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Back Arrow
As expected of me, I was going to give Back Arrow the skip because you know, mecha anime. Not really my kind of anime although there was a…
Back Arrow – 02
「夢はまったく迷惑なのか」 (Yume wa Mattaku Meiwaku na no ka) "Is Having Dreams a Burden?" When Nietzsche conceived of will to power I don't think this is what he had in mind.
Back Arrow – 03
「巨大な城艦は希望になるか」 (Kyodai na Fune wa Kibou ni Naru ka) "Does a Huge Ship Bring Hope?" It's no Lagann, but it'll do.
Back Arrow – 01
「飛んで来た男にパンツはあるか」 (Tonde Kita Otoko ni Pantsu wa Aru ka) "Do Guys From the Sky Have Undies?" Cowboys & Aliens 2: The Chinese Connection
I like Back Arrow because it is bullshit
All right, you're not worthless anymore, but you're still not great.
First Impression: Back Arrow
A wall surrounds the island of Ringarindo, but it’s more than a boundary—the structure is seen as a provider and caregiver, and worshiped as a god by the…
Back Arrow #07 — Technicalities
Why does it feel like we're playing by the same fidelity to rules as Air Bud? Impressions: I know I say this a lot, but what a…
Back Arrow (Bakku Arō)
Back Arrow is bursting at the seams with exuberance and I enjoyed that a lot. Back Arrow (Bakku Arō) 2021 For me, it’s wildly over the top and…
BACK ARROW – Episode 1
It's familiar, like Gurren Lagann meets Escaflowne---but familiar doesn't have to mean bad.
Back Arrow #09 — Urine Trouble
Surprise backstory hour. Impressions: Are we really going to be stuck here in this idiot kingdom for an extended arc? If we are, why are we doing…
Anime Taste Testing: Back Arrow
So it’s mecha but with backwater villagers dressed as old-west cowboys and the more tech-advanced folk looking like something out of a Chinese-inspired historical-fantasy. Cool cool.
Back Arrow: AniTAY First Impressions
The title for this series is a pun on the Japanese word for “dumbass.”
Back Arrow #18 — Soul Nomad
So that's the game they were playing when they wrote it. Impressions: Not to jump to the end here, particularly because the reveal is in like the…
Back Arrow #05 — Blowing Hot Air
Become an interesting character or leave already. Impressions: As much as they want to make this Shu and Kai crap the center of the show, they are…
Why is Back Arrow So Fun?
Squeezing this in just before Mecha March.
Back Arrow #23 — Generic RPG Bosses
And Rudolf is demoted to fighting the healer. Impressions: Yawn. To the shock of nobody, especially given how all of this season's original shows have gone, Rudolf…
Back Arrow #10 — Jabba the Explodey
Uh, right. Impressions: The thing that gets me about the Jekyll and Hyde routine is that there are some people who can obviously see when the Princess…
Back Arrow is full of idiots
I like Atlee, but maybe it's just because of her hat.
Back Arrow #08 — Jekyll and Zzz
Neat torture choir. Impressions: What a tedious episode. The entire thing is spent waiting for the shoe to drop with this flawless perfect kingdom. It takes goddamned…
Back Arrow – Cowboys, Spaceships and Gods!
Back Arrow might be a bit too odd for a general audience but it has a lot of solid elements that anime fans will recognize.
Back Arrow #15 — In Vino Veritas
There's no wrong way to drink wine, except through the shoulders. If you're wondering how today's Dynazenon went, aside from the animation taking another huge plunge, everybody…
Back Arrow Never Asks for Too Much
In today’s media landscape, it can feel like everything is about having an obsessive audience. Mobile games incentivize you to try to get every ultra rare and keep…
Back Arrow #03 — Please, Take Our Battleship
I guess we're Nadesico now. Impressions: I feel a little bit better that it only took a commercial break for Greenie to come to her senses about…
If I explain what happens in Back Arrow, will someone watch it? Please?
This post contains spoilers for Back Arrow. If upon reading that you thought to yourself “I guess I shouldn’t read this post because I don’t want to get…
Back Arrow (Bakku Arō) – Collaboration with Lita Kino
Morning all! I’m excited to share another collaboration – this time on Back Arrow, where Lita Kino and I ask each other about the first three episodes. (Spoilers…
Back Arrow: 2021’s Campy Mecha Hidden Gem
Alright, what is this show, and why haven’t I heard of it outside of randomly browsing Funimation’s lineup?
