Animanga

XYZ , do these 3 letters mean anything to you? No, they don't serve to censor swear words... In short, it's clear that you don't buy the Star Comics comic... SHAME! That's enough, I can't do a review for some people, I'm leaving... OK, I'm done, I'm being serious! So, as I think few of you know, XYZ are the 3 magical letters that you have to write on the blackboard of the Shinjuku station to have Ryo Saeba at your service!!! CITY HUNTER! or the best sweeper in the square. First of all, it must be specified that "sweeper" does not really mean a killer, but the one who deals on behalf of third parties with a...

After a period of stagnation in which publishers have limited themselves to presenting new releases of ongoing series, at the beginning of the 2000 we started to see new faces. Along with "GTO" comes " Eat-Man ," based on the anime book of the same name by Akihito Yoshitomi : those who have started reading manga decades ago may remember this title. The series is a Bandai Visual production made by Studio Deen , whose TV series "Maison Ikkoku" we were able to appreciate in Italy, but to whom we also owe more recent series such as the animated version of "Fruits Basket." The main protagonist is Bolt Crank , a professional adventurer, who wou...

You think about Takehiko Inoue and “Slam Dunk”, “Vagabond”, “Real” comes to mind. You think about Rumiko Takahashi and “Lamù”, “Ranma 1/2”, “Inuyasha” comes to mind. You think about Monkey Punch and “Lupin the Third” comes to mind. Stop. Few other authors of the Japanese anime scene have linked their name so inextricably to a single character, capable with his own endless and imperishable fame of "vampirising" the one who life has given him. The masterpiece had already been completed, and the brave Monkey Punch (stage name of Kazuhiko Kato) did not oppose particular resistance to the siren song of oblivion. Since then he has practical...

Cinema, the art par excellence that is based on visual pleasure. Authorial tests of all kinds have attempted (and succeeded) to distance it from its origins and have demonstrated how the images that run frenetically before our eyes and on the screen can go far beyond the sole and sublime pleasure of seeing. However, some works bring us back to the original nature of this means of communication, that of pure visual entertainment. One of these works is precisely " Aika " and, as often happens, to draw our attention to the honest images proposed, it uses the candid bodies of sweet, discretely dressed babes. The work of the Fantasia studio is...

Takumi and Itsuki are two high school students who work part-time at a gas station. Due to the latter's unbridled passion for motor racing, they become friends with the Akina Speed ​​Stars , a team of young local drivers who usually meet on Akina's pass on Saturday nights to test their skills. The entry into the scene of the fearsome Takahashi brothers , leader of the rival team Red Suns , throws havoc among the Speed ​​Stars, technically inferior and completely unprepared to face a challenge. Only one person could overturn the result in favor of Akina's team; he drives a low-powered car and delivers tofu every morning before...

The sentimental comedy is a genre that has accompanied every step of the evolution of Japanese animation: if the previous generation loved "Kimagure Orange Road" or "Video Girl Ai" (the very first manga of the post-Granata Press era) modern fans have fantasized about series such as "Love Hina" or "Chobits". But every kind of success leads to a great proliferation of clone titles, and quality series like those mentioned are often accompanied by hordes of uninspired anime and manga that only march on the usual stereotypes. So let's see the value of "Hand Maid May", among the revived DVDs of the old VHS Dynit catalogue. Kazuya Saotome , ...

The histrionic giggle, the cigarette in the mouth, the ready joke and the easy gun, a vaguely monkey-like appearance and the ability to never give up. Lupin III also presents himself like this, as he can present himself in many different ways. It is difficult to think of a more histrionic and more exploitable character in the commercial and non-commercial fields then Lupin the Third. Thus he witnessed the proliferation of gadgets and merchandising of various kinds, but also the creation of a surprising number of television specials. The second in this long series is precisely " Mystery of the Hemingway Papers ", released by the skilful di...

Studio Gonzo is one of Japan's most acclaimed and prolific animation studios, producing many of the biggest television hits such as "Vandread," "Hellsing," "Full Metal Panic!" or "Last Exile", but the list is much longer. A remarkable curriculum, above all considering that it is only since 1992 that the company has acquired its own specific physiognomy and a characterizing stylistic guideline. However, the general Italian public got to know this team only starting from October 2001, when "Blue Submarine No. 6", reviewed here, was broadcast on the frequencies of the MTV television channel, helping to strengthen that partnership between...

The charm of the uniform has always had a hold on girls. The reason is quite easy to understand, given that a uniform would make anyone look attractive. If this applies to boys, imagine two girls, already well supplied by mother nature, wrapped in two skintight policewoman uniforms and complete with a miniskirt... if all this had an effective confirmation in reality, probably the people who would crowd the various public competitions would be even more than they already are. This to introduce the first two OVAs of " Taiho shichauzo! " (also known as "You are under arrest!"), taken from the first work of Kozuke Fujishima , author of "Oh my...

Berserk - TV series How cute is this bunny ... splat!!!! Oops, my 100-pound broadsword fell off ... does anyone want to be crushed? Today I want to tell you about the Berserk TV series. What do you want me to tell you? What did you say? That you didn't understand a heck? Well, I understand you, I don't understand that guy either and sometimes, probably, he doesn't understand himself either. Oh well I understand, in this review I have to do everything myself ... The story of the TV series follows more or less that of the manga: Gatsu , a man with a mysterious past, enjoys killing monsters in search of an elusive Grifis , part o...