Hi!!!!!!!!!! During the pandemic I decided to start a whole YouTube channel, and I just made my first video LIVE, baby! I’m really excited about it. You can check it out here, if you’d like đ đ„ș
Alternatively, though, if you’re not that into watching YouTube vidyas, I also wrote out a version of the script I used here. So if you’re interested in reading instead, here’s some information about 1989’s Caper in the Castro, the very first GAY GAME.
It’s been a minute since I logged on here. Believe it or not, I’ve been writing a lot – I’ve submitted a few things over at TehBen.com and done a few freelancing joints here and there. But I figured it was about time to start updating this bad boy again.
A flaw with creating an anime blog is that I felt like I could ONLY write about anime. That’s a problem, since my only interest isn’t anime. I’m kinda funny about my watching habits – I’m either watching a million anime or none at all. Which means I either had a lot to write or…nothing at all đ To rectify this, I’ve decided to expand from being Anime Hell Zone to being Jenn’s Hell Zone. Hopefully this new domain works out and all the old links don’t become broken…
I have also made a YouTube channel! I decided it might be more engaging if I make videos AND write. I really, really enjoy video editing (I used to do it a lot in college), and I wanted to get back to my roots, so to speak. So subscribe to me over on Jenn’s Hell Zone – there’s nothing there (yet), but I promise there’s good stuff to come đ
Well, that’s all I have for right now. I hope you all have been doing well – I’ve been reading some of your stuff and lurking, believe it or not. I’m excited to get back into the groove, even if it’s only sporadically. Hopefully the people who used to follow me still use this and I’m not just posting into the void lololol â€
They’re here. They’ve invaded. The aliens. They’ve crashed their way into Tokyo and war is surely coming. The government is at a loss as to how to go about preserving mankind, and Japan is thrust into a new and confusing era!
What will happen to the aliens and the people of Tokyo?
Who cares! Inio Asano’s Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction isn’t really a story about aliens. It’s a story about high school girls.
Kadode Koyama and Ouran “Otan” Nakagawa are bored, and aliens are the only things that can spice their lives up. …But wait, nothing is really happening. The aliens are just…there, weak and hanging around, and everyone in Tokyo is going about their normal lives. How will the girls live an interesting life if impending doom isn’t even exciting?
With new PS5 games being listed at an MSRP of $70, it is finally time to forsake modern gaming. Why pay $70 for some open-world bullshit when you COULD be playing some horny point & click adventure games? Thatâs my new motto, baby. Ben had the right idea when he scooped up that Turbografx 16 Mini. As for myself, first I dove into the typo-ridden world of 1992âs Cobra Mission, and now Iâve entered the more grammatically sound world of 1992âs Rex Nebular & The Cosmic Gender Bender, created by MicroProse. This game has dick jokes. Itâs got aliens. Itâs got casual sexism. Truly, what more could you ask for?
Iâve had this one vaguely on my radar for a few months now. There was a demo available on Internet Archive, and as soon as I read the title, I knew that I needed to give itâŠ
Hello, hello, I know I haven’t been posting much, but I have been playing some anime porn games. You know, doing exactly what you expect me to be doing. I wrote a review for one of these porn games for TehBen.com, so please check it out!
Aaaaaaaaaah, yes. It’s that time again. Time for the most important anime coverage of the season. It’s time for me to rank the animated eyebrows that graced your screens this winter…a few weeks late, as always. Believe it or not, I actually watched quite a few of this season’s offerings – for once, I had a decent list of brows at the ready, instead of frantically looking through shows last minute to see if there were any contenders.
Was it a season where scruffy eyebrows reigned? Or a season full of waifish thin brows? Was it one where those thick ‘n short nubs peppered the foreheads of cute anime girls? Or was it full of average arches? Click on to find out whether Winter 2020 made our eyebrow dreams come true…
HELLO all, I promise I’ll write about anime again soon, but I’ve been busy watching shitty movies. You understand, right? Anyways, I wrote another lil review of a stinker called The Baby for TehBen.com last week – check it out!
Hello, zillions of loyal readers! I know youâve been anxiously awaiting the newest installment of SCHLOCK FOOTAGE â sitting on the edge of your seat, biting your nails, sweating, drooling, YEARNING for a new movie recommendation about nuns, titties, vampires, or all the above.
WELL! Iâve got you covered. This time around, allow me to tell you the story of an adult baby. And no, itâs not a fetish thingâŠat least, I donât think it is. Weâre watching 1973âs cult classic, The Baby.
