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12 Surprisingly Dark Anime With Childish Art Styles
There are many different strategies that a series can employ if it wants to be artistically unique. There was a time when moe was the hook and not…
Aggressive Retsuko, Girls' Last Tour, kemurikusa., Kotaro Lives Alone, Made in Abyss
Japan Top 10 Weekly Anime Blu-ray and DVD Sales Ranking: November 20 – November 26, 2023
There have been some changes to the reporting style here on the Blog. Please refer to the post here for further information. It is thanks to the wonderful…
Ayakashi Triangle, GYO: Tokyo Fish Attack, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Season 2, Mr. Osomatsu, Rurouni Kenshin
Genji Part 1
Here's another project that's been on my "to do" list for a long time: 1992's time-travel sci-fi mind-fuck OVA Genji (Part One) . The "Part ...
The Eccentric Family, Captain Tsubasa, GeGeGe no Kitaro, Izumo, Nightsong of Splendor
What Would a NEW HUNTER X HUNTER Anime Look Like?
Make sure to tune into CodeX's debut concert streaming live on Sunday, March 5th 2023 at 6pm EST/3pm PST! You can watch the entire concert for free at…
Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest, Gon, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These, Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac, Mobile Suit Gundam
Anime Series Like Urusei Yatsura
For skirt-chasing Ataru Moroboshi, the only notable thing about him is his extraordinary bad luck. That luck kicks in when aliens suddenly invade Earth
High School DxD, Love Hina, Mr. Osomatsu, Urusei Yatsura, VLAD LOVE
20 Best Pure Comedy Anime Series To Leave You Laughing
There is a lot of comedy to be found in anime, but much of the time that comedy serves as a brief respite from a more serious plot.…
Wasteful Days of High School Girls, D-Frag!, Mr. Osomatsu, Yuyushiki, Asobi Asobase - workshop of fun -
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
Live Action Sextuplet Shenanigans – Mr. Osomatsu (2022) Movie Review!
I know very little about Mr. Osomatsu/ Osomatsu-san. I know it’s about identical sextuplets, it originally aired in 1988 and then was rebooted in 2015 to major success.…
Choujikuu Romanesque Samy: Missing 99
Choujikuu Romanesque Samy: MISSING 99 ( Superdimensional Romanesque Samy: MISSING 99 ) is a 1986 sci-fi fantasy that makes no sense along m...
Katte ni Shirokuma, Rurouni Kenshin, Sangokushi, Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings, Reign: The Conqueror
Staff Picks: Our Favorite Anime of 2021
The final entry in our 2021 Staff Picks series ranks not kings, but anime — specifically those that aired in their entirety this year or ended in it. There…
A Silent Voice, Baki Hanma, Sonny Boy, The Heike Story, Keijo!!!!!!!!
That’s “Mister” To You!
I honestly did not expect a second season of “Mr. Osomatsu” (“Osomatsu-san”) and, to some degree, they might not have, either. But they decided to take it in…
Osomatsu-San Review
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What I Watched – Winter 2021
I was meant to get this post done either right before or right after the spring First Impressions, but time kinda got away from me…
SK8 the Infinity, Heaven’s Design Team, WONDER EGG PRIORITY, Kemono Jihen, Mr. Osomatsu
Sensou Douwa: Boku no Boukuugou
Sensou Douwa ( War Tales or War Fables ) was a series of TV specials by Shin-Ei Animation that ran annually from 2002 to 2009. In…
Futatsu no Kurumi, Gravitation TV, RahXephon, Yakeato no, Okashi no Ki, Fire Emblem
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 25 (End) and Series Review
There are no easy answers to be found here - and that, I suppose, is the point. Read more
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 24
Turns out the Musubi are truly chips off the old block. Read more
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 23
The most pathetic brother no doubt, as high a bar as that is. Read more
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 22
There are times when a gag isn't working where if you keep hammering long past the point where it feels too long, it starts to work somehow. Read…
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 21
It's all about the cast. Read more
Fall 2020: The end of the rest…
This episode is brought you by Non Non Biyori as the series have a 1-hour film set in Okinawa. It’s great to see Hotaru Ichijo and her friends…
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 20
I get "negative selection" and all - but would you really land on Osomatsu of all people? Read more
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 19
Totty as a sumo apprentice is so incongruous that the comic potential is basically infinite. Read more
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 18
This is a dark ride. Read more
