Fantasy
Noah’s Barks pages related to the fantasy genre.
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Fire Emblem Gaiden
The oft-called "black sheep" of the ‘Fire Emblem’ series, is ‘Fire Emblem Gaiden’ as bizarre as people say? (read more)
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Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny
As it moves away from its predecessor’s survival horror roots, what awaits the series in ‘Onimusha 2?’ (read more)
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Shining Force CD
This remake of two ‘Shining Force’ Game Gear entries attempts to bring them up to modern production standards. How will it measure up to the Genesis games now? (read more)
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Phenomena
I’m writing this after seeing Phenomena for the first time and all I can think about is one of the most wild, insane final acts I’ve ever seen in a movie. I can’t go into detail and ruin it, but I have so little words anyway. I liked the pulp-horror vibe of the movie before,… (read more)
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Little Witch Academia
It’s a magical day! Studio Trigger’s ‘Little Witch Academia’ is a delightful short movie that captures an innocent, classical fantasy vibe that’s difficult to find in modern Japanese media. (read more)
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Manie-Manie: The Labyrinth Tales
An anime anthology movie containing three segments by different directors, ‘Manie-Manie: The Labyrinth Tales’ (‘Neo Tokyo’) isn’t quite up to the standards of another anime anthology movie, ‘Memories.’ (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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The Cat Returns
The Cat Returns has an extended sequence of a belly-dancing cat show. Who cares whatever else is in it? (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)