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DRIFTING HOME MOVIE REVIEW Acclaimed writer/director of animation Hiroyasu Ishida (Penguin Highway) presents the newest anime film from Netflix, Drifting Home.  Little kid friends Kosuke and Natsumi’s have been drifting apart.  In Junior High they have their own cliques but back in the day the two were inseparable.  When they get the news that the […]

GOODBYE DON GLEES MOVIE REVIEW Teen misfits Roma, Toto, and Drop call themselves the “Don Glees,” basically a term used for their adventures outside of the real world. They’re not popular, and are constantly bullied. Every year, there’s a fireworks display that they don’t get invited to, so they set off their own. This year, […]

INU-OH MOVIE REVIEW The anime Inu-Oh directed by Masaaki Yuasa (Japan Sinks: 2020, Devilman Crybaby, Ride your Wave) is back to up the razzle and double the dazzle with a through the centuries rock opera about government controlled narratives being thwarted by the power of music. Hey Jude! You hear about the new biwa rock […]

THE DEER KING MOVIE REVIEW In the years following a vicious war in a far off land, wild dogs that once carried the deadly Black Wolf Fever continue to roam free, threatening to unleash a pandemic on the people of this fantasy world. While one half of the kingdom wears masks to protect themselves from […]

POMPO THE CINEPHILE MOVIE REVIEW Today we find ourselves in the land of movie magic, yes, of course I’m talking about Nyallywood. One of the top producers, Joelle Davidovich Pomponette (Pompo-san), has just tasked her assistant, Gene, to direct her new film. Gene is green to running the whole show. He has to work with […]

ATTACK ON TITAN – THE FINAL SEASON PART 2 REVIEW Last time on Attack on Titan – The Final Season.  Move over Jared Leto!  Eren has a private land paradise cult of his own called Yaegerists and he has put forward plans to help his half-brother Zeke rid the world of war through the means […]

BELLE MOVIE REVIEW The “tale as old as time” gets a futuristic upgrade when shy schoolgirl, Suzu, enters the virtual world of “U,” and transforms into the pop singing sensation, Belle. Unfortunately for Belle, but necessary for the plot, her global VR-world fame draws the attention of The Dragon, a bruised and battered beast who […]

SUPER CROOKS SERIES REVIEW It seems crime doesn’t pay, even when you have superpowers. Johnny Bolt has made a habit of getting in and out of prison ever since an unfortunate “mishap” caused by his electricity powers meant that he could never be a hero. With his girlfriend, Kasey, Johnny lives stuck as a petty […]

COWBOY BEBOP SERIES REVIEW It’s time for everyone’s least favorite experiment known as Netflix anime adaptations. You may remember this series from every Adult Swim lineup ever and it goes by the name “Cowboy Bebop”, a space western about bounty hunters, cops, and deadly crime syndicates. With Netflix’s new live action adaptation, John Cho plays […]

MY HERO ACADEMIA: WORLD HEROES’ MISSION MOVIE REVIEW One of the world’s most popular anime series has returned with another thrilling, well-animated, and definitely canonical movie.  The plot follows Izuku Midoriya (Justin Briner/Daiki Yamashita) and his fellow U.A. classmates as they join the world’s Pro-Heroes to stop a new threat. A mysterious terrorist group called […]