Quentin Tarantino is one strange guy. His cult films are homages to the genre portrayed. Reservoir Dogs was an homage to such mob movies as The Godfather and Scarface. Kill Bill was and homage to the western genre of well... westerns as well as the Eastern Kung-Fu or samurai genre. I bring this up because Gun X Sword is a real cult anime that pays homage to it's genre.
Gun X Sword is a mecha anime revolving around Van and Wendy. Van must find "The Claw" whom killed his wife and Wendy must find her brother. This premise, you would think, is very simple and
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Jul 15, 2011
The most obvious thing that will spring into your mind with Desert Punk is perverted, lewd crude humor. The two are synonymous and if you do not wish to see or hear this kind of humor you should turn away now. If you can get past this, however, you will find that it is a thoroughly enjoyable show.
The main character, Kanta "Desert Punk" Mizuno, is your usual bad ass mercenary who is on a constant quest to get laid throughout the show. Of course, he ends up failing in his quest but the things about his fails (and even some of his triumphs) is ... 
Jul 5, 2011
"You'll never go anywhere unless you swing the bat." -Haruhara Haruko
FLCL (Fooly Cooly) is a weird and inspiring Anime OVA. This is mostly due to its presentation of the story. What it is, is a coming-of-age story about a boy named Naota "Takkun" Nandaba who believes that his life is not going anywhere until a self-proclaimed 18-year-old alien girl driving a yellow Vespa spots Naota and his brother's girlfriend Samejima Mamimi . She nails Naota in the head with her Bass guitar. It is the instance that the bass guitar makes contact with his head that the show takes off into something completely unexpected. The story ... |
