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2024 Anime Awards and Top 10 List

Lenlo: Hello all! It’s been a while huh? Can’t say this is unexpected, as life has a way of delaying things when you no longer hold yourself to…

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Winter 2025 First Episode Awards

Total Zenshuu dominance. That’s what the results our Winter 2025 voting indicate, but behind the scenes the fight for the top spot wasn’t nearly so straightforward. I’m the…

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Winter 2025 Impressions: Sakamoto Days, Giramasu, Übel Blatt

Sakamoto Days Short Synopsis: A legendary hitman falls in love, retires, has a kid and grows fat. But what will he do when his old life comes looking…

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Winter 2025 Impressions: Honey Lemon Soda, Red Ranger Isekai, Baban Baban Ban Vampire

Honey Lemon Soda Short Synopsis: A high school wallflower becomes enamored with a blond-haired boy who later stands up to a trio of bullies on her behalf. Wooper:…

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Winter 2025 Impressions: Tasokare Hotel, The Apothecary Diaries S2, Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!

Tasokare Hotel Short Synopsis: When someone dies, they are placed in-between worlds at a strange hotel where they must find clues about themselves and decide whether to go…

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Winter 2025 Impressions: Zenshuu, Dr. Stone: Science Future, Promise of Wizard

Zenshuu Short Synopsis: An anime director dies eating bad clam and is teleported to the world of their favorite movie, finally having the chance to change the outcome.…

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Winter 2025 Impressions: Medalist, Hana wa Saku, Shura no Gotoku, From Bureaucrat to Villainess

Medalist Short Synopsis: A young girl learns to figure skate against her mother’s wishes while her coach lives his dreams through teaching her. Lenlo: Been a while since…

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Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction – 10-13

“This isn’t forever. We haven’t seen our last peaceful day.”   The above prediction, delivered by the invader Yuriko shortly before her death, seems unlikely to come true.…

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Winter 2025 Impressions: I’m Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class, Okitsura, Kono Kaisha ni Suki na Hito ga Imasu

I’m Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class Short Synopsis: Two highschoolers’ least favorite people (each other) are forced to marry by their newly reunited…

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Winter 2025 Impressions: Salaryman Isekai, Momentary Lily, Sorairo Utility

Salaryman Isekai Short Synopsis: Underappreciated overseas manager is head hunted by a Demon Lord with a surprisingly keen eye for subordinates. Amun: First show of the new season…

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Guest Post: Unearthed Treasure with Firechick – UT: Stella of the End (84/100)

As of mid-2024, a good majority of the games Key/Visual Arts have put out are legally available in English, with the exceptions of Air, Kud Wafter, their Prima…

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Winter 2025 Impressions: Bogus Skill “Fruitmaster”, Ameku M.D, Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time

Bogus Skill “Fruitmaster” Short Synopsis: A supernaturally skilled gardener discovers he can eat more than one Devil Fruit without perishing. Wooper: 2025 kicks off with a benignly terrible…

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Winter 2025 Season Preview

Wooper: Thanks for clicking on what may be Star Crossed Anime’s shortest season preview ever! We’ve got just one author handling things this time, and he is looking…

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Mid-Season Check-In #3 — Fall 2024

Wooper: It’s just me on Mid-Season Check-In duty this month, I’m sorry to say. Lenlo has continued to watch all the shows he covered in the first of…

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Guest Post: Unearthed Treasures with Firechick: Digimon Adventure Pilot (82/100)

Digimon has been a part of my life for about as long as I can remember. I religiously watched the 1999 TV series as a kid, along with…

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Mid-Season Check-In #2 — Fall 2024

Wooper: Late November tends to be the time when I start thinking in terms of Anime of the Year, rather than the Season. But even though I’ve pledged…

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Guest Post: Unearthed Treasures with Firechick: Dog of Flanders Movie (97/100)

I’ve watched many movies throughout my childhood. Namely the Pokemon movies, some Disney movies (namely Aladdin), and others. But none of them have really made a huge impact…

