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Gundam – Witch from Mercury 2: Emotional Damage
This is not a full review of Witch from Mercury 2, I’m still eagerly awaiting the episodes to come. Instead I wanted to explore the events of season…
Stars Visions 2: Force Lightning Boogaloo
This was a sequel I was not expecting. Somehow even more experimental than the last collection of animated Star Wars shorts, Star Wars Visions 2 incorporates animation studios…
RWBY Volume 9 – A Bolt from the Blue
Talk about a comeback. From the shambling disaster that was Volume 8, a point in RWBY so low I was considering dropping the show after all these years,…
A False Harbinger: Oshi no Ko
I recommend you give this a try, even if the subject matter doesn’t initially seem up your alley. Despite the many quality contenders out there this season, I…
To Rage or Not to Rage? – RWBY Volume 9
This is not a review of RWBY Volume 9. I want to save that for when the Volume is finished because I almost wrote about Volume 8 early…
Living Long Enough to Become the Hero – Danmachi:
Usually the Batman quote I’m inverting holds true, shows that start at as awesome (heroes if you will) go on so long and power creep so hard or…
Unpopular Opinion: Mobile Suit Gundam The Witch From Mercury
Mobile Suit Gundam The Witch from Mercury is something truly special. If you’re here for a spoiler free recommendation the answer is yes, go watch it, and make…
Unpopular Opinion: Summertime Render
There are few things as disappointing as a show which comes so close to perfection, only to fumble at the 11th hour. Which sadly is how I felt…
Unpopular Opinion: Utawarerumono Franchise Revisited
Fuck me this was painful. Let it be known that I adore the original Utawarerumono. I’d go so far as to say it’s in my top 3 anime…
Understanding Extremity – Made in Abyss: Retsujitsu no Ougonkyou
Creators and audiences of all kinds have long understood the power of situational contrast. A victory against long odds inspires more than an expected victory. An unexpected loss…
Made in Abyss, Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
Hidden Gems: Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road
Are you tired of isekai yet? It’s a genre so chock full of formulaic garbage that even its noteworthy successes are somewhat stained by merely being in the…
Unpopular Opinion: Cyberpunk Edgerunners
If you want you know whether you should watch this with as few spoilers as possible, the answer is almost assuredly yes. This was a good show that…
Hidden Gems: Akudama Drive
If you want to know whether or not you should watch this show without any spoilers then the answer is a resounding yes. It has excellent visuals, a…
Raging Rant – RWBY Ice Queendom: Glorified Weiss Fanfic
I was always a little concerned by the title Ice Queendom, but I wasn’t prepared for just how shit this is. The worst part is that a new…
Unpopular Opinion: RWBY Ice Queendom
There will be spoilers, you’ve been warned. This one is weird, but maybe a good weird. Episode 1 of Ice Queendom covers the entirety of RWBY season 1…
First Impressions – Kingdom 4
As I am duty-bound to do with each new season of Kingdom, I want to give my thoughts now that we’re five episodes deep into Kingdom 4 –…
Unpopular Opinion: 86
Let it be known that I’m not a mecha fan. Particularly not when it comes to Gundam style humanoid mechs, nothing wrong with the mecha designs just not…
Unpopular Opinion – Arcane
2021 has been a phenomenal year for anime overall. Lots of big sequels to popular IPs, some surprise hits from new titles and handful of very popular manga…
Unpopular Opinion: Star Wars Visions
In yet another classic case of being late to the party, here’s my review of the nine shorts from Star Wars Visions. I kinda forgot they existed while…
Unpopular Opinion: Kingdom 3rd Season
I hate to say it, but this was a letdown. If you’ve read my first impressions of the show then you’ll pretty much known where I’m going with…
Understanding Chronology: Featuring Baccano, Spider Isekai and Peach Boy Riverside
Chronology is such a basic facet of storytelling that it’s basically an implicit agreement between author and audience that you don’t play with it in such a way…
Unpopular Opinion: Baki 2020
With Baki Son of Ogre now on the horizon, now’s as good a time as any to re-examine the existing seasons of Baki, in particular Baki 2020 as…
Unpopular Opinion: Shuumatsu no Valkyrie – A Failed Adaptation
Just to head off anyone who disagreed based on the title but for some reason chose to read this anyway, I don’t mean that Record of Ragnarok (henceforth…
Unpopular Opinion RWBY Volume 8: An Unmitigated Disaster
There are a lot of problems with Volume 8, but before I break into them one by one I think I need to address the influence of team…
Unpopular Opinion: Jujutsu Kaisen
Holy fucking shit did this show go out with a bang. I’ll be the first to admit that this show always had potential, but for a long way…
Unpopular Opinion: Slime Isekai vs Spider Isekai
VS Fuck it, no point easing into this one. I like Spider Isekai (Kumo desu ga nani ka?) more than Slime Isekai (That Time I was Reincarnated as…
Understanding Trope Subversion: Redo of Healer vs The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic
VS To say most anime rely on a consistent set of tropes is a massive understatement. A lot of the time anime can feel like nothing but a…
Understanding Re:Zero Season 2 Part 2: Dead on Arrival
This will spoil the first few episodes of Re:Zero season 2 part 2 but honestly unless you truly love Re:Zero you aren’t missing much. I know it’s considered…
Seasonal Summaries: Fall 2020
This is honestly a great season of anime, one of the best recent memory, which is great since it looks like we might get more lockdowns coming soon.…
Unpopular Opinion – Re:Zero Season 2
I watched Re:Zero season 1 years ago but I remember it well. It was immensely popular after all, everyone was talking about it. I had to watch it…
Unpopular Opinion: God of High School
I debated putting this one down as a First Impression because I dropped this show after only four episodes but unless this show radically changes I can’t…
Updated Impressions: Kingdom 3
After giving Kingdom 3 a few episodes to really get in its full swing, I figured it was time to discuss my initial impressions and how closely they…
Peaks & Valleys: Boku no Hero Academia
This is exactly the kind of post that would get me a ton of backlash if not for the fact I run an obscure blog. Not only has…
Peaks and Valleys: Shield Hero
I’m normally a complete package kind of guy when it comes to reviews and shows but seeing as we’re all stuck at home for a few more weeks…
First Impressions: Kingdom 3
Man is this about to get messy. On the one hand as soon as I bothered to check the season charts and saw Kingdom 3 I raised my…
Seasonal Summaries: Winter 2020
Now that everyone’s stuck at home due to coronavirus, I figure it’s a good a time as to start pumping out more posts since you should all have…
Unpopular Opinion: RWBY Volume 7
Volume 7 is among the best RWBY has to offer, while it personally takes third place in my ranking of the Volumes, it has to be said…
Unpopular Opinion: Overlord vs Log Horizon – The Final Reckoning
vs After many, many complaints from Overlord fans I have decided to write a more balanced and formalized version of what began as an off the cuff, first…
Unpopular Opinion: My Top 50 Anime of Decade
On the one hand I’m kind of excited to do this because this was the first decade of anime where I was really into it. I’ve watched plenty…
Unpopular Opinion: Babylon
This will contain major spoilers for episodes 1-7 of Babylon. You’ve been warned. Babylon is an interesting show, arguably one of best of the season, despite it’s relatively…
Heil Tanya the Evil: A Masterclass in Film Sequels
Word of warning this review will totally spoil the shit out of Youjo Senki aka Tanya the Evil, both the tv season and the recent film sequel. If…