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Checking Out the Nagatoro Anime Adaptation
Nagatoro continues to be a hit sensation that is putting other romcom manga to shame. Today we're taking a look at its anime adaptation.
3 Reasons To Watch: Hand Maid May
I was looking forward to watching an anime that was just plain, uncomplicated fun. Hand Maid May is that and so much more.
Brief Thoughts On: Yutori-chan
The comedy in Yutori-chan mixes familiar office gags with all sorts of jokes about the generational gap between its protagonist.
5 Reasons To Watch: Gurren Lagann
Gurren Lagann is a constant barrage of delicious action scenes, full of amazing moments and hilarity. This was Gainax at its peak.
Brief Thoughts On: Dragon’s Heaven
While the introduction to it is rough, Dragon's Heaven does have a very interesting setting and lore to it.
Maus – Comic Book Reviews
Maus primarily recounts the story of a Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish Pole who experienced the horrors of the Nazi regime firsthand.
5 Reasons To Watch: Bocchi the Rock
While I can relate to my fellow nervous trainwrecks, what actually drew me to Bocchi the Rock was its animation.
Brief Thoughts On: Komori-san Can’t Decline
The super-short runtime of each episode forces the humor to be quick and punchy, which Komori-san Can't Decline handles well.
The Infuriating Case of Engrish
Even if the industry can be content with it, I won't. I endured both Engrish and bad dubs for decades. One improved, the other did not.
5 Reasons To Watch: Pandora Hearts
Pandora Hearts does a great job at keeping you invested by constantly introducing new threads and resolving others.
Brief Thoughts On: Elf 17
So many of its contemporaries dabbled in gore and sex, so I appreciate that Elf 17 focuses on keeping the action fun.
Manga Challenge – April Update
The 4th update on my self-imposed challenge to read a manga for every day of the year. This time, we have some setbacks to discuss.
3 Reasons To Watch: Miss Monochrome
Miss Monochrome is not a complicated series itself, but the lore of the series (and its creation) is bonkers.
Brief Thoughts On: Magical Kanan
Magical Kanan creates an upsetting contrast by taking staples of the genre and filtering them through its flavor of rape-tastic dark fantasy.
3 Reasons To Read: The Voynich Hotel
A major appeal of The Voynich Hotel lies in how casually it deals with violence, drugs, sex, and all things criminal.
5 Reasons To Watch: Magic User’s Club
In spite of the often-serious threat that the Magic User's Club faces, there is ample room for comedy across the series.
Brief Thoughts On: Special Duty Combat Unit Shinesman
Unfortunately, Shinesman exists to promote a manga that never made its way to the West in any legal (or illegal) form.
Kentaro Miura’s Other Manga
A run-down of every manga besides Berserk that Kentaro Miura has worked on over the course of his decades-long career.
6 Reasons To Watch: Berserk
You don't seek out a show called Berserk for its refined military strategy. Violence is what matters and violence is what Berserk delivers.
Brief Thoughts On: Gall Force
If you can stomach the story's shifting tone and obnoxious characters, then Gall Force is a pretty cool sci-fi series to check out.
Your review is biased and that’s fine
So what do you do with that kind of feedback? Are you really as biased as they say you are? If so, then how we can fix that?
3 Reasons To Skip: Maid Guy
The premise of combat maids protecting their master from danger is fun, but Maid Guy forgot to actually put in any danger.
Brief Thoughts On: Chibi Devi!
When children really are devils in disguise.
Anime Remakes and Related Disasters
A remake reduces interest in older versions of the series and forms the baseline through which new fans will view the franchise.
5 Reasons To Watch: Rebuild of Evangelion
Rather than being a strange remake, Rebuild of Evangelion ends up feeling more like an expansion on the original series.
First Impressions: Spy x Family
Spy x Family is great, but I am wary of it becoming yet another story whose objectives could be postponed indefinitely.
5 Anime Pet Peeves
Some of the most annoying and overdone tropes in anime, which have since become pet peeves of mine.
Reasons To Watch: Kino’s Journey (2003)
I appreciate how Kino's Journey respects the viewer. It trusts you to do the thinking for yourself with what it gives you.
Brief Thoughts On: Qualia the Purple
In many ways, Qualia the Purple feels comparable to the likes of Steins;Gate or In Search of the Lost Future.
3 Reasons To Read: My Brother’s Husband
My Brother's Husband is the kind of manga that I wish I could have read when I was a young teenager myself.
5 Reasons To Read: Useless Ponko
A hit comedy manga with bittersweet undertones. Useless Ponko is a new manga series you don't want to skip out on.
First Impressions: The West Wind Brigade
The West Wind Brigade was one of the most enjoyable factions from Log Horizon. Enjoyable enough to net them a spin-off series of their own!
The General Election arc changes Log Horizon
A critical look at the supposed heroes of Log Horizon during the Akiba General Election arc of Log Horizon season 3.
The General Election Arc Ruins Log Horizon
A critical look at the supposed heroes of Log Horizon during the Akiba General Election arc of Log Horizon season 3.
5 Reasons To Watch: Log Horizon
Isekai were familiar and perhaps tiring trope even when this anime first released, but which Log Horizon gives an all-new spin.
5 Reasons To Watch: My Wife is a Magical Girl
Having a woman in her 20s be a magical girl is a novel premise that My Wife is a Magical Girl explores well.
Brief Thoughts On: Mankitsu Happening
Too uninteresting to watch in full, but I guarantee that some scenes from Mankitsu Happening are going to stick with you.
3 Reasons To Watch: Very Private Lesson
A lewd romcom series with a hilarious storyline, Very Private Lesson is a classic OVA from the late-90s era of animation.
3 Reasons To Skip: Sweet Blue Flowers
Sweet Blue Flowers is a 2009 romance anime created by J.C. Staff under director Kenichi Kasai (Bakuman, Amanchu)
Brief Thoughts On: Kizuna
Kizuna isn't emblematic of a healthy relationship, but the absurdity of its drama is "fun" in its own way.
3 Reasons To Watch: Princess Jellyfish
Princess Jellyfish explores what happens when deeply-introverted otaku are cast (unwillingly) into the world of beauty and fashion.
3 Reasons To Skip: Kobato
It's hard to take the stakes seriously and be invested in the story when the plot will hand Kobato so many freebies.
Brief Thoughts On: Honobono Log
It's short length and sweet stories make a Honobono Log a romance anime you shouldn't skip out on. An espresso shot of love.
3 Reasons To Skip: Looking Up at the Half-Moon
Terrible melodrama and a lack of originality leave "Looking Up at the Half-Moon" without a leg to stand on.
3 Reasons To Watch: Paradise Kiss
Though sometimes frustrating, Paradise Kiss soon reveals itself to be a romantic coming-of-age tale well ahead of its time.
Brief Thoughts On: Armitage III
A kickass cyberpunk anime, Armitage III has a lot going for it in spite of the terrible screenplay by Chiaki J Konaka.
5 Reasons To Watch: Snow White with the Red Hair
A classic fairytale in anime format? Not quite! Snow White with the Red Hair mixes traditional fairytale tropes with an all-original story