Anime Archives - Tech-Gaming https://www.tech-gaming.com/category/anime/ Technology, Gaming, and Culture Fri, 14 Apr 2023 16:53:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/www.tech-gaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cropped-a091265a061d4c674b2c621cc4b5fccfcde3b3f3_hq.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Anime Archives - Tech-Gaming https://www.tech-gaming.com/category/anime/ 32 32 http://feeds.feedburner.com/tech-gaming/HZXF Each week, Robert, Eric, Sage, and Jeremy offering impressions of the latest games, trivia, industry interviews and some of the liveliest discussions on interactive entertainment. Tech-Gaming true Tech-Gaming © 2015 Tech-Gaming © 2015 Tech-Gaming podcast The Tech-Gaming Podcast Anime Archives - Tech-Gaming http://www.tech-gaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Podcast-Art.png https://www.tech-gaming.com/category/anime/ TV-14 Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles, CA c9c7bad3-4712-514e-9ebd-d1e208fa1b76 23561894 Blue Thermal review https://www.tech-gaming.com/blue-thermal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=blue-thermal https://www.tech-gaming.com/blue-thermal/#comments Mon, 10 Apr 2023 15:53:10 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=31356 Serialized in Monthly Comic Bunch, Blue Thermal told the story of a college freshman joining the aviation club. Protagonist Tsuru Tamaki’s journey was substantial, detailing the progress toward becoming a pilot as well as the relational intricacies with fellow club members and even rivals. Undoubtedly, there was enough material in the five-volume anthology to fill ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/blue-thermal/feed/ 2 31356 Deemo: Memorial Keys review https://www.tech-gaming.com/deemo-memorial-keys/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=deemo-memorial-keys https://www.tech-gaming.com/deemo-memorial-keys/#comments Mon, 27 Mar 2023 20:33:56 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=31275 Although Western animation frequently employs full computer-generated imagery (or CGI), Japan hasn’t embraced the technology as swiftly. The reasons for this are rooted in the budgetary as well as the artistic. Historically, anime has embraced a ‘limited animation’ technique that recycles cells. This system allows animators to draw only new elements in each scene, which ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/deemo-memorial-keys/feed/ 11 31275 Giovanni’s Island review https://www.tech-gaming.com/giovannis-island/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=giovannis-island https://www.tech-gaming.com/giovannis-island/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2023 00:10:04 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=31081 Production I.G’s 2014 film depicts the atrocities that accompany conflict and the aversion of people to succumb to abhorrence. An exceedingly fortunate few won’t have to witness atrocity. But the rest of us will be forced to watch our country either endure or commit acts of barbarism. Occasionally, we might even have to see both. ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/giovannis-island/feed/ 6 31081 The House of the Lost on the Cape review https://www.tech-gaming.com/the-house-of-the-lost-on-the-cape/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-house-of-the-lost-on-the-cape https://www.tech-gaming.com/the-house-of-the-lost-on-the-cape/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2022 16:36:48 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=30117 Entertainment tends to turn tragedy into spectacle. Habitually, the focus is on delivering vivid depictions of the catastrophic rather than exploring the inner turbulence faced by those affected. Fortunately, that’s not the case with The House of the Lost on the Cape (Misaki no Mayoiga in Japanese) which treats the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/the-house-of-the-lost-on-the-cape/feed/ 3 30117 Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko review https://www.tech-gaming.com/fortune-favors-lady-nikuko/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fortune-favors-lady-nikuko https://www.tech-gaming.com/fortune-favors-lady-nikuko/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2022 03:00:56 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=29228 Conventional roles are muddied in director Ayumu Watanabe’s (Children of the Sea, Space Brothers #0) Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko. Nikuko has lived a capricious life. Impulsively fallen for different men, she’s moved in with them, before inevitably ending up supporting them financially. She’s also a confidently corpulent woman with a voracious appetite. Nikuko doesn’t just ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/fortune-favors-lady-nikuko/feed/ 5 29228 The Deer King review https://www.tech-gaming.com/the-deer-king/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-deer-king https://www.tech-gaming.com/the-deer-king/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2022 19:58:51 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=29565 A directorial debut can be a difficult undertaking. Often, experience is indispensable when it comes to artistic expression. But Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji aren’t amateurs in the animation field. The former served as animation director and character designer for Princess