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SLA Podcast 2022
Let’s talk films… but beware, spoilers lurk! Andy Hanley is joined by Scotland Loves Anime festival jury chairman Jonathan Clements, and juror Kambole Campbell, to talk about the…
Back Arrow
As expected of me, I was going to give Back Arrow the skip because you know, mecha anime. Not really my kind of anime although there was a…
Back Arrow – 01
「飛んで来た男にパンツはあるか」 (Tonde Kita Otoko ni Pantsu wa Aru ka) "Do Guys From the Sky Have Undies?" Cowboys & Aliens 2: The Chinese Connection
Back Arrow – 02
「夢はまったく迷惑なのか」 (Yume wa Mattaku Meiwaku na no ka) "Is Having Dreams a Burden?" When Nietzsche conceived of will to power I don't think this is what he had in mind.
Back Arrow – 03
「巨大な城艦は希望になるか」 (Kyodai na Fune wa Kibou ni Naru ka) "Does a Huge Ship Bring Hope?" It's no Lagann, but it'll do.
First Impression: Back Arrow
A wall surrounds the island of Ringarindo, but it’s more than a boundary—the structure is seen as a provider and caregiver, and worshiped as a god by the…
Shiki Takes An Arrow
My Hero Academia 220 - 4:27Food Wars 303 - 17:22Edens Zero 35 - 32:08Hell Warden Higuma 12 - 41:09Ne0;lation 13 - 41:59The Last Saiyuki 3 - 51:11Yui Kamio…
My Hero Academia, One Piece, Saiyuki, The Promised Neverland, The Seven Deadly Sins
BACK ARROW – Episode 1
It's familiar, like Gurren Lagann meets Escaflowne---but familiar doesn't have to mean bad.
Back Arrow (Bakku Arō)
Back Arrow is bursting at the seams with exuberance and I enjoyed that a lot. Back Arrow (Bakku Arō) 2021 For me, it’s wildly over the top and…
Back Arrow #07 — Technicalities
Why does it feel like we're playing by the same fidelity to rules as Air Bud? Impressions: I know I say this a lot, but what a…
Back Arrow #04 — Prism Rangers
With the power of giving up really fast. Impressions: What the show really needs at this point is some kind of story of the week. For example,…
Back Arrow #17 — Dreadnought Infestation
How many of these things are just laying around exactly? Impressions: If you called that ten minutes into the episode, the entire rebellion would have been defeated…
Back Arrow #11 — Skeet Shooting
Isn't everybody constantly jumping into the air to fight anyway? Impressions: Boy, the first half of this episode was dismal. A full two minutes recapping the previous…
Back Arrow #02 — Inflatable Men
Still not sure what that was all about. I did glance at the second episode of the spider thing. It moved the randos to the front, changed…
Back Arrow #13 — *Aggressively Claps*
This is how we're having people job to that guy? Impressions: I almost want to spend two paragraphs just trying to dissect the new OP. Well, not…
Back Arrow #19 — Everybody’s Sparklies
And the award for least convincing death scene goes to… Impressions: The worst part of this episode may be the cliffhanger, but that's also selling the rest…
Back Arrow #18 — Soul Nomad
So that's the game they were playing when they wrote it. Impressions: Not to jump to the end here, particularly because the reveal is in like the…
Back Arrow: AniTAY First Impressions
The title for this series is a pun on the Japanese word for “dumbass.”
Back Arrow #06 — Patronizing Twinks
It's incredible how efficiently they've sidelined all the women. Impressions: This episode may as well have been called "Patronizing Twinks." Well, that or "Feel free to skip…
Back Arrow #09 — Urine Trouble
Surprise backstory hour. Impressions: Are we really going to be stuck here in this idiot kingdom for an extended arc? If we are, why are we doing…
Anime Taste Testing: Back Arrow
So it’s mecha but with backwater villagers dressed as old-west cowboys and the more tech-advanced folk looking like something out of a Chinese-inspired historical-fantasy. Cool cool.
