Interview with a Screenwriter: Yumio Katsumata

Introduction: Yumio Katsumata is a Japanese screenwriter, who immigrated to United States from Japan. I met him on Twitter, where he shares the kind of food he likes to cook, and an occasional story which he wrote. Both of us talked a lot with each other, for we both shared several common interests: video games,

Anime Review: Original Beyblade Series

Introduction: Beyblade is a manga series by Takao Aoki, published in CoroCoro Comic from 1999 to 2004. It received an animated adaptation in 2001, which ran until 2003, for a total of 3 seasons. The show loosely adapts the storyline of the manga. The hell is Beyblade? Beyblade are spinning tops of various designs. The

Anime Review: Code Geass

Introduction: Code Geass is an alternate history, mecha, military anime, created by Gorō Taniguchi and Ichirō Ōkouchi. It ran from 2006 to 2008 for a total of 2 seasons and 50 episodes. It tells the story of Lelouch vi Britannia, an exiled prince from Britannia living in Japan, which is conquered by the empire of

Anime Review: Black Lagoon

Introduction: Black Lagoon is a crime thriller manga series by Rei Hiroe. It tells the story of a group called Lagoon company, pirate mercenaries who smuggle goods in the seas of southeast Asia with their PT boat called Black Lagoon. The manga received an anime adaptation in 2006, which ran for two seasons, each season

Anime Review: Claymore

Introduction: Claymore is a sword and sorcery dark fantasy manga by Norihiro Yagi. The manga ran from 2001 to 2014. In 2007, it received an anime adaptation, directed by Hiroyuki Tanaka, and produced by Madhouse Studios. The anime has 26 episodes in total, and has only one season. the anime adapts first to eleventh volume

Anime Review: Black Cat

Introduction: Black Cat is a science fiction manga by Kentaro Yabuki. It was published by Shueisha. It ran from July 10 2000 to June 14 2004. It received an anime adaptation in late 2005, which ran for 24 episodes. Plot: Black Cat takes place in a fictional universe. The series follows the legendary assassin Train

Anime Review: My Hero Academia

Introduction: My Hero Academia is a super hero manga by the author Kōhei Horikoshi. It is in publication since July 7 2014. The manga series has total 35 volumes at the time of writing. The manga received an animated adaptation by Studio Bones in 2016, and it is running ever since. The anime gets a

Anime Review: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba

Introduction: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, also known as Demon Slayer for short is a dark fantasy Manga by Koyoharu Gotouge. It ran from 2016 to 2020 in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine. It received an animated adaptation in 2019. The first season ran for 26 episodes, adopting the first 7 volumes of the manga. The

Can a Blind Man have a Favorite Color?

Should I have a favorite color despite my blindness? “Yeah, I really like the color blue.” “But why? It’s not like you can see it. Why would you even bother?” Although the question pisses me off, this person is right in asking that. I’m blind. I can’t see. Why should I bother with colors? What’s

Anime Review, Dance in the Vampire Bund

My review of Dance in the Vampire Bund, the 2010 anime based on the manga of the same name.