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Summer 2024 Anime In Review
Some Opening Thoughts In general, this was a good season. I do not think it was as explosive as last season. Nor do I think it will be…
Girls Band Cry: We Aren’t Wrong
Not Just Another Girl’s Rock Band Anime I don’t know if you have noticed this, but the amount of girl band anime is currently at an all time…
Code Geass: Roze of the Recapture – What could have been
Code Geass is one of the biggest hits of the 2000’s anime scene. It exploded in Japan. It also became a big hit in N.A. by airing on…
Weekly Seasonal Anime Watches: Summer 2024 Week 13
This season is mostly over now. Generally solid conclusions all around. Table of Contents (Click to see thoughts on a show/episode from last week) SpiceWonderfulFable Oshi No KoDungeonCh…
Monthly Ultra Connection (September 2024 Edition)
Some general overall thoughts Another month of Ultraman, though not as much Ultraman as usual. I cut back on some of my media consumption because I had to…
Space Battleship Yamato: Resurrection (2009): Always count on the Yamato
The Usual Yamato Meta Talk The last post was the big franchise goodbye to the Yamato franchise. The year was 1983 and it was time to end it…
Space Battleship Yamato, Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection
Final Yamato (1983) – A Ticking Water Bomb
Final Yamato Meta There are some interesting bits of meta this time. The first little bit is this film is almost immediately after the third Space Battleship Yamato…
Weekly Seasonal Anime Watches: Summer 2024 Week 12
Once again, shows are ending before new ones appear. Nothing new here. Table of Contents (Click to see thoughts on a show/episode from last week) SpiceWonderfulFableDestruction &nb…
My Fall 2024 Anime Watch List
The Beginning Of Selections I haven’t written one of these posts in a while. Mainly because I haven’t stuck with them for my selections. Though this coming season,…
Be Forever Yamato (1980) – Love Travels Dimensions
The Be Forever Yamato Down Low In terms of continuity, this one does follow The New Voyage. The weird thing is it doesn’t feel like it at first.…
Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage (1979) – It Starts Again
Continuing the movie meta I don’t have as much to discuss in this section compared to the posts on the other fans. Though there is a whole meta…
Space Battleship Yamato, Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage
Weekly Seasonal Anime Watches: Summer 2024 Week 11
It’s still surprising to me that the season is almost over. So that means either seeing the penultimate episodes or seeing the direction of how a show is…
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: In The Name of Love (1978) – Complacency is Death
Context Is Fun I really mean that in this case because this film is full of weird little inside things that make it special and yet not at…
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: In the Name of Love, Space Battleship Yamato
Space Battleship Yamato (1977) – A Trip of Destiny
When A Recap Movie Changes Everything Is it a crazy thing to think about how some of the most legendary anime start at failures. Lupin III’s anime side…
Weekly Seasonal Anime Watches: Summer 2024 Week 10
It feels like every week of anime is big now. Some really huge and cute emotional stories are there. On the other end, some really sad, dramatic moments…
(First Reaction) Ultraman: Along Came A Spiderman
I’ve been in a bit of a spot of seeing Western media and Japanese media come together. I mean, clearly one of them was Suicide Squad Isekai. You…
Crusher Joe: The Movie – A Solid Space Adventure Film
The Great Crossroads There is something to be said about how films are such huge meeting places for creators that are still established and new creators in the…
Space Adventure Cobra: A Man Shakes A Few Things
Let’s talk about a few things. Let’s talk about how this is an adaptation of a shonen Jump manga from the late 70’s to early 80’s. It was…
Weekly Seasonal Anime Watches: Summer 2024 Week 9
I don’t have much to say this time besides happy labor day. It was so nice to be able to sleep in today. Table of Contents (Click to…
Monthly Ultra Connection (August 2024 Edition)
Some general overall thoughts Here is more Ultraman stuff that almost no one cares about, but Ultraman is fun and that’s ok. It seems I wandered into some…
B’T X: The Most Straight Forward Battle Shonen
Watching this came from two places. One coming from a very deep love of Saint Seiya which is one of my favorite shonen battle series in recent memory.…
Aim For the Ace! Another Match – Going Beyond Grief
Dezaki and Tennis Return I watched the first season of Aim for the Ace last year and it was a blast. It’s so astonishing to watch this first…
Weekly Seasonal Anime Watches: Summer 2024 Week 8
Another week of big, dramatic pieces. Most of them are really good while others think they are good, but are very lacking. I will leave it to you…
Lupin III: Tokyo Crisis (1998) – Claustrophobic Crimes
I don’t have a lot of interesting meta bits to discuss when it comes to this special when it appeared on TMS’ YouTube channel. Just some interesting things…
Suicide Squad Isekai: Getting What You Expect Isn’t Bad
