Special
Noah’s Barks pages relating to video specials for TV shows, anime, etc.
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Black Lagoon
Guns! Explosions! Car chases! Tits! Ass! ‘Black Lagoon’ is a sleazy, exploitative Hollywood action pastiche that demonstrates how to idealize that style in anime. (Includes ‘Black Lagoon Extras’) (read more)
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Shiki Specials
These two additional episodes/specials for the ‘Shiki’ anime series come highly recommended, as they make the emotional core of the story all the more devastating. (read more)
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Pokémon (Anime)
Scattered thoughts on some of the Pokémon anime’s many movies and specials. (Includes movies 1-4, Team Go-Getters, Mewtwo Returns, Pichu Bros. in Party Panic, and Pikachu’s Summer Vacation) (read more)
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Darker than Black: The Black Contractor
Darker Than Black is a action/drama series with neo-noir flavorings that’s full of superpowered humans fighting for their survival. Somehow, it’s incredibly boring. (Includes Episode 26 and Gemini of the Meteor) (read more)
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Persona 5 the Animation: The Day Breakers
In this glorified commercial for the ‘Persona 5’ video game, it feels blasphemous that such a stylistic game would be associated with cheap, lackluster animation. (read more)
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Aquatic Language
‘Aquatic Language’ is a lightweight short film with a sultry café atmosphere and eccentric cast. (read more)
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Gundam: Mission to the Rise
‘Gundam: Mission to the Rise’ is yet another seemingly pointless CG short created for an anniversary event. (read more)
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A Traveler’s Diary
These six surrealist fantasy vignettes offer a tour through a bizarre, picturesque, and often humorous world. (Includes ‘A Traveler’s Diary Specials’) (read more)
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Ring of Gundam
‘Ring of Gundam’ is a five-minute special celebrating the franchise’s anniversary. I’m not sure how else to describe it, other than "bad." (read more)
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All That Gundam
‘All That Gundam’ is a teaser for the upcoming OVA ‘War in the Pocket’ and a short tribute to UC Gundams from the first 10 years of the franchise. (read more)