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DESTINY! – Mawaru Penguindrum Spoiler Review
IMAGINE! Imagine a setting where nothing makes sense. Something that blends the irreverent bombast of an early Trigger production like Kill la Kill with the philosophizing fakery of…
Bakemonogatari, Kill la Kill, Penguindrum, RahXephon, Aquarion
Ushiro no Hyakutaro
Ushiro no Hyakutaro ( Hyakutaro Behind or Hyakutaro in Back ) is a two-volume OVA from 1991. Based on a eight-volume manga by Tsunada Jir...
Galaxy Express 999, The Twelve Kingdoms, Bite me!, Girl from Phantasia, Fruits Basket
Michite Kuru Toki no Mukou ni
This has been on my wish list for a very long time: the 1992 TV special Michite Kuru Toki no Mukou ni ( Across the Surging Times…
Judo Story, Oishinbo, Fire Tripper, Tree in the Sun, Kosuke-sama Rikimaru-sama: Konpeitou no Ryuu
RahXephon – Episode 1
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today we’re checking out the first episode of a series I haven’t watched in decades, the mysterious and majestic…
Evangelion, RahXephon, Argento Soma, and Fafner - Aged Anime
Four Related Classic Mecha Anime Neon Genesis Evangelion was the the first of a new generation of mecha anime that started in 1995 and ran u...
The Plamo Gods Have Answered! Mecha Smile Impact 2023: #MODEROID RahXephon
Looks like Good Smile Company, though their Good Mecha Smile brand, is committing to start every year with a bang. And with bang I meant impact as they’re…
Kimami ni Idol
Kimama ni Idol (Free-Spirited Idols) is a 1990 comedy OVA based on a manga by Kotani Kenichi. It tells the madcap tale of three teenage girl...
Fruits Basket, High Speed Jessie, Kaleido Star, Kizuna, Nozomi Witches
Nana Toshi Monogatari
Here's another project that BlueFixer asked Orphan to redo: the two-part sci-fi OVA Nana Toshi Monogatari: Hokkyokukai Sensen ( A Tale of S...
Cherry no Manma, Everlasting Heart, D4 Princess, Sore Ike! Anpanman, Black Lion
Sotsugyou: Graduation
There are lots of OVAs with Graduation in the title. This one is the two episode OVA from 1995. It is based on a dating sim game and…
Boku no Boukuugou, Cerberus, Fruits Basket, RahXephon, Sailor Victory
The story of Two Watches and RahXephon — an #AniTwitWatches post
So I’m writing about RahXephon again. A few months ago, we finished up watching RahXephon as part of #anitwitwatches. What is #anitwitwatches, you might ask? Well, it’s a…
Four Pretty Good Science Fiction Netflix Original Anime (A.I.C.O., Godzilla x 2, and Orbital Children)
There are plenty of science fiction anime out there and they're mostly okay at best, just like television science fiction in general. Ratin...
RahXephon, Revisions, FLCL, Godzilla Singular Point, Godzilla: The Planet Eater
From Dennou Coil To The Orbital Children: Mitsuo Iso, Animating The Future
Nearly 15 years since the cult hit Dennou Coil, its spiritual successor The Orbital Children has just been released. This is the story of how and why they…
Imitation Gold – Muv Luv Alternative Total Eclipse Spoiler Review
I’ve talked a few times in this blog about imitations, the usually lesser offspring of greater progenitors. Yuki Yuna is a Hero from Madoka Magica. RahXephon from Neon…
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[seven – Rahxephon] the garden of everything
Spotify Wrapped was a thing that happened. And whilst everyone seemed to agree that it was kinda dumb and pointless, it was still really fun to do, especially…
(#AniTwitWatches) RahXephon: Realm of Gods
So RahXephon and Evangelion. It feels like no matter what happens in my life, I will always watch something Evangelion followed by RahXephon or RahXephon followed by Evangelion.…
What I Watched This Week – 9/19-9/25
RahXephon – This twenty-year-old mecha series delivered pretty much everything I like in a mecha series. It had your standard reluctant hero grappling with the mental burden of…
The Otakusphere: Wonder Egg, Dino King and can anyone stop Goku
Good morning, afternoon or evening wherever you are in the world. It’s Sunday in my corner of the hinterlands, which means it’s time for another trip around the…
Classroom of the Elite, RahXephon, Sword of the Stranger, WONDER EGG PRIORITY, X-Men
The Newtypes Episode 13: Iruma-kun 2nd Season, RahXephon, and Blazblue
Welcome to the The Newtypes podcast's 13th episode, where things happen outside of the Soyokaze, and 3 weebs talk about Iruma-kun S2 again, RahXephon again, and Blazblue, marking…
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun, Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 2, RahXephon
Animecast: Aliens Speed Watch My Censored Anime at 1000x Speed
The hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast are here to give the rundown on anime news of today. Listen in and get caught up, or just get their…
Super Cub, Tokyo Revengers, Clannad, Knights of Sidonia, Overlord
Neon Genesis Evangelion. Aged Anime 1995- 1996.
The original anime TV series Neon Genesis Evangelion has aged pretty well with its classic hand drawn animation. This franchise has captured...
Sensou Douwa: Boku no Boukuugou
Sensou Douwa ( War Tales or War Fables ) was a series of TV specials by Shin-Ei Animation that ran annually from 2002 to 2009. In…
Futatsu no Kurumi, Gravitation TV, RahXephon, Yakeato no, Okashi no Ki, Fire Emblem
RahXephon does NOT equal Evangelion
I am writing this post in the hope of ending a needless and futile debate. I’m writing it knowing that I’m talking about the anime community, and unnecessary…
Anime Cover Art is AWESOME!
