Series Reviews

Fudanshi Koukou Seikatsu, or The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi, recently finished airing. As the anime centers around a fudanshi, which translates to ‘rotten boy’ and refers to a boy...

Another is based on the eponymous novel by Yukito Ayatsuji. Even though horror isn’t my favorite genre this series was very popular when it came out and I wanted to...

Yet another eventful season of the popular anime Owari no Seraph (Seraph of the End). Owari no Seraph: Nagoya Kessen-hen (Seraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya) was released almost...

Nijiiro Days (Rainbow Days) began as the winter anime of 2016 and ran for 24 episodes far into the summer. Every episode doesn’t last longer than 15 minutes, which isn’t...

The story starts with a schoolgirl names Sakura Chiyo, who secretly has a crush on Umetarou Nozaki. She tells him that she is a fan of his, even though she...

As a guestblogger for AVO Blog I thought: “It might be fun to write something completely different from a music or anime review”. This is how the idea came to...

No. 6 is based on the eponymous novels and manga that were created by Asano Atsuko and Kino Hinoki. The story taken place in the city ‘number 6’, one of...

Kamisama Kiss, also known as Kamisama Hajimemashita, is based on the eponymous manga created by Julietta Suzuki. The story begins when Nanami Momozono has just been evicted. Her father left...

There are two popular names from the anime world connected to this movie. There is, for instance, the screenplay for Rakuen Tsuihou written by Urobuchi Gen, who is responsible for...

The story of Gangsta. centers around more than just the adventure of the main characters, it tries it’s hardest to show you more of the city Ergastulum as well. This...

Say “I love you” is based on the popular eponymous manga by Kanae Hazuki. Besides the anime, which was released in 2012, a live-action movie was also released in 2014...

Love Stage!! is based on the eponymous manga, written by  Eiki Eiki with illustrations by Taishi Zaou. The anime follows Izumi Sena, an 18 year old otaku and the youngest...

This anime takes place in a world far away from ours that has many similarities with an RPG world, there are adventurers and a dungeon with different levels and monsters....

Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji, als known as Wolf Girl and Black Prince, is based on the eponymous manga by Ayuko Hatta. The anime consists of twelve episodes and follows...

Plastic Memories seems to be set in a future setting. In this time there are androids who are indistinguishable from normal people, they are called Giftia’s. A Giftia has a...

The first time I saw the name being mentioned was when I was looking through a list of anime that were going to be aired in the spring of 2015....

The anime Skip Beat! is based on the eponymous manga by Yoshiki Nakamura. Aside from the manga and anime there is also a dating sim game, a drama CD and...

The anime Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE! (shortened to Boueibu) is an anime that falls under the “magical girls” genre, but instead of girls it’s about a group of boys!...

Your Lie in April, or its Japanese title Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, is an emotional anime based on the manga by mangaka Naoshi Arakawa. The anime has 22 episodes...

It’s always interesting to see an anime that is based on a game, in this case a JRPG. There are multiple anime series based on Persona 4, among which Persona...

This anime mainly takes place in the atmospheric bar named Quindecim, the bar is absolutely stunning. There’s also plenty of room because they only receive two guests at the time....

Last Sunday the 27th of April I got an amazing opportunity. I was allowed to watch the last first of Hayao Miyazaki, The Wind Rises before its première! As a...

Click here for part 1 of this tribute to Hayao Miyazaki. As promised in my blog from yesterday I will continue my overview of Hayao Miyazaki’s films here. This overview...

Hayao Miyazaki | © Thomas Schulz / detengase @ Flickr Last week some big news became known, Hayao Miyazaki announced the end of his filmmaking career. The honor of paying...