How many times have you heard the phrase “it gets better later” in reference to an anime? Countless, as most anime seem to come with the caveat that their first arc or season merely pav…
Dec 24, 2020 • Subscribe
More like this
Eleceed – A slow start but great growth.
Hey guys what is up welcome back to my blog I’m so thankful that you guys took the time out of your day to read my blog post.…
Anime’s New Great Detective
The first arc of The Apothecary Diaries begins and ends with a mystery that relatively few people in modern Japan have to reckon with: why would a baby…
Flip Flappers – A Slow Start
Flip Flappers is a breathtaking anime. The production is unarguably fantastic. The narrative though may be a bit more divisive.
Slow Start for DanMachi Season 3
It’s a slow start for Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon and that is fine.
Summer 2020 – a slow start indeed.
With the relatively small number of shows airing this season, and the even smaller number I’m planning on checking out, premieres are popping up only at extended intervals… …
Bleach – A great start to the Big 3
Hey guys what is up welcome back to my blog I’m so thankful that you guys took the time out of your day to read my blog post.…
Anime Series That Start Off Slow Before Getting Good
Not all anime series start off with a bang. Certainly an exciting first episode is a good way to hook those new viewers, but many shows want to…
Gintama, Land of the Lustrous, Steins;Gate, Texhnolyze, Clannad
Fire Force 2 Episode 1 – A Great Start
Fire Force is back and until I watched the first episode, I didn’t hadn’t realized that it was just what I needed right now. Let’s get a few…
Fire Force 2 Episode 24 – A Great Start
With only one episode left in this season of Fire Force I think it's safe to assume we won't be able to get all the answers.
The Start to Something Great | 86 EIGHTY-SIX Season 1 Review
86 is a series that is good. But, it has a rough start to its story. There are many positives in this series’ first season that outshines the…
Sousou no Frieren is off to a great start
They grow up so fast.
Farewell to One of Anime’s Great Character Designers: RIP Kimura Takahiro
I normally don’t write about the death of anime and manga figures that often, preferring to save it for people I feel have influenced me in major ways.…
The Great Start To A Better Series - Mushoku Tensei Part 1 (Review)
Mushoku Tensei Part 2 is finally here, so what better time to take a look back at Part 1 for all of its strengths and weaknesses! (mostly strengths) Join…
Natsume’s Book of Friends – A slow, reflective start to a wonderful story
Quiet and meditative, Natsume’s Book of Friends offers life lessons with each episode as we watch Takeshi Natsume grow – with the help of his friends, both human…
Shinobi no Ittoki: A bad start with a great finish.
Hey guys what is up welcome back to my blog I’m so thankful that you guys took the time out of your day to read my blog post.…
Shinobi no Ittoki: A bad start with a great finish.
Hey guys what is up welcome back to my blog I’m so thankful that you guys took the time out of your day to read my blog post.…
Anime’s Feast for the Eyes!
It’s no deep dark secret that there are some anime out there that are absolutely gorgeous to look at. Anime such as Violet Evergarden, A Silent Voice, and…
Gyomei Himejima: The True Meaning of Strength
In anime, the personification of strength is always done a little differently. Typically these make for the most entertaining analyses as behind most overpowered badasses, there is a…
Honda Tohru and the Strength of Nurturing
Female characters who put their energy into caring for others, rather than standing up and fighting, were dismissed as passive doormats who exist only for the male cast’s…
Start
Hey there. I don’t do blogging. Now I do? Seems suspicious, but let’s roll with it. One thing I should definitely mention is that I literally actually hate…
Anime’s Ugly Ducklings
Over the years many people have noted how contrived some anime can be at times. When the prettiest girl in school meets the handsomest boy in school (or…
Anime’s aspect ratios
Aspect ratios go unremarked, but few things can be more fundamental to an anime than its shape. To my knowledge, few things have been said on the topic.…
Books: Anime’s Identity
By Jonathan Clements. Stevie Suan’s new book, Anime’s Identity, cannot resist telling a story from the production of King’s Avatar (above), a 2019 Chinese animated series that subcontracted…
Anime’s Pro Shoppers!
Black Friday sales have come and gone, the chaotic crowds swarming the entrances to big box stores, small boutiques, and shopping malls have thinned to more reasonable gaggles…
2022: A Source of Strength
How cartoons helped me through an almost impossible year.
