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Sakugan Review — B
A girl and her dad go on adventure.
Sakugan | Episode One Review
Yo the first episode to Sakugan was legit. Far in the future, the human beings were pushed into the deep underground world called Labyrinth and they are living…
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Sakugan Episode 1 Streaming Review
New anime Sakugan is due to hit streaming service Crunchyroll in October 2021. If you want to catch episode 1 early , the world premiere of ...
Sakugan!! – 02
"GOOD DAY, GOOD BYE" An action-filled episode, with the set up for even more adventure!
Sakugan – 11
"SOUND OF DREAM" Obligatory idol episode.
Sakugan – 06
"JUSTICE FOR VILLAINS" Society is inherently corrupt, powerful people are two-faced liars, the only path to justice is one you carve yourself.
Sakugan!! – 01
「FATHERS&DAUGHTERS」 A father-daughter story about traversing the unexplored labyrinth.
Sakugan – 10
"OH MY TONNY" Finally! Gagumber takes the helm on this one!
Sakugan – 04
"LADIES&GENTLEMEN" Only Gagumber call pull getting in trouble with the Government and the Mafia on the same day.
Sakugan – 05
"NO WORK, NO LIFE" Praise the wind gods!
Sakugan!! – 03
"BRAINS&HEARTS" Memenpuu and the multipurpose Tony.
Sneak-Peak Review: Sakugan Episode 1
My sneak-peak review of Sakugan episode 1 is up over on Anime News Network.
Sakugan (First Impression)
“Far in the future, the human beings were pushed into the deep underground world called Labyrinth and they are living shoulder-to-shoulder. The Labyrinth has several colonies with severe…
Sakugan – 07 & 08
"ON THE ROAD" & "MEMORIES®RETS"
First Impressions – Sakugan
Sakugan has the aura of a roughly-sewn together quilt of different influences, without anything of itself to anchor it. Read more
SAKUGAN – Episode 1
9-year old, Memempu wants to explore the Labyrinth, but overprotective dad, wants to keep her safe from the strange creatures lurking around.
Sakugan – 12 (END)
"TO BE CONTINUED" To be continued… or well maybe not.
Sakugan – Rainbow Children
Sakugan had some very positive reviews at the start of its season. I finally got around to watching it for myself!
Sakugan! #02 — GENIUS!
Doubt. Impressions: The worst part of this show continues to be the girl's name. It's such an awkward mouthful and the VAs struggle to not trip over…
First Look: Sakugan
Mankind lives in disparate colonies deep underground. Outside the colonies, a dangerous uncharted land known as The Labyrinth is constantly being explored and colonized by mankind’s mech moun…
First Impression: Sakugan
A little girl is running from a man with a gun through a sci-fi city. The tension grows. He is near. He looms over the square, then jumps.…
Sneak Peek: Sakugan
SAKUGAN is set to premiere as part of the Virtual Crunchyroll Expo this Thursday. However, as ANN was able to get a hold of the first episode in…
Sakugan #09 — Beach Week
Another faffing episode. Impressions: After the last two weeks of throwing weeping fits about not rushing straight ahead to her father's foretold death, we stop at a random…
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The Labyrinth is an expansive space underground where humans live in colonies and many places remain unexplored. Due to the harsh conditions outside the colonies and the presence…
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Sakugan | Episode 6: Robinhood.
Episode six sees Gagmuber and Memenpu visit a colony where they stand for “equality” but is essentially a colony full of aristocrats. Everyone else who does not fall…
SAKUGAN – 10 – DADDIN’ UP
Once aboard the heavily armed Bureau submarine, Yuri and Zack’s criminal records are expunged with a swipe of Merooro’s iPad, and he leads the quartet to a briefing…
SAKUGAN – 02 – SEEKING STABILITY
Gagumber has to hit it a few times, but his dusty old Mark Bot shudders to live and he and Memenpu engage in a protracted chase against a kaiju…
SAKUGAN – 05 – UNBROKEN CHAIN
At first, it looks like Merooro is transporting Gagumber and Memenpu to some off-site labor facility as punishment for their crimes, but that site turns out to be…
Sakugan | Anime Review: Too many questions, not enough answers.
