Tag Archives: Fantasy

Is This a Zombie? of the Dead (Season 2 Review)

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Roger Pocock

It’s odd what gets a second series. So much excellent anime fails to reach a conclusion, ending with just one series and a story with huge potential left hanging forever. On the other hand, something like this, which has very … Continue reading →

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Is This a Zombie? (Review)

Posted on September 6, 2021 by Roger Pocock

Is This a Zombie? Well, sort of. Ayuma Aikawa was murdered by a serial killer, and brought back from the dead by a very cute necromancer called Eucliwood Hellscythe. Most of the time, you wouldn’t really know he was a … Continue reading →

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Bakemonogatari (Anime Review)

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Roger Pocock

I’ll start with the visuals. Bakemonogatari is anime as a modern art form, and that presents some problems. When I say art, I don’t mean beautiful backgrounds etc. No, this is symbolic art, expressing ideas and situations non-literally and/or non-realistically. … Continue reading →

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We Without Wings (Anime Review)

Posted on August 23, 2021 by Roger Pocock

This was another impulse purchase on DVD at a very reasonable sale price, and I didn’t have much idea what I was buying. Halfway through the series, I still didn’t have much idea what I had bought. This one is … Continue reading →

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Yu-Sibu (Anime Review)

Posted on June 14, 2021 by Roger Pocock

Yu-Sibu, also known as Yu-Shibu, or to give it its absurdly long full title I Couldn’t Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job, is an anime series set in a fantasy world, with some entertaining similarities … Continue reading →

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Maquia (Anime Film Review)

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Roger Pocock

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms, to give the film its full title, is an anime set in a fantasy world. Fantasy tends not to be my favourite genre. Let’s face it, it’s nearly always basically showing us a human … Continue reading →

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A Lull in the Sea (Review)

Posted on April 5, 2021 by Roger Pocock

The premise of this series requires some suspension of disbelief. The idea is that humans originally lived below the sea, until some decided to live on the surface instead. This has created a divided human race. The ones below the … Continue reading →

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Brave Story (Anime Review)

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Roger Pocock

Grief can do different things to different people, and some of the responses can be the exact opposites of each other. For example, grief can make a person kind, or it can make a person cruel. Brave Story is a … Continue reading →

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Dragon Age II

Posted on August 6, 2020 by DrAcrossthePond

I mentioned I had been playing a game for a few weeks before stumbling on Tacoma.  That game was a classic from 2011 called Dragon Age 2.  Yes, it’s odd that I would jump back to the sequel without replaying … Continue reading →

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The Sacred Blacksmith

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Roger Pocock

This was another impulse buy at a reasonable price in a second hand DVD shop. It’s not the kind of anime I normally watch very much, as swords and sorcery isn’t really my thing, but I sometimes get these in … Continue reading →

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Made in Abyss

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Roger Pocock

Two of the things that are most likely to make me decide to watch an anime are the quality of the art and how interesting the story sounds. This one scored on both counts. It is set in a town … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Boundary

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Roger Pocock

I’ll have a go at explaining this, although I’m not entirely sure I understood it all after watching the whole series. Also, it’s one of those series where everything you think you know at the start turns out to be … Continue reading →

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Hogfather (Terry Pratchett)

Posted on December 26, 2018 by Roger Pocock

LET’S GO SLEIGH THEM! Terry Pratchett was truly one of the greatest authors who ever lived.  So many fantasy authors over the years have produced tedious escapism, far removed from the real world, but Pratchett took a different approach.  He … Continue reading →

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Creeped Out

Posted on October 26, 2018 by Roger Pocock

When I wrote about The Sarah Jane Adventures I mentioned the importance of the BBC in terms of making original drama content for children, and here is an example that is bang up to date.  There are very few broadcasters … Continue reading →

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