Asuna Yuuki: Strength Through Resilience
Warning! There will be spoilers for up until the end of the second season of Sword Art Online. What makes a strong female character? The answer to this…
The Feline Fifty – Anime’s Top Cats
One month ago at Amecon, I ran the third of my anime animal events, this time about cats. If you missed it, or if you want to check…
The Teen Brain and Anime’s Appeal
Teen brains sit on an important stage of brain development. Adolescence isn’t just a cultural construct; it’s a period of drastic rewiring. I will be using Robert Sapolsky’s…
The Teen Brain and Anime’s Appeal
Teen brains sit on an important stage of brain development. Adolescence isn’t just a cultural construct; it’s a period of drastic rewiring. I will be using Robert Sapolsky’s…
Warlords of Sigrdrifa – 03 – The Secret to Strength
Move over Claudia—Miyako has quickly risen to my favorite of the four Tateyama Valkyries, and it really isn’t much of a contest. Early in the morning, after a…
Jojune: Stardust Crusaders: Episodes 7- Strength
Episode 7 doesn’t need its own review, but I’m giving it one anyway. Why? While this episode and the fight it encompasses isn’t anything spectacular, it has one…
Re: Zero – 45 – Weakness vs. Strength
This week stretched my patience for looking back by providing yet another flashback within a flashback, namely the time a suffering young Roswaal met Echida, who literally sucked his…
HIRAETH - The Start of the End
I’ve been waiting for a title like this for the longest time. Yuhki Kamatani has created a raw and blunt series, HIRAETH - The End of the Journey, about death.…
The Start Of The Perfect Antagonist.
Griffith from Berserk, and how he was perfectly introduced in the Black Swordsman Arc. Athena & Nyx have arrived! Download Dislyte for free now: https://bit.ly/TheMaskedMan_Dislyte Use my promo code:…
Considering Anime’s Moe Trend
Moe designs dominate anime nowadays. The designs focus on cute girls with overly large eyes–even by anime standards–rounded faces, and pastel colors in hair and clothing. I’ve def…
Anime’s history is brief
Someone who worked on Astro Boy (1963) directed an anime film which came out this year. The whole mass-broadcast history of anime lies within living memory. More, it…
Books: Anime’s Knowledge Cultures
By Jonathan Clements. The subtitle of Jinying Li’s new book, “Geek, Otaku, Zhai” alludes to the rise of fandom and fans as movers and shakers in modern media…
Anime’s Adorable Time Warp!
It’s true of almost every anime fan out there, that they want to see their favorite anime characters as children. Whether it’s framed as the epic beginning of…
Anime’s Many Monster Monikers!
In the Japanese language, there are sooooo many words to describe “monsters”. The variety of terms and the subtle connotations of the words, all so people could talk…
Anime’s Traditional wooden sandals!
Geta are Japanese wooden sandals that have been around for about a thousand years and are still worn today. A hallmark of geta are the telltale “Clop Clop”…
Slow Loop
Slow Loop is currently streaming on Funimation....
Slow Loop
Uhm another cute girls doing cute fishing anime?! Well, because Houkago Teibou Nisshi didn’t get a second season, we all have to be content with Slow Loop instead.…
The Slow and the Furriest: ODDTAXI
The anime ODDTAXI begins with a subdued and moody opening that feels mysterious and haunting upon first viewing. As the story progresses, it becomes increasingly clear that it’s…
THE GREAT SASURAIGER REWATCH 42 – The Great Touchdown
GALACTIC WHIRLWIND SASURAIGEREPISODE 42: The Great Touchdown WRITTEN BY: Yuu Yamamoto BROADCAST DATE: January 24, 1984 And, as always, this episode aired exactly forty years ago today! Okay,…
Shounen Trope Talk: Power and Strength Absolute
Disclaimer: Specific but only slight spoilers for Medaka Box, Persona 5 & World Trigger. Also this is an adaptation of a post by my great friend cherryboy writer…
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Episode 52) – Combined Strength
Alphonse attempts to stop Kimblee and Pride. At least he has a philosopher’s stone. Meanwhile, Olivier and Alex find themselves facing Sloth and Edward and the others face…
[62] Kuroko’s Basketball: Last Game – Witnessing Strength
There’s an unspoken promise in Kuroko’s Basketball; a big what if. It’s a promise that – aside from the games themselves, I was looking forward to seeing the…
Episode 759, “Let’s Start The SGS!”
On this week’s episode of The One Piece Podcast we have Greg & Stephen joining forces for their new recurring segment: the SGS! During every manga break, Greg and Stephen…
Episode 759, “Let’s Start The SGS!”
On this week’s episode of The One Piece Podcast we have Greg & Stephen joining forces for their new recurring segment: the SGS! During every manga break, Greg…