It's hard to talk about Armor Hunter Mellowlink, because you'd be talking about a plot already summarized by the series itself. In the first episode you see a fellow named Mellowlink on a quest for revenge, which eventually involves him fighting a mecha… more »

My contribution to Area '88 was originally going to be a post on Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack, a movie which I only vaguely remembered from its Cartoon Network airing some years ago. I went into the film as charitably as I could, but I just c… more »

“September 21st, 1945. That was the night I died.”With that punch to the gut begins perhaps the most emotionally devastating film in the history of animation. The magnum opus of Isao Takahata, Grave of the Fireflies represents for many the legitimacy… more »

In an age where cute moe girls are enrapturing modern otaku under the potent narcotic power of "kyun~," finding a good action anime is like finding a piece of pure gold in a deep pit of fetid shit. But there used to be an era where that kind of anime was… more »

Akira, to use a cliche, simply needs no introduction. It is one of the most expensive and best-looking animated films ever made, and an unrivaled work of pure spectacle. Moreover, almost immediately after arriving on our shores, it became “required viewi… more »

I cannot speak objectively about Gunbuster, as Gunbuster does not really deal in the objective. Like any really good giant robot anime, it's about feelings, you know? Irrational feelings are best. You could ask all kinds of silly, logical questions about… more »

If you're of a certain age, you probably remember the period of time where the Sci-Fi Channel ran Japanese cartoons, usually from the Central Park Media and Manga Entertainment catalogs, every Saturday morning. From cornerstones of fandom canon like the… more »