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Portrait of the Psychopath as a Young Man (Aoki Honoo v2)
Aoki Honoo is a one-shot OVA from 1989, based on a six-volume manga by Yanagasawa Kimio, a prolific mangaka who is almost unknown in the…
Kingdom of Chaos: Born to Kill
At long last, another orphan project completed! In this case, it's a four-part OVA from 2003-2004, Kingdom of Chaos: Born to Kill . It is ba...
Blue Exorcist, Elfen Lied, Generation of Chaos, Golden Kamuy, Magical DoReMi
Dragon Slayer Eiyuu Densetsu: Ouji no Tabidachi
Over the years, many people have asked Orphan to do Dragon Slayer Eiyuu Densetsu: Ouji no Tabidachi ( Dragon Slayer Legend of Heroes: The P...
Angelique, Bite me!, Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, Judo Story, Techno Police
Chuck Shimezou
I'm really fond of the Young Animators' Training Project (which has had various name, according to the Wikipedia article ) and its OVAs. The...
Aoi Hitomi no Onna no Ko no Ohanashi, Fortune Dogs, Sangokushi, Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, Urusei Yatsura
Bakuen Campus Guardress
When I first watched Bakuen Campus Guardress ( Combustible Campus Guardress ), a four-episode episode OVA from 1994, I was gobsmacked by ho...
Combustible, Cosmic Fantasy, Hashire!, Blue Sonnet, Gallery Fake
Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Season 1 (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing
The first season of Food Wars! is now back in print here in the UK thanks to Anime Limited, with a new collector’s edition to go with it.
Shokugeki no Soma (Food Wars!)
Note: This is a review for all five seasons. This anime, as you may have been able to surmise from the title, is centered around battles fought through…
Food Wars Food Dishes I Can Cook From The Anime Shokugeki no Soma
Food Wars! (Shokugeki no Soma) is an anime and manga series that contains a wide variety of delicious and oh so visually appealing food dishes. While some of
Sanada 10 - If SIx Turned Out to Be Nine... (Ep 7-9)
At long last, Sanada 10 stops setting the stage and moves into telling a story. However, it promptly runs into a prime difficulty of histor...
Nagasarete Airantou, Next War Chronicle Ehrgeiz, Ai no Kusabi, Joker, Sailor Moon
Sanada 10 - The Battle of Sekigahara (Ep 1-3)
Sanada 10 - more formally, Shinshaku Sengoku Eiyuu Densetsu Sanada Juu Yuushi ( New Legend of the Warring States Heroes: The Ten Warriors ...
BABYLON, Cowboy Bebop, Blue Flames, Blue Exorcist, Blue Sonnet
Isekai de Cheat Skill wo Te ni Shita Ore wa, Genjitsu Sekai wo mo Musou Suru: Level Up wa Jinsei wo Kaeta Episode #08
Let’s begin this episode with Yuuya Tenjou where he’s cooking a meal for a few people. Man, is this a Shokugeki no Souma reference given that Yoshitsugu Matsuoka…
Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in The Real World, Too, Jinsei - Life Consulting
Spy x Family is a Brilliant Adaptation | Animation Spotlight
Thanks to NexStage Project for sponsoring this video. Visit them (and audition) here: https://www.nexstageproject.com/ #ad Canipa spotlights one of the most beloved shows of the season and discusses how…
Great Pretender, Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, Joker Game, Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Joker
Gude Crest
Orphan's presents a new English release of the 1990 sword-and-sorcery OVA Onna Senshi Efe & Jira: Gude no Monshou ( Woman Warriors Efe & Ji...
The Fashion Boy is Cool, Twin Spica, Ai no Kusabi, All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku, Alpen Rose
Some Personal Anime Favourites From 2020
It is sometimes good to be able to watch anime that have been vetted already. A check on Wikipedia shows that 158 anime series aired last y...
I'm Standing on a Million Lives, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Sakura Wars the Animation, Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, DECA-DENCE
Amatsuki Re-Revisited
You might wonder, with good reason, why Orphan is releasing a new version of Amatsuki , six years after our first release. That release is q...
Ghost in the Shell, Hand Maid Mai, High Score, Joker: Marginal City, Shuten Doji - The Star Hand Kid
Rakuten Viki and Crunchyroll Renewed for another year; Reviews for Recently Completed Anime
Despite the Pandemic turning most of the world into shut-ins, I haven’t been able to spend most of this year consistently binging Asian Dramas on Viki. Such…
Ipponbouchou Mantarou
Stop me if you've heard this one before. The son of a local grub shop is goaded by his father into seeking his fortune as a chef. He…
No Money!, Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, Mars, Oishinbo, Night Head Genesis
Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma(Season 2)
Check out the battle of chefs!
