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Lord of the Space-Flies – Infinite Ryvius Spoiler Review

Since it seems I’m going vintage for the better part of this year’s mecha offerings, let’s take a look at 1999’s Infinite Ryvius. And quickly, before saying that…

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Anime Film Club: A Real Relic – Relic Armor Legaciam Spoiler Review

So, this one is not exactly an “Anime Film Club” in that this isn’t a theatrical release.  But, it’s a 1-episode, 50-minute OVA, so in my mind that’s…

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It’s International Politics Time! – Gasaraki Spoiler Review

Sit back, relax, and prepare your senses, because we are cracking into some vintage anime! Vintage mecha shows, in particular, kind of hit differently a lot of the…

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Seasonal Selection – Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary Episodes 7 & 8

The plot thickens. Kind of. Honestly, we mostly return to vignettes for this pair of episodes. Kaya visits a hospital and deals with some angry ghosts bothering a…

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Super Space Squid Battles – Ancient Girls Frame Spoiler Review

This show is a weird one. Ancient Girls Frame is absolutely a mecha show, but it’s only really arguably an anime: it was produced by a Chinese studio.…

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Red Strings of Fate – Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister Spoiler Review

So the theme of this February seems to be questionable wedding bells, so here we have another variant. In it, atheistic aspiring doctor Uryuu Kamihate needs a place…

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Seasonal Selection – Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary Episodes 4-6

This was meant to be a double feature but life happened and it became a triple instead. This series is emphatically not dropped and in fact seems to…

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I’m Reviewing a Show I Hate on My Blog – I’m Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class Spoiler Review

Remember Nisekoi? Now there was a show that I ultimately had a lot of complaints with and deeply disliked… but it wasn’t the fault of the title-founding premise?…

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More than Reprocessed, but Not Original – More Than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers Spoiler Review

Remember Love and Lies? The show where high schoolers were forcibly paired off and we followed a boy, the girl he was paired with, and the girl he…

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You Are What You Eat, and the Menu is Evil – Earth Maiden Arjuna Spoiler Review

If you’ve been around the blog a little, you might have an inkling of how I feel about message fiction. Now, I’m no enemy of messages in fiction.…

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Seasonal Selection – Your Forma Episode 5

A new arc starts now Inspector loses status Of course it won’t stick

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This is a Bug Hunt, Man! – Mushi-Uta Spoiler Review

I thought I used up all my bug puns with Cagaster of an Insect Cage. Hopefully, I’ll prove myself wrong because today we’re looking at Mushi-Uta.

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Give me a moment… – Kokkoku Spoiler Review

Not enough time for a review? ZA WARUDO! … For those of you who don’t speak meme, we’re going to be talking about a show centered around the…

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Somebody Give This Show A Hand – Hand Shakers Spoiler Review

One of the things I love about anime is that, despite having it’s own hellishly overused setups, the medium in general doesn’t seem to be afraid to turn…

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Seasonal Selection – Your Forma Episodes 1 & 2

Your Forma presents as a cyberpunk mystery/thriller, with interesting comparisons to two other cyberpunk mystery/thriller anime outings. Like ID:Invaded, the show features technology that allows in…

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The One Only For… – Chobits Spoiler Review

Boy meets girl. Man meets machine. Sixteen years before Beatless there was another show about a boy pretty much stumbling across a robot girl, falling in love with…

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Children’s Card Games Are Serious Business – Yugioh, the Abridged Series (April Fools Commentary)

Okay, normally I have a habit of doing something for April Fools. I’ve reviewed dubs that don’t exist, explored alternate timelines, promoted my books, delved into Keit Ai,…

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Miscellaneous Macross Media – Spoiler Reviews for Macross OVAs and Movie Originals

Macross is a bigger franchise than just its main TV entries! While I normally don’t take on short OVAs and Movies, I wanted to address something approaching “All…

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Music is Macross – Macross Delta (Macross Δ) Spoiler Review

As Macross March marches on, we come to the final major series in the Macross Franchies, Macross Δ – or, to use one’s adult words, Macross Delta. And…

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Space: The Awesome Frontier – Macross Frontier Spoiler Review

It’s still March, and there is still Macross. Thus, Macross March continues. This time, we’re taking a look at the franchise’s 25th Anniversary production and third full-size TV…

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In Space, No One Can Hear You Sing – Macross 7 Spoiler Review

Welcome returners and newcomers, to Macross March. I’ll be going through all the main TV series of Macross this month (possibly plus a little extra), and up today…

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Protoculture Shock – Super Dimension Fortress Macross Spoiler Review

I have a tradition, in the month of March, to at least approach the Mecha genre. Giant robots are cool, there are a ton of shows featuring them,…

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Fragment of Nothing – Glasslip Spoiler Review

In 2014, Studio P.A. Works made Glasslip, a story about a group of friends in a world that’s at least somewhat mystical despite otherwise seeming like it belongs…

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The Government Demands You Kiss the Girl – Love and Lies Spoiler Review

Why do we like dystopias so much? When you get down to it, despite a reputation for being high-flying and forward-looking, science fiction more often indulges in –…

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AI Renai – Love Flops Spoiler Review

Love Flops (or Renai Flops, to use the fairly simple Japanese title) is a show that starts with a premise that’s strange enough: A random boy of otherwise…

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Love Polygon of Two – Psuedo Harem Spoiler Review

Well, it’s February, and you know what that means – it’s a month where romance reigns supreme, and where I usually review at least a couple of shows…

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Sentai Reversal – Go! Go! Loser Ranger! Spoiler Review

Evidently, I’m not the only one who thought that despite their gacha adaptations landing squarely in the pile of mediocrity for one reason or another, Yostar Pictures seemed…

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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.

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Otome Sentai Apocalypse – Scared Rider Xechs Spoiler Review

Ho, ho, ho. Well, it’s just about that time of year again. Last year I went easy on myself and had my holiday review of something that was…

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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…

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Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 11

Hey, this is just a thought, but maybe the show’s not going out on its highest note.

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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…

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