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Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-Hen – 03
Here's a little thought experiment I just thought of. Read more
Saihate no Paladin – 03
Is this this series "the one"? Read more
Komi-san wa Komyushou desu – 03
Teenagers are weird and Japan is weird, so put them together and you're bound to get some appealingly weird stuff. Read more
Senpai ga Uzai Kouhai no Hanashi – 03
Of all the ways Japan is different from the West - and they are myriad and diverse - its approach to Xmas has always been one of the…
Blue Period – 05
Whenever the closed-eyes character opens them, you better pay close attention to the next thing they say. Read more
Platinum End – 03
I'm finding Platinum End a little more entertaining than I expected going in, but in hindsight it really isn't that surprising. Read more
Ousama Ranking – 02
If I'm dropping some pretty serious names here, it's because these two eps deserve it. Read more
Heike Monogatari – 06
If nothing else something of the pathos of this series can be salvaged if the narration slows down enough to give it a chance to express itself. Read…
Kingdom 3 – 26 (Season Finale)
Sometimes six months is a lot better than six years. Read more
Second Impressions – Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-Hen
Talk to the hand. Read more
Second Impressions – Saihate no Paladin
What's striking about these first two eps is as much what's absent as what's present. Read more
Blue Period – 04
The desire to express one's soul, once awakened, can never be extinguished - only suppressed at cost. Read more
Senpai ga Uzai Kouhai no Hanashi – 02
I confess, there's no joy in this business quite like having my sleeper picks come good. Read more
Second Impressions Digest – Platinum End, Sakugan, Taishou Otome Otogibanashi
A little Yuno Gasai would liven this story right up. Read more
Second Impressions – Komi-san wa Komyushou desu
Thank goodness OLM got Watanabe Ayumu, because in the wrong hands this could easily be a dumpster fire. Read more
First Impressions – Ousama Ranking
Now that's what I call NoitaminA. Read more
Second Impressions – Megaton-kyuu Musashi
This is certainly a show trading on execution over innovation, but so far the execution is holding up its end of the bargain. Read more
Heike Monogatari – 05
Through factors partly beyond its control and partly controllable, the anime is losing most of what makes Heike Monogatari so special. Read more
Second Impressions – Takt Op. Destiny
I'll say this for the second episode of Takt Op. Destiny, it took me some places where I didn't expect to go. Read more
Kingdom 3 – 25
Kingdom has really come a long way. Read more
First Impression – Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-Hen
Here we are again, strange as it seems. Read more
First Impressions – Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-Hen
Here we are again, strange as it seems. Read more
Second Impressions Digest – Mieruko-chan, Muteking the Dancing Hero, Digimon Ghost Game
I think the fanservice in Mieruko-chan may be some of the least artfully done I've ever seen, and this is anime we're talking about. Read more
First Impressions – Saihate no Paladin
You know the drill by now. Read more
First Impressions – Senpai ga Uzai Kouhai no Hanashi
The fact is, a fictional relationship (and a real one I suppose) can be both sweet and condescending whether we like it or not. Read more
Blue Period – 03
Self-discovery is a long process and rarely smooth sailing. Read more
First Impressions – Megaton-kyuu Musashi
Enter Megaton-kyuu Musashi - though you might not have noticed. Read more
First Impressions – Taishou Otome Otogibanashi
There's more than one kind of objectification... Read more
First Impressions – Platinum End
This is one of those cases where I think the adaptation has a good shot at being better than the source material. Read more
First Impressions – Sakugan
Sakugan has the aura of a roughly-sewn together quilt of different influences, without anything of itself to anchor it. Read more
First Impressions – Komi-san wa Komyushou desu
The title at least is truth in advertising Read more
Heike Monogatari – 04
I think there's an inherent paradox at work here Read more
First Impressions Digest – Takt Op. Destiny, Kyoukai Senki
Don't think too hard with these two. Read more
First Impressions Digest – Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru, Kyuuketsuki Sugu Shinu, Digimon Ghost Game
Ghosts are everywhere this anime season. Read more
Digimon Ghost Game, The Vampire Dies in No Time, The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window
First Impressions – Mieruko-chan
All in all I'd say this premiere showed some promise, but it was definitely a bit of a mixed bag. Read more
Kingdom 3 – 24
In this time and place war was as much as anything an opportunity. Read more
Blue Period – 02
As any Shinkai Makoto fan knows, art can capture the essence of something more deeply than any photograph. Read more
First Impressions – Muteking the Dancing Hero
Considering how much of a wild card it looked like, in the end Muteking was fairly close to what I expected. Read more
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni – SOTSU – 15 (End) and Series Review
This entire series could have been dusted in 3 or 4 episodes with ease. Read more
Sonny Boy – 12 (End) and Series Review
Great works of art are rarely created by committees - they're created by individuals who follow their vision wherever it leads them. Read more
Third Impressions – Heike Monogatari
If you're not familiar with the source material, I'm having a hard time imagining anyone keeping up with this. Read more
Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi – 11 (End) and Series Review
Well, that certainly was a thing. Read more
Kingdom 3 – 23
While it can be incredibly frustrating sometimes, Xin is nothing if not consistent. Read more
First Impressions – Blue Period
I don't know much about art, but I know what I like. Read more
Boku no Hero Academia Season 5 – 25 (Season Finale)
Boku no Hero Academia wraps probably its most complicated season to adapt, and looks forward to probably its most straightforward. Read more
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni – SOTSU – 14
On the bright side, at least it wasn't 90% recap. Read more
Sonny Boy – 11
I feel like Natsume-sensei seemed to lower his guard here at last, just a little. Read more