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Attack of the Plot Ninjas! – Bubuki Buranki Spoiler Review (S1 & 2)

So, I suppose I should start by explaining that title. You see, I’m something of an old hat at National Novel Writing Month – a challenge to write…

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Seasonal Selection – Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte Episode 11

Sometimes, when we predict things as viewers and reviewers, it’s good to be wrong. It’s not always bad to be predictable but at the same time, having something…

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Cast In The Name Of God Ye Not Reviewed (or; It’s Showtime Somewhere!) – The Big O Spoiler Review

So, after a certain little show came out , it was rather popular for mecha shows to have a psychological or philosophical bent, rather than just acting as…

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Seasonal Selection – Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte Episode 10

Oh, hey, it looks like things are trying to stick to the script again. Keeping with the pattern of the show, we have an episode almost entirely in…

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Vampire Space Wizard Mecha – Valvrave the Liberator Spoiler Review

“The Tale of Sephiroth Goku” is an odd little piece of work. Effectively a parody of anime produced in 2011 by a very bored Lets Play commentator as…

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Seasonal Selection – Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte Episode 8

Festivals all around, as the school culture festival is in swing over in Japan and the festival set to be attacked by the Witch of Yore is soon…

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The Clothes Make The Romance – My Dress-up Darling Spoiler Review

Well, here we are at the end of Feburary, taking a look at one more show with romance in its DNA. Like Tonikawa this is also a fairly…

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Seasonal Selection – Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte Episode 8

The Witch of Yore is probably not as in the bag as the characters think. So, this episode opens with Seig showering Lise with affection and Lise… clearly…

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Well, at least it asks nicely – Onegai☆Twins Spoiler Review

Well, it’s still Feburary, the month that tends to get dedicated to romance, so let’s look at a very strange little love story about a boy and the…

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Seasonal Selection – Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte Episode 7

You are the happy couple whether you like it or not.  Seig, Lise, Bal, Fiene, Endo, Kobayashi… Following the pattern of the show, this episode gives us a…

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The Moon Maiden and the Man Named Nasa – Tonikawa Spoiler Review

Slice of Life edging towards Slice of Nothing hits a little different when its intentional, doesn’t it? Shows like Tonikawa (short for “Tonikaku Kawaii”, which translates to something…

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Seasonal Selection – Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte Episode 6

Oh hey, I guess the Witch of Yore is still a thing. This one is another fantasy-side episode. As has been the case, Liselotte seems to be in…

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Seasonal Selection – Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte Episode 5

A tangled web of relationships. Par for the course? At least this episode has a heavier “Japan” section. In any case, we begin by revealing that the figure…

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Real Spite – Nisekoi: False Love Spoiler Review (Both Seasons)

Last week when I took a look at the second season of Muv Luv Alternative I mentioned that there were certain other RomComs that left me baffled at…

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Takeru Shirogane’s Wild Ride, Anime Edition – Muv Luv Alternative Season 2 Spoiler Review

Another year, another season of the troubled Muv Luv Alternative anime has come and gone. For those just joining us, I looked at the first two visual novels,…

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Seasonal Selection – Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte Episode 4

When you overthink it, this is, in a lot of ways, the most meta show to review. So, this episode was largely focused on the fantasy world of…

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In the Name of the (Blood) Moon – Lunar Legend Tsukihime Anime Spoiler Review

Last week I ended up wishing for a better vampire. Well, no matter what else I can say about Lunar Legend Tsukihime, I will get at least that…

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Seasonal Selection – Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte Episode 3

After a little character building drama with our announcers, it’s time for more Tsundere antics. This episode, we actually get some background on Endo and Kobayashi (particularly Endo…

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Prophecy of a Failed Vampire – A Dark Rabbit Has Seven Lives Spoiler Review

Let’s talk about Vampires. Few mythical creatures seem to have captured quite as much worldwide attention as the blood-sucking undead. Perhaps it’s because they’re a resonant idea when…

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Seasonal Selection – Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte Episode 2

This feels like the calm before the storm with the way they’re setting up MagiKoi.  But on the other hand, they don’t want us to be too afraid…

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Equivalent Exchange – Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Spoiler Review

In history, the “Magnum Opus” or “Great Work” was a term for the alchemical pursuit of the protoscience’s greatest goals, particularly the Philosopher’s Stone and the process it…

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Seasonal Selection – Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte Episode 1

Comedy is subjective. Well, there are some parts that do have objective qualities, but not everyone is going to react to the same comedy in the same way.…

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Dante’s Gate – Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) Spoiler Review

“Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is Alchemy’s first law of Equivalent Exchange. In…

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Seasonal Selection – Chainsaw Man Episode 12

What more can I say about Chainsaw Man that hasn’t already been said?Well, first the summary of the episode: First, Aki survives his encounter with the Ghost Devil,…

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The Perils of Purgatory – Angel Beats Spoiler Review

Happy Boxing Day everybody! It’s time to talk about a favorite few topics this time of year: Heaven, “Feel Good” material, and Animes that I personally have some…

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Seasonal Selection – Chainsaw Man Episode 11

