Tag: Andrew Osmond

September 8, 2023 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. In Levius, boxing meets steampunk; or to put it in anime terms, Megalobox (or Tomorrow’s Joe) meets Fullmetal Alchmist (or Violet Evergarden). It’s a series by the Polygon CG studio, which many readers will know for its space opera, Knights of Sidonia. Like that series, Levius was produced by Netflix and first […]

September 5, 2023 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Tower of God originated with one young South Korean in the middle of his country’s military service. His experience was gruelling, but it didn’t shut down his imagination. Indeed, it may have helped fuel it.

August 30, 2023 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Gundam Build Fighters is about a hyper-enthused little boy, so it makes sense it was directed by Kenji Nagasaki, who’d go on to direct a little series called My Hero Academia. It’s also the first Gundam to acknowledge that the franchise isn’t just about warfare, and catastrophe, and tragic rivalries. No, Gundam […]

August 24, 2023 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko is a rare kind of anime, a stand-alone film that presents daily life in the manner we’re more used to in TV series. In this case, it’s the daily life of an eleven-year-old girl, Kikuko, living in a quiet port town under unusual circumstances. Her home is a […]

August 18, 2023 · 3 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Speaking at 2014’s Tokyo Film Festival, Hideaki Anno mentioned that he once watched a rerun of his series Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, and was pleased how well it held up. “I was really impressed… The young me was really enjoyable!” He was right. Nadia is more than enjoyable. At best, it’s superb, an […]