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the desirable disease
Gossip, pink dogs, bent bats, and lifelong lies; how can all these things be an escape from reality? And just how harmful can such a thing be… Paranoia Agent…
18 Anime With No Romance At All
No one is forcing anyone to watch romance anime, so finding anime without romance actually isn't very hard. What is truly difficult to find is an anime with
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0, Bungo Stray Dogs, Buddy Daddies, MUSHI-SHI, Saga of Tanya the Evil
Third Impact Anime Episode # 123 – Satoshi Kon’s Paranoia Agent | 2022 Halloween Special!
You’re walking home on a dark night and your neck bristles. You adjust your eyes, peering down the street. You see it coming. It’s on roller skates, carrying…
#130 - Satoshi Kon’s Paranoia Agent | 2022 Halloween Special!
You're walking home on a dark night and your neck bristles. You adjust your eyes, peering down the street. You see it coming. It's on roller skates, carrying a golden…
The Only 100 Anime You Need To Watch
100 Anime Recommendations These are the only 100 anime you need to see! Some of the old.. some of the new, I’m sure there are dozens that are perfect…
30 Actually Satisfying Short Anime Series You Can Finish in a Day
Well, if you worked hard enough, technically you can watch most anime series in a day. However, just because you can wedge 48 episodes into a day doesn't
Charlotte, Katanagatari, Kiznaiver, Devilman, Kids on the Slope
40 Powerful and Iconic Anime Weapons
Anime is awash with weapons, but not all of them are particularly remarkable or memorable. No one fondly recalls the many times the lowly kunai saved the
Berserk, Blue Exorcist, Hellsing, Beyond the Boundary, Black Clover
Anime Series Like Odd Taxi
Blunt walrus Hiroshi Odokawa drives a taxi for a living which has caused him to get to know his various eccentric customers. One day, his simple life is
Aggretsuko, Aggressive Retsuko, Bakemonogatari, BNA, Boogiepop Phantom
Paranoia Agent
It was one of those weird anime shows that I probably would not have touched. And I still would not have touched it had not Mamiko Noto had…
Paranoia Agent (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing
Last year, Satoshi Kon’s Paranoia Agent was finally released uncut for the first time in the UK. Now I have finally managed to pick it up on Blu-ray.
Paranoia Agent - How Does It Hold Up?
Satoshi Kon has one of the most impressive filmographies of any animator, but what of his 13-episode television series? Some call it a masterpiece, others call it pretentious,…
22 Mindfuck Anime Series Designed to Leave You Ponderous
Mindfuckery – You're supposed to avoid swearing in articles you are writing. It's not professional. However, there is no better way describe some anime
Boogiepop Phantom, Haibane Renmei, Kaiba, Sonny Boy, Steins;Gate
Paranoia Agent: Scary and psychological
Hey guys what is up welcome back to my blog I’m so thankful that you guys took the time out of your day to read my blog post.…
30 Best Mystery Anime Series With Intrigue to Unravel
The term “mystery” tends to evoke images of hard-boiled detectives tracking down criminals, but mystery is a blanket term. A lot of situations can be mysterious, and that…
Serial Experiments Lain, Shiki, Moriarty the Patriot, When They Cry, Bungo Stray Dogs
Weird Anime: 20 Ridiculous and Bizarre Anime Series Ever Made
If you watch enough anime, as I have been doing over two decades at this point, your are bound to run into some weird ones. Admittedly, anime has…
Anime Series Like Life Lessons With Uramichi-Oniisan
On the set of children’s show “Together with Mama,” 31-year-old Omota Uramichi is upbeat and cheerful to the children, but they are all ultimately put off as they…
Paranoia Agent, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan, Aggretsuko, Aggressive Retsuko
Anime influences America- Brief history of the last 30 years
Hey! Welcome to the very first Anime influences America series of posts! I, Star, will be breaking down some of the history of anime in America. I understand…
Paranoia Agent Series Review – When Alternate Facts Take On A Life of Their Own
Paranoia Agent Overview: Paranoia Agent, or Mousou Dairinin, starts innocuously, if violently, enough. Tsukiko Sagi, a timid character designer, is the victim of a street assault. However, as…
Character Analysis: Li’l Slugger
Okay, let’s get it out of the way: Satoshi Kon was a dude with a very interesting mind and perspective on the world, and one of the things…
40 Anime on ANIMAX in South Africa
2007-2010 South Africa’s DSTV provided the channel ANIMAX. It was a TV network that offered English dubbed anime. Here is a list of 26 anime that the channel…
Burst Angel, Chrono Crusade, Elfen Lied, Eureka Seven, Ghost in the Shell
Q2 2021 Solicitations for UK Anime Home Video Releases
The second quarter of 2021 for UK anime! This batch currently offers a variety of new and delayed releases, with the likes of BOFURI, Paranoia Agent, PERSONA5, Violet…
5 Madhouse Anime to watch
It is really interesting some of the really good anime have been produced by Madhouse studios. Here are some of the one that I enjoy and really want…
Cliche Crushers: 10 Anime Series That Skip Cliches to Do Something Original
Cliches and anime are old buddies. Lewd hand-holding buddies that go for long walks on the beach. And that’s not a bad thing! You know how cliches are…
Dorohedoro, From the New World, Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash, Made in Abyss, Paranoia Agent
Anime Series Like Ergo Proxy
The domed city of Romdo is the last bastion of civilization. Inside, humans are assisted by AutoReiv androids in their daily life. However, when the AutoReivs start going…
Casshern Sins, Ergo Proxy, Ghost in the Shell, Serial Experiments Lain, Witch Hunter Robin
What is your personal anime golden age?
