Welcome to yet another Key game turned anime. Yes, once again an anime seemingly designed to break the crowds down into bawling masses started its life as one of Key’s dating sims. A rather startling difference between this title and Kanon and Air (another Key game), is the fact that unlike the other two this […]

From one anime concerning a girl reaching for her dream, and on to the next – this time we’re taking a look at Kaleido Star. Kaleido Star follows the exploits of Naegino Sora, who comes to America from Japan in order to fulfill her dream of performing on the Kaleido Stage. Sora’s quest gets off […]

Sometimes, simply having the presence of good music in an anime series can turn it away from the spectre of mediocrity and grant the show a whole new dimension that makes it worth enjoying. So was this what happened in Full Moon wo Sagashite? Well … no. So why mention it? I’ll get to that […]

With it being Valentine’s Day tomorrow, I figured what better type of anime to review than a romantic comedy – Ichigo 100%. Sure, it leans more heavily in the direction of a harem anime more than anything else, but there is romance involved there – including a couple of confused and twisted love triangles and […]

Previously, I tossed out a review of the original version of Kanon, which first aired in the first quarter of 2002. I’ve made mention of it as well in my personal top ten anime post and in that particular post I stated my preference for the original over the remake, despite its dated animation. Having […]

Before I do anything else, I think I should warn anyone about to watch this anime to expect extreme levels of cuteness – so much, in fact, that you may lose the ability to function as a normal human being for a short while. Okay, it isn’t really that bad, but is still extremely cute. […]