Madhouse
Noah’s Barks pages relating to animation studio Madhouse.
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Death Parade
‘Death Parade’ turns the ‘Death Billiards’ short movie into its own series, which sadly reveals the narrative limitations of its writers. (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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Death Billiards
Created by studio Madhouse, ‘Death Billiards’ is a wonderful short film certain to please any general fans of psychological thrillers. (read more)
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Trava: Fist Planet
‘Trava: Fist Planet’ is an OVA set in the same universe as the phenomenal movie ‘Redline.’ In it are plenty of stoner vibes and hips as wide as an actual racetrack. (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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Perfect Blue
While I would normally consider myself a fan of Satoshi Kon, ‘Perfect Blue’ moves way too fast for its own good, and is too easily discernible despite seeking panicked thrills through its obfuscated plot. (read more)
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Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor
Perpetual down-on-his-luck loser Kaiji finds himself forced to survive deadly games of chance for the amusement of the competitors’ wealthy, vindictive creditors. (Includes season 2) (read more)