Behind The Nihon Review

With the revelations in the latest episodes of Psycho-Pass, a lot of people now seem fully convinced that society under the Sibyl System is undeniably terrible for humanity. Makishima Shogo, despite being a sociopath, is just fighting a good battle with the wrong means. Perhaps Urobuchi Gen intended for the story he wrote here to [...]

It is hard not to sympathize with the unfortunate circumstances surrounding the anime of Robotic;Notes. As the spiritual successor of Steins;Gate, Robotic;Notes has been asked to follow up what is one of the most memorable titles of the last couple years. Indeed, the results of such comparisons have not been too favorable to Robotic;Notes, both [...]

Irrespective of how one feels about the quality of this Eureka 7 sequel, I think it would be safe to say at this point that Eureka 7 AO is clearly a different show from its predecessor. This is not limited to the fact that the cast and setting are completely different – there is a [...]

There is no doubt that writer Reki Kawahara of Sword Art Online and Accel World is a writer of our times. His obsession with virtual reality elements in games is something that ties in very intimately with our modern gaming culture and the possibilities we have imagined for the gaming industry. Seeing as franchises like .hack pioneered some of these concepts in [...]

I am starting to wonder if it is even worth watching the television versions of anime anymore. In recent years, the industry seems to have an ever increasing practice of improving their television versions for the DVDs and BDs, and it is really starting to become very tiresome. Initially it started with harmless things such [...]