Fantasy
Noah’s Barks pages related to the fantasy genre.
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.hack//Legend of the Twilight
The bastardized anime for ‘.hack//Legend of the Twilight,’ possibly my first non-Toonami-adjacent manga. (Includes ‘Offline Meeting Special’) (read more)
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Berserk: The Chronicles of Wind Blades
When at its best, Berserk dwells up even more powerful emotions from its epic source manga, which is quite an accomplishment. (read more)
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Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty is one of Disney’s richest works of artwork and animation, with a distinctively sharp, geometric illustrative style resembling painted glass and tapestry. Despite its stunning appearances, even by Disney standards the story is too traditional and can’t be saved its very light charms and their starkest villain yet. This return to form was… (read more)
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Disgaea 4: A Promise Revisited
Disgaea 4 follows up a controversial third entry. Does it have hope of surpassing its predecessors? (read more)
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Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Yeah, there’s a lot of dumb shit in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, but unlike The Force Awakens it still has the soul of Star Wars despite a weaker screenplay, which is more important. It’s not simply an adventure plot in space; it’s a film that still has the magic of the previous two,… (read more)
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Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos
Say what you will about ‘Conqueror of Shambala’—at least there was a point to its existence, unlike FMA: Milos. (read more)
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Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
What gives the sequel to ‘Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance,’ ‘Radiant Dawn,’ its controversial reputation? (read more)
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Watership Down
Watership Down is a classic adventure story with a youth-friendly aesthetic, but realizes children will eventually have to come of age and stop only watching comedies. Triumphs aren’t given by fortune but instead constant suffering full of threatening risks. The art and animation is pretty but blandly realistic, so it’s the surreal religious visions where… (read more)
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Hunter x Hunter
An informal, off-the-cuff review of Hunter x Hunter, a tour-de-force shonen series from Yoshihiro Togashi, the creator of Yu Yu Hakusho. (read more)
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Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
‘Phantasy Star IV’ is the final entry in the "classic" style of its franchise. What have we lost in the wake of ‘Phantasy Star Online?’ (read more)