All posts filed under "Historical"

Mar 01

User Submitted Review- Hetalia: Axis Powers

I first heard about Hetalia shortly after the anime came out. The idea of personified nations hadn’t intrigued me at all, and while the art was cute, I didn’t bother checking it out. It wasn’t until a month or so later that a friend sent me an episode at random and told me to ignore the main part, and skip straight to the series “mini-story,” Chibitalia.

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Dec 21

Dororo

Words can’t express how much I love this movie but I will try my best to… It’s a given that the plot is killer and it also has an awesome soundtrack, but what struck me the most was how visually stunning it is. Being filmed in New Zealand and also having Kou Shibasaki and Satoshi Tsumabuki as the leading roles probably helped with that a lot. Besides the shallow bits (on my part) the movie is one of the better flowing and well plotted Japanese live action movies that I’ve seen.

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Dec 07

Le Chevalier D'Eon Review

This story has everything: pre-revolutionary France, a murder mystery, sword fights, zombies, battle-through-poetry-readings. It’s been a long while since I’ve been this impressed with an anime. The art is breathtaking, they have a first class (Japanese) voice acting cast, and it’s historical. I love historical, behind-the-scenes stories. You know, the ones that tell what REALLY happened, which usually involves possessed flying evil skulls somewhere in them.

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