Mononoke, Paprika, and Your Name. The latter also was admitted to Studio Ghibli’s famed ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/the-deer-king/feed/ 3 29565 Panda! Go, Panda! Blu-ray+DVD review https://www.tech-gaming.com/panda-go-panda/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=panda-go-panda https://www.tech-gaming.com/panda-go-panda/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2022 04:20:09 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=29533 In October 1972, the Ueno Zoo received a pair of pandas, commemorating diplomatic ties between China and Japan. This wasn’t the first time this kind of gesture of goodwill had been offered. According to historical records, the court of the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) once sent two of the black-and-white bears to Japan as a ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/panda-go-panda/feed/ 4 29533 Ryoma! Prince of Tennis review https://www.tech-gaming.com/ryoma-prince-of-tennis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ryoma-prince-of-tennis https://www.tech-gaming.com/ryoma-prince-of-tennis/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2022 22:25:52 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=29518 The Prince of Tennis has enjoyed a whimsical 23-year history. The original manga debuted in 1999 and followed Ryoma Echizen, a student enrolled at Tokyo’s prestigious Seishun Academy, a private school with a prominent top-tier tennis team. Twelve-year-old Ryoma immediately revealed extraordinary athleticism. After defeating several upperclassmen, he earned a spot on the school’s team, ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/ryoma-prince-of-tennis/feed/ 1 29518 5 Centimeters Per Second review https://www.tech-gaming.com/5-centimeters-per-second/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5-centimeters-per-second https://www.tech-gaming.com/5-centimeters-per-second/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2022 19:45:13 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=29497 The first episode of 5 Centimeters Per Second clarifies the meaning of the film’s title- it’s the rate that cherry blossoms fall. As Japan’s unofficial national flower, sakura has been celebrated for centuries. In March, tree branches are filled with bursts of delicate color while petals flutter downward with the grace of a master ballerina. ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/5-centimeters-per-second/feed/ 3 29497 Children Who Chase Lost Voices review https://www.tech-gaming.com/children-who-chase-lost-voices/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=children-who-chase-lost-voices https://www.tech-gaming.com/children-who-chase-lost-voices/#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2022 00:12:53 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=29386 Ideally, art provides contemplation of life’s inevitable hardships.  But far too often, many modern movies deliver little more than sugar-coated platitudes. But that’s not the case with Makoto Shinkai 2011’s film, Children Who Chase Lost Voices. The recent Blu-ray/DVD release offers a fulfilling exploration of the different ways people learn to cope with loss. But ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/children-who-chase-lost-voices/feed/ 7 29386 The Place Promised in Our Early Days review https://www.tech-gaming.com/place-promised-in-our-early-days/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=place-promised-in-our-early-days https://www.tech-gaming.com/place-promised-in-our-early-days/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2022 17:45:03 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=29300 What the Universe Dreams About…. For some, 2016’s Your Name might have served as an introduction to the artistry of Makoto Shinkai. The story of two teenagers who enigmatically switched bodies could have been the foundation for a lighthearted romantic comedy. And under Shinkai’s deft direction, there were moments of amorous playfulness, echoing those transitory ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/place-promised-in-our-early-days/feed/ 6 29300 Gintama The Very Final review https://www.tech-gaming.com/gintama-the-very-final/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gintama-the-very-final https://www.tech-gaming.com/gintama-the-very-final/#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2022 20:25:51 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=28490 Too often, media like manga, television, and film aren’t on a predetermined trajectory. Instead, storylines are drawn out as long as there’s money to made, with writers striving to offset the inevitability of stagnation. Anyone who has endured a succession of formulaic sequels, filler episodes, or lackluster story arcs knows that being strung along isn’t ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/gintama-the-very-final/feed/ 2 28490 Belle review https://www.tech-gaming.com/belle/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=belle https://www.tech-gaming.com/belle/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2022 00:29:07 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=28349 Much like his 2009 film, Summer Wars, director Mamoru Hosoda’s latest effort offers an intriguing contrast between the real and virtual worlds. Seventeen-year-old protagonist Suzu Naito and her father live in the verdant spaces of the Kōchi