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Adrift in a Sea of Fanservice – Azur Lane: Slow Ahead Spoiler Review
Well, it’s still January, there are still more Yostar Pictures shows to check out, so let’s take a look at Azur Lane: Slow Ahead.
Seasonal Selection – Tasokare Hotel Episodes 1 & 2
Well, it’s a late start, but better now than never. It’s time to start taking a look at Tasokare Hotel.
School-Age Blues – Blue Archive the Animation Spoiler Review
After taking on last week’s entry of Arknights, I decided… why shouldn’t I? Why shouldn’t I face what other shows Yostar Pictures has to offer? This brings us…
AFGNCAAP – Arknights Animation: Prelude to Dawn Spoiler Review
Here I go opening up on another Gacha adaptation. That… shouldn’t mean as much as it’s seemed to. Personally, I don’t like the sentiment of dismissing video games…
The Bad to End All Bad – Ex-Arm Retrospective
Back when it was first coming out, I made the poor (in quality terms) decision to watch Ex-Arm for my seasonal write-ups. And in all honesty, I was…
Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 12
Well, at least Season 2 is already announced.
SyntheThighs – Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout The Animation Spoiler Review
Ryza, Ryza, Ryza… there’s a reason I always have to mention when I bring it up that Atelier is a fairly venerable series with many editions and nearly…
Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout The Animation, Management of a Novice Alchemist
Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 11
Hey, this is just a thought, but maybe the show’s not going out on its highest note.
Magical Deserts & Desserts – Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky Spoiler Review
So, back in the Fall 2022 season, I took a look at Managment of a Novice Alchemist as my seasonal anime of choice, and I opened up likening…
Management of a Novice Alchemist, Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky
Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 10
You bet we need to clean up after last episode.
School of Corporate Knocks – Classroom☆Crisis Spoiler Review
Ah, school anime: a topic so prolific that even though I typically run September as Back to School Month, I’ve got to look into it during the rest…
Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 9
The episode title spoils the twist?
Twelve Episode Tutorial – Dungeon People Spoiler Review
So, I’ve talked about Dungeon People before, when I got a chance to preview it at Anime Expo. It seemed… fair enough then, like it might have a…
Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 8
And now she really is a main character!
Asimov Coffee Shop – Time of Eve Spoiler Review
Robots certainly are a hot topic. And when talking about near-future robots, the kind of thing you might believe we could actually see, there are some interesting takes.…
Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 7
Feeling sorry for the murder ghost.
In The End – Girls’ Last Tour Spoiler Review
The world is dead, but two girls are still living, making their way through the ruins of a civilization they don’t understand out of an almost childish will…
Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 6
Main character syndrome is a… well, it rhymes with witch, dontcha know?
DESTINY! – Mawaru Penguindrum Spoiler Review
IMAGINE! Imagine a setting where nothing makes sense. Something that blends the irreverent bombast of an early Trigger production like Kill la Kill with the philosophizing fakery of…
Bakemonogatari, Kill la Kill, Penguindrum, RahXephon, Aquarion
Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 5
This week, we calm down for a bit before getting into our next major plot. ; or, “Let’s Play Ball.”
Let’s Ghost! – Dark Gathering Spoiler Review
Let’s finish the spooky season strong with some ghosts and ghouls ripped from the rumor mills and brought to horrible, horrible life upon the screen. Let’s talk about…
Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 4
Let’s drop this joke. It’s Vs. Turbo Granny.
Respect for the Classics – Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror Spoiler Review
Ayakashi is an anthology of, as the title would suggest, classic Japanese horror tales. So strap yourselves in and get ready for a slice of period spookiness. Specifically,…
Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 3
Let’s get crackin’
7 Minute Monsters – Kagewani (& Shou) Spoiler Review
Kagewani is a story about monsters. It wants to be something new and refreshing: neither the tale nor the monsters seem to be derived from any other source…
Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 2
Let’s Get Black & White.
