Tiger Wolf Rabbit 浴火之路 China, 2024, colour, 2.35:1, 125 mins. Director: Wubai 五百 [Guo Shubo 郭书博]. Rating: 7/10. Tough desert drama with mysterious characters has a strong cast and looks good, though the script is sometimes too twisty for its own good. STORY Somewhere in China, 1996. Imprisoned on a charge of blackmail, in collusion … Continue reading Review: Tiger Wolf Rabbit (2024) →
Dec 15, 2024 • Subscribe
More like this
Spiraken Manga Review Ep 506: Ramen Wolf & Curry Tiger
In this episode, Xan reviews a slice of life food manga about two unexpected gourmands. How is it? Well sit back and find out as he reviews the…
Rusty Rabbit Game Review
If I had a friend who was curious about Metroidvania-style games, this would probably be at the top of my list of beginner games to recommend to them.
Spice & Wolf (2024) episode 7
Rating: B+ With this episode, this take on the source novels begins its adaptation of the second novel. It equates to episode 8 of the original series, since…
Spice & Wolf (2024) episode 19
Rating: B+ Original novelist Isuna Hasekura is most commonly lauded for the way he uses medieval (and sometimes modern) economics as foundational plot elements in his story arcs,…
Spice & Wolf (2024) episode 23
Rating: B+ If I recall correctly, Lawrence has alluded before in the anime to how travelers are always a source of suspicion to locals, and thus the first…
Spice & Wolf (2024) episode 2
Episode Rating: A- Episode 1 may have established the series’ operating premise, but episode 2 is the series’ make-or-break episode, the one which determines whether or not viewers…
Spice & Wolf (2024) episode 18
Rating: B We’re in the fifth episode of the current arc, and as in the last two arcs, Lawrence is stressing out over the current financial crisis. This…
Spice & Wolf (2024) episode 10
Rating: A- The end of last episode found Lawrence at his lowest point, knowing that he was in trouble both financially and with his companion. Left with nowhere…
Spice & Wolf (2024) episode 8
Rating: B Like its name suggests, the episode “Fellow Traveler and Foreboding News” deals with two plot threads running in parallel: one concerning Lawrence and Holo’s encounter w…
Spice & Wolf (2024) episode 14
Rating: A- With “New Town and Nostalgic Feeling,” the series begins the adaptation of novel 3, thus following the exact path trod by episode 1 of season 2…
Spice & Wolf (2024) episode 21
Rating: B+ The previous three arcs have shown that Lawrence and Holo have a supreme talent for stumbling into the midst of complicated situations. Here they actually recognize…
Spice & Wolf (2024) episode 9
Rating: B+ The original adaptation fell into a steady and familiar pattern throughout its two seasons: the first two episodes of each arc set up the circumstances as…
Spice & Wolf (2024) episode 16
Rating: B+ Of all of the story arcs in Spice and Wolf, this arc is maybe my least favorite, and the content covered by this episode is a…
Spice & Wolf (2024) episode 20
Rating: A- For long-time franchise fans, this week is the most exciting of times: the debut of an arc completely new to anime form for the first time…
Spice & Wolf (2024) episode 5
Rating: B+ Episode 4 ended with a crisis which demanded quick action. But while this series is many things, it’s definitely not an action series at heart. It…
Spice & Wolf (2024) episode 17
Rating: B Fundamentally, Spice & Wolf is the rare fantasy series where conversations, much more so than actions, carry the weight of the series. The only other episode…
Spice & Wolf (2024) episode 6
Rating: B- Whether you’re a newcomer to the franchise with this series or a long-established fan, this was always going to be the make-or-break episode for this adaptation’s…
Spice & Wolf (2024) episode 12
Rating: B+ Last episode ended with Lawrence seemingly in deep trouble, though this time viewers don’t have to rely on meta knowledge to know that the worst for…
Spice & Wolf (2024) episode 15
Rating: B+ Things were a bit strained between Lawrence and Holo at the end of last episode, and clearly that still weighs on Lawrence as this episode starts;…
Spice & Wolf (2024) Episode 13
Rating: B+ As I surmised last review, the episode “Supper of Three and Afternoon of Two” covers the exact same content as “Wolf and the Amber Melancholy,” the…
Spice & Wolf (2024) episode 11
Rating: B+ Even if I hadn’t read the source novel or seen the original adaptation, I think I still would have seen all the major twists in this…
Spice & Wolf (2024) episode 4
Rating: A- With its fourth episode, the economic scheme that Lawrence has gotten a whiff of expands, with Lawrence wading into deeper water as he arranges a deal…
Spice and Wolf (2024) - Episode 1 - Holo the Wise Wolf
Holo the Wise Wolf is here to bring good fortune on Lawrence's travels. Just make sure she has a sheaf of wheat. Spice and Wolf (2024) - Episode…
Review—Rabbit in the Moon
The reader follows along with the author as she experiences full-blown culture shock as she falls in love with Fred, marries him, and then grapples with understanding his Chinese…
Review: Manchurian Tiger (2021)
Manchurian Tiger 东北虎 China, 2021, colour, 2.35:1, 117 mins. Director: Geng Jun 耿军. Rating: 6/10. Phlegmatic, black character comedy, set in wintry northeast China, overstays its initial welcome.…
Review: Manchurian Tiger (2021)
Manchurian Tiger 东北虎 China, 2021, colour, 2.35:1, 117 mins. Director: Geng Jun 耿军. Rating: 6/10. Phlegmatic, black character comedy, set in wintry northeast China, overstays its initial welcome.…
Spice and Wolf (2024) Ep 16
It’s always sunshine before shit hits the fan.