prefecture. Here, pastoral beauty is ubiquitous, from verdant topographies intersected by streams to the welcoming, wood-filled interiors of ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/belle/feed/ 7 28349 Shirobako: The Movie review https://www.tech-gaming.com/shirobako-the-movie/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shirobako-the-movie https://www.tech-gaming.com/shirobako-the-movie/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2021 22:11:28 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=28205 Not only does Shirobako: The Movie depict the tensions of anime production, but several of the film’s creative choices reflect the customary victors of these divergences. Anime isn’t just entertaining, it’s often a surprisingly insightful and informative. Although Haikyuu!! occasionally embellished elements, like Hinata’s jumping ability, it offered a remarkably accurate representation of volleyball. Similarly, ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/shirobako-the-movie/feed/ 6 28205 Earwig and the Witch review https://www.tech-gaming.com/earwig-witch/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=earwig-witch https://www.tech-gaming.com/earwig-witch/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:47:06 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=26518 Earwig and the Witch’s legacy is both a curse and blessing. The 82-minute feature film was directed by Gorô Miyazaki, son of famed animator Hayao Miyazaki. The senior Miyazaki helped shape the medium of animation into art, with films like Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and Howl’s Moving Castle captivating audiences across the globe. Even ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/earwig-witch/feed/ 3 26518 On-Gaku: Our Sound review https://www.tech-gaming.com/on-gaku-our-sound/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-gaku-our-sound https://www.tech-gaming.com/on-gaku-our-sound/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2021 02:45:08 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=26393 On-Gaku has long embodied the underdog spirit. After rejections from most of the major manga houses, Hiroyuki Ôhashi self-published Ongaku and Manga in 2005. A dramatized retelling of his experiences of playing at a musical festival, Ôhashi wrote much of it while at work. Unsurprisingly, the monotony of daily routine and the sense of liberation ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/on-gaku-our-sound/feed/ 4 26393 Promare review https://www.tech-gaming.com/promare-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=promare-review https://www.tech-gaming.com/promare-review/#comments Sat, 21 Sep 2019 19:20:04 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=22743 For devoted animation fans, Studio Trigger is undoubtedly one of medium’s dominant powerhouses. Founded by director Hiroyuki Imaishi, who broke off from Gainax, Trigger has delivered a succession of prodigious works. Efforts like Kill la Kill, Little Witch Academia, and Space Patrol Luluco haven’t just delivered solid storylines helmed by a cast of wonderfully eccentric ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/promare-review/feed/ 11 22743 Millennium Actress review https://www.tech-gaming.com/millennium-actress/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=millennium-actress https://www.tech-gaming.com/millennium-actress/#comments Tue, 13 Aug 2019 18:15:59 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=22520 2001’s Millennium Actress opens with shots of a determined female astronaut breaking free of Earth’s gravitational possession. Reminiscent of several popular science fiction films, she’s the resolute hero, determined on exploring the cosmos alone, on her own terms. Pulling back, director and writer Satoshi Kon soon reveals that it’s actually a scene from a film ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/millennium-actress/feed/ 9 22520 Sound! Euphonium: The Movie – Our Promise: A Brand New Day review https://www.tech-gaming.com/euphonium-brand-new-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=euphonium-brand-new-day https://www.tech-gaming.com/euphonium-brand-new-day/#comments Sun, 21 Jul 2019 00:06:14 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=22378 On the surface, Sound! Euphonium explores the myriad of tribulations faces during teenage life. The novel, manga, and anime center around members of the Kitauji High School Concert Band Club. Once a prestigious competitor for the national championships, the club failed to quality for several years. But their resigned attitude pivoted when Noboru Taki became ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/euphonium-brand-new-day/feed/ 8 22378 Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion review https://www.tech-gaming.com/arrow-of-the-orion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=arrow-of-the-orion https://www.tech-gaming.com/arrow-of-the-orion/#comments Tue, 09 Jul 2019 23:52:22 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=22302 Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (affectionately known as DanMachi in Japan) success stems from several remarkable traits. Fujino Ōmori’s light novel, as well as the property’s adaptations in manga and anime form, blend Greek mythology with a surprisingly insightful exploration of the human condition. The storyline sees gods ...

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