Shokugeki no Souma – Shin no Sora Anime Review
Yo! Will Sirius here. Currently, Shokugeki no Souma's latest season is currently airing. But before I dive myself into that
Waza no Tabibito
Here's a modern OVA that slipped under the radar, 2011's Waza no Tabibito ( Skills Journey ). Waza is virtually a one-man production - cr...
Nora, Rizelmine, Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, Fruits Basket, Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play
Amon Saga
This one is a bit odd: a new release of the 1986 sword-and-sorcery movie Amon Saga , based on a laserdisc rip. Amon Saga has already been…
Amon Saga, Bavi Stock, Gintama, Golgo 13: The Professional, Joker
Shokugeki no Souma 5 Dropped
After five years and 76 episodes, I’m throwing in the towel! BLUE, Noir, Saiba/Suzuki, Erina in peril…it all feels extraneous, as if the anime were continuing for one…
Summer 2020 Schedule
Sunday Digimon Adventure: 09:00 Fuji TV (06/28) …
Digimon Adventure:, Sword Art Online: Alicization, A Certain Scientific Railgun T, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, APPARE-RANMAN!
Summer 2020 First Impressions
Hey, y’all. Yata here. On top of FGJ’s home country still completely fucking up this whole pandemic response thing, it’s officially Too Fucking Hot™ out, and you know…
Shokugeki no Souma 5 – 03 – Black and Blue
OK, I LOL’d a bit at Megumi’s Gyaru transformation after tasting Souma’s pork cutlet fondue lunch kit…but there was a distinct feeling of the franchise scraping the bottom…
Megumi, Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, Food Wars! The Fifth Plate
Spring 2020 Roundup.
A comprehensive list of where I am with the Spring 2020 lineup. Please keep in mind that some anime are ongoing, some are on hold, some are postponed,…
Tsugumomo, Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, Tower of God, Gleipnir, Great Pretender
Shokugeki No Souma S5: How to Ruin a Sequel
Shokugeki no Souma is back for its 5th and (probably) final season. The show is currently being delayed by Covid-19, but we still have 2 episodes to unpack.…
The War to End All “Wars”
The way “Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma” was set up, a second season was inevitable. And here you are! A second season! Or a Second Plate. This season…
My Dilemma with Shokugeki no Souma.
With Spring 2020 upon us, I headed to MAL to have a little look at the anime lineup for the season. I knew SNS 5 would be coming…
7: Sickos Noir
On the rain-slicked streets of Sicko City, one hard-boiled PI faces down an anime sicko who stands accused of watching Food Wars: Shokugeki No Soma. Will our grizzled…
Spiraken Manga Review Ep 244: Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma (or Tournament Arc Involving Food. Where Do I Sign Up?!)
Happy 2018 Everyone! We here at the Spiraken Manga Review hope you had a great last year. So, to ring in the new year, Xan is reviewing a…
Can this Hainanese Chicken Rice Recipe Win a Shokugeki?!
My mom’s side of the family is from Malaysia and I grew up eating lots of food from that part of the world like nasi goreng, roti canai,…
fall 2017 season preview part 4 Sequels all the way down
anime blog with series series overviews editorials and other interesting bits of writing.
Fun With Numbers: August 2017 Amazon Data (Initial Numbers)
August is another light month, with 26 total releases. The only particularly interesting release is Shokugeki no Souma (starting at 21432/7161). World War Blue didn’t rank on DVD…
My Current Anime 3×3 Mosaic
Although I have long had a list of my favorite anime in various forms of top 5 to top 30 shows, I have never before made a 3×3, a…
Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Nora
Summer 2016 – Season Preview
Tis the season for new anime, fa la la la la la la la la la. Hopefully all the shows are okay, fa la la la la la…
BATTERY the animation, Fate/stay night, 91 Days, Berserk, Majestic Prince
Spiraken Anime Corner Ep 02: Spring Anime 2015
Xan is joined by Alain Mendez, Co host of the Speakeasy Podcast and one of the driving forces of the Reverse Thieves in this awesome episode of Spiraken's…
Fairy Tail, Fairy Tail (2014), Fate/stay night, High School DxD BorN, Wish Upon the Pleiades
OtakuGeneration (Show #514) Spring Impressions
Shownotes :: (show 514) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Spring Impressions, recorded live April 12th, 2015. This week continued the…
Hello!! KINMOZA!, High School DxD, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU TOO!, Naruto: Shippuden, Nyuru Nyuru!! Kakusen-kun 2
OtakuGeneration (Show #513) Spring Impressions
Shownotes :: (show 513) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Spring Impressions, recorded live April 5th, 2015. This week we started…
One Piece, Hayate the Combat Butler, Naruto: Shippuden, World Conquest Zvezda Plot, Mobile Suit Gundam