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“Hollow Hunger” — Overlord and a Complicated Viewing Experience
I’m coming in hot this time, Overlord has caused me more frustration than anything I can remember watching in the last few years. Four…
Masamune Shirow’s Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface Manga Review
Finally, I’ve reached the (probable) end of my enormous Ghost in the Shell (GitS) retrospective article series, with this, my 36th article…
Masamune Shirow’s Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human Error Processor Manga Review
Although my recent coverage of the vastness of the Ghost in the Shell (GitS) franchise lately has been nothing short of exhaustive (and…
The Summer 2024 AniTAY Sequel Guide
Got an anime backlog to fill? Check out our hot summer sequel guide for some suggestions to keep you inside in the cool!
Ghost in the Shell: Virtual Reality Diver VR 360 Video Review
Just when I think I’ve exhausted every single animated incarnation of Ghost in the Shell (GitS), my online detective work finds yet another…
Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex Official Log 1 DVD/Guide Book Review
Until recently, I had no idea this hardback book/DVD combo even existed — it completely passed me by upon its release in 2005. That’s been…
Ghost In The Shell SAC_2045 Official Visual Book Review
While it seems like the 2020–2022 anime series Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 may be generally disliked (unfairly in my opinion) by the vast…
Doctorkev’s Spring 2024 Anime Postmortem: Part 2
Some of this season’s anime really left the conclusion of their runs right up to the wire, only ending today on the last day of June! Some…
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Masamune Shirow’s PIECES Gem 01 [The Ghost in the Shell Data +α] Art Book Review
Published in 2014 to mark Ghost in the Shell’s 25th anniversary (the first manga chapter was published in March 1989), this small hardback…
The Art of Ghost in the Shell Hardcover Review
If there was one positive aspect of director Rupert Sanders’ 2017 live action movie version of Ghost in the Shell, it was the phenomenal…
AniTAY Podcast S9 E11: The Episode with Yuri Subtext
It’s the end of Spring, you know what that means… YURI subtext. AniTAY discusses the end of the season and one show with yuri… ENJOY!
Doctorkev’s Spring 2024 Anime Postmortem: Part 1
It’s that time of the season where I look back with regret that once again I was unable to contain myself and ended up watching far too…
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Ani-Manga Box Set Review
The idea of using photographs to produce comics has been around for a long time, across many cultures, appearing to originate in 1940s…
Ghost in the Shell: The Official Movie Novelization Review
I often wonder what the point of movie novelisations are in the modern day. When I was a kid, novelisations played an important role —…
Ghost in the Shell (2017) Live Action Movie Review
It was inevitable that we would eventually find ourselves here. After spending months delving deeply into the voluminous Ghost in the Shell…
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045: Sustainable War Movie Review
Now that I’ve covered all three of the mid-2000s Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex films (The Laughing Man, Individual Eleven, and…
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Individual Eleven OVA Review
Yesterday I reviewed the first Stand Alone Complex (SAC) compilation OVA/movie that streamlined the first season’s Laughing Man storyline…
AniTAY Podcast S9 E10: This Episode was Sponsored By Netflix
This week’s members: DocKev, Gugsy, Marquan, and Requiem, with Reikaze handling the editing duties.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: The Laughing Man OVA Review
What, exactly, are the point of compilation films? In the context of popular TV anime shows, it seems they mainly exist to re-package and…
Ghost in the Shell: Comic Tribute Review
We’re really getting into the weeds with this one. Up until now I’ve done my best to cover everything Ghost in the Shell published in…
The Ghost in the Shell: Global Neural Network Review
Despite originating as a Japanese property, first with a manga written and drawn by Masamune Shirow, and a subsequent anime movie directed…
The Ghost in the Shell: Five New Short Stories Review
Around of the time of 2017’s Hollywood live action Ghost in the Shell movie there were a flurry of tie-in books published. Apart from the…
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Novel Vol.3: White Maze Review
With this third Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex novel, I come to the end of Junichi Fujisaku’s work on the franchise (apart from…
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex Novel Vol. 2: Revenge Of The Cold Machines Review
Revenge of the Cold Machines is the second in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex TV scriptwriter Junichi Fujisaku’s trilogy of spinoff…
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex Novel Vol. 1: The Lost Memory Review
Which writers or directors immediately spring to mind when you think of Ghost in the Shell (GitS)? Original author Masamune Shirow is a…
Love Is In The Air this Spring 2024 Anime Season
There are fewer things in life I enjoy more than a good romance. Now, let’s check out what this anime season is offering us.
