1992
Noah’s Barks pages covering things relating to the year 1992.
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Kid Chameleon
100 levels later, ‘Kid Chameleon’ has succeeded in breaking my psyche. What have I learned from this debacle? (read more)
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Snatcher
A ten-page manga within the instruction booklet of the classic adventure video game, ‘Snatcher,’ directed by Hideo Kojima of ‘Metal Gear Solid’ fame. (read more)
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Mega Man 5
Perhaps the most forgotten entry in the classic Mega Man series, does 5 really deserve to be a mere footnote? (read more)
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Yu Yu Hakusho
Yu Yu Hakusho is the ideal blueprint for all classic shonen series, with occasional hints at where its successors would innovate. (Includes Nightmare Hakusho) (read more)
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Fire Emblem Gaiden
The oft-called "black sheep" of the ‘Fire Emblem’ series, is ‘Fire Emblem Gaiden’ as bizarre as people say? (read more)
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Porco Rosso
Will ‘Porco Rosso’ ever rise above being a middle-of-the-road Ghibli movie? Maybe when pigs fly. Oh. Damn it. (read more)
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Super Dimension Fortress Macross II: Lovers Again
The black sheep of the ‘Macross’ franchise, ‘Macross II’ was created with little involvement from the original creators. Surprisingly, it feels very on-point, but still little more than an average ’90s OVA. There are worse things something can be. (read more)
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Giant Robo the Animation: The Day the Earth Stood Still
This larger-than-life OVA transcends genres in its attempt to celebrate the works of Mitsuteru Yokoyama, and its success in doing so ensures they’ll be remembered for generations to come. (read more)
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Army of Darkness
AKA: Evil Dead III / Evil Dead 3 The best Evil Dead movie! While a great trilogy throughout, the movies (or rather Sam Raimi) are better at parody than they are at being creepy, so Army of Darkness benefits by becoming an all-out horror-themed slapstick-fest. It’s damn funny in its own right, and is more… (read more)
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Reservoir Dogs
I admit my slight unfairness when I say my only complaint about Reservoir Dogs is that it’s too short. Many great movies leave you wanting more, but here I was left needing more. I also didn’t like how a couple of the team members were completely irrelevant. These issues could solve each other. Still, it’s… (read more)