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Weekly Round-Up, 25-31 October 2023: Plus-Sized Rom-Com, Horse Girl Gambling, and Cathartic Horror
AniFem Round-Up Anime Feminist Recommendations of Summer 2023 Our latest recs are a grab bag of Summer shows, carryovers, and endearing oddballs you might have missed. Restorative justice…


Restorative justice and community in Samurai Flamenco
As self-proclaimed hero Hazama Masayoshi learns that heroes and villains are parts of their community, not forces outside of it. he begins to reject violence and root his…


Anime Series Like Fuuto PI
In the city of Fuuto, criminals are making use of Gaia Memories that transform them into super-powered monsters called Dopants. However, there are also
Blood Blockade Battlefront, BNA, Bungo Stray Dogs, Fuuto PI, Hamatora


The Best Anime Of The Decade (2010-2019)
You think you’ve watched all the best anime the last decade had to offer? I beat you haven’t seen these yet!
Beyond The Mountain Lies A World Of Frills
Hellsing, Samurai Flamenco, Umineko: When They Cry, UN-GO, The Legend of the Legendary Heroes


Anime Series Like Love After World Domination
Fudo Aikawa dons the mantle of Gelato Red, leader of a group of protectors that stand against an organization bent on world domination. Desumi Magahara is
Juliet, Love After World Domination, Momokuri, Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World, Samurai Flamenco


15 Anime Series With Major Genre Shifts
With the vast majority of anime, what they establish as the genre in the first few episodes will be the genre throughout the series. If you are watching…
School Days, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, When They Cry, Charlotte, Dragon Ball


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!!!!!!!!


The Best of Us, The Worst of Us, The Lot of Us: Hidenori Gotou
Samurai Flamenco is a bad anime, but it still has a lot to say about the nature of heroism and trauma.
365 – One Shot 44 – Gogo Monster
October Extravaganza continues with Night 3 as we do a One Shot on Taiyo Matsumoto’s Gogo Monster! dakazu also read the end of Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, watched Ranking of Kings, talks about Kamen…


Weekly Round-Up, 16-22 June 2021: Olympics Protests, Gundam Wing, and Digital Shoujo Manga
AniFem Round-Up “Serves You Right”: The abolitionist condemnation of retributive justice in Akudama Drive Inkie remembers the cult hit of 2020 and its powerful critiques of criminalization and…


My Fave is Problematic: Samurai Flamenco
No one has ever asked whether Samurai Flamenco is good, because the question is a loud and simultaneous "no" and "yes." But the question of whether it "counts"…


Samurai Flamenco – :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Here is the second post for this week regarding some posts I collabed with other people about. If you remember a certain April Fool’s Day post on this…
The Samurai Flamenco Study pt1
The Samurai Flamenco incident was one of the most significant of our generation, yet many dismiss it as fiction. We set the record straight. The post The Samurai Flamenco…


The Samurai Flamenco Study – PT 2
Hello everyone! Welcome to Part 2 of a super serious Samurai Flamenco study. I was joined by the wonderful Irina from DrunkenAnimeBlog for this brilliant discussion. Please follow…
Baccano! & Immortality
Baccano! & ImmortalityThe Essence of Anime - Part IIntroBaccano! is a 2007 TV anime directed by Takahiro Oomori (Natsume Yuujinchou, Kuragehime, Samurai Flamenco, Pet and a lot more)…
Samurai Flamenco, Baccano!, Durarara!!, Princess Jellyfish, Natsume's Book of Friends
Deca-Dence episode 2 – Well that was unexpected
Well. Huh. That was something. I haven’t seen this sort of collective anime fan shock since the infamous Guillotine Gorilla from Samurai Flamenco, and before that perhaps a…
Deca-Dence episode 2 – Well that was unexpected
Well. Huh. That was something. I haven’t seen this sort of collective anime fan shock since the infamous Guillotine Gorilla from Samurai Flamenco, and before that perhaps a…
10 More Stories From My Dropped List
A quick way to clean up the To Watch list.
Fate/Zero, Hellsing, Deadman Wonderland, Hells, Hunter x Hunter
Reflections: Yes. I still want to buy stuff. So can I please have these?
I recently went on a tear of buying anime. I collected Pat Labor, Dennou Coil, bought Serial Experiments Lain and a Sengoku Basara and a few others. I’ve…
30 Day Anime Challenge Two: Day Two
Here is day two of my second 30 Day Anime Challenge #2: Worst Anime Ending I Have Watched “Samurai Flamenco” was a weird show, not like, weird in…
Anime Feminist’s Bonus Picks of the Decade
We proudly present Part Two of our Decade Selections, affectionately titled: "I can't believe my teammates have such bad taste!" The post Anime Feminist’s Bonus Picks of the Decade…
In the grand scheme of things, how important is the finale?
"To address this question, I will take a step back and look what makes an ending, deconstructing the narrative importance of an ending, and coming to terms with…
OSMcast! The 2014 OSMawards Part II: Manga and Anime 2-23-2015
The 2014 OSMawards for Most Awesome Manga and Anime February is almost over! And as everyone agrees that Febuaray is the best month for looking back at the previous…
OSMcast! Anime, Games, Interviews, & More!
Parasyte -the maxim-, Rage of Bahamut: Genesis, Samurai Flamenco, Space Dandy, The Heroic Legend of Arslan
OSMcast! Samurai Flamenco 5-12-2014
JUST ONE uh… something? Just one.. Yeah… What happens when you get a starry-eyed fresh cut vigilante paired up with an only slightly-nonsense cop? Oh, and make it an…
OSMcast! Anime, Games, Interviews, & More!
Listeners, Samurai Flamenco, Conception, Legend of the Crystals: Final Fantasy
OSMinterview! Samantha Inoue-Harte @ MTAC In Love
The Hatmaster. Or Meister. Anime loves Meisters. We’re not done MTAC in Lovin’ yet, folks! We had a chance to sit down several amazing people during this year MTAC,…
Top 20 Anime of 2013
After a barrage of really good series last year, 2013 stepped things back a little to take a breather, slowly working its way up from an empty winter…
From the New World, Kill la Kill, Kuroko's Basketball, Silver Spoon, Gatchaman Crowds


Samurai Flamenco – Went Far Beyond
Samurai Flamenco (Samumenco) was one of many anime I didn’t pick up when the Anime Fall Season ’13 started. I was interested in it, but I was prioritizing…
OSMcast! The 2013 OSMawards Part II: Anime and Manga (But not in that order) 1-20-2014
The 2013 OSMawards for most Awesome Anime, Manga, and geez wow more anime again good lord are we ever going to shut up? OK FOLKS! Strap in because we…
OSMcast! Anime, Games, Interviews, & More!
Paradise Kiss, Vividred Operation, AKB0048, Fire Emblem, GeGeGe no Kitaro