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Mairimashita! Iruma-kun 2nd Season – 15
As painful as all this is, it really puts Iruma back in his element. Read more
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun, Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 2
Boku no Hero Academia Season 5 – 17
Through Endeavor Horikoshi asks a lot of questions that aren't easy to answer and offers no easy answers, and I always like it when a writer does that.…
Vanitas no Carte – 04
I'm enjoying Bones' work here, but as a fan of the Shinigami Bocchan manga it's just another agonizing reminder of what could have been. Read more
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni – SOTSU – 05
One of the most damning things you can ask about any series is why it even exists. Read more
Sonny Boy – 02
I see lots of upside potential here, and I'm reasonably hopeful Sonny Boy will fulfill it. Read more
First Impressions – Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi
I haven't seen a series this overtly homage Gainax for a good while. Read more
Link Click (Shiguang Dailiren) – Series Review
Link Click is a great show, and I have no reservations about using that word. Read more
Fumetsu no Anata e – 14
Tonally speaking, you could hardly ask for a greater contrast than last week's episode of Fumetsu no Anata e and this one. Read more
Kingdom 3 – 14
When it comes to demanding patience, this season of Kingdom is the gift that keeps on giving. Read more
Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid – 03
Happily we are at least seeing some of what makes this series so charming come through in the anime, CGI or no. Read more
Tokyo Revengers – 15
Tokyo Revengers is am exemplar of the right way to do an an anime adaptation Read more
Bokutachi no Remake – 03
I do find myself rather liking this series in spite of its not inconsiderable flaws. Read more
Mairimashita! Iruma-kun 2nd Season – 14
One of the things I enjoy about Mairimashita! Iruma-kun is that it can get agreeably weird. Read more
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 2, Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun
Boku no Hero Academia Season 5 – 16
This is going to be a shame. Read more
Vanitas no Carte – 03
This was an episode where the world and characters in Vanitas no Carte came together and started to make sense. Read more
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni – SOTSU – 04
Injections hurt. Read more
First impressions – Megami-ryou no Ryoubo-kun.
Japanese pop culture is a choose your own adventure book for fetishes. Read more
Second Impressions – Uramichi Oniisan
I love black comedy but this isn't even really black comedy. Read more
Fumetsu no Anata e – 13
What really strikes be about this episode - and it's a major element of this series' appeal - is the quiet dignity with which is approaches deep emotional…
Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid – 02
As used as I am to ongoing manga I like getting one-cour adaptations, Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid still stands out to me as a tough fit. Read…
Second Impressions – RE-MAIN
On the evidence of the first two episodes, RE-MAIN is perfectly happy to color inside the lines. Read more
Tokyo Revengers – 14
What's the deal with these gang meetings and gang brawls all happening at shrines? Read more
Boku no Hero Academia Season 5 – 15
As is so often the case with anime generally but especially this series, I seem to find myself at odds with the general zeitgeist. Read more
Second Impressions – Bokutachi no Remake
This show is my frontrunner for summer's "most vexing series" by a good margin. Read more
Mairimashita! Iruma-kun 2nd Season – 13
Yikes - things got pretty dark there. Read more
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun, Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 2
Vanitas no Carte – 02
So far, I find the whole of Vanitas no Carte to be less than the sum of its parts. Read more
First Impressions – Shiroi Suna no Aquatope
If Pringles is your potato chip of choice the modern P.A. Works catalog may be for you. Read more
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni – SOTSU – 03
I don't feel as if I'd really have missed anything if this arc didn't exist. Read more
First Impressions – Uramichi Oniisan
Once you see the premise here it's pretty obvious what the joke is going to be. Read more
First Impressions – Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid
How much undercutting can a really good story sustain and still succeed as an anime? Read more
First Impressions – Bokutachi no Remake
Re-main, Re-vengers, Re-make... Review? Read more
Tokyo Revengers – 13
I have questions. Read more
First Impressions – RE-MAIN
It's getting harder and harder to ignore the elephant in the room. Read more
Mairimashita! Iruma-kun 2nd Season – 12
I've rarely seen a show so totally comfortable in its own skin. Read more
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun, Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 2
First Impressions – Vanitas no Carte
All in all this works, in a highly campy sort of way. Read more
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni – SOTSU – 01/02
Higurashi has always had a sort of voyeuristic quality to it. Read more
Kingdom 3 – 13
Since the fundamental state of the war really sucks for Qin at the moment, this the sort of risk you have to take. Read more
Fruits Basket the Final – 13 (End) and Series Review
If you were to ask for my feelings about Fruits Basket, I could only answer "it's complicated". Read more
Mars Red – 13 (End) and Series Review
Mars Red was a great series and its finale was an abject masterpiece, and it doesn't really matter who believes that and who doesn't. Read more
Odd Taxi – 13 (End) and Series Review
Well, that was certainly something. Read more
Fumetsu no Anata e – 12
There's a larger arc to To Your Eternity, one that transcends all the supporting characters. Read more
Nomad: Megalo Box 2 – 13 (End) and Series Review
It seems to me that this is the sort of finale that's going to evolve in my mind long after it's finished airing. Read more
Another Side of Studio Ghibli – Alex Dudok de Wit on Grave of the Fireflies, Takahata Isao, and an Indelible Legacy
Perhaps more than any movie, Grave of the Fireflies defies common preconceptions of what animated film can - and should - be. Read more
Tokyo Revengers – 12
So what's the deal here? Read more
Mairimashita! Iruma-kun 2nd Season – 11
As funny as all this is Ameri isn't wrong to consider Clara a threat. Read more
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun, Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 2
Boku no Hero Academia Season 5 – 14
Man, there's a lot to unpack here. Read more
First Impressions – Sonny Boy
I got pretty much what I was expecting here, and given where my expectations were that's a very good thing indeed. Read more
Fruits Basket the Final – 12
So many Fruits Basket episodes are a tale of two halves. Read more
Odd Taxi – 12
I'll say this for Odd Taxi, it's certainly holding its nerve so far. Read more