For me, a personal anime golden age is any consecutive run of 3 years in which the highest number of your favourites are gathered. 3 years may seem…
Eureka Seven, Samurai Champloo, Planetes, Wolf's Rain, Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
10 More Stories From My Dropped List
A quick way to clean up the To Watch list.
Fate/Zero, Hellsing, Deadman Wonderland, Hells, Hunter x Hunter
[Manga Musings on Mondays] Opus – Review
Created by: Satoshi Kon Chapters: 19 Hello everyone and welcome back! Today, we resume usual serialization of Manga Musings by talking about probably the most metafictional manga…
294 – Manga in Motion 43 – Paranoia Agent
On this episode dakazu finds the perfect manga for Manga Machinations with Olympia Kyklos and learns that Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 isn’t completely terrible. Then we cancel…
My Top 5 Great Anime with Questionable Premises
Anime can be kind of weird in general, however for this list I’m not just picking anime that is weird to watch. These are series where the actual…
Why It Works: What Are the Best Anime About Anime?
This week I’m once again diving into Eizouken-adjacent articles, as I use the show’s unique production focus to shamelessly promote some of my other favorite anime, like Shirobako…
Anime’s Invisible Aces: Michiya Kato And CYCLONE GRAPHICS
What does BEASTARS‘ opening sequence have in common with other iconic intros like DRIFTERS and Tatami Galaxy, the filmography of geniuses like Satoshi Kon and Tatsuya Oishi, plus…
[Links] 2-8 October 2019: Fall Premieres, Gay Superheroes, and Paranoia Agent
AniFem Round-Up [Editorial] AniFem Fundraiser Update: September 2019 Here’s what we’ve been up to for the next month, including a preview of the site redesign. [Review] Kemono Michi:…
Redshift #31
Here’s your latest round-up of attention to older anime from around the internet. We’re running a week late with this one—for which, apologies—but it’s been a relatively quiet…
#57 - SPOOKY Anime SPECIAL and Fall 2018 First Impressions
The leaves are turning red, a cold breeze blows through the air, happy haunts materialize! It's SPOOKY TIME! Join us for our first ever Third Impact Anime Spooky…
A Certain Magical Index, Angel's Egg, Legend of the Crystals: Final Fantasy, Little Witch Academia, Occultic;Nine
The Garden of Sinners (Films)
Blog about anime and manga
The Anime Music Tournament 2013 Bracket Alpha &Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo Round 2 “Analysis”
By TheBigN We move into the second round, where some of the competitors have been weeded out, the rounds and time between them are shorter, and we start…
Joshiraku, Destiny of the Shrine Maiden, Penguindrum, Paranoia Agent, The Pet Girl of Sakurasou
2004, Part 1: Rebellious, Yet Respectful
George J. Horvath had been a fan of Toonami's airing of G Gundam and Rurouni Kenshin as well as Fox's airing of Digimon and Escaflowne bef...
Dragon Ball Z, Fantastic Children, Master Keaton, Millennium Actress, Needless
Paranoia Agent: The Trouble of Finding a Middle
This is a review written for Reverse Thieves’s Secret Santa event. I must wonder if Lostty wanted me to loathe myself or something during this season of high…
OtakuGeneration (Show #29) the XMAS show!!!
NOTE: This was also cross posted in the otakugeneration LJ community. Shownotes :: (show 029) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With the Otaku-G…
Zipang, Fullmetal Alchemist, Paranoia Agent, Samurai 7, Samurai Champloo
OtakuGeneration (Show #12) with Scott Ramsoomair
NOTE: This was also cross posted in the otakugeneration LJ community. Shownotes :: (show 012) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Scott Ramsoomair…