Often when shows like this go serious it takes them too far out of their comfort zone, but this pretty much worked for me. Read more
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SK∞ – 03
This is the skateboarding anime the world needed, whether it knew it or not. Read more
SK∞ – 04
Best eyecatches of the season, no contest. Read more
SK∞ – 11
Where's Graham Chapman when you need him? Read more
SK∞ – 10
That was a bit of a slam... Read more
SK∞ – 09
Geez, just get a room already. Read more
SK∞ – 06
Somehow Bones just seems to have an instinct for this sort of material. Read more
SK∞ – 05
Adam is the sort of character that will drag any series into the nether reaches of ridiculousness, that's for sure. Read more
Second Impressions – SK∞
So far I think SK∞ is succeeding very handsomely at being exactly what it's setting out to be. Read more
First Impressions – SK∞
Yes, abandon counts for a lot. Read more
SK∞ (First Impression)
“Reki, a high school sophomore and skater, is addicted to “S,” a highly secret and dangerous downhill skateboarding race that takes place in an abandoned mine. The skaters…
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Fast and Furious: Okinawa Drift.
SK∞ #02 — Training Not-Montage
Aren't we already past the bit where he can't skate? I see Funimation quite randomly put up Cells at Work Black's third and fourth episode today and…
SK∞ #01 — Skateboard Fight Club
I like how the episode preview is just listing off corny Canadian stereotypes. Impressions: The weirdest thing about this show is not that there's a secret society of…
SK∞ – 12 (End) and Series Review
We always give more chances to shows that have it and lose it than ones that never had it in the first place. Read more
Ranking summary for the weeks of 2020 07/06, 07/ 13, 07/20, 07/27
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SK∞ has a lot of skating but not a lot of dying
Safety equipment only slows you down. This is canon.
Pet – 07
If you're looking for a story that espouses the idea that at their core people are decent, keep shopping. Read more The post Pet – 07 appeared first…
Gleipnir – 07
「変形」 (Henkei) "Metamorphosis" "I'm not a player, I just crush a lot."
SSSS.Dynazenon – 07
The formula of an original series in the hands of a really good writer is a hard one to top - everything seems to fit in a way…
Mononogatari – 07
I get why everyone is so obsessed with Botan. Read more
Overtake! – 07
「露出アンダー -What I really feel...-」 (Roshutsu Under: What I Really Feel...) "Underexposure -What I really feel...-" "Like a picture, I was overexposed."
Helck – 07
「人間の王」 (Ningen no Ou) "The Human King" Did someone order Kingdom of Heaven?
Overtake! – 07
Kouya's backstory is quite complicated and dark, and it's well-integrated with the sports side (effectively Haruka's arc).
Deaimon – 07
「秋色に舞う」 (Shūshoku ni Mau) "Dancing in Autumn Colors" Don’t let other’s people perceptions of you subside your potential.
Beastars – 07
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Beastars – 07
This episode more than any so far had me feeling like the cigar is sometimes just a cigar. Read more The post Beastars – 07 appeared first on…
Plunderer – 07
「美味かったよ」 (Umakattayo) "It was Delicious" It might be best not to get on Hina's bad side.
Listeners – 07
「Ikari no Hi」 (怒りの日 (problems)) "Day of Rage" I'm not exactly sure what's going on. But I guess you could say I'm enjoying myself.
Oooku – 07
"Episode 7" Kasuga couldn't have picked two more complete opposites in personality
Pluto – 07
I only just realized it, but there's something just a bit childlike in all the great robots of Pluto as Urasawa writes them.
Noblesse – 07
None of these doofuses is in the remotest capable of giving advice to a lovestruck teenager. Read more
Horimiya – 07
「君がいて、僕がいて。」 (Kimi ga ite, boku ga ite.) "You're Here, I'm Here" Controversial opinion time.
Oooku – 07
On some level this is a story of how even the most extraordinary things eventually seem ordinary to those living with them. Read more
Jigokuraku – 07
「花と贄」 (Hana to Nie) "Flowers and Offerings" In accordance with my usual policy of not burying the headline, that was by far, far the best episode of Jigokuraku so far…
Sengoku Youko – 07
「火岩と芍薬」 (Kagan to Shakuyaku) "Kagan & Shakuyaku" Life and death is very much the theme of this episode, and Mizukami explores it in many and myriad ways.
Tengoku Daimakyou – 07
「不滅教団」 (Fumetsu Kyoudan) "The Immortal Order" If Plato applied his ideal to manga adaptations, I'd have to think Tengoku Daimakyou would be the example he'd cite.
Bishounen Tanteidan – 07
「 屋根裏の美少年 その 2」 (Yaneura no Bishounen Sono Ni) "The Pretty Boy in the Attic (Part 2)" This could’ve been an email.
Mashle Episode #07
Well everyone, looks like Mash Burnedead will have to deal with one of Abel Walker’s puppets as the leader of the Lang House wants to get his gold…
Heike Monogatari – 07
The year is 1181. Not long after achieving political dominance in western Japan, the Taira clan’s power has already begun to fade. Their move to Fukuhara is short-lived,…
Sakugan – 07 & 08
"ON THE ROAD" & "MEMORIES®RETS"
Chihayafuru 3 – 07
「あらしふく」 (Arashi fuku) "As Storms Sweep" As she aspires to become Queen, new dreams emerge. I wonder what it would be like to have Chihaya as a teacher. The post Chihayafuru…
Mieruko-chan – 07
That 500¥ was well spent... Read more
Dungeon Meshi – 07
「水棲馬／雑炊／蒲焼き」 (Suisei-ba/zousui/kabayaki) "Aquatic Horse/Rice Porridge/Kabayaki" I wish I'd kept my Monster Manual.
SSSS.DYNAZENON Episode #07
Well look what we have here, it appears that Bullbind is getting wrecked by Gridknight as both Onija and Mujina couldn’t believe that their kaiju is gonna lose.
Kingdom 5 – 07
Huan Yi is a hell of a poker player, and the fact that he doesn't care that these are lives and not cards is what makes him so…