Monthly Archives: August 2020

Anime seems to have a tendency to mix political revolutions, magic and big-ass mechs, but seldom is it done as  well as Code Geass. While it cannot boast of Fafner style scenery, it does have an intriguing story which captures the audience’s interest. Lelouch Lamperouge is apparently your average delinquent teenager who gets caught upContinue reading “Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion”

GATE is a really interesting isekai since instead of transplanting one person or a party of adventurers into a new world; it ends up having the Japanese military invade a medieval fantasy. Our hero is the apathetic otaku Second Lieutenant Youji Itami who happens to be around when a fantasy Roman Empire invades Tokyo andContinue reading “GATE(2015): In Defense of Imperium”

This 2019 isekai has an interesting premise which militates against the standard foolhardy hero and attractive goddess pair with the exceptionally cautious Seiya and Ristarte. While the anime does get a tad bit repetitive in the middle, it picks up in the last couple of episodes;  making me wish for another season. The plot isContinue reading “Cautious Hero(2019)”

The second season of GATE had quite enjoyable what with the whole political intrigue in the Empire. Picking up where we left off our hero Captain Itami has been sent on an undercover mission to establish amicable relationships with the anti-Emperor factions. Meanwhile a new addition to our ever-expanding harem Yao the dark elf wantsContinue reading “GATE II: When War is Preferable to Peace”

GATE is a really interesting isekai since instead of transplanting one person or a party of adventurers into a new world; it ends up having the Japanese military invade a medieval fantasy. Our hero is the apathetic otaku Second Lieutenant Youji Itami who happens to be around when a fantasy Roman Empire invades Tokyo andContinue reading “GATE(2015): In Defense of Imperium”