Masamune Shirow’s Intron Depot 1 Review
As a manga-obsessed kid in the early 1990s, the art of Masamune Shirow had an enormous impact on my adolescence. In my mind, the artists…
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Manga Volumes 1–5 Review
Sometimes, when you read tie-in media, do you wonder why does this exist? In the Very Far Before Times, before even DVDs, before even VHS…
The Serial Betrayal of an Audience
It has been almost four years since The Day I Became a God aired, and I would be lying to say I don’t think about it more frequently…
The Ghost in the Shell: The Human Algorithm Manga Volumes 1–4 Review
As part of my ongoing Ghost in the Shell (GitS) retrospective, I recently reviewed the surprisingly good manga adaptation of the Arise…
AniTAY Podcast S9 E9: Skeleton Murder Bunny
It is known that the most fearsome animal is the bunny. So, if someone is said to be bunny like, avoid them at all costs.
Ghost in the Shell: Arise ~Sleepless Eye~ Manga Review: Kodansha’s K Manga App is Evil
Now that I’ve watched and reviewed my way through the vast majority of animated adaptations of Masamune Shirow’s Ghost in the Shell (GitS)…
Doctorkev’s Thoughts on the Spring 2024 Anime Season Part 2: New Shows
Yesterday, I covered this season’s heavy weighting of sequels and ongoing shows, but now it’s the turn of new, shiny anime! Apart from the…
Doctorkev’s Thoughts on the Spring 2024 Anime Season Part 1: Sequels and Ongoing Shows
Once upon a time it seemed like few TV anime — even popular shows — got sequels. Each season maybe one or two shows would be sequels, but…
Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) Anime Movie Review
If I’d been hesitant to review Mamoru Oshii’s first Ghost in the Shell (GitS) movie, then I dreaded returning to review his follow-up…
The Spring 2024 AniTAY Sequel Guide
The Spring 2024 Sequel Guide is here at last! As you will see, this season continues the trend of airing tons of high profile sequel series.
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence: After the Long Goodbye Novel Review
Before I review Innocence, Mamoru Oshii’s 2004 follow up to his 1995 Ghost in the Shell movie, I thought it might be fun to look at the…
Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell (1995) — Anime Movie Review
For the past few months, I’ve been sporadically reviewing my way through the labyrinthine Ghost in the Shell (GitS) franchise. Faithful…
We Had A Good Run…
“It’s a damn shame. I’d hope to give them a proper sendoff…”
AniTAY Podcast S9 E8: Stressful in Dungeon
Don’t you just hate it when you use dark magic and it comes back to bite you immediately? Welcome to the 2nd half of Delicious in Dungeon.
A Beautiful Memory — The Unyielding Hope of Radiant’s Seth
Since time immemorial, humanity has tried to make sense of the natural world and humanity’s penchant towards chaos through myths, religion…
Random Anime Review: Osamu Tezuka’s Phoenix 2772 — Space Firebird (1980)
There’s a first time for everything. At six years of age, the English-dubbed PAL VHS version of Osamu Tezuka’s 1980 Phoenix 2772 — Love’s…
SPY x FAMILY CODE: White Anime Movie Review
There’s a common criticism of the manga/anime Spy x Family from “fans” online, where they spectacularly miss the point of the entire story…
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie (2015) Review
Authors should really consider the longevity of the titles they choose for their work. Back in 2015 when this film, the capstone to the…
Ghost in the Shell: Arise Borders 1–5 Anime Review
It’s been a while, but finally, as promised, I’ve returned to Japanese mangaka Masamune Shirow’s voluminous Ghost in the Shell (GitS)…
AniTAY Podcast S9 E7: Gugsy’s Latest War Crime
It’s a new season, and that means a lot of new anime to talk about, and takes so bad they could be considered war crimes! Join DocKev…
Random Anime Blu-ray Review: Pompo the Cinephile Collector’s Edition
It’s been a while coming, but I finally saw an anime movie I’ve wanted to see ever since distributor All the Anime advertised it as part of…
AniTAY Podcast S9 E6.5: Spring 2024 Anime Preview
Another year has passed and we’re back with the best season of the year! Also, there’s new anime too.
Persona 3 Reload: Death, Sacrifice and Resurrection at Easter-time
Although Easter Sunday itself was a week ago (at least outside of the various Orthodox Christian churches), according to the US Dioceses’…
A Radiant Heart — Mélie
“It means you’re gonna have to struggle, just like everyone else does. We all have things we have to push through.” Near the middle of Radiant’s second season,…