The “Labyrinth” is an expansive space deep underground where humans live in clusters known as “colonies.” Over the years, the surface has become a distant memory—even perhap…
SAKUGAN – 03 – THAT LITTLE VOICE
Memenpu takes to the untamed Labyrinth like a fish to water, locking Gagumber out of the controls so she can try her hand at salvaging crystals to exchange…
Sakugan | Episode Eight: Plot Twist.
Episode eight of Sakugan was very interesting because it presented a pretty big plot twist that I personally didn’t see coming. To sum it up, episode eight is…
Sakugan #03 — Multi-Spatial Cartography
Maybe less time spent arguing about maps, guys. Impressions: The thought behind this episode was perfectly fine. Obnoxious super genius is puffed up on her own hubris,…
Autumn 2021 First Impressions – Sakugan
Streaming: Crunchyroll Episodes: 12 Source: Original Episode Summary: Gagumber and Memempu are a father-daughter pair who are constantly at odds with one-another. Despite being a kid, Memempu is…
Sakugan | Episode Ten: Rainbow Children?
Since Merooro mentioned that the Shibito aim for the princesses, I wonder if the Rainbow Kids they refer to are the princesses and Memenpu is actually one herself.…
SAKUGAN – 04 – COLONY OF PASSION
We go from Gagumber and Memenpu parachuting into Jolly at the end of last week to the two in the custody of one Merooro of the Labyrinth’s “Bureau…
Sakugan #06 — Kill All Orphans
What is this, Orphan Abuse Week? Impressions: This has not been a good week for social services in anime. First yesterday's mass kidnapping and trafficking of orphan…
SAKUGAN – 06 – CRIME FOR JUSTICE
For his assistance in restoring the God of Wind, Gagumber comes into some money, which he quickly turns into a lot more money at Jolly Jolly’s casino. It’s all…
Interview: SAKUGAN Creative Staff and Cast
I spoke to director Junichi Wada, producer Takayuki Funahashi, mecha designer Stanislas Brunet, kaiju designer Shoji Kawamori, and Memempu's voice actress Kanon Amane about the new anime Sakugan.…
Sakugan | Episode 9: A boring episode.
In the last blog, I mentioned how episode nine will be an episode that I will have little to no expectations for and I’m glad that was the…
Interview: SAKUGAN Creative Staff and Cast
NN spoke to director Junichi Wada, producer Takayuki Funahashi, mecha designer Stanislas Brunet, kaiju designer Shoji Kawamori, and Memempu's voice actress Kanon Amane to get into the nuts…
SAKUGAN – 12 (FIN) – THICKER THAN BLOOD
The Big Twist that starts the SAKUGAN finale is that Memenpu actually is a “Rainbow Child”, a child with an exceptionally advanced brain. This not only explains why she’s a genius…
This Week in Anime - Is Sakugan Underrated?
Like the show's premise, Sakugan has stayed under the radar, but it might be the best show you aren't watching.
SAKUGAN – 11 – THE PRINCESS AND THE MARKERS
Memenpu, Gagumber, Zack, Yuri and Merooro arrive in the bustling Dream City, which true to its name is apparently a place where people can live out their dreams.…
Sakugan | Episode Seven: A very confusing episode.
Thoughts before watching the episode. I have a feeling that Urorop is Memenpu’s mother. This makes a lot of sense to me because it was mentioned in one…
SAKUGAN – 09 – GETTING AWAY FROM IT ALL
Gagumber recovers from using his Gale system, and the group resumes their journey to Memenpu’s dream space like a whole lot of drama didn’t just go down in the…
Sakugan | Episode Two: Best Father-Daughter Duo.
Man, now this is an anime I’m really excited for. Sakugan’s second episode was one I really enjoyed because it showcased something we don’t typically see, or rather,…
SAKUGAN – 08 – EASIER TO RUN THAN REGRET
Rufus was going to be Gagumber’s last partner. When things went sour with Memenpu last week, Gagumber remembered why he didn’t want, didn’t need, and shouldn’t have a…