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Eden of the East screenshot

by VivisQueen Jul 3, 2009 7.5/10

Eden of the East

For as long as I can remember, anime of the mystery genre have proven creatively stale. As a rule, trying to find a gratifying mystery is an ordeal much like rummaging for haute couture in a dark, creaky charity shop that smells faintly of mothbal...

Shugo Chara! screenshot

by therik Jun 27, 2009 9/10

Shugo Chara!

I have absolutely no business liking Shugo Chara!. The series is aimed primarily at an audience with approximately half my age and precisely double my X-chromosomes, and at no point does it betray its target market by veering wildly off the well-t...

One Outs screenshot

by VivisQueen Jun 22, 2009 6.7/10

One Outs

Lounging at my computer waiting for a promised telephone call, I get that unsettling feeling my acquaintance has forgotten, and the risk of disappointment looms ever closer with every tick of the clock. Luckily, I have the final two episodes of

Casshern Sins screenshot

by vivafruit Jun 18, 2009 6/10

Casshern Sins

Despite being a remake to a kitschy 70’s anime “classic,” Casshern Sins begins promisingly. In the first few episodes, the creators lay out a post-apocalyptic setting that manages to feel both unabashedly retro and grimly bleak a...

Eureka Seven screenshot

by therik Jun 15, 2009 7/10

Eureka Seven

Bafflement. For close to half an hour, I have been sat here, trying to think of a word which sums up both my immediate and my considered reaction to Eureka Seven, and I think "bafflement" is as close as I'm going to get. This is a show that combin...

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