Many an hour of my life has been lost to the original Theatrhythm Final Fantasy for the 3DS. A rhythm game utilizing music from first Final Fantasy to the thirteenth, it was a great little celebration of the franchise and the works its various composers have created. I couldn’t be more excited for the sequel, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call. Sporting a whopping 200+ songs and over 60 characters to choose from, it looks to …

There’s no easy way to say this, so I’m just going to come out and say it: anime writing is kind of terrible. Maybe it was good at one point, but these days it’s all swimsuit episodes, school festival episodes, and being trapped inside a computer game while you go on dates. I’ve heard that Gen Urobuchi …

It was the usual chatter at the club. Friday night, in the lower levels of some monolithic, imposing institution of academia, nerds are having fun. “So why do you like Nichijou so much?” “It’s not that funny, yeah, do tell.” “What are you saying? It’s second to Azumanga Daioh.” Tim, at the mention of the club’s time-honored

When I first moved to San Francisco in 2008, I had little idea what to do with myself, beyond knowing that I had graduated with a degree in “Communications” and probably should be working. So I took a writing workshop that included an introduction to Screenplay Writing at the library. One of the first exercises was to adapt part of a non-film work…

Producers rejoice! FUNimation is now streaming the second season of the short anime series PUCHIM@S. The series of 3-minute episodes is actually called Petit Idolm@ster, but nobody calls it that! Following the gag comedy anime short from season one, Puchim@s 2 is about how the miniature personas of the 765Production battle for dominance in a field of blood, gore and…