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Seasonal Selection – Tasokare Hotel Episodes 1 & 2
Well, it’s a late start, but better now than never. It’s time to start taking a look at Tasokare Hotel.
Seasonal Selection – Tasokare Hotel Episode 6
Atori’s dark gifted kid past revealed.
Seasonal Selection – Tasokare Hotel Episode 11
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
Seasonal Selection – Tasokare Hotel Episode 7
A wild Ruri episode appears!
Seasonal Selection – Tasokare Hotel Episode 3
The hotel gets a killer new guest.
Seasonal Selection – Tasokare Hotel Episode 10
The Osoto plot thickens.
Seasonal Selection – Tasokare Hotel Episode 5
Yanderes check in. They don’t check out.
Seasonal Selection – Tasokare Hotel Episode 4
Two guests at once is a hell of a trip.
Seasonal Selection – Kaiju No. 8 Episodes 9 & 10
In this pair of episodes: Loads more fighting and a really pivotal moment that there isn’t all that much time to pivot on.
Tasokare Hotel Episode 8 Review
The latest episode was fairly entertaining. Neko was surprised to see one of her favorite idols wander into the hotel. Let’s go over a few notes.
Tasokare Hotel
Tasokare Hotel is currently streaming on Amazon Prime on Fridays....
Tasokare Hotel
Plot: Situated within an endless twilight, the Tasogare Hotel welcomes anyone stuck between life and death. Unaware of their fate, guests must regain lost memories through mementos hidden…
Tasokare Hotel Episodes 4 and 5 Reviews
Welcome back to Anime Rants. I’m still in the process of catching up with Tasokare Hotel. It’s not the best anime of the season or anything, but it’s…
Tasokare Hotel Episodes 2 and 3 Reviews
It’s been extremely difficult to find places where this anime can be watched. Your best bet is actually YouTube uploads right now. I’m not sure why the internet…
Tasokare Hotel Episodes 6 and 7 Reviews
These two installments focused on the supporting characters, Atori and Ruri. Let’s talk about Tasokare Hotel episodes 6 and 7.
Seasonal Selection – Kaiju No. 8 Episodes 7 & 8
Long battles and a lingering finish – we’re going to be wanting more when 12 episodes are done.
Seasonal First Impressions: Check in to TASOKARE HOTEL
Tasokare Hotel is an understated, surprising standout, a fine-tuned clockwork of a show based on momentum and subtle detail.
Tasokare Hotel – Episodes 1-3 Review (Press Screening)
This is a series that will live or die based on how interesting the “mysteries of the week” are—and how invested we become in the overarching mysteries of…
Seasonal Selection – Kaiju No. 8 Episodes 5 & 6
Keeping on with double feature seasonals, it’s time for us to actually get down to business with the Defense Squad.
Seasonal Selection – Kaiju No. 8 Episodes 11 & 12
The trial of Hibino Kafka is on.
Seasonal Selection – Kaiju No. 8 Episodes 3 & 4
With the pace this show is taking, I might stick to reporting in every other week. It’s a great ride, but it takes its sweet time to get…
Tasokare Hotel – Episode 1
It desperately wants to evoke the likes of Death Parade and The Apothecary Diaries, but has none of their spark.
First Impression: Tasokare Hotel
Tasokare (twilight) is a fitting name for this hotel because it’s for guests who are unsure whether they’re dead or alive. Tsukahara suddenly arrives in this place without…
Anime Like Tasokare Hotel
Forever in twilight in a space between life and death, the Tasogare Hotel welcomes customers who are unaware of who they are or even if they are living…
Bartender, Death Parade, Haibane Renmei, Hell Girl, Sonny Boy
Seasonal Selection – Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary Episodes 9 & 10
Heavier plot and darker warnings.
