List o the weak: Anime that time has forgotten

So there are some series that make such an impression that they seem to rock the foundations of anime fandom: Evangelion, Serial Experiments Lain, Fullmetal Alchemist, Cowboy Beebop, etc. It’s not that these shows are universally beloved, but they’re definitely universal. They’ll come up at least once in any conversation you have about anime.
And then [...]

Anime Blogs as Rock Genres: Punk

So a while ago I started a post trying to classify blogs as particular rock genres. Mostly it fell apart because I didn’t have enough experience with anime blogs and bloggers yet. But I’m starting to get a handle on it. I thought it would be fun to give it a shot. So here it [...]

List o the Weak: My top five favorite anti-heroes

Okay, so I’m going to take a pretty liberal definition of anti-hero here. Traditionally the anti-hero actually has to be the main character of the story, but I do have at least one character in here that is a ally of one of the protagonists. And one that is briefly allied with one of the [...]

List o’ the weak: Famous Last Words

In almost every anime, there is a moment right before a character dies when I know that they’re dead. Now sometimes the mortality rates for these moments aren’t always that high, but these are the five most notable times when I know that someone’s going to kick the bucket.
Now these aren’t in any real particular [...]

List o’ the Weak: Top Five Hardboiled Heroes

So I’ve been writing a bunch of heavy stuff, which has kind of left my brain soggy. So I thought I’d lighten it up a bit and write something a little more fun. As always any comments, ideas or questions, you can e-mail iniksbane@gmail.com or leave a comment. So on with the fun.

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List o’ the Weak: My top five least favorite anime

Number Five – Spiral

When I popped in the first disk of this series, I was excited, really excited. Here was a mystery, a real honest to goodness mystery, that wasn’t going to get solved in one episode. It sucked me right in and I was on the edge of my seat for the first three [...]