Dungeon Meshi’s anime is the product of the shifting tides at studio Trigger, of a long relationship between the involved parties and the source material, and of a new director who can’…
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Dungeon Meshi – 08
「木苺 / 焼き肉」 (Kiichigo / Yakiniku) "Raspberries/Grilled Meat" The chapter that launched a thousand ship(per)s. And then some...
Dungeon Meshi – 09
「テンタクルス／シチュー」 (Tentakurusu/shichū) "Tentacles/Stew" Dungeon Meshi is a series that sneaks up on you.
Dungeon Meshi – 07
「水棲馬／雑炊／蒲焼き」 (Suisei-ba/zousui/kabayaki) "Aquatic Horse/Rice Porridge/Kabayaki" I wish I'd kept my Monster Manual.
Dungeon Meshi – 06
This episode is an impressive piece of work, full of clever little visual details and a cheeky sense of visual humor.
Dungeon Meshi – 12
「炎竜２」 (Reddo Doragon Ni) "Red Dragon 2" Hopefully no one in the Laios party has seen Fullmetal Alchemist.
Dungeon Meshi – 05
「おやつ／ソルベ」 (O yatsu/ sorube) "Snack/Sorbet" The uniqueness of the series is really starting to show through, as well as its depth.
Dungeon Meshi – 12
Hopefully no one in the Laios party has seen Fullmetal Alchemist,
Dungeon Meshi – 07
Looking at Dungeon Meshi, a recent commercial powerhouse, it's interesting to speculate why the anime receives much lower aggregator scores than the manga.
Dungeon Meshi – 23
「グリフィンのスープ/ダンプリング1」 (Gurifin no Suupu/Danpuringu 1) "GriffinSoup/Dumplings -1-" I really think an important element of the success of this series is that the main cast has no dignity at…
Dungeon Meshi – 02
We're certainly at the tip of the iceberg both in terms of the mythology and the dungeon Laios and team are descending.
Dungeon Meshi – 13
「炎竜3/良薬」 (Red Dragon III/Good Medicine) "Reddo Doragon San/Ryouyaku" These dorks are damn lucky to have a friend like Chilchuck.
Dungeon Meshi – 04
「キャベツ煮／オーク」 (Kyabetsu ni/ ooku) "Boiled Cabbage/Orcs" Make no mistake, this ep was very much a showcase for Senshi.
Dungeon Meshi – 11
「炎竜１」 (Reddo Doragon Ichi) "Red Dragon 1" Sting – is that you?
Dungeon Meshi – 05
The uniqueness of the series is really starting to show through, as well as its depth.
Dungeon Meshi – 10
「大ガエル/地上にて」 (Oogaeru/Chijounite) "Giant Frogs/Abovw Ground" Intra-episodic pacing is very much an underrated skill with anime.
Dungeon Meshi – 02
「ローストバジリスク/オムレツ/かき揚げ」 (Rousutobajirisuku/Omuretsu/Kakiage) "Roast Basilisk/Omelet/Kakiage" Dungeon Meshi gets very complex, but for me what makes the series charming is already front and center.
Dungeon Meshi – 16
Worlds are colliding on Dungeon Meshi.
Dungeon Meshi – 06
「宮廷料理／塩茹で」 (Kyuutei ryori/ shioyude) "Imperial Court Cuisine/Boiled With Salt" These sorts of episodes suit Chilchuck to a T of course.
Dungeon Meshi – 04
The needs of the material should always trump the studio signature, something Trigger haven't always agreed with
Dungeon Meshi – 10
Intra-episodic pacing is very much an underrated skill with anime, one that makes a big difference in a show's overall effectiveness.
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Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon) – 20
It occurs to me not for the first time that this series is as much as anything a chronicle of a social experiment.
Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon) – 19
You do feel sort of bad for Marcille, who bears this brand well and truly now - she's the black magic woman.
Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon) – 08
The chapter that launched a thousand ship(per)s. And then some...
Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon) – 15
This is Dungeon Meshi at its most elemental, and in my opinion at its very best.
Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon) – 23
Both the breadth and depth of the story, which have been hinted at all along, are revealing themselves at an accelerating rate
Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon) – 09
There were a number of times I would look back on these events and remember them as the first time some or other story element was introduced.
Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon) – 14
If you don't conform to Kabru's vision of how the world should be, anything that happens to you is your own fault.
Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon) – 21
We’re finally starting to get a sense of how everyone fits into the big picture - and what that big picture looks like.
Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon) – 11
This is gruesome stuff to be sure, though it's depicted with ghastly exactitude and attention to detail.