It’s the beginning of the end and there seems to be quite the fight ahead.As of this episode, Division 4 (aka main character squad, plus extras) is going…

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Seasonal Selection – Management of a Novice Alchemist Episode 12

A fitting conclusion (sort of) for the show’s cutenessIn our final episode, it seems that the Salamander bits did what they were meant to do.  Iris’s family is…

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The Cutest Battlebots – Angelic Layer Spoiler Review

I’ll be honest, fighting games have never exactly been my scene. I’ve played a fair bit of Smash Bros., and that’s about it. I can see the appeal,…

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Seasonal Selection – Chainsaw Man Episode 10

In which we get some much needed downtime This episode is, at its core, simple. Aki has survived and we see him in the hospital, moping a bit…

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Seasonal Selection – Management of a Novice Alchemist Episode 11

The Salamander, as a mythical creature, has sometimes been taken to be the pure representation of fire.  Real salamanders are small little lizard sorts of things.  Salamanders in…

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Summary x Criticism – Spy x Family (Season 1) Spoiler Review

At times I have a… complex relationship with shows that get a lot of hype. On one hand, where there’s smoke there is often fire, and while I…

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Seasonal Selection – Chainsaw Man Episode 9

Reports of certain deaths may have been exaggerated. We see Himeno give up her body to the Ghost Devil again as Aki slowly bleeds out. Ghost Devil gets…

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Seasonal Selection – Managment of a Novice Alchemist Episode 10

Yay period mercantile politics! We find out the reason for Iris’s dad (and Kate’s mom) visiting is a little like something out of Spice and Wolf – Iris’s…

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My Little Space Opera: Friendship is Robots – Rinne no Lagrange (S1&2) Spoiler Review

Rinne no Lagrange is a show that dips its toes into a lot of genres. It’s kind of a super robot mecha show, but more weight is given…

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Seasonal Selection – Chainsaw Man Episode 8

Kicking things up so many notches. We start at about the speed Chainsaw Man is used to, with a lengthy morning from Himeno’s point of view, leading up…

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Seasonal Selection – Management of a Novice Alchemist Episode 9

Suffering + Distance = Comedy. This week, we find that, with the demand for cooling hats dying off on account of the seasons changing, it’s time to farm…

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Adventures in Glass – Den-noh Coil Spoiler Review

Den-noh Coil (or Dennou Coil; it’s been inconsistently romanized over the years) is a science fiction (one might even call it cyberpunk) show that features a future deeply…

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Seasonal Selection – Chainsaw Man Episode 7

Tastes like boozey vomit. So, Denji battles the Eternity Devil, and finds that he’s rather capable of maintaining things well. As much as he may wear down or…

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Seasonal Selection – Management of a Novice Alchemist Episode 8

Careful, Sarasa, that’s Craft Lawrence talk. In this episode, Sarasa finds she has a business rival trying to corner the market on the ice bat fangs that allow…

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Fractured Tale – Fractale Spoiler Review

Fractale is a science fiction show that takes place in a future Earth dominated by Augmented Reality technology. It’s a dive into a multi-layered blend of digital and…

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Seasonal Selection – Chainsaw Man Episode 6

Let’s get everyone trapped in a box while they go insane! This episode sees Denji and pals (and I use the term ‘pals’ in the loosest of senses)…

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Seasonal Selection – Management of a Novice Alchemist Episode 7

All the king’s horses and all the king’s men… are not needed here, Sarasa can get her limiter put together again. In all honesty, while very little happens…

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Majority Report – Psycho-Pass (Season 1) Spoiler Review

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before – in the not-to-distant future, the government has implemented some new system that has largely eliminated crime, but – I’m…

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Seasonal Selection – Chainsaw Man Episode 5

Denji cops a feel and we get the proper introduction of the big plot. We start out this episode right where the last left off: Denji getting his…

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Seasonal Selection – Managment of a Novice Alchemist Episode 6

It’s time for a clam bake at the obligatory swimsuit episode. Yeah, that’s what we’re doing. The gatherers hear about some special clams in a lake nearby. At…

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Cyber Extinction – Texhnolyze Spoiler Review

Ah, Texhnolyze – a show brought to you by some of the creative forces involved in the legendary Serial Experiments Lain. It has a style somewhat between that…

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Seasonal Selection – Chainsaw Man Episode 4

It’s not every show that can give you a fight on a battleground that’s literally made of gore. Denji’s joy over defeating the Bat Devil and earning a…

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Seasonal Selection – Management of a Novice Alchemist Episode 5

In which we perform alphabet alchemy and transmute bats into hats. This time, Sarasa wants to start making products that will be useful to common villagers. The first…

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Seasonal Selection – Chainsaw Man Episode 3

Collateral Damage Man returns. So, this episode we begin with Denji and Power being lectured for their lack of teamwork and also the collateral damage they caused when…

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Seasonal Selection – Management of a Novice Alchemist Episode 4

In which we learn not literally everyone in this world is nice. Sarasa invites Iris and Kate to stay with her, and considers what to do about repairing…

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