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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Novel Vol.3: White Maze Review
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…
DoctorKev
Jun 10
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex Novel Vol. 2: Revenge Of The Cold Machines Review
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…
DoctorKev
Jun 8
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex Novel Vol. 1: The Lost Memory Review
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…
DoctorKev
Jun 7
Love Is In The Air this Spring 2024 Anime Season
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.
Marquan
Jun 6
Masamune Shirow’s Intron Depot 1 Review
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…
DoctorKev
Jun 5
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Manga Volumes 1–5 Review
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…
DoctorKev
Jun 2
The Serial Betrayal of an Audience
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 than I…
Naruto Johnson
Jun 1
The Ghost in the Shell: The Human Algorithm Manga Volumes 1–4 Review
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…
DoctorKev
May 30
AniTAY Podcast S9 E9: Skeleton Murder Bunny
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.
thatsma pizza
May 29
Ghost in the Shell: Arise ~Sleepless Eye~ Manga Review: Kodansha’s K Manga App is Evil
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
May 25
Doctorkev’s Thoughts on the Spring 2024 Anime Season Part 2: New Shows
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
May 19
Doctorkev’s Thoughts on the Spring 2024 Anime Season Part 1: Sequels and Ongoing Shows
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…
DoctorKev
May 18
Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) Anime Movie Review
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…
DoctorKev
May 16
The Spring 2024 AniTAY Sequel Guide
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.
Protonstorm
May 13
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence: After the Long Goodbye Novel Review
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…
DoctorKev
May 12
Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell (1995) — Anime Movie Review
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…
DoctorKev
May 11
We Had A Good Run…
We Had A Good Run…
“It’s a damn shame. I’d hope to give them a proper sendoff…”
Dark Aether
May 10
AniTAY Podcast S9 E8: Stressful in Dungeon
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.
thatsma pizza
May 9
A Beautiful Memory — The Unyielding Hope of Radiant’s Seth
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…
Dark Aether
May 6
Random Anime Review: Osamu Tezuka’s Phoenix 2772 — Space Firebird (1980)
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…
DoctorKev
May 4
SPY x FAMILY CODE: White Anime Movie Review
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…
DoctorKev
Apr 28
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie (2015) Review
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…
DoctorKev
Apr 27
Ghost in the Shell: Arise Borders 1–5 Anime Review
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)…
DoctorKev
Apr 26
AniTAY Podcast S9 E7: Gugsy’s Latest War Crime
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…
Kevin Mai - Reikaze
Apr 24
Random Anime Blu-ray Review: Pompo the Cinephile Collector’s Edition
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…
DoctorKev
Apr 14
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