Azumanga Daioh is yet another school life comedy featuring a group of high school girls. The series has been praised for its off-beat humor driven by eccentric characters. Chiyo Mihama is a genius in every sense of the word. She skipped five grades, entering high school at age 10. Despite the huge age gap, she […]
Category: Xbolt’s Anime Reviews
Ghost in the Shell
Cowboy Bebop
An Anime Review by Xbolt WOOHOOO!! Cowbooooys…Innn….SPAAACE!!! First aired in 1998, Cowboy Bebop is another oldie with high ratings. But this time, I feel the praise is more justly deserved than that of Neon Genesis Evangelion, which I reviewed in the March issue. Set in the year 2071, Cowboy Bebop tells the story of some […]
Strawberry Marshmallow
Strawberry Marshmallow (Ichigo Mashimaro) is another school life comedy, all about comedic situations rather than an overall storyline. However, instead of high school girls, this time we have elementary school girls. And one college girl. Nobue Ito is the eldest of the group. (By far. She is twenty.) She is Chika’s older sister, but all […]
Neon Genesis Evangelion
K-On!
The title ‘K-On!’ is derived from the Japanese word for light music, keiongaku. The story revolves around four girls who form a light music club upon entering high school. They dream of performing at the Budokan, a very famous concert hall in Tokyo. Yui Hirasawa is a very shy girl, who is not very athletic, […]
Planetes
An Anime Review by Xbolt. WOOHOOO!! Garbagemennnn…Innn….SPAAACE!!! And there you have the basic setting for Planetes. The year is 2075. It has been over a century since mankind first ventured out into space, and in that time, we have established permanent bases on the Moon, and we have set foot on Mars. Unfortunately, we have […]
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is… different than I was expecting. At first glance, I thought it was going to be some high school drama kind of thing. But what do I find upon watching it? A quasi-science fiction story! I totally did not expect that. The story follows Haruhi Suzumiya, a first-year high school […]
Kanon
Code Geass
And now, the second anime in my series: Code Geass. At its heart, Code Geass is about giant robots fighting each other. There, I bet you’re interested already. 😀 Code Geass is set in an alternate universe, where three superpowers control the world: the Holy Britannia Empire, the Euro Universe, and the Chinese Federation. Britannia […]
Lucky Star
Today, I’m going to be starting a new series, wherein I review anime. Lucky Star is a “slice-of-life” anime. Meaning, it tells the everyday story of a group of ordinary high school girls. No big, dramatic, epic battle for world domination or anything like that. Instead, the girls are gifted with more than your average […]