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My Roommate is a Cat–Anime Review

My Roommate is a Cat (Crunchyroll) is a lightweight but utterly charming show. I think it’s safe to predict that if you like cats you will want to…

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2018 Anime Year in Review

Overall this feels like one of the weaker years for anime in recent memory. Yes, I’m giving 3 “outstanding” ratings, but 2 of them are for series begun…

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Gurazeni: Money Pitch

Gurazeni: Money Pitch (Crunchyroll) is my favorite new anime series for 2018. This is an engaging, smartly-written seinen sports story with sympathetic believable characters. This is not your…

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March Comes in Like a Lion (Season 2) Ends

March Comes in Like a Lion (Crunchyroll) serves as a object lesson that you shouldn’t rely too much on first impressions. After the first episode of the first…

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Kokkoku Ends

Kokkoku (Amazon) is one of the better shows of the 2018 Winter anime season. It’s Sci-Fi thriller that’s a bit on the gritty and violent side (though with…

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The Ancient Magus’ Bride Ends

The Ancient Magus’ Bride (Crunchyroll) (previous posts) has caught up with the original manga, so this is it for the series, at least for the next few years.…

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Winter 2018 Anime Early Impressions

New series that look interesting so far: After the Rain (Amazon) is a high-quality production with a potentially squicky premise. Akira, a quiet, serious high school girl, is…

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Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card–Anime Early Impressions

It’s too early to judge how the new season of Cardcaptor Sakura (Crunchyroll) will turn out but so far it has neither confirmed my worst fears nor fulfilled…

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2017 Anime Year in Review

2017 was like most years in anime: a lot of crap, some amusing but forgettable shows, some pretty good shows and a small number that seem like real…

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The Ancient Magus’ Bride Season 1 Cour 1 Ends

UPDATE (1/2018): I kind of got faked out here. After giving us a satisfactory ending the show continued in Winter 2018 with only a one-week break. I’m going…

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