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Seasonal Selection – Your Forma Episode 4
Robotic exposition about robots this way.
Seasonal Selection – Your Forma Episode 5
A new arc starts now Inspector loses status Of course it won’t stick
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…
Seasonal Selection – 86 Episode 3
I hope you enjoy slow burn drama over any general expectation of action. Frankly, I kind of appreciate the approach… at least when there’s been a second cour…
Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 3
Let’s get crackin’
Seasonal Selection – Shikizakura Episode 3
I won’t say that Shikizakura exactly did well, but it did display a basic understanding of the facts I was talking about last week. To its limited credit,…
Your Forma Episode 3 Review – Suspect Chase
If they’re in Britain/England, why is the steering wheel on the other side?
Your Forma
Plot: In an alternate 2023, the Your Forma, a miraculous “smart thread” technology initially developed to treat a massive outbreak of viral encephalitis, has become an integral part…
Your Forma – Episode 1
It's clearly cooking with all the usual ingredients of a cyberpunk police procedural.
Seasonal Selection – Sabikui Bisco Episode 3
On the whole, the show seems to stabilize here and actually tell us a comprehensible story, solving most of the issues I had with the previous week’s outings.…
Seasonal Selection – Chainsaw Man Episode 3
Collateral Damage Man returns. So, this episode we begin with Denji and Power being lectured for their lack of teamwork and also the collateral damage they caused when…
Seasonal Selection – Tasokare Hotel Episode 3
The hotel gets a killer new guest.
Seasonal Selection – KamiErabi God.app Episode 3
Well, there’s a degree to which this was inevitable. Something of a surprise it was so soon.
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 3
Oh crap, boss monster. Everyone playing both sides. The pace is awful. So, we start by finding out what weird way Naomi was going to ‘die’. Turns out,…
Seasonal Selection – Metallic Rouge Episode 3
Let’s build the world while we let Rouge fly solo for a bit.
Seasonal Selection – Hell’s Paradise Episode 3
You do remember that the part about there being no danger is clear and total BS, right? In this episode, the stick up Sagiri’s rear kind of bites…
Seasonal Selection – Ex-Arm Episode 3
Like last week, we’ve got a live reaction video for you, after the cut. The short version is that there’s more competence shown than previously, but it’s still…
Your Forma Volumes 1-3 Novel Review
Your Forma’s first three volumes are, on the whole, excellent. A perfect blend of science fiction and mystery, the stories deal with strong plots and characters that are…
Seasonal Selection – ATRI -My Dear Moments- Episode 3
Sending your robot to school because she’s an idiot.
Seasonal Selection – The Gene of AI Episode 3
No main plot to see But cool sci-fi ideas Are touched on nicely
Your Forma #1-4 – Episode Notes
It’s been quite some time since I last wrote at length about anime on this blog, my last post being the one on Cardcaptor Sakura from last November…
First Impression: Your Forma
Cyber Inspector Echika begins a brain dive. Her assistant, it seems, is an android—or rather, an Amicus—and as such, he is imprinted with the Laws of Respect, aka…
Seasonal Selection – Shine On! Bakumatsu Bad Boys Episode 3
We get some extra development for Akira this episode, and the fake Shinsengumi actually get to show off their skills. The episode starts, though, with the resolution of…
Seasonal Selection – Management of a Novice Alchemist Episode 3
Less chill this episode, but still the cute alchemist show. Here Sarasa saves life and limb of the blue-clad girl brought to her door in pieces at the…
Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 10
You bet we need to clean up after last episode.
Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 9
The episode title spoils the twist?
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 – 86 Episode 11
The final episode of the cour (special pending) and if you told me this was the absolute final episode of the show and anything related to 86, I…
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 1
Well, a new season is here and despite the fact that some previous Selections are continuing (namely Scarlet Nexus and 86), it’s time to pick one of them…
Seasonal Selection – Shikizakura Episode 6
All things considered, this show can be kind of charming. True, just about anybody who’s engaged with any sort of media has seen this plot a million times…
Seasonal Selection – Shikizakura Episode 11
Because it wouldn’t be a traditional action climax without a big twist and a moment when it looks like all hope is lost… here’s all those things I…
Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 12
Well, at least Season 2 is already announced.
Seasonal Selection – Shikizakura Episode 10
This episode is again a very needed beat in the story, serving as the hero’s darkest moment before turning things around at the climax, and it comes at…
Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 1
Let’s get freaky.
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 – 86 Episode 2
Plot 101: Introducing some more of our main story. Honestly, one thing I’m enjoying about 86 is how it’s been building up the world. In the first episode,…
Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 5
This week, we calm down for a bit before getting into our next major plot. ; or, “Let’s Play Ball.”
Seasonal Selection – 86 Episode 10
No Lena this week. For much of the episode, not really much talking either. This one is very much on the artistic end, trying to convey an experience…
Seasonal Selection – Shikizakura Episode 2
“The one where we actually integrate the main character into the setting” is an important plot beat for a lot of shows, particularly ones in the Urban Fantasy…
Seasonal Selection – Shikizakura Episode 5
We’re back to standard form this week with a jolly beating of hard realities into Kakeru’s thick head, which oddly enough has things looking up for the show,…
Seasonal Selection – Shikizakura Episode 4
What the hell? So, in this 3D CGI Anime about people fighting demons by using power suits that may also be demons, we have this episode, fully 2D…
Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 4
Let’s drop this joke. It’s Vs. Turbo Granny.
Seasonal Selection – 86 Episode 5
So, to an extent, I was wrong. Shin’s brother got a more detailed address than I was expecting, even if, no, it wasn’t the crux of another transformation.…
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 – DanDaDan Episode 11
Hey, this is just a thought, but maybe the show’s not going out on its highest note.
Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 8
And now she really is a main character!
Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 7
Feeling sorry for the murder ghost.
Seasonal Selection – 86 Episode 7
The pace of 86, at times, makes it difficult to talk about, or at least to start with. At the bare minimum for the week’s episode we saw…