Behind The Nihon Review

Now that Sorrow-kun has laid the groundwork of some sample titles for the year, I’ll focus on my area of interest: action.
Much like my colleague, I’m not willing to confidently say anything about the overall quality of this season, but this is the first season where I’ve seen the first episodes of about half of [...]

“I am an anime addict.”
I’m sure by now you have the obligatory “no sh*t Sherlock” running through your head, but give me a few paragraphs to explain myself. 
To me, anime is like alcohol to an alcoholic, drugs to a drug addict and sex to Hugh Hefner.  While it lacks the chemical side effects of the [...]

People don’t remember days. They remember moments.
I believe that the same holds true for anime. It’s not the everyday scenes we remember.  It’s that heart-pounding love confession, edge of your seat fight scene or roll on the floor hilarious joke that the audience remembers. The primary reason I watch anime is to [...]

I’m bored of the old fashioned goody two-shoes protagonists. I hate the “I’m an idiot! Hear me roar!” types, and I’ll kill the next angst-filled teenager piloting a giant, fighting robot. Maybe I’m becoming jaded by seeing the same character personalities copied and pasted into a countless number of anime. Who knows? [...]