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Mid-Season Check-In Fall 2024

Wooper: Happy November, everyone! With schools across the country having recently concluded their first quarters, it seemed appropriate for us to issue our own report card, as it…

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Guest Post: Unearthed Baubles with Firechick: Pokemon Trading Card Game GBC (65/100)

Hey Pokemaniacs, remember when we used to collect Pokemon cards, trade them with our friends, and participate in card battles? I sure do! In light of the Pokemon…

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Fall 2024 First Episode Awards

Now that the final October premiere has aired (a subpar beginning to Blue Miburo), we’ve reached the end of our First Impressions period. Our plans for the next…

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Fall 2024 Impressions: A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School, Thunderbolt Fantasy S4, Touhai: Ura Rate Mahjong Touhai Roku

A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School Short Synopsis: A pathetic failure becomes the new teacher of a school for Spirits. Mario: While I believe Youkai Gakkou can build…

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Fall 2024 Impressions: Demon Lord 2099, The Healer Who Was Banished From His Party, Shangri-La Frontier S2

Demon Lord 2099 Short Synopsis: The Demon Lord is banished by the Hero, only for him to reawaken 500 years later into a whole new, much more technologically…

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Fall 2024 Impressions: Tsuma Shougakusei ni Naru, Yakuza Fiancé, Natsume’s Book of Friends S7

Tsuma, Shougakusei ni Naru Short Synopsis: A normal family’s matriarch is reincarnated as a grade schooler. Amun: I signed up for this one simply because the premise is…unusual…

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Fall 2024 Impressions: Ranma ½, How I Attended an All-Guys Mixer, Puniru wa Kawaii Slime

Ranma ½ Short Synopsis: A teenage martial artist with the ability to change sexes moves into a dojo with three beautiful sisters. Lenlo: I feel the need to…

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Fall 2024 Impressions: SAO Alternative: Gun Gale Online II, The Stories of Girls Who Couldn’t Be Magicians, Kimi wa Meido-sama

SAO Alternative: Gun Gale Online II Short Synopsis: Season 2 of Gun Gale Online, where a little girl plays a gun-based VR MMO and kicks butt. Lenlo: GGO…

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Warhammer: 40,000 – The Horus Heresy – False Gods by Graham McNeill

Welcome all, to book 2 of my Horus Heresy book club, False Gods by Graham McNeill! Where our previous book setup the 31st Millennium, the Empire, and Horus…

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Fall 2024 Impressions: Orb: On the Movements of the Earth, Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War, Blue Lock S2

Orb: On the Movements of the Earth Short Synopsis: A gifted orphan with a knack for astronomy comes into contact with a heliocentric heretic. Wooper: Orb: On the…

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Fall 2024 Impressions: Trillion Game, Goodbye Dragon Life, Mecha-Ude

Trillion Game Short Synopsis: A charismatic corporate applicant befriends an anxious computer nerd with plans to become a trillionaire. Wooper: At the time of this writing, there have…

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Fall 2024 Impressions: 365 Days to the Wedding, NegaPosi Angler, DanMachi S5

365 Days to the Wedding Short Synopsis: Two awkward co-workers decide to pretend to be married to avoid having to move to Alaska. Amun: This was certainly a…

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Fall 2024 Impressions: DAN DA DAN, Blue Box, Acro Trip

DAN DA DAN Short Synopsis: A girl who believes in ghosts and a boy who believes in aliens both find what they’re looking for in the worst way…

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Fall 2024 Impressions: Re:Zero S3, The Most Notorious “Talker” Runs the World’s Greatest Clan, Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister

Re:Zero S3 Short Synopsis: Season 3 of Re:Zero. Lenlo: The premier Isekai is back, with a triple length pilot episode! And you know what? It was… alright. Probably…

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Fall 2024 Impressions: Uzumaki, Let This Grieving Soul Retire, I’ll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History

