anime review
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The Princess And The Pilot Is Full Of Aerial Adventure And Tragic Love
What happens when you mix a classic fairytale premise with World War II-style aeroplanes in a fantasy world setting? You get The Princess and the Pilot: a beautiful film of aerial adventure and tragic love.
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Giovanni’s Island Is A Heartbreaking Tale Of Post-World War II Japan
Giovanni’s Island is a tale of family, unlikely friendship, and growing up in the days after the end of the Second World War. It is also, as you might expect, a film as tragically depressing as it is excellent.
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Walkure Romanze Is My ‘Guilty Pleasure Anime’ From Last Season
Guilty pleasures. We all have them: Something you like but feel that you shouldn’t. Walkure Romanze is one of those for me. It has more than a few tropes I normally hate in anime, but these are combined with other aspects I truly love to create something I am embarrassed to admit I like.
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The New IDOLM@STER Movie Tugs At Your Heartstrings Until They’re Raw
The latest chapter in The iDOLM@STER franchise, THE iDOLM@STER MOVIE: Kagayaki no Mukouhe (Beyond the Radiance), came out this past weekend, and while it doesn’t stray too far from the established story, it does open up some interesting possibilities. Just be prepared for some lengthy depressing moments.