Today I take a look at anime cover art, key visuals, whatever the heck you want to call them, and why they are so gosh darn cool! Full Haruhiko…
.hack//Roots, Gunbuster, RahXephon, The Skull Man, Wolf's Rain
RahXephon
[Spoilers abound!] RahXephon (2002) Today I’m starting with a thank you to In Search of Number Nine because I think that without these great posts, I would have…
The Cry of Hope at the end of RahXephon
Here I am at the end of RahXephon. Have you ever had a series that you watched at a pivotal time in your fandom, and it will always…
The Odds and Ends of RahXephon
I’m nearly at the end of talking about RahXephon. Well, maybe not. I’ll probably never stop talking about RahXephon, but I’ve spent three months on my blog largely…
I may just get you Haruka Shitow
Do you ever have relationships with characters? I don’t mean the “this is my waifu or husbando” kind of relationship, or the “that guy/gal is super cool and…
A boy, his pet rock and Makoto Isshiki’s Operation Downfall in RahXephon
If you asked me who my favorite character was in RahXephon, I would be torn between two choices. The first one is pretty obvious — Jin Kunigi. I…
The tragedy in Episode 19 of RahXephon
I don’t think I can write an entire series about RahXephon and skip out on talking about Episode 19, or really the tragedy that surrounds Hiroko Asahina. By…
The portrait of an artist as a young man in RahXephon
The longer I watch RahXephon, the more I become convinced that this is not a show about the human condition. Sure. There are elements in the show that…
If you meet the RahXephon on the road, do you kill it?
I’ve spent most of the morning trying to decide what I wanted to say about the most pivotal moment in RahXephon. If there is a single episode where…
Is RahXephon a mecha show?
When I was writing about Evangelion, I said the angels don’t matter. Perhaps it could be better stated that the angels are only important to the story when…
Rejecting the letterboxed world in RahXephon
Way back at the end of December, when I started these posts, I said I would likely revisit the themes of RahXephon. Well here I am, one month…
Why we need to stop comparing RahXephon characters to Eva
One of the first things I ever wrote on this blog was about the common comparison between RahXephon and Evangelion. In a nutshell, people will often go with…
The Bluebird of Sadness in RahXephon
Of all of the characters in RahXephon, Jin Kunigi is my favorite. There is a piece of myself that hates this realization. He is exactly the character that…
The Ice Prince and His Brother The Sun in RahXephon
Beware! For ahead lay mild spoilers for RahXephon, or at least items I did not pick up until the second or third time I watched it. You have…
The story of two girls and trauma in RahXephon
This is a post about two girls. Well, not really two girls, but a picture of two girls in an image of RahXephon. It’s really the childhood selves…
The War of Misunderstandings in RahXephon
For the past few days, I’ve been struggling with how to explore the larger war in RahXephon. Unlike other shows, RahXephon seems to be difficult for me to…
How RahXephon is more like Gundam than Eva
One of the temptations I’ve faced as I’ve been watching RahXephon is to compare it to Neon Genesis Evangelion. There are two reasons for that. The first is…
Impressions: Garo, Revisions, Parasyte and 91 Days
In between watching RahXephon for the millionth time and watching The Witcher, I’ve been watching a bunch of anime that I’ve missed in the past 10 years. One…
A gilded cage and the girl in the painting in RahXephon
As I started watching RahXephon, I struggled with where to start talking about it. The themes in this show really are set in motion at the very start,…
What I talk about when I talk about RahXephon
I can still remember the first time I watched the final moments of RahXephon. I remember the dingy college apartment, the hand-me-down couch, the giant CRT television and…
The Otakusphere: Inside baseball, Christian symbolism and neat blogs
Yes this is another Sunday morning. Do people still take Sunday drives anymore. I got to thinking about this after listening to one of my old favorite AMVs.…
Redshift #34
Welcome back! This post covers blogging, podcasting and translation activity up to 31 August, in keeping with our trial of a monthly posting schedule. If things go to…
INTERVIEW: YUTAKA NAKAMURA (WEB ANIME STYLE, 7/19/2003) PART 3
The following interview was originally posted on WEB Anime Style on July 19th, 2003. The interview has been translated by Twitter user @kiirobon © 2018 Wave Motion Cannon The final portion of…
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Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Ouran High School Host Club, RahXephon, Baccano!
My Top 10 Anime Characters Discovered in 2016
Belated New Year’s greetings dear readers! Whatever you did to acknowledge another trip around the sun, I hope you enjoyed it! This time last year I cast my…
Wind ~ A Breath of Heart 07 - A Bridge to Starry Skies
Well, whaddaya know, two beach episodes in a row, and I'm not even working on RahXephon! Feast your some obviously performance-enhanced b...
The Anime Music Tournament 2013 Bracket Osaka – Round 1 – Polls 1-8 “Analysis”
By TheBigN Like the post from the Naota bracket, I post here with one half of brackets completed, and the other half close to finishing. As were nearing…
2002: Anime Rising to the Top - Believe it!
Savanna Smith, more commonly known around the net as "lostty", has been into anime for over five years. Although she is currently stuck in...
Azumanga Daioh: The Animation, Hidamari Sketch, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed, RahXephon, .hack//Sign