If I wasn't sick of imperial courts before, I definitely am now. This is actually a Saturday show, but it's NHK only with no streaming at the moment that I'm aware of, and all the actual broadcast rippers have gone the way of the dodo, so it took a bit. Impressions: What an incredibly […]
Apr 8, 2024 • Subscribe
More like this
YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master
YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master is currently streaming on Crunchyroll....
YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master – Episode 1
Yatagarasu’s focus on the women themselves grants them a little narrative autonomy even if the system itself reduces them to political pawns.
First Impression: YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master
A kid runs through the forest, taking his sick younger sibling on a piggyback ride as he flees from strange lights. Suddenly, he loses his footing and falls.…
Anime Like Yatagarasu: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master
In the world of Yamauchi, the Yatagarasu clan rules over all. The Yatagarasu are those who possess the ability to transform between human and giant crow forms.
Raven of the Inner Palace, Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts, The Apothecary Diaries, Yona of the Dawn
First Look: Yatagarasu: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master
A bunch of ladies stand around and talk and stuff because they all want to be the one to marry a prince. Also there are supernatural creatures who…
The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master – Episodes 1 and 2 Discussion
Ravens are birds of poetry and dark magic. Throughout recorded literature, they have played important roles in everything from mythology to contemporary fiction. Ravens are also extremely intellige…
YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master Episodes 1-13 Anime Review
YATAGARASU is a work of art. That's not just a statement on the careful details of the images and animation; it's an overall assessment of how the entire…
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 05
There's literally no studio I would trust more with any work of this genre that I cared about.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 12
Wakamiya may just be entering magnificent bastard territory. Read more
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 09
I continue to find Hamayuu the most interesting of the candidates, and her backstory reveal certainly does nothing to change that.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 06
Another five minute episode of Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai in the books. Or so it felt like, anyway.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 07
Not to come over all X-Files, but with very few exceptions "trust no one" seems to be the order of the day.
exception, Karas, YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 11
The series Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai calls to mind - Seirei no Moribito, Akatsuki no Yona - reflect the elite company it keeps.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 10
Well, aren't I the blind squirrel who found the acorn.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 14
The return of Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai is certainly a lot like welcoming back an old friend.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 08
This is literal palace intrigue in every sense of the word.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 13
There isn't an Olympic slalom course that has the twists and turns Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai has.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 04
This is all, in a word, great. It's the clear best episode of the series despite the first three being excellent.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 15
Skipping so many weeks certainly didn't do Yatagarasu any favors in terms of keeping its hard-won audience.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 17
One could say that Nige Jouzu and Karasu this week were a good demonstration of the different routes shounen and seinen take to greatness.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 16
When an anime comes along that captures the best of what fantasy is, it's utterly uplifting.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 19
The phrase "never a dull moment" could have been invented for Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 03
Looking at the whole picture, Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai is probably the best series of the season to this point.
First Impressions – Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master)
If I had to pick the most underrated studio in anime, I'm pretty sure it would be Pierrot.
Anime Taste Testing: Black Butler Public School Arc and Yatagarasu – The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master
And so endeth my first impressions for the spring 2024 anime season on a fairly lackluster note.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 20 (End) and Series Review
Series which thrill our imagination like this are why I was drawn to anime in the first place.
Dororo Adventure Novel: Choose Your Own Adventure - Master Post
Dororo Adventure Novel: Choose Your Own AdventureDororo created by Tezuka OsamuText written by Toriumi Jinzō & Suzuki YoshitakeTranslated by Ainikki the Archivist Introduction This novel is based on Osamu…
Fruits Basket – 51 (S3 01) – There’s No Night that Doesn’t End
Where we last left off, Kureno had just revealed to Tooru that not only was Akito a woman. No matter how much he loved Arisa, he couldn’t leave…
Akiba Maid War – 01 (First Impressions) – Welcome Home, Master
We begin in Akihabara 1985, with a Mercedes Großer pulling up to a cafe. A maid gets out, opens the back door and a second, older maid gets…
Script 2 Script 18: The Crow
Do you, like Buzzfeed’s target audience, remember the nineties? Jnco jeans, ska band music, the discontinuation of Planters Cheezballs? Sometime we also awaken in cold sweats remembering the…
This Anime Doesn’t Exist
This anime does exist. Saki Sanobashi is an anime released in the 90s, this anime is about high schoolers trapped in a highschool. However this anime does not exist.…
The Fox and the Crow: A Duo’s Dynamic
What makes a pair of cartoon characters tick, and how do they work together?
Don’t Choose the Community That Zombifies You
As much as I preach community, I know not every community has the best intentions. I also know there’s a balance between needing to be loved versus wanting…
Urusei Yatsura – 04 – As the Crow Flies
Ataru and Lum are playing Shinobu and Mendou in a spirited game of doubles tennis, and Lum ignores pleas not to cheat by flying. Her resulting point soars…
Build A Beastars Character: (Scott the Crow)
The following is written by my friend Scott – I’m in bold below. I also wrote a post for his blog here! Netflix taking anime from us and…
The Mandalorian Season 2 Doesn’t Contradict The Last Jedi
WARNING: SPOILERS for Season 2 of The Mandalorian. The Mandalorian has managed to bring Star Wars fans together in ways I never expected. No matter which movie or…
Shakespeare and the Puppet Master
Plus: global animation news.
Rave Master
A manga about a boy who embarks on a quest to find the 4 Rave stones and defeat the Dark Bring to save the world. Continue reading →
Deku Doesn’t Worship the World (But I Do)
I don’t have a special affinity for Deku, the previous little cinnamon roll who is destined to become the number one hero in the world of My Hero…
Case 39 – Gomera Doesn’t Fly
Here is our newest episode talking about the last case in volume 13 of the Case Closed/Detective Conan manga, The Gomera Murder Case. Guest starring Grant of the…
Medium Doesn’t Matter?: Joshi Kausei
There’s something we keep coming back to here, and that is that manga and anime are very different media, and the ways they are different influence the ways…
Episode 63 - Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!
This week, Shaun touches on some sensitive topics and tackles his and Remington's childhood with the controversial 2017 movie Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! Meanwhile Remington champions animal…
Fire Force (Episode 30) – The Time to Choose
Inca is left a choice to make. Either she goes with the Fire Force and likely answers for her crimes or she goes with the White Clads and…
Pokemon: The Rise of Darkrai- I Choose Darkrai
Greetings, fabulous people of the Internet! Hanime on Anime here, and welcome to a brand new review to kick off July (besides 4th of July fireworks here in…
Credits for Columbia’s Fox and the Crow Cartoons
An attempt to compile credits for the 1940 cartoon series.
My Master Has No Tail #01 — And No Balls To Fly With
Some giant testicle hang gliding might have helped. Impressions: I don't get what's with the glut of shows based on rakugo in recent years, but I suspect…
Manhwa Review | Master of Master by Shida
Euncheol has led a lonely life. To stave away the loneliness, he frequently jumps from bedmate to bedmate and from relationship to relationship, hoping to one day feel…
Gacharic Spin steps on the gas and doesn’t stop.
I have no idea if the incredibly high concentration of all girl rock bands in Japan is a rebellious result of women wanting to stick it to the…
Battle Basics! Things the Game Doesn’t Teach You! [Recommendation]
Right, so Endwalker is on the way and I’m pretty much guaranteed to basically disappear for quite a while. But as a member of the gaming community, I…