Back Arrow #16 — Party Guests
I can't remember if this dude has actually done anything to this point. Impressions: First half absolutely reeked of pointless filler. Granedger, now a bit later and…
Back Arrow #05 — Blowing Hot Air
Become an interesting character or leave already. Impressions: As much as they want to make this Shu and Kai crap the center of the show, they are…
Back Arrow #24 — Roe Vs Wade
This season of Cells at Work got weird. Aiming for next Friday for the Summer season preview. There are nearly double digit "I got reincarnated with cheat…
Back Arrow #23 — Generic RPG Bosses
And Rudolf is demoted to fighting the healer. Impressions: Yawn. To the shock of nobody, especially given how all of this season's original shows have gone, Rudolf…
I “Quickly” Looked at Back Arrow
…and never looked back.
Why is Back Arrow So Fun?
Squeezing this in just before Mecha March.
Back Arrow is full of idiots
I like Atlee, but maybe it's just because of her hat.
Back Arrow #15 — In Vino Veritas
There's no wrong way to drink wine, except through the shoulders. If you're wondering how today's Dynazenon went, aside from the animation taking another huge plunge, everybody…
Back Arrow – Cowboys, Spaceships and Gods!
Back Arrow might be a bit too odd for a general audience but it has a lot of solid elements that anime fans will recognize.
To Your Eternity ep. 14 – Arrow
To Your Eternity is now more than halfway done and I'm still enjoying it. Tagging along with Fushi on his adventures is quite the ride!
Back Arrow #08 — Jekyll and Zzz
Neat torture choir. Impressions: What a tedious episode. The entire thing is spent waiting for the shoe to drop with this flawless perfect kingdom. It takes goddamned…
Back Arrow #10 — Jabba the Explodey
Uh, right. Impressions: The thing that gets me about the Jekyll and Hyde routine is that there are some people who can obviously see when the Princess…
Yakuza Graveyard Now Streaming on Arrow
The good people from alternative streaming service Arrow have sent us details about a film just released this July. Yakuza Graveyard tells t...
Back Arrow #12 — Stand By Your Man
A real paragon of independence, Ren is. Impressions: It's a bit weird that being impaled to the side of a wall by a spear the size of…
Back Arrow Never Asks for Too Much
In today’s media landscape, it can feel like everything is about having an obsessive audience. Mobile games incentivize you to try to get every ultra rare and keep…
Back Arrow #03 — Please, Take Our Battleship
I guess we're Nadesico now. Impressions: I feel a little bit better that it only took a commercial break for Greenie to come to her senses about…
Back Arrow (Bakku Arō) – Collaboration with Lita Kino
Morning all! I’m excited to share another collaboration – this time on Back Arrow, where Lita Kino and I ask each other about the first three episodes. (Spoilers…
Back Arrow #01 — Dicks Out For Magical Mecha
I can't imagine how much that vest must chafe her. There are two more shows today (Project Scard and Hidden Dungeon), but I need to focus on work…
Sabikui Bisco - Episode 2 - Pawoo Eyes Bisco's Arrow
Pawoo confronted Bisco and found him to be far harder than his reputation. He speared her metal staff with an arrowhead! Sabikui Bisco - Episode 2.
First Impressions Digest – Back Arrow, Hataraku Saibou Black
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Back Arrow #14 — Giant Non-Lethal Apocalypse Cannon
That's a very convenient giant cannon. Impressions: Of all the ways I thought this obnoxiously-extended arc would end, I'm not sure I would have called "Princess heals…
J-Horror Season at Arrow Streaming Service UK
It's October so it's that spooky time of year again. To celebrate the good folks from Arrow have sent us details of their J-Horror month av...
Back Arrow: 2021’s Campy Mecha Hidden Gem
Alright, what is this show, and why haven’t I heard of it outside of randomly browsing Funimation’s lineup?
Arrow Video to Release “Irezumi” by Yasuzo Masumura!
Drawn from the pen of one of Japan’s foremost writers of the 20th century, Junichiro Tanizaki (A Fool’s Love, The Makioka Sisters), Irezumi is a stylish tale of lust, betrayal and…
Sabikui Bisco (Episode 12) – Bow and Arrow Duo
The battle to stop Kurakawa and the Tetsujin he appears to have bonded with rages outside Imihama. Can they stop him before he’s able to turn everything to…