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Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro An Anime Review - Bonus Content Studio: TMS Entertainment  |  Released: 1979  |  Duration: 1h 40min Hey Everyone! Some of you may remember hearing us mention Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro in our previous Cowboy Bebop and 2020 Top Ten videos, but we thought it was so good it deserved a video of its own. Not to mention it is Hayao Miyazaki’s directorial film debut.   We’d recommend checking out our anime review video below on the film first to find out more about the story, the creative process, and even why more and more anime seems to be inspired by Europe. If you’ve already watched it then as always feel free to continue reading on as we’ll be covering some bonus content here that we weren’t able to fit in our video. Darn Those '70s Kids Something that was interesting to find out about the film, was that Miyazaki was mainly targeting it towards all the kids that came of age during the 70s in Japan. Why them...

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust An Anime Review - Bonus Content Studio: Madhouse  |  Released: 2000  |  Duration: 1h 43min Hi Everyone! It’s a little late, but we have another Anime Review for you all! Weirdly it was about this time last year when we came out with another anime review about vampires… Must be something about spring that just makes us long for a good monster horror story. This time, we’ll be talking about the visually stunning animated film Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust by Studio Madhouse. Bloodlust was directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri  (Ninja Scroll)  and is based on the third book, “Demon Deathchase,” from author Hideyuki Kikuchi’s Vampire Hunter D series.  Some of you might remember it from our Top 10 Horror Anime List post from a few years back. Bloodlust was one of the first anime films we saw growing up and one we like to refer to as an anime classic. Even rewatching it now, we still get blown away by how beautiful and smooth the animation...

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...