Action
Noah’s Barks pages relating to the action genre. The genre features intense or high-pressure situations often related to combat or quick maneuvering.
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Armored Trooper Votoms: The Last Red Shoulder
‘The Last Red Shoulder’ is the second all-new ‘Votoms’ OVA, and it makes watching both works entirely worth your time. (read more)
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Armored Trooper Votoms: Red Shoulder Document – Roots of Ambition
‘Roots of Ambition’ is an ultimately superfluous document in Chirico’s story, but is entertaining due to giving its icons modern production values. (read more)
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Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
Intended to promote the incredible Megami Tensei video game series, the Digital Devil Story OVA was doomed by adapting an infamous horror novel. (read more)
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Redline
Wanna have a good time? ‘Redline’ is where your first and last stop should be—or would be, if it didn’t compel you to burn nitroglycerin. (read more)
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Yu Yu Hakusho: Chapter of Underworld’s Carnage – Bonds of Fire
Not even its fantastic source material can save Yu Yu Hakusho: Poltergeist Report from being yet another uninspired, non-canon, cash-in movie. (read more)
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Macross F: Close Encounter – Deculture Edition (Yak Deculture version)
An explanation of my MyAnimeList rating for this extended cut of the first episode of ‘Macross Frontier,’ the ‘Yak Deculture’ version. (read more)
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Macross Zero
‘Macross Zero’ takes off with the franchise’s standard themes, and even adds in some environmentally-minded spiritualism, but it struggles to stick the landing. (read more)
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Apocalypse Now
As remarkable as everything related to the production of Apocalypse Now is, I find its cynical themes overly nihilistic with an aura that suggests animalistic ruthlessness is the world’s only truth. This “angst,” if I can even dare to use such a trivial word for this admittedly great movie, isn’t profound for me because its… (read more)
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Mega Man X3
Capcom’s myopic decision to outsource the development of ‘Mega Man X3’ results in a trilogy finisher that’s far weaker than its predecessors. (read more)
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The Hidden Fortress
Certainly not my least favorite Akira Kurosawa movie, but The Hidden Fortress is the first to make me question what the point of it all was. I also wonder what the 139-minute running time went towards, as barely anything of significance happened. Most of the movie consists of the two bandits screwing up and Toshirô… (read more)