Fake it until you bake it

This is quite an odd one to end Halloween with, but it's a happy one at that. We've spent the whole month thinking about how cool spooky stuff is that we've forgotten about the good things in life. Congratulations Rahul, you did us all proud, really good job. Now here are some funny Rahul memes …

One mans nightmare

How did it happen that it's already in Halloween! I feel like I'm in a Junji Ito world and every moment and week is passing by instantly. This won't be the last halloween post however, I've still got one lined up after this! One mans nightmare can be another mans dream, something that sounds so …

What I watched in October (Recommendations and Reviews for anime and manga)

It's that time of the month again and it feels like it's gone way too quickly. The series that I'm watching lately are pretty huge. Monster is 74 episodes and Space brothers is 99. While I got close to finishing space brothers it still won't be done until next month and monster, you might have …

Junji Ito – Clubhouse / House of Friends / Gang House

It now seems clear to me that Junji Ito is not happy with doing things that are generic, even if theirs something that's already been done before he will always throw a twist or two. This isn't just because he wants to be original but theirs an element of horror and fear that is lost …

Junji Ito – Ice Cream Bus

Junji Ito's story of the Ice Cream Bus is so good for how creepy it is. Ito often draws his horror from very basic and ordinary things, then extending them to the extreme or obsession to make them scary. The story follows a single parent father taking custody of his younger son and an ice …

Why Talking About Halloween Spooky Scary Bullshit is Important to Me

A lot of people sigh at things like I'm doing such as only talking about horror for a whole month of the year, it means 1/12 of my months are horror related when there are so many other genre's to dedicate a month to. For example I've hardly seen any mecha (though Evangelion might count …

Junji Ito – Long Dream and The Story of The Mysterious Tunnel

Got 2 one shots for you this time! Long Dream This one shot by Junji Ito was just great. It was scary, had crazy art and was really entertaining and interesting as well as scary. The ideas about death were what made the story so fascinating to me it was crazy. We start fairly innocently …

Junji Ito – Ghost Heights Management

It's been like 10 days since I last wrote a post here, sorry. I've been busy with constant work lately and I find myself rarely thinking about my blog, after Halloween there should be a bit of a reset where I can actually work more. That's sort of a shame though because It means I …

How A Horror Story from GTO Influenced So Many People I know

When you think of legendary comedy Great Teacher Onizuka horror is not what first springs to mind. However it features a horror story which has been very influential to a lot of people I know. Here's why. The Horror Story (How I remember it - not copying the shows version) A man was walking home …

Monster Chapter 3 – A Murder

I regret to say that this will be the last episode review of monster that I will do in the lead up to Halloween. It's not that I don't love the show, quite the opposite in fact. It's just hard to motivate yourself to watch the show if you know you have to write a …

Tomie OVA Review

Instead of just giving you a 'monster' episode review for the lead up to Halloween I thought it would instead be more interesting to have a mix of things. So instead of just reviewing those episodes I'll also be talking about OVA's, films and manga's as well as other full season anime reviews like the …

Monster Chapter 2 – Downfall

To correct  a mistake from the previous review Monster calls episodes chapters  meaning each episode is equal to a chapter. This means we're on the second chapter of the 74 episode story. Lots of exciting things are still yet to happen! Our episode continues taking place directly after the previous with Tenma operating on the …

Monster ep 1 – Dr Tenma

In the lead up to Halloween I thought it would be fun to cover a good horror anime episode by episode until October 31st much like I did last year with Shiki. Monster and Shiki are both fantastic horrors so I highly recommend that you watch them. With monster being 74 episodes long I don't …

Night is Short, Walk on Girl

One night could lead to many things. One night could feel like a year. One night could change everything. Night is short, walk on girl is a great summation of everything this film is about. It takes place over the course of the same night and things get progressively stranger and more interesting. It feels like …

The Ancient Magus Bride Ep 1&2 Review

I thought it would be fun to talk about the shows I watch episode by episode weekly. My thoughts on the ancient magus bride are pretty controversial however I think my criticisms are valid enough that even fans of the show would understand where I'm coming from. The very obvious first thing is the visuals …