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How To Keep a Mummy Series Review: So Much Cuteness In One Little Package
How To Keep a Mummy is one of those anime that is unapologetic about being adorable and not much else. Fortunately, it really succeeds at being cute.
How To Keep a Mummy Episode 12: Cheesy and Yet Pulls It Off
How To Keep a Mummy continued to play to its strengths all the way through and while it also pulled a family/friends beat all kind of ending it…
How To Keep a Mummy Episode 11: Part of Me Wants To Say About Time
How to Keep a Mummy has been a super cute anime but with the promise of curses and problems with monsters raised in the first episode and then…
How To Keep a Mummy Episode 10: A Return To Adorable Formula
After last week’s average but not particularly bad episode of this anime, How To Keep A Mummy strikes back with an incredibly adorable return to the formula that…
How To Keep a Mummy Episode 9: The Oni-Child Crosses The Line
Anime has a lot of heart breaking moments that really capture the spirit of what it is to be human, to be alone, and to suffer loss. How…
Short break
Sorry, I haven’t been well for a few days. Will take a week hiatus to get on top of things again. Will still be around on Twitter. Have…
How To Keep a Mummy Episode 8: It’s Monster Day Care and It Is Soooo Cute!
I will admit, my interest in the story of How To Keep a Mummy this week was a bit hit and miss. The kids realise Connie has been…
Top 5: Anime With Demons or Devils
There are a lot of anime that include demons and devils in their cast and I know that a list of 5 can’t even begin to cover all…
Devilman Crybaby, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Black Butler, Blue Exorcist, Devilman
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom Episode 21 – Marriage For Political/Monetary Gain
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom has a lot of talking this week. Talking about marriage, business deals, border rules and so on.
Top 5 Girls In DanMachi
I finally decided the girls in DanMachi really did deserve there own post. If you’ve been following my blog for awhile you probably already know that I have…
Is Destroying the World Actually A Decent Motive?
"I want to destroy the world!" Um... you mean the world you are actually standing on and live on? How does that make sense? Is destroying the world…
Become a Blog Sponsor – Help Support 100 Word Anime This Spring Season
If you’ve been visiting 100 Word Anime for awhile you would have noted that some posts are sponsored by the amazing people below: they are my previous blog…
How To Keep a Mummy Episode 7: Barking Mummies and Dream Eating Baku
Last week I commented that the growing cast of How to Keep a Mummy were so cute together. This week adds what I believe to be the final…
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Series Review
I think we're all going to have to start wondering why reincarnated characters seem to end up so incredibly overpowered. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime…
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom Episode 20 – Incompetence Finds Its Victim This Week
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom wraps up the mad-scientist thing and then slingshots our attention back to Amidonia. Turns out Julius is a worse ruler than…
My Dress Up Darling Episode 10 – Marin’s Not The Only Dress Up Darling
My Dress Up Darling splits the episode with the first half finishing the photo shoot and wrapping up loose ends there before the OP plays and the second…
Sabikui Bisco Episode 9 – Does Anyone Have a Cure For Heart Break?
Post sponsored by Crow's World of Anime. Okay, so Sabikui Bisco doesn't do cliff-hangers half-way and it does actually commit to a plotline even if the end result…
Top 5 Very Cool Anime Knights
I always find it somewhat surprising how many anime are based around fantasy that follows a pseudo medieval kind of look. The presence of knights in anime is…
Congratulations! Crunchyroll and Funimation Finally Merge, But Is This Good News?
Well first Anime Lab became Funimation and now Crunchyroll and Funimation are merging with 'most of' the Funimation library to move on to Crunchyroll. Where does that leave…
My Roommate is a Cat Series Review – It has a Cat in It, Enough Said
When My Roommate is a Cat, or Doukyonin wa Hiza, Tokidoki, Atama no Ue (what a mouthful) premiered, reactions were clearly split. The first episode by its very…
Behind Every Great Anime Protagonist Is A Great Supporting Cast
Where would anime protagonists be without their great supporting cast members?
How To Keep a Mummy Episode 6: A Little Knowledge Can Be Adorable
Conny, Isao and Mii-Kun together are making a truly cute team in How To Keep a Mummy. As much as I didn’t like Conny’s introductory episode, he adds…
Top 5 Jonah Moments From Jormungand
The child soldier recruited by Koko the arms-dealer as a body guard, Jonah, has some really fantastic moments throughout the two seasons of Jormungand. Here I'm counting down…
3 Reasons Why Flashbacks Aren’t Always The Best Narrative Device
How many times have you been really into a narrative only to find it rudely interrupted by a poorly timed or unhelpful flashback? I'll admit, flashbacks can be…
How To Keep a Mummy Episode 5: Dragon + Mummy = Too Cute
Okay, so the child-oni turned out to be a bust last week in How to Keep a Mummy but the addition of a back-pack sized dragon gave this…
Senryuu Shoujo Anime Review – Watch out for cavities with this one.
Senryuu Shoujo gives audiences a cast of adorable characters who come together and while there isn't a lot more to it, there really doesn't need to be.
Arifureta Season 2 Episode 7 – Departure’s and Turning Points
Arifureta finally has Hajime move on this week. Meanwhile, events at the castle have escalated.