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 17
It really feels like something changed between the second and third seasons of Osomatsu-san. Read more
Mr. Osomatsu Acquires a Taste for Respect Women Juice
To say Osomatsu has gone through many changes since 1962 would be an understatement. Originally a gag manga by Fujio Akatsuka, Osomatsu-kun has been adapted twice to anime…
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 16
In many respects I think this is the most daring and challenging season of Osomatsu-san. Read more
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 15
Are there only holes in this restaurant? Read more
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 12, 14
Let's just call that a bonus episode. Read more
Fall 2020: The rest of the field…
This post is brought you by Osomatsu-san where it has a movie that premiered at the twilight days of the Heisei Era, specifically March 15, 2019. It’s a…
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
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 11
Oshougatsu-san? Read more
Crunchyroll Announces Its Winter 2021 Lineup
Crunchyroll has announced the anime titles the site will be streaming during the Winter 2021 anime season. Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 will be available…
Lesley's Anime and Manga Corner
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2, The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter, Case Closed, EX-ARM, Mr. Osomatsu
15 Best Anime Reboots and Remakes That Improve on Older Series
Rebooting things is all the rage these days, isn’t it? It isn’t limited to movies and video games, even anime has gotten on the train. While some fault…
Dororo, Devilman, Hells, Hellsing, The Heroic Legend of Arslan
Weekly Digest 12/17/20 – Osomatsu-san Season 3, Noblesse
I kind of knew this was how Noblesse the anime would probably end. Read more
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 09
I'm not going to get sucked in again, but it really does feel as if all this is building up to something. Read more
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 08
I'm at the point with Osomatsu-san where I tend to favor the semi-serious chapters over the pure comedic stuff. Read more
“Unpopular Opinions” Tag!
Today’s weekend post is a little different from my usual reviews but I thought it’d be a nice change of pace! This is my first time doing an…
Mr. Osomatsu, Attack on Titan, Weathering With You, Tokyo Ghoul, SING "YESTERDAY" FOR ME
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 07
These pot luck Osomatsu-san short vignette eps provide a pretty good barometer of where the health of the series is, because there's nothing for the writing to hide…
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 06
There's definitely something weird going on here, if not irrefutably sinister. Read more
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 05
There's been quite a melancholy tone to this season as a whole so far, and it shows me that progression is a thing in Osomatsu-san. Read more
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 04
The Osomatsu yo-yo continues. Read more
The GLORIO Chat Episode 72: Murder of the Week
We cover a few leftover new shows, gush over Akudama Drive, and discuss a contender for the worst episode of anime ever made.
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 03
Osomatsu-san has a way of winning me back every time I start to wonder if it's finally lost its spark. Read more
Fall 2020 Schedule
Sunday Munou na Nana 21:30 AT-X (10/04) Maesetsu! 21:30 AT-X (10/04) Yuukoku no Moriarty 22:30 Toyko MX (10/11) Kami-tachi…
Is the Order a Rabbit?, KING's RAID: Successors of the Will, Attack on Titan Final Season, Fire Force, By the Grace of the Gods
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 02
This whole self-referential "Why are we even doing a third season?" motif we see repeating itself sounds suspiciously like a cry for help to me. Read more
Osomatsu-san S3 – 01
「降板」 (Kouban) "Compliance" The SHEEEEEEEH hits the fan.
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 01
Premieres and finales are tailor made for a show like this. Read more
Fall 2020 Anime Preview: Part 4 – Don’t Die Before I Do
And that finishes up the season preview. The Rankings – Part 4/4 In this episode: Taisou Samurai – Meh Kamisama ni Natta Hi – Excellent Yuukoku no…
That is the Bottleneck, Moriarty the Patriot, The Day I Became a God, Dropout Idol Fruit Tart, Mr. Osomatsu
OtakuGeneration (Show #540) Fall Impressions
Shownotes :: (show 540) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Fall Impressions, recorded live October 11th, 2015. This week we finished…
Black Bullet, Concrete Revolutio, Dance in the Vampire Bund, Attack on Titan: Junior High, Hakone-chan