August 2nd, 2019While checking out the Summer 2019 anime offerings I discovered there were two musical series heading our way. Since only one of the two new series is currently streaming in North America, I dove straight into the one I could get my hands on first: given. given centres around 16 year old Ritsuka Uenoyama, a guitarist who hasn't felt his...
June 12th, 2019When Netflix added A Silent Voice (Koe no Katachi) to its streaming service on June 5th, it took me an hour to decide whether or not I wanted to become an emotional wreck. There is a reason why to this day I still haven't mustered the courage to watch Grave of the Fireflies despite my love of Studio Ghibli masterpieces.
If you are...
May 20th, 2019For Studio Ghibli addicts like myself, the opportunity to catch some of the studio's classic and well-loved masterpieces on the big screen was nothing more than a dream for such a long time.
However, since partnering with GKIDS, anime fans in North America have been blessed with several chances to buy overpriced giant sodas and buckets...
March 20th, 2019A realization dawned on me this morning; the Spring 2019 anime season is just a couple of weeks away! While some currently airing shows will continue into April, anime fans have a plethora of new and returning series to look forward to. I've narrowed down my personal top 5 of these 30+ shows to share with you Looters today.
Returning...
January 21st, 2019If you've been following the saga that is Sword Art Online, you know that Kirito constantly winds up in dangerous situations.
He survived a coma-inducing game in which dying in-game meant death in real life. Rescued a princess from captivity? Done that, too. Kirito even worked on behalf of the government, putting an end to suspicious...
December 5th, 2018JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's Diamond is Unbreakable arc may have ended but I am still daydreaming about my favorite Stands from the 39 episode run.
Narrowing it down to just my top three Stands was a difficult challenge. I thought about making a chart, doing some math, or maybe just throwing darts to see which would hit just three, but in...
November 8th, 2018When you first see Shigeo Kageyama your eyes most likely pass right over him. He's not particularly memorable; with that mushroom cut and dull, lifeless eyes, Shigeo blends right into the background. Hence, the nickname Mob. Yet, Shigeo is the undoubted star of Mob Psycho 100, for better or worse.
So just what is up with Mob? Well, he...
July 19th, 2018When I found out that Black Lagoon was part of our Loot Anime SQUAD crate this month, I must have squeed for a good ten minutes. This high octane, ass-kicking, definitely for mature audiences anime series was one of the few series I had to watch the instant new episodes were online.
Featuring a group of ragtag mercenaries, Black Lagoon...
March 19th, 2018Wizarding is hard work, and doubly so when you are part of the most (in)famous guild in all of Earth-land. Lucy Heartfilia has long idolized the Fairy Tail guild with hopes of joining their ranks and a chance encounter with one of the guild's members allows her the opportunity of a lifetime.
Lucy is a Celestial wizard, utilizing...
February 23rd, 2018Hi, Looters! This month I wanted to spotlight PSYCHO-PASS, one of the four properties featured in our February 2018 TECH crate. If I had to sum up this anime series in two words they would be "Minority Report". In this universe's future, the Sibyl System monitors humanity, using collected data and algorithms alongside regular scans of a...
December 27th, 2017Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac is getting an upgrade courtesy of Netflix and Toei Animation!
The original manga by Masami Kurumada started back in 1985 with the story of Seiya, a thirteen year old boy sent to Greece for training. His goal: to retrieve the Pegasus Cloth and become one of Athena's eighty-eight Saints. These Saints...
November 24th, 2017When @LootAnime asked which of this month's Loot Anime properties I would want to be BESTIES with hands down I just had to go with the Seven Deadly Sins. Falsely accused of crimes against the kingdom, these magically gifted soldiers are a unique collection and clearly better together than apart.
Meliodas, captain of the Seven Deadly...
October 23rd, 2017Once the powerful God of Calamity, Yato now struggles to find the followers needed to help him regain his stature and power. So the Noragami Yato decides to offer his services to the good people of North Shore for a mere 5 yen coin as payment in the hopes of saving enough to build a temple in his honour.
Yato quickly finds himself...
August 30th, 2017The goal of most inmates, no matter the prison, is to survive. In the case of Ganta Igarashi, not only does he want to survive his sentence in Deadman Wonderland, he also hopes to one day prove his innocence.
Deadman Wonderland's story is dark and horrific. This prison serves two purposes: the incarceration of felons, and using these...
July 17th, 2017Of the many colourful ACTION COMEDY characters you'll meet in this month's Loot Anime, Vash the Stampede from Trigun is one of my personal favorites. Let me introduce you to the 60,000,000$$ (Double Dollar) Man.
Known throughout all of Gunsmoke as the Humanoid Typhoon, Vash the Stampede is a stellar marksman with his custom silver...
June 23rd, 2017Just because the Earth has been destroyed and the last remnants of humanity are floating around in space doesn't mean that we have given up. Scientific advancements to keep our species alive and fighting for survival are the backbone of the hit series Knights of Sidonia.
Why don't we take a look at a few of these future...
May 25th, 2017It's not uncommon in anime for the protagonist to find themselves teaming up with a non-human partner in order to save the day. But for the hero to wake up and find an alien life form trapped inside his hand?
This is the new normal for Shinichi Izumi in the hit series Parasyte as he and his newly acquired alien hitchhiker are forced to...
