With the end of summer also came the end of the first season of Kageki Shoujo!! And while many of us now look forward to a second season (fingers crossed), an incredible opportunity came up! Meet the incredible artist and human behind Atelier Gokujou Animation, responsible for animating one of 2021's gems.
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Kageki Shoujo!!
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Kageki Shoujo!! – 04
「涙の上書き」 (Namida no Uwagaki) "Tears Overwritten" How Kageki Shoujo!! did a splendid job at depicting trauma and its healing journey.
Kageki Shoujo!! – 06
「スターの片鱗」 (Star no Henrin) "A Glimpse of Stardom" Romeo, Juliet and Red Roses.
Kageki Shoujo!! – 02
「銀橋を目指す者」 (Ginkyou o Mezasu Mono) "Those Who Long to Cross the Silver Bridge" Onee-sama, please show me the way.
Kageki Shoujo!! – 12
「きっと誰かが」 (Kitto Dareka ga) "Surely Someone" Unexpected admirers and manipulations. We love some drama.
Kageki Shoujo!! – 03
「クマのぬいぐるみ」 (Kuma no Nuigurumi) "The Teddy Bear" Traumas are nasty things, but there’s an extra layer of heartbreak underneath the ones we go through childhood.
Kageki Shoujo!! – 07
「花道と銀橋」 (Hanamichi to Ginkyou) "The Hanamichi and the Silver Bridge" "For a guy who looks like he doesn't brush his hair, he sure is harsh." – Watanabe Sarasa
Kageki Shoujo!! – 05
「選ばれし乙女」 (Erabareshi Otome) "The Chosen Maidens" Ai has officially been upgraded from feral stray to adopted kitten.
Kageki Shoujo!! – 13 (END)
「かげきしょうじょ!!」 (Kageki Shoujo!!) "Kageki Shoujo!!" And the curtain closes on the first act.
Kageki Shoujo!! – Episode 12
The auditions are in full swing and this time around we get the joy of watching Aya and Sawa up on stage. We also get to see a…
Kageki Shoujo!! – Episode 3
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Kageki Shoujo!! – Episode 6
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Kageki Shoujo – Episode 5
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Kageki Shoujo!! – Episode 4
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Kageki Shoujo!! – Episode 2
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Kageki Shoujo!! GN 1
Like its heroine, Kageki Shojo!! is just getting started but shows enormous promise.
Kageki Shoujo!! – Episode 9
This time the spotlight is on the twins as the Kouka school begins to prep for the Grand Sport's Festival and boy there are a lot of frustrations…
Kageki Shoujo!! – Episode 8
I know I've only known Rikuto Tsuji for one episode, but I want him to succeed and I hope he and Kaoru can meet up again in the…
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Like most of my reviews and Quickies my opinions focus on what I saw in anime adaptations. What happens in the source material is not paid attention to.…
Kageki Shoujo!! – Episode 7
Yahoo! Summer break is here and Sarasa and Ai get to spend it together in Tokyo as best friends! We get to learn a little bit more about…
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This is an interview with one of Studio Live’s main animators, Hiroshi Watanabe. For more on Studio Live and Hiroshi Watanabe, I recommend reading my previous post on…
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Kageki Shoujo!! – 04 [Tears Overwritten]
After putting the viewers through the emotional gauntlet last time around, Kageki Shoujo returns this week attempting a more balanced tone in narrative, adding in bits of slapstick…
Anime Review 223 Kageki Shoujo!!
If someone were to ask what was my most anticipated anime of summer 2021 anime season barring squeals, it would be Kageki Shoujo!!. When I saw the trailer…
Kageki Shoujo – Episodes 10 & 11
Episode 10 Sports Festival! Sports Festival! It's time for the sports festival!! All around it was pretty fun. I loved that we got to have some more interactions…
The Observation Deck: Kageki Shoujo!!
A look at Kageki Shoujo!! and its story about young girls gunning to be the best.
Kageki Shoujo 8-11 Catch up
For the few who are still interested in this show and wonder why I haven’t covered it recently it’s because I’ve been busy these past couple of months,…
Kageki Shoujo! – A Fight of Dreams
With some good decision making, I think its time to dig into the world of talking about seasonal shows once again. At least the ones that I really…
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Kageki Shoujo!! – Episode 1 [First Impressions]
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Kageki Shoujo!! – 05 [The Chosen Maidens]
Our lovely group of girls aiming to be the top Kouka star return in this week’s episode to come back to their usual school life and all the…
Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight – Final Review
Back in 2018, I haven’t got the chance to watch Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight. While it took a while to get a chance to watch it, I am so…
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Kageki Shoujo!! – Episode 13 [Final Impression]
And the audition results are out, with quite the surprising cast! I loved seeing all the performances by the girls and even Andoh-sensei. With just this simple audition,…
Kageki Shoujo!! – 03 – Toughing it Out
Ai is aloof, standoffish and antisocial, and makes it crystal clear even to a lunkhead like Sarasa that she doesn’t want to be friends with her or anyone…
Kageki Shoujo Episode 3: Pain Syndrome
WARNING! THIS EPISODE COVERS A VERY TOUCHY SUBJECT. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. Might as well get this part of the story over with now. We knew it’d have…
Kageki Shoujo!! – 09 – A Beautiful Frame
Even Kouka has a sports festival, and every ten years it’s a grand sports festival; since this will be the centennial festival it’s even more significant. For instance, Kouka’s…
Kageki Shoujo!! – 04 – Opening of Borders
I was both fully expecting and looking forward to Sarasa either scaring Mr. Stalker away with her imposing stature or showing off her jujitsu moves if he persisted.…
Kageki Shoujo!! – 02 – Sink or Swim
The morning before their first day of actual classes, Ai deigns to attempt to wake Sarasa up…in the gentlest and most ineffectual way possible. But their class rep…
Gokujou Drops Review
Gokujou Drops is a 3-volume shoujo ai erotica manga by Hajime Mikuni about life at the prestigious Ohtori Girls Academy.
Kageki Shoujo!! – 13 (Fin) – Stage of Dreams
I heard the music of true forgiveness filling the theater, conferring on all who sat there, perfect absolution. God was singing through this little man to all the…
Kageki Shoujo!! – 07 – The Curse of “Never”
Summer Break is upon Kouka’s hundredth class, but Ai’s version of giddiness over getting to spend it at Sarasa’s is somewhat tempered by how the semester ended: with…
Kageki Shoujo Episode 12: Sources of Passion
An interesting semifinal episode. Don’t worry. There’s a good reason I’m showing this.
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Kageki Shoujo!! – 06 [A Glimpse of Stardom]
Hello everyone, and welcome to the halfway point of Kageki Shoujo. This week we get more insight into the lives of a couple of other girls who are…
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This season’s not off to an amazing start. That said, looking over what seems to be the dozen or so male gaze-centric isekai/power fantasy shows and the ton…
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Kageki Shoujo!! – 06 – Such Sins Shall Not Be Endured
The 100th Class is restless. For four months they’ve been subjected to basics basics basics when each of them are anything but. They’re fed up of boring lessons…they…
Kageki Shoujo!! – 08 – The Bus Stop by the Sea
Back at school after summer break, Hoshino Kaoru is sporting a new super-short hairstyle, in keeping with her goal to become an otoko-yaku, but soon scolds Sarasa and Ai…