Drama
Noah’s Barks pages relating to the drama genre.
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The Boys (TV series)
Next time you’re thinking about getting ‘The Boys’ back together, please reconsider. Everyone feels tired. (read more)
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Violent Cop
Visionary auteur Takeshi Kitano writes and stars in this film about a ‘Violent Cop.’ It’s less exciting than the title promises. (read more)
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Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
War—what IS it good for? ‘Gundam 0080’ tackles this familiar question with hitherto unseen honesty, resulting in one of the franchise’s emotional highlights. (read more)
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Fullmetal Alchemist
While largely overshadowed by its reboot, ‘Brotherhood,’ the original adaptation of ‘Fullmetal Alchemist’ has plenty of its own qualities to offer—with some being superior. (read more)
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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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Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Trilogy
This movie trilogy adaptation and rewrite of the original Mobile Suit Gundam series delivers a relatively clean, moving, and intriguing sci-fi war drama. (read more)
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Everyone enjoys a “be careful what you wish for” time-traveling tale, and ‘The Girl Who Leapt Through Time’ understands why. (read more)
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The Tatami Galaxy
In what is undoubtedly one of my most controversial media opinions, I ruminate on why The Tatami Galaxy left me feeling little more than frustration. (read more)
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Monster
The themes of ‘Monster’ aren’t particularly deep, and it occasionally dabbles in ridiculous melodrama. That’s not as important as the fact that this is an original premise for an unpredictable thriller. (read more)
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Neon Genesis Evangelion
For all of the hemming and hawing about Neon Genesis Evangelion’s deep themes or lack thereof, the series is mainly successful for simply being a great story that’s told with finesse. (Includes Schick x Evangelion) (read more)