Inner Scars, Outer Junk – Mayoiga/The Lost Village Spoiler Review
Take a cast of colorful and engaging characters, and then put them somewhere you can have a creepy atmosphere of suspicion and fear. This is a pretty basic…
Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 1
Let’s get freaky.
Cry Me a River – True Tears Spoiler Review
We’ve had a lot of craziness in this Back to School month, haven’t we? Insane clubs, ninjas, time travel, and giant warships aside, it’s time for something relatable…
Seasonal Selection – ATRI -My Dear Moments- Episode 12
In this penultimate episode, we learn Natsuki’s grandmother may, in fact, have been a supervillain.
Hello, Sailor – High School Fleet Spoiler Review
The Sailor Uniform is easily one of the most recognizable variants of Japanese schoolgirl uniform. Though it has many variants and of course only superficially resembles actual naval…
Seasonal Selection – ATRI -My Dear Moments- Episode 11
Batteries are serious business.
Seasonal Selection – ATRI -My Dear Moments- Episode 10
Punches come from the heart.
Back to School, and Back Again – Sakurada Reset Spoiler Review
Time Travel anime. Much like Video Game Anime (aside from the Visual Novel set) have a bad habit of coming out mediocre at best, Time Travel shows have…
Seasonal Selection – ATRI -My Dear Moments- Episode 9
Rage against the machine commences.
Yer a Ninja, Ittoki – Shinobi no Ittoki Spoiler Review
Ninjas are cool. School settings are cool. Therefore, school ninjas should be perfectly doable! Sure, Senran Kagura made a poor anime, but the game was fine. Surely this…
5 Girls, 1 Brain Cell; or, Who To Bill for Fourth Wall Repairs – Chronicles of the Going Home Club Spoiler (?) Review
Unlike many of my peers, I didn’t find High School to be a hellish experience. It certainly had its downs as well as its ups, but on the…
Seasonal Selection – ATRI -My Dear Moments- Episode 8
Sometimes an imitation can’t compensate for the real thing.
Seasonal Selection – ATRI -My Dear Moments- Episode 7
Wherein we go on a date as a form of Turing Test.
No Sanity Is To Figure In The Story – The Detective is Already Dead Spoiler Review
The Detective is Already Dead seems like the kind of show with an obvious premise: it’s literally in the title. So, this should logically be a detective story…
Seasonal Selection – ATRI -My Dear Moments- Episode 6
Well, they didn’t bother keeping the truth away for too long once it was made obvious. I have to respect that.
Delay of Game – When Will Ayumu Make His Move? Spoiler Review
Shogi. Shogi never changes. When Will Ayumu Make His Move? (the title is curious) is, like last week’s lamentable offering, a show about Shogi, a storied chess-like game…
Foul Move – The Ryuo’s Work is Never Done! Spoiler Review
Ah, Shogi. Shogi is a chess-like table game (sometimes called “Japanese Chess” in the West) with a long and storied history. Notably, compared to Chess, Shogi is seen…
Seasonal Selection – ATRI -My Dear Moments- Episode 5
Mostly Slice of Life, Partially Intrigue.
A Different Shade of Isekai – Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar Spoiler Review
Once upon a time, the Isekai subgenre was… kind of a different beast, where the standard model both of introduction and of the setting and story that the…
Seasonal Selection – ATRI -My Dear Moments- Episode 4
Stand by for technical difficulties (in the show. The blog is fine.)
World of Mehcraft – Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody Spoiler Review
Into every anime viewer’s life, a little Isekai must fall. Wait, no it doesn’t. You can leave. Turn your back on today’s schlock and watch whatever you want!…
Seasonal Selection – ATRI -My Dear Moments- Episode 3
Sending your robot to school because she’s an idiot.
The Brilliant Detective in the world of the Id – ID:Invaded Spoiler Review
Normally, I try to have quite the preamble to these reviews, but this time I’m going to keep it short: ID:Invaded is a mystery taking place where it’s…