In the 1950s, the prospering Japanese film industry reinvented the “monster movie.” The giant monsters of the era were “kaiju” that often symbolized the effects of pollution, such as radiation and hydrogen bomb experiments. In the 1960s and 70s, the “hero show” was born. Brave heroes challenged the kaiju on prime time television, and the …
This post contains spoilers for Fullmetal Alchemist, the Fullmetal Alchemist anime and won't make any sense if you haven't seen at least one of them. Perhaps a natural consequence of being a Japanese student at university, I have recently found myself drawn slowly back into the murky waters of anime. A big contributor to this …
This post contains heavy spoilers for the ending of Ghost Trick, and I recommend having played the game before reading. I view it as a mark of shame on my own self that it has taken me this long to finish playing Ghost Trick. I have owned the game on DS and iOS for a …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO40Nlcc-As As promised, this month's post is something a bit different to the norm; a commentary of an episode of The Big Bang Theory, providing some rough reasons why I think the show really isn't very good. This is my first video, and, much like my thoughts towards my early blog posts, I can see …
2017 continues to prove itself excellent as we move into the realm of cinema; I've seen about 50 films this year, so not everything, but not a shabby amount either, and there's a lot to recommend. You might notice that this list is in alphabetical order; that's because I was, in fact, having such a …
Because of their nature as more time consuming and expensive than films and tv shows, I didn't get the chance to play too many games in 2017 (something further complicated by me moving somewhere without a TV in September). But the games I did manage to play were almost all at a higher standard than …
This post contains spoilers for the entire Danganronpa series. I recommend having played the games before reading this, or you won't understand much of it. Recently I held a poll on my twitter as to which game I should review this month. The choices were between Danganronpa V3, a game most people had at this …
