Tag: SF

January 10, 2017 · 0 comments

By Raz Greenberg. Legend of the Galactic Heroes is one anime phenomenon that took its time to reach western anime fans. Starting as a long-running series of space-opera prose novels by the prolific Yoshiki Tanaka (who also wrote the equally popular Heroic Legend of Arslan fantasy series), it went through several anime adaptations – the most famous being […]

August 2, 2016 · 0 comments

By Chris Perkins. Anime has had a long love affair with western literature. Since the early days of television, anime studios have adapted beloved stories from Europe and the Americas. Many of them were part of the long-running World Masterpiece Theatre strand which included such classics as Heidi, Anne of Green Gables, Little Women and […]

March 19, 2016 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Noein takes place in several worlds at once, and it’s several kinds of show at once. It’s a time-travel story; it’s a show about playful children and grim warriors, about first love and state conspiracies, about slice-of-life comedy and war between dimensions. The first episode starts in sensory overload, with giant statue-like […]

February 2, 2016 · 0 comments

Raz Greenberg examines Harmony and Genocidal Organ Japanese science fiction novelist Satoshi Ito, better known by his professional name Project Itoh, had a tragically short career. He published his acclaimed debut novel, Genocidal Organ, in 2007, followed by a novelization of the fourth Metal Gear Solid video game in 2008 and another original title, the […]