Fire Rabbit
A manga about genius Mahiro Todaka who quits his dream of becoming a professional gamer after a fighter fighter Itsuki Tendo loses his life saving him. Mahiro is…
Tiger Cage (1988) [Film Review]
Tiger Cage; or, Between a Rock and a Hard Place We bachelors really envy your true feelings. You're lucky, you're quitting tomorrow. Ti...
Review: Wolf Hiding (2023)
Wolf Hiding 怒潮 China, 2023, colour, 2.35:1, 105 mins. Director: Ma Yuke 马浴柯. Rating: 7/10. A hard-driven, stygian tale of gangsterly ambition, deceit and murder is a striking…
Review: Wolf Pack (2022)
Wolf Pack 狼群 China, 2022, colour, 2.35:1, 104 mins. Director: Jiang Cong 蒋丛 [Michael Chiang]. Rating: 5/10. Well-mounted but generic action fodder centred on a band of Chinese…
Spice and Wolf (2024) Ep 17 – 19
Finally the misunderstandings has been resolved!
Spice and Wolf (2024) Ep 7 & 8
Holo is proving to be an incredibly helpful and witty business partner with Lawrence…
Spice and Wolf (2024) Ep 9 & 10
Lawrence finds himself facing the worse case scenario. And now he needs to make a risky gamble to get himself out of it…
Spice and Wolf (2024) Ep 13 – 15
Lawrence’s and Holo’s next destination is the town of Kumerson…
Spice and Wolf (2024) Ep 11 & 12
It’s time to smuggle gold, and as one should expect, things are about to get real messy.
Spice and Wolf (2024) Ep 5 & 6
We’re finally finished Volume 1! The case of the coins scheme has finally come to an end!
Spice and Wolf (2024) Ep 20 – 22
We’re finally onto the arc the previous adaption skipped last time!
Spice and Wolf (2024) Ep 2 – 4
When Holo says she’ll earn her keep, you got her word for it.
Spica & Wolf (2024) episode 3 + English dub
Episode Rating: B+ This week the English simuldub begins, lagging two weeks behind. Brina Palencia and J. Michael Tatum are back reprising their roles from the dub of…
![Featured image for Tiger & Bunny 2: Episode 18 [Review]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20221121/1669048210.47157.78409.jpg)
Tiger & Bunny 2: Episode 18 [Review]
The heroes have never felt more powerless than they have now. And that makes them all the more human. After a slight break, we’re moving to the eighteenth…
![Featured image for Tiger & Bunny 2: Episode 9 [Review]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220804/1659629340.41284.71181.jpg)
Tiger & Bunny 2: Episode 9 [Review]
Ninth episode review And now we’re covering the 9th episode of Tiger & Bunny Season II: Have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain. Barnaby is…
![Featured image for Tiger & Bunny 2: Episode 19 [Review]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20221206/1670343010.47959.79388.jpg)
Tiger & Bunny 2: Episode 19 [Review]
Barnaby has to face the fear that he has been betrayed once more by someone he cared about as the villains move. After another slight break, we’re moving…
![Featured image for Tiger & Bunny 2: Episode 5 [Review]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220704/1656955533.38930.68364.jpg)
Tiger & Bunny 2: Episode 5 [Review]
Fifth episode review Well, getting back to this since few of the Summer Anime have caught my eyes, and I have some time to keep reviewing stuff, we’ll…
![Featured image for Tiger & Bunny 3: Episode 3 [Review]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220505/1651766576.35923.64630.jpg)
Tiger & Bunny 3: Episode 3 [Review]
Third Episode Review is up. Time for the Recap & Review of the third episode of the second season of Tiger & Bunny: “Suspicion will raise bogies.” Recap The…
![Featured image for Tiger & Bunny 2: Episode 11 [Review]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220826/1661533742.42572.72845.jpg)
Tiger & Bunny 2: Episode 11 [Review]
Eleventh episode review And now we’re on the 11th episode of Tiger & Bunny Season II: Every cloud has a silver lining. It is here that we get a…
Tiger Cage 2 (1990) [Film Review]
Tiger Cage 2: or, Midnight Run Do you even know where is the Caribbean Sea? Director Yuen Woo-ping continues his series of dynamic thri...
2023: Tiger and Hibiscus in Review
So, How’s life? Hi everyone, Happy New Year! I hope you all had wonderful celebrations and are off to a strong start to 2024. I can’t believe we’re…
![Featured image for Tiger & Bunny 2: Episode 6 [Review]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220714/1657770189.39491.69043.jpg)
Tiger & Bunny 2: Episode 6 [Review]
Sixth episode review And onto the 6th episode of Tiger & Bunny Season II: Youth Should Be Regarded With Respect. This episode follows the relationship between Dragon Kid and…
![Featured image for Tiger & Bunny 2: Episode 12 [Review]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220902/1662148740.42935.73281.jpg)
Tiger & Bunny 2: Episode 12 [Review]
Twelfth episode review And now we’re on the 12th episode of Tiger & Bunny Season II: Man’s extremity is God’s opportunity. With Barnaby awake, will the odds turn in…