’90s
Noah’s Barks pages covering things relating to the years 1990 to 1999, i.e. the ’90s.
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Getter Robo: Armageddon
Everything hits the fan in Getter Robo: Armageddon, a retelling, celebration, and epic finale to the iconic super robot franchise. (read more)
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Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
The 08th MS Team grounds the Gundam franchise in guerilla warfare, with relatable characters and focused, tight storytelling. (Includes "A Battle with the Third Dimension," "Miller’s Report") (read more)
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Shin Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation
Years after watching it, the only thing I remember about Tokyo Revelation is its openly gay character. I couldn’t even remember that it wasn’t called "Tokyo Revolution." (read more)
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Ninja Scroll
Exotic powers and fantastical fights galore and gore in ‘Ninja Scroll,’ essentially an R-rated "battle shonen" adventure. (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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Serial Experiments Lain: The Nightmare of Fabrication
‘The Nightmare of Fabrication’ is a short, one-shot spinoff of the classic anime series ‘Serial Experiments Lain.’ (read more)
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Serial Experiments Lain
‘Serial Experiments Lain’ is a gripping, shockingly prescient, surrealist metaphorical exploration of how the internet can warp one’s self-perception and their relationship to the world around them. (read more)
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Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem
This dead-end pilot for a cancelled ‘Fire Emblem’ anime series was better than I expected, and it does about as good a job of adapting its source material as one could hope for. (read more)
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Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Restoration Royalists
This animated Rurouni Kenshin feature film is yet another uninspired cash-in on a popular shonen IP. (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)