12 episodes deep, House of Five Leaves follows Masa, a strong samurai. But his doddering personality causes all of his employers to eventually let him go. When a mysterious man named Yaichi approaches him about a seemingly simple job, Masa jumps at the chance for work despite the ambiguous nature of the request. Click for the full series review...
In this liberally fictionalized accounting of the rise of the Azuchi-Momoyama period in 1614 Japan, warring Ninja wizards fight to the death!! Also, a forbidden love entanglement creates havoc on ninja loyalties by disrupting the flow of their skill as epic battles ensue. Easily one of the greatest ninja anime’s created in the last 10 years. Click for the full review...
I doubt I’ll be rewatching Xam’d but that’s not because of the show’s quality. It’s simply a show that’s an ongoing experience and by the end of that journey there isn’t a reason to re-tread ground you’ve already covered. Click to read the full anime series review...
A preternatural love for science fiction, leather straps, guns, sex, violence and a hot, kick-ass female lead will only get you so far (cough*Zach Snyder*) in understanding the darkly bombastic science fiction animated series known as Aeon Flux. Click for the full series review...
Based on the Seven Samurai movie (also based on this is the Magnificent Seven), it is a great anime series with great acting, animation, and story. The 3d visuals mixed in are amazing! Samurai 7 is an anime series that most will enjoy. Click for the full series review...
High School of the Dead seems to be one of the most popular series of the past summer season, but don’t go in expecting a masterpiece. It’s simply a show to sit back with and enjoy the atmosphere and the zombie-bashing. Click to read the full anime series review...
Off the heels of watching the live-action adaptation, and as time goes by and I learn more and more about Gantz, and I have to say that I don't like too much about it. It's like they released this anime to us that looks amazing with a very hard and unique story but the anime goes nowhere. Click to read the full 26 episode anime series review...
Who doesn’t want to see hot blond women with big swords powering up and defeating obnoxiously large monster vampire fiends? Click to read the full 26 episode analysis of this anime series in our full review...
FLCL was a great hit so Funimaton bought the rights to distribute the show. They have planned to not change anything only make the quality better and put it on DVD and blu-ray. They have estimated that the series and the comic have generated over 8 million dollars. Click to read the full anime series review...
It's fairly rare in the Anime world when you can get a deep involving plot which is thought provoking, but not too out of whack that only the animators and writer can understand what is going on. Paranoia Agent was Satoshi Kon's labor of love project and it was a pleasure to watch. Click for the full 13 episode anime review...