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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
I’ll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History, Let This Grieving Soul Retire, Uzumaki
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.…
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…
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,…
I Parry Everything, MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES, Solo Leveling, Tower of God
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
Summer 2024 Impressions: Na Nare Hana Nare, Mayonaka Punch, Koi wa Futago de Warikirenai
Na Nare Hana Nare Short Synopsis: Cute girls doing cheerleading, and all the drama behind it. Mario: There are so many strikes against Na Nare Hana Nare that…
Summer 2024 Impressions: Isekai Shikkaku, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, Elf-san wa Yaserarenai
Isekai Shikkaku Short Synopsis: Osamu Dazai tries to commit double suicide but ends up in an isekai instead! Amun: Honestly, this premiere was everything that I had hoped…
No Longer Allowed in Another World, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Summer 2024 Impressions: Quality Assurance in Another World, Tower of God S2, My Deer Friend Nokotan
Quality Assurance in Another World Short Synopsis: A player tries to save a village with a bugged strategy to kill a dragon. Mario: There’s more to Quality Assurance…
Quality Assurance in Another World, Tower of God, My Deer Friend Nokotan
Summer 2024 Impressions: Shoushimin Series, VTuber Legend, Dungeon no Naka no Hito
Shoushimin Series Short Synopsis: A girl who loves sweets and a boy who is really trying his best to be normal solve a mystery and (temporarily) get some…
Summer 2024 Impressions: Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season, 2.5 Dimensional Seduction, Tasuuketsu
Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season Short Synopsis: The new season of Monogatari, covering various side stories not included in previous arcs. Mario: It feels right at home…
2.5 Dimensional Seduction, MONOGATARI Series: OFF & MONSTER Season, Tasuketsu -Fate of the Majority-
Summer 2024 Impressions: The Elusive Samurai, Twilight out of Focus, Senpai Is an Otokonoko
The Elusive Samurai Short Synopsis: The would-be inheritor of the Kamakura shogunate flees his birthplace after his family is betrayed by a powerful warrior. Lenlo: Competing with Monogatari,…
Summer 2024 Impressions: Giji Harem, Ramen Akaneko, Days with My Stepsister
Giji Harem Short Synopsis: A new drama club member adopts a host of different personas for the amusement of her senpai. Lenlo: I feel like I just watched…
Summer 2024 Impressions: Oshi no Ko S2, Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian, Shinmai Ossan Bouken-sha…
Oshi no Ko S2 Short Synopsis: Aqua attends the first several rehearsals for “Tokyo Blade,” the stage play in which he was recently cast. Wooper: I watched all…
Kimetsu no Yaiba S4 Anime Review – 63/100
Lets not beat around the bush, Kimetsu no Yaiba had a tough time last year. From lackluster and hard to follow fights to a nonsensical narrative and mediocre…
Summer 2024 Impressions: Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord’s Army, Suicide Squad Isekai, My Wife Has No Emotion
The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord’s Army Was a Human Short Synopsis: Literally the show’s title. Amun: First premiere of the new season, hooray! Usually the first…
Wind Breaker Anime Review – 69/100
Delinquents are a pretty common sight in anime. From classic Shounen like Yu Yu Hakusho to more modern series like Tokyo Revengers, we get plenty of them every…
Viral Hit Anime Review – 51/100
How familiar are you with the Creator Clash? That boxing event hosted by iDubbbz where various content creators box each other. Ever heard of that? Well remove the…
Guest Post: Unearthed Baubles with Firechick – Air (Visual Novel) 68/100
Nostalgia can be a funny thing. One of the first anime I watched fansubbed was Air, and back then, I didn’t know it was based on a video…
Summer 2024 Season Preview
Lenlo: Hello all, welcome to our first Season Preview since my retirement from consistent content! I told you things would still happen, just not on a weekly schedule.…
What’s Cooking
Hello everyone! It’s been a while since my last post here announcing my semi-retirement. Now that we’ve all had some time to digest that, and I’ve been able…
Guest Post: Unearthed Treasures with Firechick – Les Miserables Shoujo Cosette (95/100)
The year was 2007. It was around that time that I was really starting to dip my toes deeper into the anime fandom beyond just Pokemon, Digimon, Yu-Gi-Oh,…
State of the Blog – We need to talk
Hello everyone, Lenlo here. Lets talks, about the state of the blog, the state of my life, and where things are going. Or well, I’m going to talk,…