooks
Archive for the “Reviews” Category
Nov
08
2009
 
Cielo – Kozue Amano Illustration Works III (artbook review)Posted by: Diego in Anime, Manga, Reviews
Diego briefly escapes from the drudgery of the white-collar salt mines to bring you another review. Today, the spotlight falls on Cielo – the last in a three-volume series of hardbound books featuring the manga art of ARIA author and illustrator Amano Kozue. Tags: Amano Kozue, AQUA, ARIA, Artbooks, Kozue Amano
Jun
14
2009
Stella – Kozue Amano Illustration Works II (artbook review)Posted by: Diego in Anime, Manga, Reviews
Today, we’re throwing the spotlight on Stella – a hardbound artbook featuring the work of ARIA manga author and illustrator Amano Kozue. Tags: Amano Kozue, AQUA, ARIA, Artbooks, Kozue Amano
Apr
27
2009
Alpha – Kozue Amano Illustration Works (artbook review)Posted by: Diego in Anime, Manga, Reviews
Today, we’re throwing the spotlight on Alpha – a hardbound artbook featuring the work of ARIA manga author and illustrator Amano Kozue. Tags: Amano Kozue, AQUA, ARIA, Artbooks, Kozue Amano
 Saki is not amused at the Johnny joke. Eden of the East has been one of the more commonly talked about anime series of the spring season, with good cause. Having been an avid watcher of the first two episodes, here are some insights about this strange little concoction from Production I.G. (Spoilers follow) I place the blame squarely on Yamcha. I know when and where I was when it happened. I was sitting in the airport, waiting for my flight home. It was December 17, 2007. I was bored, and I had an internet connection, so to kill the time I decided to take a few minutes to try this game Yamcha had recommended. “Kingdom of Loathing”–what a nonsensical thing to name an online RPG, I thought. Well, I’d give it a spin anyway. I remember thinking as I logged on, hey, if I like this, I might get a couple of months’ worth of entertainment out of it! Yeah, right. One year to the day later I found myself sitting in the same airport, playing the same game, and a bit stunned at the year-long journey into a bizarre blend of pop-culture, gaming satire and surprisingly deep gameplay I’d undertaken–and am still undertaking!  The dreaded sabre-toothed lime, both feared enemy and loyal citrus-based familiar. What does it take to turn this . . .
. . . into this?
Watch the 2006 Japanese comedy series Attention Please and find out. Tags: Attention Please, Flight attendants, J-drama
Today the spotlight falls on ADV’s R1 DVD release of the 2002 OVA Hoshi no Koe (release title: Voices of a Distant Star), part of the two-volume Shinkai Collection first launched in 2005. Tags: Hoshi no Koe, Shinkai Makoto, Voices of a Distant Star
Jan
24
2009
Winter First Impressions, Turbo StylePosted by: A Day Without Me in First Impressions, Reviews
Dec
18
2008
Ghost Hunt – Complete DVD Collection, Part 2 (review)Posted by: Diego in Anime, Reviews
Ghosts, ghouls and goblins don’t generally march across TV screens after October, but that’s about to change thanks to the second half of FUNimation Entertainment’s R1 DVD release of the 2006/2007 series Ghost Hunt. This review covers Part 2 of the FUNimation DVD set, which includes episodes 14 through 25 of the 25-episode series. (A review of Part 1, which was released in October, is available here.) Tags: Ghost Hunt |
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