My Dress Up Darling Episode 9 – Yes It Can Be More Adorable
Last week I asked whether My Dress Up Darling could get any more adorable. Episode 9 answers with a definitive yes.
Sabikui Bisco Episode 8 – They Aren’t Going To Leave It There (Oh they did)
Post sponsored by Crow's World of Anime. Sabikui Bisco gets dramatic this week as the hostage exchange goes about as well as can be expected. However, it is…
Become a Blog Sponsor – Help Support 100 Word Anime This Spring Season
We're almost back to the Spring anime season again and I am running another blog sponsor drive. I've changed things a little for 2022 and I'll only be…
Maoyu Maou Yuusha Series Review: Understanding the Economics of War
Maoyu Maou Yuusha Overview: In Maoyu Maou Yuusha, fifteen years have passed since the war between humans and demons began. The hero seeks to end the conflict by…
How To Keep A Mummy Episode 4: And Without The Star What is Left?
My previous episode reviews have left no doubt that about the only thing How To Keep a Mummy has going for it is the single cutest mummy in…
Monthly Girls Nozaki-Kun Series Review: He’s Just Never Going To Get It
Monthly Girls Nozaki-Kun Overview: In Monthly Girls Nozaki-Kun, Sakura Chiyo has a crush on Nozaki but when she tries to confess she mistakenly tells him she is his…
Basic Adventure Narrative with Unusual Mushrooms – Sabikui Bisco Has My Attention
This post is sponsored by Crow's World of Anime. The first episode of Sabikui Bisco caught me by surprise and honestly I really didn't have any idea what…
Love of Kill Episode 7 – Sorry, Not Dead Yet
Okay, I had a few things wrong with my predictions for where Love of Kill would go this week after episode 6's set up. That said, I'm not…
How To Keep A Mummy Episode 3: The Word Cute Will Not Appear In This Review Even Though Mii-Kun is The Cutest Ever
Another episode of How To Keep a Mummy that seems to know exactly what its strength is and ensures every scene plays to it. However, we’re still kind…
Psycho Pass Series Review: No System Is Perfect But This Anime Is Pretty Fantastic
Psycho Pass is a dystopian anime that has a lot of cool ideas packed into it. We follow rookie inspector Akane as she learns more about how her…
Tokyo 24-ku Episode 7: Time Moves on But The Plot Seems To Be On Hold
Tokyo 24-ku jumps forward two months but the characters seem to be right where we left them. Ran's gone underground, Kouki is working with his father, and Shuta's…
My Dress Up Darling Episode 8 – Scouting Locations For Photos and Dates?
My Dress Up Darling splits the episode this week with the first half focusing on Juju and her sister and the second half having Marin take Gojo to…
Sasaki to Miyano Episode 7 – Past Traumas Losing Their Bite
This week in Sasaki to Miyano we see how changing circumstances, time and distance can change how you feel about things. Confronted with a previous trauma, Miyano realises…
Do You Need Characters You Can Relate To? Do You Like To Look In The Mirror?
Is relatability a necessity for enjoyment? I'm kind of on the fence because while I am drawn to characters I can relate to I frequently enjoy stories where…
Sabikui Bisco Episode 7 – Everybody Vs Everybody Else
Post sponsored by Crow's World of Anime. Sabikui Bisco has Bisco vs Pawoo. Milo and Akutagawa vs the Rust Eater. Milo and Bisco vs the Rust Eater. Squabbling…
Sasaki to Miyano Episode 6 – Exams and Harder Questions To Answer
It is hard to imagine anyone who isn't totally blown away by Sasaki thanking Miyano for a lollipop. Sasaki to Miyano continues to be an adorable watch this…
Devilman Crybaby Series Review: It’s Making A Splash But Does It Have Substance?
Devilman Crybaby is one of those anime where it hits hard visually and emotionally but after the immediate reaction you are left wondering just what is actually left.
Arifureta Season 2 Episode 6 – Another Labyrinth Down
This week in Arifureta Hajime and crew finish their stroll through the underwater labyrinth. Is it just me or is each labyrinth feeling just a little less impressive?
How To Keep A Mummy Episode 2: There’s No Real Story But It Remains Pretty Cute
How To Keep a Mummy Episode 2 is kind of hard to review given the characters kind of serve their purpose, it looks kind of average, the music…
5 Supporting Anime Characters The Winter 2022 Season Could Do Without
It takes a lot to make a great and memorable anime. Visuals, plot, and characters all play a role. But sometimes, even when you have a great central…
Tensai Ouji no Akaji Kokka Saisei Jutsu Episode 6 – To Be Honest I Tuned Out
Tensai Ouji no Akaji Kokka Saisei Jutsu episode 6 sets up the next political minefield that Wein will have to navigate but to be honest I just couldn't…
My Dress Up Darling Episode 7 – I’m never going to get tired of Marin’s facial expressions.
My Dress Up Darling may have a small problem in that it introduced us to an anime within the anime that I actually desperately want to watch (also,…
Love of Kill Episode 6 – Look, Isn’t he Happy? Oh, He’s Dead.
I guess I should put a spoiler warning on my Love of Kill review this week given I'm definitely going to tell you how this episode ends. However,…