CodeBlazeFate’s 2018 Anime Awards

Just in time for Cristina Vee to do her best to salvage Crunchyroll's dismal 3rd anime awards, I've come with over 35 anime that came out in 2018, and 30 different awards to give! I'll be breaking this up into 6 categories: Audio, Characters, Visuals, Writing, Trash, and Treasure! Sadly, I did not watch everything …

Goblin Slayer’s Sloppy, Overhyped Anime Debut

CLICKBAIT TITLE: The REAL problem with Goblin Slayer's First Episode! Goblin Slayer's first episode was a truly controversial one. A lot has been said on how the show handles rape and about the goblin caricatures, but I feel few people have really dived into the meat of what makes this first outing so unbearably and …

Rewriting Nadia’s Island Arc

*spoilers ahoy* Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water is a complicated series. Despite being a decently well-known Gainax work, it isn’t talked about on the same level of consistency and praise as works like Neon Genesis Evangelion and Gurren Lagann. Part of the reason is due to what happens roughly ⅔ into the series. Nadia, …

FranXX’s Flawed Replication of Gurren Lagann and Neon Genesis Evangelion: A Companion Piece

It's no secret that two of the most common anime Darling in the FranXX seems to be compared to are the 1995 and 2007 classics from Studio Gainax, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. The more the anime continues, the more clear this becomes. As mentioned in the review this analysis is a …

Re:Zero or How To Mishandle and Abandon Interesting Ideas by Trapping Your Viewers in an Abusive and Meaningless Cycle

The more I think about Re:Zero, the more infuriating it becomes. 2016’s third monumental mainstream title is a sham! It shot for the stars, gave up halfway, and settled for firey Venus. It had a lofty goal of delivering a message to the audience about their habits, but amidst the laughable, self-indulgent torture of its …

Thunderbolt 2, Humanity, and the Consequences of War

The idea of being human has a myriad of components many would look into from a biological and philosophical sense. Some of the most commonly discussed components used as the defining factor for what makes someone “truly human” include: a sense of individuality and identity, the ability to communicate with people in a natural way, …

The Theatric Glory of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

The crowd sits in suspense. The vehicles have stopped. The music cues and the spotlight is onstage. The curtain rises in flames to reveal the one who wishes to have the entire world as his audience. The icon of justice, Zero appears, the spark of rebellion sets fire to the nation, and a performance to …