TV
Noah’s Barks pages relating to television (TV). Mainly used for TV series.
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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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Fullmetal Alchemist
While largely overshadowed by its reboot, ‘Brotherhood,’ the original adaptation of ‘Fullmetal Alchemist’ has plenty of its own qualities to offer—with some being superior. (read more)
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Cromartie High School
This extravaganza of insanity and parody is one of the funniest anime ever produced, due in large part to ADV’s pitch-perfect English dub. (read more)
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Mahjong Legend Akagi: The Genius Who Descended Into the Darkness
The titular character of ‘Akagi’ is a genius, thrill-seeking daredevil who finds his latest life-or-death gamble in the criminal underground’s mahjong circuit. Knowledge of mahjong is not recommended, so that you don’t realize how lucky Akagi is. (read more)
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Monster
The themes of ‘Monster’ aren’t particularly deep, and it occasionally dabbles in ridiculous melodrama. That’s not as important as the fact that this is an original premise for an unpredictable thriller. (read more)
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Neon Genesis Evangelion
For all of the hemming and hawing about Neon Genesis Evangelion’s deep themes or lack thereof, the series is mainly successful for simply being a great story that’s told with finesse. (Includes Schick x Evangelion) (read more)
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JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
‘JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure’ isn’t exactly some watershed anime when it comes to plot, featuring many traditional battle shonen tropes, but it’s exceptionally fun and zany compared to anything else in the genre. (read more)
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Drifters
Seemingly not content with only ‘Fate/Zero’ wasting the concept of a war between historical legends, the author of ‘Hellsing’ attempts the same with ‘Drifters’ and does only marginally better. (Includes OVA) (read more)
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My Hero Academia
‘My Hero Academia’ is yet another "battle shonen" property that starts with oodles of promise, but devolves into poorly-considered plotting, a misused cast, and other general foibles. (Covers seasons 3 and 4) (read more)
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Revolutionary Girl Utena
Some off-the-cuff thoughts I had after finishing Revolutionary Girl Utena, a dense, highly metaphorical psychological drama. (read more)