Here's a wonderful example of the "wide-screen baroque" school of anime science fiction, the 1987 movie MAPS: Densetsu no Samayoeru Seijin-t...
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Maps
OMG. Did Google Maps create a series of their own?! Well, it is no surprise seeing many years ago we had a movie about emojis. A freaking movie…
MAPS (Inka-Orphan)
We did a joint project with Orphan on MAPS - Densetsu no Samayoeru Seijin-tachi ! Check it out on their blog! And grab it off Nyaa!
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I try not to judge a book by its cover, but the image of a confidant fortuneteller holding a crystal ball with some monstrous faces floating inside on…
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「平和で楽しい学園生活」 (Heiwa de Tanoshii Gakuen Seikatsu) "Enjoying Our Time at School in Peace" Doke doke dokeeeeee~.
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Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi is another of those ongoing manga adaptations whose endgame is a total mystery to me. Read more
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「黒南」 (Kuro Minami) "The Black South" Rin woke up today and weighed violence!
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I demand Rei and Asuka immediately. Read more
Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi – 06
Now there's something you don't see in anime every day. Read more
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This episode had that one really sharp pebble in the shoe. Read more
Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi – 07
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「色」 (Iro) "Color" Turns out the demons were no match for the Idaten.
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「魔」 (Ma) "Demons" I bought this cool robot and I’m feeling batchyrogeh about it. (Don’t ask what it means! ★)
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「黄雀」 (Kōjaku) "Yellow Sparrow" It's not an Idaten episode if Hayato is not getting beaten to a pulp.
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「飄」 (Hyō) "Whirlwind" A little body horror here, some shonen action there, mix until we get Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi.
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「煙」 (Kemuri) "Smoke" Running away from your problems, is always the best solution!
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「平穏」 (Heion) "Peacetime" 800 years ago a war reigned in the land, now the Idaten know only peace. Until they don't.
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Never judge a book by its cover. And in my case, never judge an anime by its title. Yup, it’s one of those times where I thought Angel…
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Rokudou no Onna-tachi (Rokudo’s Bad Girls)
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「腥」 (Namagusa) "Smells Fishy" So we’re getting a second season of this or what?
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