This movie is listed as a horror-thriller, but that doesnât really do it justice. Itâs more of a Lifetime movie gone wild. The Baby is about Anne, a social worker who develops a strong interest in the case of the Wadworths â Mrs. Wadworth, her two daughters, Germaine and Alba, and her seemingly mentally-disabled son, Baby. Yes, the adult babyâs name is just, âBabyâ even likeâŠ
Hey all, this is a repost of a blog entry from 2018. I’m trying to get back into writing stuff like this, so I’m giving it a reblog as inspiration for me! Plus, consider this a placeholder while I try to get back into my groove đ
Have you ever been fooled by an animeâs cutesy art style? Were you one of the people who were absolutely floored when episode three of Madoka Magica came around, or someone who wasnât expecting Made in Abyss to involve so much gore and vomit based on the character designs? Did you think Doki Doki Literature was just an innocent dating sim?
Donât worry, it happens to the best of us. Even Cactus Matt was fooled by a mangaâs cover art recently! The poor fella just wanted to see some cute anime girls, but instead he got cute anime girls melting!
This concept of having an art style that doesnât necessarily match up with the showâs tone is commonly utilized in anime. Itâs called art style dissonance. The logic behind it is simple enough – if you see a cute looking character getting absolutely obliterated, youâre (probably) going to be more shocked by whatâs happening. That canât happen to her, sheâs got pink hair and big moe eyes!
There are the more well-known examples like Madoka and Made in Abyss that I mentioned above, but those just scratch the surface. There are many, many series that utilize this method. Letâs take a look at some of my favorites.
Content warning: since this post is specifically talking about anime that are secretly fucked up, thereâs some mention of some fucked up stuff in here. Some mentions of body horror and sexual assault beyond this point.
Music has become a bigger part of my life recently for one very boring reason: I cannot focus at work without music playing in the background. Itâs an office gig, so itâs a whole lot of running reports and staying seated. You figure Iâm at a desk for 40 hours a week, so Iâm listening to stuff in my headphones for a lot of that time…which means I get tired of the music on my phone pretty quickly. As a result, I end up searching for random new music to listen to online – I can only listen to Spice World so many times in a week, after all! đ
To switch up my music routine a little bit, and to give myself a writing prompt for this blog I barely update, I thought it would be fun to check Bandcamp for new Japan release and write mini-reviews of things I found. I soon realized that it would be hard to actually figure out what music was ACTUALLY coming from Japan â apparently, every vaporwave artist who makes âchill anime beatsâ mixes lists their location as Japan, even though theyâre probably over in Toronto or something. But, I did eventually findsome neat, actual Japanese music to listen to, so I thought I would share it with all of you!
Part of the appeal of Shaftâs animations is that there is ALWAYS something going on in the background. It makes for great re-watchability. Once youâve watched a new episode of the studioâs Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story, rewind, turn those subtitles off and look for pendulums swinging symbolically in the background. Check out the hidden details of a Witchâs Labyrinth, or see if any street signs start displaying tidbits about a charactersâ emotional state.
Or, go rewind because THIS GIRL JUST PUT KETCHUP ON HER CAKE. Yeah. Are you seeing that screenshot? Thatâs for sure ketchup, right? And then, to make matters worse, it seems that sheâs decorated the ketchup swirls withâŠcandy and a wad of meat? Excuse me?
It canât be some kind of meat pie, right? Then there would be beef pouring out the sides or something when she cut into it. Another troubling thing is the fact that there doesnât seem to even be ketchup on the table. Does she have a secret stash of ketchup on her at all times? Lastly, none of the other magical girls seem to react to her decking her cheesecake out in ketchup â no one except for the newbie, Iroha, anyways. This leads me to believe that this is a regular occurrence. She must be dousing things in ketchup so often that her friends donât even react to it anymore.
WHERE DID IT COME FROM??
A few others have speculated on this odd phenomenon. Scott posited that maybe sheâs eating a potato cake somehow. Remy gives the impression that she might just be a monster, like theYouTube lady who puts ketchup on her French toast. K at the Moviespoints out that she should just cut out the middle man and eat one of those Canadian ketchup cakes.
I'm just sitting here wondering what kind of cake it is and if that flavor would actually would work with ketchup. Potato cake? Is that possible?
— Scott: Gundam Boogeyman đđș (@MechAnimeReview) January 31, 2020
In all likelihood, itâs just a clever visual gag from the people who brought you similar fast-paced visual comedy in the Monogatari series. I love the idea of a conference room full of creators and animators being like, âyes, as Momoko is detailing the logistics of Witches, have this girl do some goofy shit in the foreground like putting ketchup on a cake.â Once again, Shaft is proving that theyâre on another level, because they have the power to make me pause an important scene just to marvel at small details.
This anime is based off a game, too, and I gotta be honest â this mystery is making me want to download the mobile app just to see if this girl does more things like this canonically. Guess thatâs just part of Shaftâs genius, too! Get me to download a game off of a freaking ketchup gag!
That's nothing. In the game, she puts paint in the stew to make the color stronger.