First Impressions Digest – Back Arrow, Hataraku Saibou Black
Back in Black. Read more
Back Arrow #14 — Giant Non-Lethal Apocalypse Cannon
That's a very convenient giant cannon. Impressions: Of all the ways I thought this obnoxiously-extended arc would end, I'm not sure I would have called "Princess heals…
Looking Back at Look Back
No matter how good you are, even if you have the style and sense of humor of a grade schooler, you possess the capacity in some form to…
Top 10 Times When I Watched Anime Quickly
There was once a time from 2016 to 2017 when I watched a lot of anime. And when I watch an anime, I tend to watch it quickly.…
Back Arrow #20 — Rudolf Continues To Pontificate Pt 6
Man, am I tired of listening to him. Impressions: Are we seriously trying to promote Bit to a starring role as a hero? The craven coward who…
J-Horror Season at Arrow Streaming Service UK
It's October so it's that spooky time of year again. To celebrate the good folks from Arrow have sent us details of their J-Horror month av...
Looking Back at 2020
It’s time again for my personally indulgent look back on the past year. This is a part of a double post to mark JP’s 10th birthday. Many people…
Looking Back At Immortalliumblog
Before I say anything else, I think it’s important to tell you that Immortalliumblog is coming to an end. I set up this blog back in 2019 with…
Goro Taniguchi & Kazuki Nakashima Working on “Back Arrow” Anime Series
Earlier today, an official website and Twitter account opened their doors to announce that a new original anime TV series is in the works, titled Back Arrow. The…
(REVIEW) Now That it’s Over, What Even was BACK ARROW?
One of the season’s oddest offerings, BACK ARROW stands out by virtue of being like little else.
Sla-Arrow
General Information Unit type: unpiloted slave podHeight: 11.0 metersWeight: 41.7 metric tonsArmament: Sla Kila, bomb arrow x 8 Lineart N/A
Mecha Fans are Being Well-fed with SSSS.Dynazenon and Back Arrow
Fridays are an embarrassment of robot punching riches
Mecha Fans are Being Well-fed with SSSS.Dynazenon and Back Arrow
Fridays are an embarrassment of robot punching riches
I AM BACK, ish
Hello dearest readers who still tune into Wordpress articles today! After a well over two year long “hiatus” from blogging about anime I have returned, but perhaps not in the…
Attempting to quickly explain UNDERTALE
For those who haven’t played the game Hello! I’m the Firsty Duelist, and while I usually talk about card games here on my blog, I also love writing…
I wish Cop Craft looked as good as Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
I mean, it's not the best.
LOOKING BACK AT SECRET COMICS JAPAN
Last week I spent a lovely couple of hours re-reading back issues of PULP off my shelves (for research for my Usamaru Furuya post ). While m...
Looking Back at Building Netflix Anime
Joy and gratitude looking back at helping make anime big
Looking Back at April 10, 2021
April 10, 2021, is a day that I will never forget. I did something that I would consider to be the best thing I did on accident, and…
Looking back at my Top 21 Anime I Watched in Winter 2016 #TBT
Winter 2016 was such a memorable time for watching anime. While the anime season was lacking, it provided a few standout anime, especially KONOSUBA. In this article, I’ll…
Maybe #3 (Wonder Egg Priority, Back Arrow, Kemono Jihen and Scar on the Praeter)
Quite similar to my ‘Abandoned’ posts here’s a new ‘Maybe’ entry – and again I’m using it to mention a few seasonal shows that I’ve tried out and…
BACK ARROW, Kemono Jihen, Scar on the Praeter, WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Shiki Takes An Arrow
My Hero Academia 220 - 4:27Food Wars 303 - 17:22Edens Zero 35 - 32:08Hell Warden Higuma 12 - 41:09Ne0;lation 13 - 41:59The Last Saiyuki 3 - 51:11Yui Kamio…
My Hero Academia, One Piece, Saiyuki, The Promised Neverland, The Seven Deadly Sins
Looking Back at My Manga of 2023
The idea came to me to look back on the manga I read last year. My Goodreads reading challenge reveals a rather sporadic manga reading year: I never read…
