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Metropolis - An Anime Review Hi Everyone!   Today we decided to look at another anime classic that further helped Japanese animation gain a foothold here in the West. We’re of course talking about the 2001 animated sci-fi film Metropolis by studio Madhouse, which was directed by anime veteran Rintaro (Galaxy Express 999) , and written by Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira) . Not too shabby.    The film was based on the manga Metropolis, which was created by none other than the Godfather of Manga himself, Osamu Tezuka, who most will associate with the Astro Boy series. When creating his manga, Tezuka was in turn influenced by a still image of Fritz Lang’s 1927 silent film also titled Metropolis, which he saw in an article as a teen. This image sparked Tezuka’s curiosity as to what the future would look like should both humans and robots co-exist. Spoiler the fact that Osamu Tezuka ended his Metropolis manga with the line “Perhaps, might the day not come when humans also become too adv...

Studio: Sunrise  |  Released: 2000  |  Duration: 193 Episodes + 4 Movies  |  Streaming on: Crunchyroll , Funimation , Netflix, Hulu Inuyasha - An Anime Review Hi Everyone, If you have seen some of our other posts, this one in particular , then you will probably already have a pretty good idea of how much we love the anime Inuyasha. Like it might just be our favourite anime series of all time, that’s how much we love it. So when we were thinking about which anime to showcase for our Lazy Lion YouTube channel’s one-year anniversary, it had to be Inuyasha. You can check out our full review video here , or you can continue scrolling down where we will discuss some of the themes found in Inuyasha along with some other tidbits. So first off, what is Inuyasha all about? Inuyasha is an adventure fantasy shounen anime based on Rumiko Takahashi’s incredible long-running manga series. We would also classify it as an Isekai story since one of our main charact...

Studio: Daume    |    Released: 2005    |    Duration: 12 Episodes    |    Streaming on: HiDive Ichigo Mashimaro - An Anime Review Hi Everyone! Given the year we’ve all had I’m sure we could all use some soul-soothing with a little bit of Cute Comedy Fun. Which is why we couldn’t be more excited to share this treat with you all. Ichigo Mashimaro or as it’s known in the West, Strawberry Marshmallow, is a delightfully sweet and hilarious anime that has filled our hearts with a ton of joy and laughter. 
 If you’d like to watch our full anime review, feel free to check out the video below: The story follows a group of four elementary school girls as they go about their everyday lives. Now this being a slice-of-life anime it may be lacking in plot, focusing more on the mundane, but it is definitely not lacking in the art department which is adorable, nor in the comedy department which is genius. Seriously it does...

 Our Top 10 Favourite Anime Series of 2020   Hi Everyone, and Happy New Year! Let’s be honest, as a whole 2020 was not the best of years… but luckily it did still give us some pretty good anime to keep us entertained. To make going through all that anime easier for you all, we’ve compiled a list of ten anime series we enjoyed the most during 2020. And just like our list from 2019, you’ll notice that we won’t be covering any anime sequels or movies again, instead, we’ll only be focusing on anime series that made their debuts in 2020.   So here’s looking back on our top ten favourite anime series that made staying in lockdown during 2020 somewhat more bearable. Let’s get right to it ~   Studio: NUT  |  Released: 2020  |  Duration: 12 episodes  |  Stream: Funimation 10 - Deca-Dence Starting off the list at #10 is Deca-Dence. In the future, humans have been driven to the brink of extinction through a combination of increasing levels of pollu...

Studio: Madhouse  |  Released: 2003  |  Duration: 1h 32min | Genre: Adventure, Comedy Tokyo Godfathers - An Anime Review Hi Everyone! The Holiday Season is upon us, and with that, we wanted to share one of our favourite Christmas movies with you all. We’re talking about Satoshi Kon’s film Tokyo Godfathers. And if you’re familiar with his work you know you’re not likely to be disappointed. This film has so much charm and character and boasts one of the best set of protagonists that we can’t sing its praises enough. We just love it! And if you give it a shot, we’re sure you’ll love it too.  If you'd like to watch our full anime review of the film, feel free to check out the video below: The story follows three homeless people who have banded together to form their own little family unit. We have Gin, the snarky and cynical alcoholic, Miyuki, the sassy and sometimes insolent teenage runaway, and Hana, the overly dramatic yet kind-hearted former drag-performer and a...

      Studio: Radix Ace Entertainment   |  Released: 2002  |  Streaming on: Funimation Haibane Renmei - An Anime Review Hey Everyone! This time we thought we'd talk about Haibane Renmei, a wistful yet beautiful 13 episode anime series created by Yoshitoshi ABe who you may recognize as the character designer for animes like Serial Experiments Lain and Texhnolyze. Haibane Renmei tackles some darker topics such as death and suicide, but does so in a mindful way, which makes Haibane Renmei an anime deserving of notice. For our full review you can watch our anime review video below. For the rest of this post, we’ll be going over our theories about the series so you are advised that from this point on there will be spoilers - So let’s get to it! Just a quick disclaimer before we get started - we are not personally religious, so any mention of religion or spiritual beliefs were approached from a purely academic standpoint and are used merely to explain a...

 Anime Review - Witch Hunter Robin Hey Everyone! If you follow our blog then you may have seen our “ Top 10 Horror Anime List ” post from way back in 2017 and will probably be familiar with the anime Witch Hunter Robin. But with Halloween right around the corner, we thought we’d revisit this occult hit again. Like always you can check out our full anime review over on our Lazy Lion Youtube Channel where we cover the anime more in-depth, but here’s some bonus info we don’t mention in the video. A brief summary: Witch Hunter Robin is a 26 episode anime that was released by studio Sunrise in 2002. So another oldie but a goodie. It follows the story of Robin Sena, a fifteen-year-old girl, who has been sent by the witch-hunting organization SOLOMON, to work over at their branch in Japan, known as STN-J, after they lost one of their hunters. Quick side note - Hunters are people with the witch gene, but whose powers haven’t awoken yet and are known as Seeds for their potential to turn i...