2017
Noah’s Barks pages covering things relating to the year 2017.
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Blood on the Tracks
In ‘Blood on the Tracks,’ Shūzō Oshimi returns to psychosexual horror-drama with a story about a boy and his manipulative mother. (read more)
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No Longer Human
Junji Ito adapts ‘No Longer Human,’ one of the most famous Japanese novels. Can the supernatural horror author handle a psychological drama? (read more)
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Drifters
Seemingly not content with only ‘Fate/Zero’ wasting the concept of a war between historical legends, the author of ‘Hellsing’ attempts the same with ‘Drifters’ and does only marginally better. (Includes OVA) (read more)
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Mazinger Z: Infinity
Both a celebration and sendoff of the ‘Mazinger’ franchise, ‘Infinity’ is a joyous watch full of explosive animation that brings ‘Mazinger’ iconography more to life than ever before. (read more)
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Junji Ito: A Study From the Abyss of Horror
This isn’t a full review of this compilation. I had read all stories in here before other than ‘Masei,’ for which I wrote a single, cheap, and negative one-liner. (read more)
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Waltz
Shūzō Oshimi’s ‘Waltz’ is a 40-page one-shot about genderfluidity and two teenagers searching for individuality and self-actualization. (read more)
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Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt
‘Gundam Thunderbolt,’ which started as one of the best Gundam entries yet, returns with an underwhelming and meandering second season. (read more)
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Cloud Nothings – “Life Without Sound”
‘Life Without Sound’ is too flaccid. Even looking through the murk, there’s no killer track like "Stay Useless" or "I’m Not a Part of Me." Bummer. (read more)