Tag: Animation
REVIEW: Disenchantment – Season 1, Part 1
“I want to get rid of all the diseases plaguing mankind… and replace them with worse ones.” Matt Groening’s newest adult cartoon series, Disenchantment, has so far been receiving mixed reviews and garnering a lot of unfair comparisons to The Simpsons and Futurama. Personally, I f...
Read MoreREVIEW: My Hero Academia Season 2 (2017)
In my review of season 1, I mentioned that My Hero Academia had the potential to be something great. I loved the foundation that was set and wanted to see some payoff in the story for all the time spent establishing the world and its main characters. I didn’t expect it to be this good, thoug...
Read MoreREVIEW: Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure – Season 2, Episode 10 “Happiness Is…”
“Nobody laughs at my claim and gets away with it. Get ’em Cass!” *Spoilers* “Happiness Is…” begins in a flashback, with the tiny island leaf people fighting over a totem. In the present day, the islanders are having a party. Eugene notices that Rapunzel isn’t at the party, but ...
Read MoreREVIEW: 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...
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