Tag: Animation
REVIEW: Big Hero 6 (2014)
“No, don’t push us away, Hiro. We’re here for you.” Based on an obscure Marvel comic, Disney Animation’s Big Hero 6 was the mother studio’s first superhero movie. Of course, the acquired Marvel Studios had already proven how lucrative the genre could be, and Pixar’s...
Read MoreREVIEW: My Hero Academia Season 1 (2016)
I always feel like I have to proceed with caution when I start a new action/adventure anime. This is especially true when it’s being adapted from an ongoing manga that has no intentions of ending anytime soon. The common pitfalls of these longer-running anime usually mean I skip them, but this...
Read MoreREVIEW: Big Hero 6: The Series – Season 1, Episode 17 “Mini-Max”
“I don’t have internal organs!” *Spoilers* In “Mini-Max,” Fred is left to battle Globby alone as his friends are all in class. However, Fred destroys public property and creates a huge mess in his attempts to stop Globby, who still ultimately gets away. Hiro develops a small bot to keep an...
Read MoreREVIEW: Frozen (2013)
“What power do you have to stop this winter? To stop me?” Frozen has an interesting history. A loose adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen, it was originally intended to stay closer to the original story. It was in and out of production from Walt’s time until it was ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Spice and Wolf (2008)
One criticism I have for anime as a whole is that it seems like there is a lack of variation in their stories. If you’re exposed to enough anime, it’s easy to identify that certain shows are blatant ripoffs of others. This is why I get excited when I find a series that isn’t like &...
Read MoreREVIEW: Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure – Season 2, Episode 8 “King Pascal”
*Spoilers* “King Pascal” begins with the group on a makeshift boat, trying to remain calm as a storm comes. Rapunzel gives everyone tasks except for Pascal, who she urges to hide below deck. The chameleon sees that the jib of the mast is loose and tries to re-tie it, but ends up falling and ...
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