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NieR:Automata Ver1.1a

Feb 29, 2024

I've been meaning to get around to reviewing this, so here we are.  If you've played Nier Automata through to Ending A, you already know what's going to happen and what it's all about...with a couple minor changes. -- Story In an apocolyptic future, the androids of YoRHa are fighting a war against the Machine lifeforms on Earth.  Their mission is to destroy the Machines in order to make the Earth safe enough so the humans on the moon can return...or is it? The story follows battle-android 2B and scanner-android 9S as they encounter increasingly more difficult machines as well as even... See full review

5/10 story
6/10 animation
10/10 sound
7/10 characters
6/10 overall

No Game No Life

Oct 17, 2018

Okay, some of my ratings are going to need explanations (such as the animation), but overall, I feel like this anime has more hype than it's worth.  I suppose it's one of those "love it" or "hate it" anime with no in-between. Plot Two genius siblings are defeating all challengers on an online game when they are challenged to a chess match by an unknown person.  After winning, they agree that they feel like they were born in the wrong world and are transported to a world where everything is decided by games. From there, it doesn't take them long to set their sights on the... See full review

2/10 story
4/10 animation
9/10 sound
2/10 characters
2/10 overall

Naruto Shippuden Movie 4: The Lost Tower

Jul 14, 2015

Was I entertained by this movie?  Mostly. Do I think it was one of the better Shippuden movies?  Definitely not. Would I watch it again?  No. Time travel is a tricky thing to deal with.  Let's get started. Story The movie opens up with Naruto fighting a weird looking thing which turns out to be a puppet controlled by the rogue ninja (Mukade) he, Sakura, Sai, and Yamato were sent to capture.  Their battle takes them to the ruins of Rouran, where Mukade absorbs a seal placed on a powerful energy substance called Ryuumaku and plans on taking over the five elemental... See full review

1/10 story
8/10 animation
5/10 sound
1/10 characters
2/10 overall

Naruto Shippuden Movie 3: The Will of Fire

Jul 14, 2015

Where do I start with this one?  The Shippuden movies are very hit-and-miss, and that continues on for the later movies as well (which I actually saw before this one).  This movie has so many glaring errors that I was either scratching my head or groaning through it. One of the only good parts is that this movie wasn't one of the typical "everyone gets super quiet during talking scenes and then the volume hits max decibels during battle/tense scenes".  There was a little of it, but it wasn't as bad as some of the other movies. Story Your typical Orochimaru-type bad guy who is... See full review

1/10 story
7/10 animation
8/10 sound
1/10 characters
1/10 overall

No. 6

Nov 21, 2014

Now, let me start off by saying that I'm rating this as compared to the light novel it was based off of, and will often reference the light novel.  Though I try to keep spoilers out of my reviews, I might need to include some slight ones (though I'll try to be as vague as possible) to explain why I gave it the rating it got. On its own, it's pretty good until you hit the last episode.  However, if you get a chance to read the manga or light novel, you'll realize just how much the anime is lacking, and I highly recommend one or the other over the anime. Story No.6 is a dystopian story about a... See full review

4/10 story
9/10 animation
10/10 sound
9/10 characters
5/10 overall

Nyan Koi!

Jan 6, 2014

Not much on story, but not many romantic comedies have much of a story.  It did its purpose of being entertaining without too much drama, so I have no complaints. Actually, I had no clue what it was about when I was directed to the first episode; someone recommended it to me, and it pulled me in almost immediately. For a more recent anime, that's pretty impressive.  So, let's break it down. Plot There is an overall plot which shadows the series, and helps to create some of the hilarious situations the protagonist gets into. Junpei Kousaka, a second year high school student with severe cat... See full review

7/10 story
10/10 animation
?/10 sound
10/10 characters
8/10 overall