Top 5 Super Robot Mecha Anime

As a child of the 80’s, it is almost part of my DNA to want to pilot a spaceship or giant robot and save (or maybe destroy! bwa hahahah) the universe.  I grew up watching what is classified as Mecha anime- and to more hardcore fans the sub-categories Super Robot and Real Robot. The best […]

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Top 5 Fantasy Anime (Medieval)

I used to play Dungeons & Dragons a lot- and it goes without saying that being an anime fan means I have a fondness for fantasy anime.  I love the idea of chivalry in the face of insurmountable odds, hope in the face of complete annihilation, of underdogs saving the day! Salt and pepper that with […]

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May the 4th Be With You

Like millions of other Star Wars fans, May 4th is a day that has special meaning (and to some almost on the same level as Christmas!). May the 4th (which sounds like “May the Force…”)  got it’s first huge boost in 1979 when the London evening news used the slogan to congratulate Margaret Thatcher on […]

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Street Fighter V

I first heard about it in 2011 when Seth Killian, who was then a Capcom guy talk about the “next” Street Fighter just as SF IV was hitting the home consoles. Last year the teaser trailer for it came out and shortly after I saw the game in action in Cologne at Gamescom. The latest […]

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