Showing posts with label Don't Watch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Don't Watch. Show all posts

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Holding Out For A Hero Part 2: Wild Cardz

Now that we've covered single heroes, let's move onto superhero teams.  Oftentimes it seems that the cooperative forces are more an excuse to sell more toys for a TV series than any real need for the heroes to join forces.  Our first team will be a bunch of card-themed heroines in:

Thursday, August 11, 2011

A Man's Job Part 2: Madonna

Teaching is often seen as a female dominated profession.  When teaching tough, violent, Japanese delinquents though it can be useful to have the power to beat them to a pulp when necessary.  At the very least it helps if the students aren't actively trying to violate you.  We'll see how a woman handles these troubles in the Rugby themed:

Thursday, July 14, 2011

What Is It Good For? Part 2: Vampire Wars

Vampires are everywhere these days.  The popularity of these blood-sucking creatures of the night never seems to wane and that is as true in Japan as it is here in the States. By the law of averages, if you produce a whole lot of anything a few will be great, a lot will be mediocre, and a few will be delightfully terrible.  This week we'll look at a title that falls squarely into the last category. 

Thursday, May 5, 2011

For Your Private Eyes Only Part 1: Art of Fighting

May is all about detective anime.  Mysteries, Private Eyes and sweet, sweet cash.  To make the transition a bit easier we'll start with a detective anime that has a lot of fighting elements too.  Enjoy the cat wrangling action of:

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Smackdown Toons Part 1: Variable Geo

The month of April will be dedicated to anime involving characters beating the living daylights out of each other. Nothing too fancy just an excuse for battle.  Our first entry is a title of questionable taste based on a fighting game even more questionable taste:

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Out Like a Ninja Part 4: Wrath of the Ninja - The Yotoden Movie

Couldn't decide on the final ninja anime for the month.  I narrowed it down to two that I could not remember well.  After watching the first few minutes of each, I chose the one that made me feel less like turning off the DVD player.  That is how we wound up with:

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Bad Idea Train Part 4: Landlock

In the final installment of Bad Idea Train we visit a land full of oddly named places, wind power, mistaken paternity, and a villain with an ocular fetish.  Your last look at a character making a bad decision comes from the oddly named:

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Bad Idea Train Part 3: Kimera

Do you love vampires?  Big Twilight fan maybe?  Hold the traditional vampire mythology sacred?  If so, you're going to hate this weeks entry.  If not you may get a few unintended laughs in when we take a look at: