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Every Anime I Watched in 2023 and What I Thought about Them

Over the years, these year-end wrap-up posts have taken a variety of shapes and forms. In the past, I’ve enjoyed making list of my top shows of the…

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Great Escapes: A Fond Look at Makoto Shinkai’s Disaster Film Triology

As sometimes happens on Discord, instead of Twitter, these days, I was talking with some friends about Makoto Shinkai, director of smash-hit Your Name., regular-hit Tenki no Ko,…

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Who Will (and Won’t) Trust Jujutsu Kaisen after Episode 43?

Before you begin to read, please allow me to inform you that there are spoilers ahead for the anime adaptation of Jujutsu Kaisen up to episode 43. I…

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I’d Like to Apologize to These Two Spring 2023 RomCom Anime

It turns out there is still room in this heart for cute romance.

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Is “Bocchi the Rock!” Mean to Bocchi?

Something I’ve been considering almost since the start of Bocchi the Rock! is the central source of the show’s comedy and how that intersects with a compassionate understanding…

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So… I Started Watching Anime Again | Summer 2022

A few months ago, I told a friend I was getting back into watching seasonal anime. Although it’s something that sounds a bit like a joke, I was…

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Yesterday wo Utatte, Episode 3

Never expected to be saying this after last week’s rough going, but that was rather pleasant (in the end), wasn’t it? I was kind of expecting Yesterday wo…

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Yesterday wo Utatte, Episode 2

They say revenge is a dish best served cold, but misery’s one that could rival it. Two episodes in, I think it’s fair to classify Yesterday wo Utatte…

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The Millionaire Detective’s Daisuke Kamba: A Playground of Attraction

A short post on the fun of enjoying the extremely awful main character of The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited (Fugou Keiji). In my little corner of the anime…

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Some Thoughts on the Winter 2020 Anime Season

A quite reasonable reason to get back into watching anime more regularly, I’d say. As you may remember, back in January I said that I was going to…

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Yesterday wo Utatte, Episode 1

Praise me for fighting the urge to overreact and call this the greatest anime of all time after only one episode.

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"Perhaps Our Lives Are More than Conflict"—Pondering Sora no Woto

In which soldiers do un-soldier-like things. In Sora no Woto, all five of the main characters are soldiers. Despite the comfortable, relatively untroubled lives they lead from day…

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Winter 2020 Anime Midseason Check-In

“So,” she asks. “You said that you were going to try to do better about watching anime this year. How’s that coming along? After all, we haven’t seen…

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One Human Sacrifice: Weathering with You's Great Question

On the somewhat controversial ending of Weathering with You...

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A Story of Reasons: My 2019 Anime Year in Review

There will be a few confessions made, and some resolutions declared. It’s the end of the year after all! It’s time to look forward, even as we reflect…

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Eggs and Admiration: A Reflection on Liz and the Blue Bird & Ririka Kenzaki

When you meet someone like this, you’ll know they’re not the same as anyone you’ve met before. When I was in my second year of high school, there…

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The Top Anime of 2018

There’s something to be said for putting down a more permanent record of your favorite anime of the year. I didn’t do it last year and I realized…

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12 Anime Things that Made Me Happy in 2018

2018 was yet another year of evolution in my journey as an anime fan. Throughout the year, I spent less time watching anime and less time engaging in…

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Tragedy and Healing: Why Maquia Makes Us Cry

On Mari Okada’s magnificent directorial debut and how it deftly weaves narrative, theme, and aesthetic together to create a gorgeous emotional tapestry. Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms is,…

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A Cheerful Look at Some Fall 2018 Anime Premieres

I don’t have as much time these days to watch anime, but the start of a new season is always so fresh with hope and excitement just at…

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Fate/Extra LAST ENCORE’s Grand Journal of Despair

Despair is a reality with which we must contend. Ordinarily, when you finish a show like Fate/Extra LAST ENCORE, you’re left thinking something like, “Ah, this was a show…

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[Review] Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple

As you may or may not have heard, Crunchyroll brought the Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple film over the states as part of their Movie Night series. I was lucky…

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By Camera, a World: Inhabiting Hyouka

Putting words to that vague idea and (likely) wild claim that Hyouka might the best-directed TV anime of all time. I was recently reviewing a handful of old posts…

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A Brief Look at the Merits of Overman King Gainer

Yoshiyuki Tomino’s idiosyncrasies have rarely been so approachable, delightful, and altogether entertaining. I came to Overman King Gainer as a Yoshiyuki Tomino (Mobile Suit Gundam, for those whom the…

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Your Body is Not Your Own: Darling in the FranXX and Sexual Agency (or the Lack Thereof)

Something I think is very important to get right has been got rather wrong, in my estimation. Disclaimer: I know I’m writing about a sensitive subject here, and while…

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