Sci-Fi
Noah’s Barks pages relating to the sci-fi (science fiction) genre.
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Armored Trooper Votoms
One of the most influential works in mecha anime, ‘Armored Trooper Votoms’ delivers a gritty dystopian setting and raw, low-tech combat. (read more)
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Appleseed (2004)
Masamune Shirow’s ‘Appleseed’ is once again adapted into animation—this time in full CG. (read more)
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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
The most expensively-produced anime ever made at the time, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex explores its source material’s unique sci-fi concepts to greater extents than ever before. (Includes 2nd GIG, Solid State Society, and Uchikomatic Days) (read more)
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Rebuild of Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
The original ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’ was a well-paced, impressively animated, and affecting story. But, hear me out: what if they made it again, except it wasn’t those things? I am (not) impressed. (Includes ‘Beautiful World’) (read more)
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Serial Experiments Lain: The Nightmare of Fabrication
‘The Nightmare of Fabrication’ is a short, one-shot spinoff of the classic anime series ‘Serial Experiments Lain.’ (read more)
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Serial Experiments Lain
‘Serial Experiments Lain’ is a gripping, shockingly prescient, surrealist metaphorical exploration of how the internet can warp one’s self-perception and their relationship to the world around them. (read more)
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Super Dimension Fortress Macross II: Lovers Again
The black sheep of the ‘Macross’ franchise, ‘Macross II’ was created with little involvement from the original creators. Surprisingly, it feels very on-point, but still little more than an average ’90s OVA. There are worse things something can be. (read more)
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Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack
‘Char’s Counterattack’, the climactic, final showdown between Amuro Ray and Char Aznable, feels like it deserves more than trite drama laced with "daddy issues." (read more)
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Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
While rife with frustrating plot developments and character writing, Zeta Gundam’s ambition is palpable and infectious, ensuring this series will be still be watched in generations to come. (read more)
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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Nearly a decade after the classic sci-fi original, ‘Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence’ incorporates much of ‘Stand Alone Complex’s’ storytelling methods, resulting in a major stylistic departure, but more cogent, deeper themes and character development. (read more)