Category: Reviews
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Ibeyi – Ash Album Review
Read more: Ibeyi – Ash Album ReviewIbeyi’s second album Ash is a musical microcosm of contemporary society. The African-Cuban twin sisters distinguish their sound by mixing a multitude of genres, languages and cultures. To quote one of the sisters, Lisa-Kaindé, “Yeah we are definitely using a little bit of jazz, of hip hop music, electronic music, Yoruba, soul music, even pop…
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Battle of the Christmas Cookies
Read more: Battle of the Christmas Cookies*Special thanks to my mother who let me do all this baking back at home and who helped me through all of it. Christmas is all about receiving gifts, spending time with your family, and most importantly: gaining a lot of weight. In order to contribute to the weight gaining, I decided to bake…
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Your Name Review
Read more: Your Name ReviewHere comes yet another article on anime. This time, it’s a review on the critically acclaimed anime film Kimi no Na wa or Your Name. Your Name, directed by Makoto Shinkai, was released in 2016, however it is only recently that it started showing in theatres here in the Netherlands, which is what I’ve…
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Review: Ghost Stories (2000)
Read more: Review: Ghost Stories (2000)Look, I wasn’t planning on doing monthly anime reviews. Truth be told, I kind of hate anime overall. Whether it be shōnen, shōjo, or whatever—I will never be able to get over the standard tropes like “magical girl” transformation sequences, “harems”, or the closely related (not to mention, hypersexualized) fanservice that gushes from every…
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By Unpopular Demand: a Review of Alfred Jodocus Kwak (1989)
Read more: By Unpopular Demand: a Review of Alfred Jodocus Kwak (1989)Here it is: your hip, new, anime review. And yes, while Alfred Jodocus Kwak isn’t all that hip or new, it does technically qualify as an anime. There’s your little tidbit for the day. This, among other facts, is part of the interesting history behind this show (which I will abbreviate to AJK for convenience’s…
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