Tag: anime

From The Vault: Drill, Baby, Drill

Watching Gurren-Hen last night, I come back to the reasons why I fell in love with Gurren Lagann in the first place. I want to revisit that. Courtesy Rabbitpoets, will credit original artist! When I encounter a new story that I find myself enjoying thoroughly, there’s a part of me that can’t just leave it… Continue reading From The Vault: Drill, Baby, Drill

IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Akira

{no audio this week – sorry for the inconvenience!} Many authors have speculated that we as a species are walking a knife’s edge between transcending our previous limitations in terms of body, mind, and spirit, and falling into an inevitable downward spiral of self-destruction we’re simply too lazy to avert. It’s a resonant message and… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Akira

IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! HALO Legends

[audio:http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/uploads/halo.mp3] So a few years ago this new sci-fi franchise got started. It had some interesting ideas based on established literature and the first entry did a lot better than anybody could have expected. It spawned a couple of sequels that really didn’t measure up to the original but people really ate it up anyway… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! HALO Legends

IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Lady Death

[audio:http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/uploads/lady_death.mp3] Not every adaptation has to be 100% accurate in its translation of the source material. I mean, honestly, how would the Lord of the Rings film trilogy had been helped by the presence of Tom Bombadil? In spite of his absence, the films are faithful to the spirit of the books, encapsulating the epic… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Lady Death

IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Titan A.E.

[audio:http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/uploads/titanae.mp3] “Science fiction” is a broader term than you might think. It covers a wide variety of stories, from the space exploration and future cultures of Star Trek to the time-travelling shenanigans of Doctor Who. In the best cases when it comes to science fiction films, these stories use their outlandish or otherworldly settings to… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Titan A.E.

IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie

[audio:http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/uploads/yugioh.mp3] There is a difference, in my mind, between a request and a challenge. A request is somebody asking an artist to do something for a personal reason – they have a particular subject they want exalted, or a pet peeve they’re dying to see run into the ground. A challenge, on the other hand,… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie

IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Ghost in the Shell

[audio:http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/uploads/gits.mp3] Back in the days of the late 80s and early 90s, when the excess of the previous decade were giving way to the ‘edgy’ goth culture that emerged to dominate a lot of the media in the next – The Crow, Spawn, A Nightmare Before Christmas, etc – America was getting its first real… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Ghost in the Shell

IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Pokémon 3

This week’s IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! brought to you by a generous donation by Rachel Kraft. Thank you for your support! [audio:http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/uploads/pokemon.mp3] I went into this knowing I’m probably not the right audience for the film. I’m not an adolescent and my brain is, as far as I can tell, relatively intact and undamaged. However,… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Pokémon 3