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Star Wars: Visions, Volume Three - Not so much Star Wars as Star Wars-flavoured Anime

Star Wars: Visions, Volume Three - Not so much Star Wars as Star Wars-flavoured Anime

By John Kirk

ReviewJim SlotekOctober 29, 2025Animated Star Wars series, Anime, Star Wars: Visions, Volume Three, Director Takanobu Mizuno, Director Masahiko Ôtsuka, Emma Myers, Tanner Buchanan, Judith Light, George Takei, Simu Liu, Harvey GuillénComment

Chainsaw Man: The Movie – Reze Arc: Go With an Anime Otaku to 'Splain Things For You

Chainsaw Man: The Movie – Reze Arc: Go With an Anime Otaku to 'Splain Things For You

By John Kirk

ReviewJim SlotekOctober 23, 2025Anime, Chainsaw Man: The Movie – Reze Arc, Anime derived from Manga and TV, Movies that continue offscreen story arcs, Director Tatsuya Yoshihara, Kikonosuke Toya, Tomori Kusonoke, Reina Ueda Comment

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX – Beginning: Cool Robots, Too Bad About the Story

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX – Beginning: Cool Robots, Too Bad About the Story

By John Kirk

ReviewJim SlotekFebruary 24, 2025Anime, Gundam robots, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX – Beginning, Sci fi with excessive backstory, Robot fighting, Director Kazuya Tsurumaki, Tomoyo Kurosawa, Yui Ishikawa Comments

Lord of the Rings War of the Rohirrim: The Real Heroes Always Rode Horses

Lord of the Rings War of the Rohirrim: The Real Heroes Always Rode Horses

By John Kirk

ReviewJim SlotekDecember 10, 2024Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, Anime, Kenji Kamiyama, Peter Jackson, JRR Tolkien, Gaia Wise, Brian Cox, Miranda Otto, Christopher Lee, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Shaun Dooley, Luke Pasqualino, Fantasy, Anima, Sc-fiComment