Have you ever visited a town in the middle of nowhere and have been shocked about how radically different the place is than what you call home? Everything is shaped by its surroundings, and nowhere is this more apparent than in these isolated parts of the world, where unique cultures are forced to build amongst…
Anime Expo is a crazy convention: A convention of excitement, announcements, lines, craziness, mismanagement, cosplays and more. With ever pro, there are cons, and there’s so much to talk about, so I thought i’d spend some time talking about this year’s Anime Expo and my experience with it.
While gag Visual Novels are a dime and a dozen nowadays, it takes something a bit special to rise out of the ranks. A few years back, OverDrive’s Go! Go! Nippon! did exactly that thanks to an extremely silly premise, a tourism guide/romance game that follows a dumb foreigner traveling to japan to stay with 2 girls he…
Ever since I started getting into PCs, I had an unwavering fascination with the AMD Phenom line (the Phenom II’s in particular), which was AMD’s flagship processor line from the late 2000’s and early 2010’s. Ever since I first laid my eyes on them, I thought they had an unwavering amount of coolness to them,…
When talking about the influences of the experience in an anime, we rarely discuss the impacts of voice acting. Everyone talks about subs vs dubs, or the quality of dubs themselves, but rarely do we discuss how these things add to our enjoyment of a show. Today, I’d like to talk about Kimi no Na wa/Your Name, a great…
In the past, you could say that if you’ve seen one of Makoto Shinkai’s movies, you’ve seen them all, with nearly every one of his films being a bittersweet romance that cannot be. With Kimi no Na wa (Your Name), we see this trend broken as we follow the supernatural romance of rural Mitsuha Miyamizu and urban Taki…
Throughout the years, we’ve seen anime grow and mature. From pirated VHSes to fansubs and now the the legal simulcasting of shows, being able to watch them right after they air in Japan, anime distribution has truly evolved throughout the ages. As years gone by, it became much easier watch the shows we hold dear and…
Winter is always one of my favorite seasons of anime. There’s never a lot of shows out during this season, but in every winter we get excellent shows that manage to be the best of the year, shows that make anime worth watching. This season is absolutely no exception, and here’s my list of them: Welcome to…
Experiences are ephemeral, as the relentless march of time consistently deteriorates our memories, regardless of the hopes and dreams they may cause. From the memories with loved ones to those of the games and movies we adore, these experiences do not age well, always ending up lesser than when we were in a fonder…
Fate/Stay Night. Spawned by the (at time) indie Type-Moon, Fate/stay night is a massive Visual Novel that has grown to be one off the faces of the industry, to the point it has spawned countless anime adaptations (making ufotable addicted to that type moon money), creating a series that ballooned to be one of the…
Another year, another round of anime. 2016 has been a rather eventful year, both IRL and in Anime, but before we get swept in confusion, AniTAY is here to help sort things out (For anime at least). Welcome to The AniTAY Anime Awards of 2016, where AniTAY Authors and AniTAY members pick the best of the best Anime of…
AniTAY Anime Awards Update: The option to write in through other was debated amoungst authors and it has been decided to add the option (for everything but AniTAY favorites). If you were a fan of something not on the list, please consider changing your vote!
AniTAY Anime Awards Update: Due to popular request, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans has been added to the AniTAY Anime Awards for Best Action. If you were a fan of IBO, please consider changing your vote!
The end of the year always causes reminiscing, where we try to define the time spent. As a result, top lists and awards quickly arise, and here at AniTAY, we are not immune. So, when we saw that others were doing Anime Awards in the style of The Game Awards, we thought we’d do it with our own spin. Welcome to The …
2016. Just hearing this number brings memories of pain and suffering, a result of the terrible year that it represents. Thankfully for us anime fans though, we didn’t see this trend continue with the hobby we love: 2016 was a great year for anime, blowing us away with amazing experiences, wonderful experiments and…
Fall. It’s the season of blockbusters, the big hitters that blow our minds... usually. This year, because 2016 has a habit of making everything bizarre, with this fall’s great shows being much more low key than the usual big hitters, It does have greats though, and here’s my list of them: Welcome to Rockmandash’s Top…
Succeeding a great work is a tricky business, as works that attempt to do so are bounded by expectations: expectations of greatness, expectations of maintaining the status quo, expectations for doing something different. When you consider that expectations are not static, it becomes easy to see how complicated sequels…
Technology looks up to the clouds, and us along with it. We often take to the skies in an endless pursuit of perfection, but this pursuit leads to trends dictated by the big players in the world. These trends may be great, but every now and then they lead to stagnation or regression. In these moments of decline, to…
One of the best parts about playing a Visual Novel is that they are very powerful: powerful enough to shake up perspectives and powerful enough to give you an impression of something would have never even crossed your mind. In the Visual Novel community, our opinions on the Western Visual Novel/EVN category of Visual…
Today, I have big news to announce for RockmanDash Reviews, one that will shake up the core of how content is produced here. It’s going to be a big change, but I hope you guys hang on for the ride. As the picture and header says, RockmanDash Reviews has a new home, and it might be closer than you think: I’m now a part…