Uzumaki Short Synopsis: One by one, the residents of a small Japanese town fall victim to a spiral-themed curse. Mario: It feels surreal that we finally get to…

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Bye Bye, Earth Anime Review – 66/100

One of the main reasons I prefer novel adaptations to manga or light novels is that, usually, it’s harder for a novel to get picked up for one.…

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Guest Post: Unearthed Treasure: The Summer You Were There (82/100)

Man, it seems like the yuri/shoujo-ai genre is going through some kind of renaissance, what with so many of those titles being ported to the US, and several…

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I Parry Everything Anime Review – 73/100

There’s no shortage of OP MC fantasy shows out there. Even ignoring the entire Isekai sub-genre, your still left with shows like MASHLE, Tower of God, Solo Leveling,…

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Fall 2024 Season Preview

Lenlo: Hello all, and welcome to another seasonal preview! We’re looking at the last season of the year, with plenty of anime to look forward to. Personally I’m…

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Warhammer: 40,000 – The Horus Heresy – Horus Rising by Dan Abnett

Welcome all, to the first book of my Warhammer 40k book club and our introduction to the Horus Heresy, Horus Rising! I wasn’t sure what to expect from…

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Warhammer: 40,000 – The Horus Heresy Series – Quick Primer

Welcome all, to a fun new thing I’ve decided to do. So for those who might not know, I’ve been a big Warhammer: 40k fan for a while…

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Guest Post: Unearthed Treasure with Firechick – Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid (88/100)

Hey kids! Remember back in the 90s-2000s, people were convinced that video games made people violent? Or believed that video games were only violent shooters, and stuff like…

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Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction – 5-9

The countdown to August 32nd has begun, but Dead Dead Demon remains fiercely committed to its coming of age story.   I don’t know if I’ll ever return…

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Summer 2024 Mid-Season Check In

Welcome all, to a mid-season check in post! I’m stuck in the middle of a writeup on My Hero Academia that’s taking longer than I thought, so I…

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Guest Post: Unearthed Treasure with Firechick – A Little Lily Princess (90/100)

Now, I know what you’re thinking: “What?! Why would anyone adapt a classic Victorian era novel into a visual novel?! This is gonna suck soooooo bad!” Yeah, adapting…

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2023 Anime Awards and Top 10 List

Wooper: At this point in the lifespan of Star Crossed Anime, we publish whatever we want, whenever we want. Sometimes that means timely season previews and first impressions,…

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Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction – 1-4

Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.   The last seasonal anime I blogged was Heike Monogatari in the fall of 2021. Since…

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Guest Post: Unearthed Garbage with Firechick – One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e (58/100)

Many know the company Visual Arts/Key for their visual novels: Kanon, Air, Clannad, Little Busters, Rewrite, their kinetic novels, and so on. But while Kanon is the first…

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The 4 (8?) Forms of Ancient Greek Love, Using Anime

Relationships are complicated. From learning how to communicate and respecting each others boundaries to how they are established, grow and change, there’s a lot that goes into them. And…

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Summer 2024 First Episode Awards & Other Announcements

Another frenzied half-month of aniblogging has come to a close, with a handful of series emerging as summer frontrunners. There probably isn’t an all-time great among them (though…

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Guest Post: Unearthed Baubles with Firechick – The Flying Phantom Ship 74/100

Show of hands, who here has ever heard of this old movie from 1969 called The Flying Phantom Ship before 2022? No? Me neither. I never even knew…

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Summer 2024 Impressions: I Parry Everything, Bye Bye, Earth, Atri: My Dear Moments

I Parry Everything Short Synopsis: Noor has wanted to be a hero since he was a child, but he was never good enough at anything to do so.…

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Summer 2024 Impressions: The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant, Too Many Losing Heroines!, Why Does Nobody Remember Me in This World?

The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Short Synopsis: An admitted war criminal and a part time worker face off…and fall in love. Lenlo: On the surface, this…

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