Saturday, November 2, 2024

Sailor Moon Cosmos (Part 1 & 2)

Usagi Tuskino has faced many threats to planet Earth.  But an unthinkable loss and the arrival of three mysterious strangers heralds the coming of a war that will cost Sailor Moon dearly.  The stars become a battlefield as Sailor Senshi from across time and space come together for the battle to end all battles.  Can Usagi overcome her greatest despairs, doubts and fears to defeat the ultimate enemy, one who will not stop until they’ve claimed every power in the cosmos? 

It hasn’t been the smoothest journey for Sailor Moon’s big reboot for the new millennium.  The first two seasons of Sailor Moon Crystal were utter failures while Season Three and the Sailor Moon Eternal duology made critical course corrections though not without faults of their own.  Of all the stories in the original saga to be adapted, none come with as much pressure as the final arc aka Sailor Moon Sailor Stars.  The final season of the 90s Anime was borderline perfect save for the actual Series Finale which was so depressing it felt like Sailor Moon hadn’t really won in the end at all.  If the reboot needed to get anything right and take advantage of a chance to do things better, that time is right here in Sailor Moon Cosmos.  So, after so many downs and ups, does this reboot live up to the potential many hoped it would?
 

Friday, November 1, 2024

Hail to the King Baby!!!: A Godzilla Retrospective Part 1

Welcome Dear Readers to another Anime Corner Special Event.  Given that we’re celebrating the official 70th Birthday of the King of the Monsters this month, nows a good a time as any to do a little revisit to those 7 decades of history.  For the next five Fridays, we’ll be looking at Godzilla from the very beginning and working our way through his most current successes in 2024 (which are pretty huge btw, no pun intended).  We begin our little history lessons with, as I said, the beginning, a beginning so massive…that this is the only era we’ll be splitting into two parts just to cover it all.  Welcome to Hail to the King Baby!!!: A Godzilla Retrospective.