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    We read a while back that they’re making a live-action adaptation of the hit anime movie “Your Name” by Makoto Shinkai, and all we can think is “Hollywood why are you doing this to us?” Why mess with a good thing?  We’re seriously getting sick and tired of Hollywood taking something phenomenal and deciding to remake it just so they can put their own spin on it. One could almost assume that this is happening because Your Name is now officially the highest-grossing anime film worldwide, having beaten out Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away who’s held the record since 2001.         We hope for the sake of the fans that the studio’s motives are driven by more than just the prospect of the monetary gain, because we’d hate to be stuck with another Dragonball Evolution.  We also hope that they understand that just because something does extremely well elsewhere that it does not mean that that success will carry over to here. There’s ...

Anime Review: Psycho-Pass [No Spoilers]      We finally got around to watching the second season of Psycho- Pass, and thought we should probably do a review of Psycho-Pass for anyone who hadn’t heard of it or still had some reservations about watching it. So here we go.     First off Psycho-Pass was produced by Production I.G., the studio behind Ghost in a Shell, Attack on Titan, Blood: The Last Vampire, Guilty Crown, and Moribito; so right off the bat you know that even if the story doesn’t resonate with you or is lacking [Guilty Crown I’m looking at you], at least you’ll be watching some great visuals. Luckily for all of us Psycho-Pass is overall great. The story is engaging and thought provoking, while its characters are compelling.     The story takes place in a future dystopian version of Japan. To keep its citizens safe Japan has closed itself off to the rest of the world and has created a crime management organizati...