“I’m ready to strike them down without a moment’s hesitation or the slightest hint of regret. I can do this for you. I’m a monster and I will do what needs to be done. But what will you do? My guns are prepared for battle, my sights are trained, my magazine is fully loaded. I … Read more
As a varied art form, anime encompasses a wide range of genres. Prominent on 2020’s screens are shonen action shows like My Hero Academia; slow, relaxing slice-of-life shows like Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater; fantasy/isekai like Re:Zero; Magical High School shows like Irregular; not to mention multitudinous detective, comedy, sci-fi/mecha, and romance shows. … Read more
Greetings, friends, I hope you are all keeping well! and if not I hope you’ll indulge in some active gratitude – or as I like to call it, graTAYtude! That’s right! It may seem annoying and perhaps even trivial, but trying to find a grain of hope even when things seem awful can go a … Read more
First released in 2013, Tony Valente’s Radiant tells the story of Seth, a young apprentice sorcerer who dreams of becoming a Nemesis Hunter. Continuously on the move with his mentor Alma, the two of them are Infected – humans who came into contact with demons (Nemesis) and survived. In a world where magic is viewed … Read more
My kids and I tend to give daft nicknames to the shows we watch together. Lately, my eldest son and I have endured suspiciously immortal director Ridley Scott’s latest androids’n’misery SF depression-fest Raised by Wolves. We refer to it as “Murderbots”, an apt, snappy title. Last season, my daughter and I watched Re:Zero Season 2, but referred to it as “Misery … Read more
Hiya TAYers, ninjas are cool, right? Well, they always have been, to invoke a popular meme. Legend of Kage was a side- and vertical scrolling game where you scaled trees, threw shurikens and generally did badass ninja stuff to other red and blue-clad ninjas. I don’t think I ever got very far with this game, but … Read more
Vanillaware is one of those niche developers that the average Call of Duty/FIFA/Need for Speed gamer has never heard of, nor would likely care about. This small Japanese company releases games infrequently, but when they do they are always worth experiencing. Their signature 2D hand-painted style looks like almost nothing else, and they apply it to a … Read more
Sometimes, don’t you just want to whirl around in a frenzied spasm of destructive fury, spewing forth flames and shrapnel, igniting your surroundings in a conflagration of righteous rage? No? Has 2020 already made you numb? Let the writers of rekindle the fire in your soul as we remember the anime that made us shudder … Read more
This season, I started off pretty despondent at the lack of anime, hence the obviously exasperated tone of my halfway impressions article. Now that Summer 2020 is over (and the evenings are getting dark again — boooooo) I can look back and say that despite the great contraction in the number of new shows, some … Read more