Seasonal Selection – Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary Episodes 7 & 8
The plot thickens. Kind of. Honestly, we mostly return to vignettes for this pair of episodes. Kaya visits a hospital and deals with some angry ghosts bothering a…
Tasokare Hotel Episode 9 – Idols with a Gay Twist
Episode 9 is the continuation of the story of Kaneko Konomi. She was a young idol who died from a sleeping pill overdose. Neko wanted to help her.
Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 9
The episode title spoils the twist?
Seasonal Selection – 86 Episode 9
The time for the great battle against Shin’s brother’s Shepherd form has come. The episode “feels” short, consisting essentially of two extremely powerful scenes rather than a lot…
Seasonal Selection – Shikizakura Episode 9
So, I misread things last week – the smooth talker from Black Team wasn’t the big monster; he was in the scene already. In the first couple of…
Seasonal Selection – Shikizakura Episode 8
So, for those who wanted a darker and more serious episode out of Shikizakura, we have this one And, compared to the bits earlier in the show that…
Seasonal Selection – 86 Episode 8
So, this episode is all pretty much ‘gearing up’ for what would seem to be a final confrontation. The Spearhead is down to five, and they’re being sent…
Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 8
And now she really is a main character!
Seasonal Selection – Ex-Arm Episode 9
Speeches everywhereFriendship, revenge, blah, blah, blahPacing is a lie. This episode is mostly focused on getting Alma back. The fight in the tunnel is as badly choreographed as…
Seasonal Selection – Chainsaw Man Episode 9
Reports of certain deaths may have been exaggerated. We see Himeno give up her body to the Ghost Devil again as Aki slowly bleeds out. Ghost Devil gets…
Seasonal Selection – Hell’s Paradise Episode 9
After a week’s break, Hell’s Paradise is back and we’re fighting flowers.
Seasonal Selection – Metallic Rouge Episode 9
Visiting the Visitors
Seasonal Selection – Sabikui Bisco Episode 9
Rocks fall, everybody dies. The episode starts with Milo’s near-death experience, followed quickly by a heartfelt scene between Milo (currently blind) and Bisco (Treating him with the anti-rust…
Seasonal Selection – KamiErabi God.app Episode 9
Another one bites the dust.
Seasonal Selection – KamiErabi God.app Episode 8
Wait, they all have faces?
Seasonal Selection – Metallic Rouge Episode 8
Answers and purpose at last!
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 8
Is that really plot? Answers in a hospital More in another Episode 8 is something of an exposition episode. It turns out shambling Nagi isn’t malicious as he…
Seasonal Selection – Hell’s Paradise Episode 8
No Sagiri or Gabimaru today! Instead, we focus on the Emeshi girl, Nurugai, and the Executioners around her: Her assigned executioner, Tenza, and his blind mentor Shion. We…
Seasonal Selection – Ex-Arm Episode 8
Uninvested fightsCyberspace looks like garbageSurprise villain why?! Ex-Arm once again screws up in ways I wouldn’t even have expected. Pretty much the whole episode is just a brawl…
Seasonal Selection – Chainsaw Man Episode 8
Kicking things up so many notches. We start at about the speed Chainsaw Man is used to, with a lengthy morning from Himeno’s point of view, leading up…
Seasonal Selection – Sabikui Bisco Episode 8
The daring rescue goes about like daring rescues do… and look at that! Answers. So, last week I mentioned that Kurokawa (the thug governor) needed a better explanation,…
Seasonal Selection – Your Forma Episodes 1 & 2
Your Forma presents as a cyberpunk mystery/thriller, with interesting comparisons to two other cyberpunk mystery/thriller anime outings. Like ID:Invaded, the show features technology that allows in…
Tasokare Hotel Episode 10 Review – Neko Remembers
Greetings and thanks for visiting Anime Rants. In this episode, the action and main storyline picked up, leading to several important moments for the characters. As Neko investigated…
Tasokare Hotel Episode 11 Review – Cruel Irony
A cruel irony is when the opposite of the desired outcome happens. In this penultimate episode, the actions of Neko result in a devastatingly cruel irony.