On an animated television level, DC animated television has had some absolute bangers recently. My Adventures With Superman Season 2 hit the airwaves and I really liked it.…
Weekly Seasonal Anime Watches: Summer 2024 Week 7
This episode had the mixture of the best and worst episodes of these shows. Generally, a good week of anime but some are making me question my rule…
Spring 2024 Anime At The Halfway Point
General Thoughts On The Season This season is a lesser season in some respects. It feels like other than a few high profile sequels, everything else doesn’t have…
Quiet vs Loud Absurdity
This was a post that I originally wanted to write for the Spring 2024 season. The series in question were Astro Note for the quiet side and Shuumatsu…
Dead Dead Demons and Now
This is a seasonal show that I wish I knew more people were watching. As of writing this, the show is still going. I cannot in good conscience…
Weekly Seasonal Anime Watches: Summer 2024 Week 6
Very comfy and yet very dramatic week of episodes from all the shows that had episodes. Dead Dead Demons continued to be the heaviest and most meaningful show…
The Ebb and Flow of Anime Popularity
A while ago, I was thinking about writing a post about how traditional high fantasy shows have made their return. This was early in the winter season of…
Lupin III: The Secret of Twilight Gemini (1996) – Pseudo Lawrence of Arabia 100 years later
Following what the TMS YouTube channel is posting every month, this one was another look into the history of dubbing and other things. Mainly the connection between Lupin…
Weekly Seasonal Anime Watches: Summer 2024 Week 5
I got hit with COVID again last week and boy did that hurt quite a bit. Is that an excuse to watch the new media that came out…
Monthly Ultra Connection (July 2024 Edition)
Some general overall thoughts This was a good month for watching Ultraman stuff. I finished a couple series I really like, and Arc started up. The only really…
(First Reaction) Space Battleship Yamato 3199
I don’t write a lot of singular first reaction posts anymore, but the Space Battleship Yamato franchise is special to me. I mean, I didn’t spend the last…
Captain Tsubasa: Junior Youth Arc – Soccer on a Global Scale
It feels weird typing this, but I wanted to watch something Captain Tsubasa for a long time. I mean ever since I’ve researched older anime a long, long…
Captain Tsubasa, Captain Tsubasa, Captain Tsubasa: Junior Youth Arc
Weekly Seasonal Anime Watches: Summer 2024 Week 4
I was threatening to do it last week, but Nokotan has been dropped now. I think the joke around it has just died for me. Otherwise, I am…
The Twelve Kingdoms – The Most Immersive Story
Comparisons to modern isekai I’m getting this comparison out of the way right now, The Twelve Kingdoms is so much different from most modern isekai stories. Well, for…
Flag – One Picture Changes Everything
A Mecha Hidden Gem Ryosuke Takahashi is one of my favorite mecha creators. I discovered him through Blue Gender and Gasaraki a long, long time ago now. A…
Weekly Seasonal Anime Watches: Summer 2024 Week 3
At this moment, this is my complete watchlist. One is on verge of being dropped soon, but I do enjoy a lot of these for their own reasons.…
Lupin III: Alcatraz Connection (2001) – All the Conspiracies
After watching so much Lupin, it’s really cool to see a Lupin series take place on the west coast. A lot of them take place in Europe or…
Gaiking: The Legend of Daiku-Maryu – One Boy’s Journey of Discovery
A Wonderful Reboot It’s not often that I watch a show that takes on the ideas of an older anime series with modern animation and fills the show…
Weekly Seasonal Anime Watches: Summer 2024 Week 2
I picked up more shows then I thought and I don’t think I’m going to drop any of them at this moment. This post is where I am…
Announcement: Space Battleship September
About Me and Science Fiction Stuff Hey everyone, it’s my birthday. I’m celebrating it by doing the most Scott thing ever. Announcing the next big event for this…
Lupin III: Missed By A Dollar (2000) – This Feels Way Too Familiar
Another Lupin film, another artifact of Lupin History. For instance, released in the year 2000, this is the last cel animated Lupin thing ever. After this, Lupin transitioned…
Gundress Collab Part 2 – General Discussion
Read Part 1 First Hello everyone. Welcome to the second part of a collab post between me and Ashley Capes. Before reading this one, please look into his…
Weekly Seasonal Anime Watches: Summer 2024 Week 1
The new season has started and my list is pretty random at the moment. Also generally fluid because I might just drop a few of them because there…
Spring 2024 Anime In Review
Some Generalizing This season was pretty great. I’m just going to state that outright because I am ranking them. In a lesser season, the shows I put in…
Lupin III: Bye Bye Lady Liberty (1989) – Strange Cults in New York
This film is such a strange Lupin film to discuss. When this one was legally on YouTube on TMS’ YouTube channel, it had an older dub. One that…
Synduality Noir: The Search For Humanity
A Recent Mecha Show This feels like the most underrated mecha series that came out recently. Mostly because it’s only Hulu instead of Crunchyroll. For instance, I know…