As to the meal anime in 2022 looks to be, Winter is less an appetizer and more an amuse-bouche. Read more
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2022 Winter Three-Episode Check-In
Welcome to the season of rom-coms and gender feels.
Miss KUROITSU from the Monster Development Department, Requiem of the Rose King, Slow Loop, The Orbital Children, Life With an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated Into a Total Fantasy Knockout
Winter 2021 Check-in
I haven't had occasion to say it for a long time, but Winter 2021 is starting to resemble a pretty good anime season. Read more
Winter 2020 Check-in
Memo to anime: modeling is more interesting than idols. Read more The post Winter 2020 Check-in appeared first on Lost in Anime.
Winter 2024 Check-in
Winter 2024 is definitely a one-horse race for the winner’s circle, but “place” and “show” are another matter.
Chatty AF 157: 2022 Winter Mid-Season Check-in
Dee, Mercedez, and Peter check in on the high highs and low lows of the Winter season!
Summer 2022 Check-in
No season with Made in Abyss is a bad season. Read more
Fall 2022 Check-in
It's a strong season - but is its bite as big as its bark? Read more
Winter 2020 Anime Midseason Check-In
“So,” she asks. “You said that you were going to try to do better about watching anime this year. How’s that coming along? After all, we haven’t seen…
2020 Winter Three-Episode Check-In
Did you know there were other worthwhile anime airing this season besides Keep Your Hands of Eizouken? It's true! From ghosts to golems and MMOs to magical girls,…
2023 Winter Three-Episode Check-In
The big forerunner this season? Girls in fantasy shows!
Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire, Sugar Apple Fairy Tale, Technoroid OVERMIND, The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady, Kaina of the Great Snow Sea
2021 Winter Three-Episode Check-In
This season truly encapsulates the duality of anime: everything made us either really excited or really tired.
Cells at Work!, Cells at Work! CODE BLACK, WONDER EGG PRIORITY, 2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team, I★CHU
2024 Winter Three-Episode Check-In
This has been a season of reversals so far, with strong premieres stumbling and wobbly starts finding their stride. Check out the shows in need of a second…
A Sign of Affection, Brave Bang Bravern!, Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, Metallic Rouge, Sengoku Youko
On my Radar for Winter 2022: The Three Episode Check-In!
Winter 2022 is well underway and I’ll be honest. If you aren’t a fan of Attack on Titan, then there really isn’t much else. Good shows, but nothing…
On my Radar for Winter 2022: The Eight Episode Check-In!
Winter 2022 is nearing its three quarter and once again, if you aren’t a fan of Attack on Titan, then there really isn’t much else. It’s just been a…
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Winter Anime 2021 Week 8 [Check-In]
Associating with a character's drama naturally demands moving beyond yourself, and understanding someone's own lived experiences and resulting perspective even if it's mostly foreign to you.
Horimiya, Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, WONDER EGG PRIORITY
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Winter Anime 2021 Week 2 [Check-In]
Layered, poignant, and elegantly articulated - Wonder Egg Priority had a fantastic debut made even more impressive considering this is Wakabayashi's first time directing a full-length series
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, Scar on the Praeter, The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter, Horimiya, Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki
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Winter Anime 2021 Week 12 [Check-In]
Wonder Egg Priority’s expected competence proceeds – a focused, workman-like episode that does its job in demystifying the Accas in a gradually grim way, inevitably fitting in snuggly…
Horimiya, Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, WONDER EGG PRIORITY
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Winter Anime 2021 Week 7 [Check-In]
The positive streak for Wonder Egg Priority continues, extending a favorable combination of grim inquiry, intimacy, and insightful character vignettes for all to enjoy.
WONDER EGG PRIORITY, Horimiya, Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki
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Winter Anime 2021 Week 1 [Check-In]
New year, new season of anime, same coverage. Let's rundown a heap of new shows and see how they stack up.
LBX Girls, Idoly Pride, Scar on the Praeter, BACK ARROW, Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki
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Winter Anime 2021 Week 10 [Check-In]
Horimiya bounces back with an episode of actual substance - anxious relationship drama layered over a spongy cake of insecurity.
Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, WONDER EGG PRIORITY, Horimiya
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Winter Anime 2021 Week 5 [Check-In]
Offering yet another great showing, Wonder Egg Priority pushes out a fourth episode that's in fantastic shape; Crafting a strong personality through thematic subtext that boiled elegantly into…
Horimiya, Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, WONDER EGG PRIORITY
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Winter Anime 2021 Week 9 [Check-In]
Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun thankfully gets back on track as it dedicates its latest episode to resuming the thorough erosion of Tomozaki's social shell – proving to be pretty sweet…
Horimiya, Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, WONDER EGG PRIORITY
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Winter Anime 2021 Week 11 [Check-In]
Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun gets ever closer to its conclusion and evidently, is only getting stronger along the way.
Horimiya, Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, WONDER EGG PRIORITY
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Winter Anime 2021 Week 3 [Check-In]
Presented with the opportunity of success or failure, Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka? enthusiastically chooses the latter - offering a third episode that's visually embarrassing and narratively unimpressive…
Horimiya, Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, SK8 the Infinity, WONDER EGG PRIORITY
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Winter Anime 2021 Week 4 [Check-In]
Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu is back and with a fourth outing that is challenging for a lot of viewers - concerning itself deeply with sexually touchy…
Horimiya, Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, WONDER EGG PRIORITY
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Winter Anime 2021 Week 6 [Check-In]
This felt like a return to form for Horimiya - decisive in the bigger picture with what it wants to accomplish and competent in executing its moment to…
Horimiya, Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, WONDER EGG PRIORITY
2022 Summer Three-Episode Check-In
We've battled through the desert of the summer season to find out what shows have beat the heat.
Chimimo, Lycoris Recoil, Phantom of the Idol, Tokyo Mew Mew, YUREI DECO
2022 Spring Three-Episode Check-In
Spring is shaping up to be packed with excellent heroines and good kids.
Heroines Run the Show, The Executioner and Her Way of Life, Ya Boy Kongming!, Aharen-san wa Hakarenai, Dance Dance Danseur
2022 Fall Three-Episode Check-In
We're plagued with the best kind of problem: too much good anime to watch!
Housing Complex C, My Master Has No Tail, Reincarnated as a Sword, Urusei Yatsura, Bibliophile Princess
Spring 2022 Check-In – Weeks 7-9
Wooper: I’ve never felt that the phrase “weekly summary” accurately described this column, and now that I’m a rogue writer who shows up whenever he feels like it,…
D&A’s Checkpoint Check-In (December 2022)
Hey guys, it’s finally here. With less than 30 hours until 2023, and this is our last post of 2022, we just wanna thank you guys for all…
D&A’s Checkpoint Check-In! (June 2022)
Wow, we’re down to the last day of June 2022; which means that the first six months of the year have come and gone. A lot has happened…
D&A’s Checkpoint Check-In! (September 2022)
Hey guys. It’s been awhile since our last post, but lately things have been a little chaotic on the ‘outer boundaries’ of the blog (or in this case…
D&A’s Checkpoint Check-In! (October 2022)
Hey guys n’ gals! We’re under three months away from 2023, and with that comes some changes in the form of an experiment. For the last couple of…
D&A’s Checkpoint Check-In! (August 2022)
Hey guys! This is our second ‘check-in’ post of 2022. Posts like these are pretty much our way of letting you know what we’ll be doing next, but…
Spring 2022 Check-In – Weeks 10-13
Wooper: I’m hitting publish on this check-in post at the eleventh hour, as today is the final day of the spring season. Today may also mark my final…
Chatty AF 162: 2022 Spring Check-In
Caitlin, Alex, and Peter check in on an absolutely packed Spring season and it’s many good dads, rap battles, and games of volleyball!
Winter 2021 Check-In, Week of 3/7/2021
Whew, it’s been a while since I’ve felt like writing something about what I’m watching and not about something more abstract (though I enjoy, in my own way, putting my…
Chatty AF 109: Winter 2020 Mid-Season Check-in
Vrai, Caitlin, and Peter check in on the Winter 2020 season! The post Chatty AF 109: Winter 2020 Mid-Season Check-in appeared first on ANIME FEMINIST.
Chatty AF 201: 2024 Winter Mid-Season Check-In
Vrai, Alex, and Peter check-in on the 2024 Winter season, where quite a few titles with a lot of potential have a lot riding on their second halves!
Chatty AF 135: 2021 Winter Mid-Season Check-in
Vrai, Peter, and Caitlin check in on the 2021 Winter season, from beefy skate boys to overworked cells.
Winter Simulcast Check-In, Week of 1/17/2021
Hi, all. This post should be significantly shorter than the previous check-in, mostly because I’m just cleaning up a few episodes of shows that hadn’t had second episodes…
Chatty AF 180: 2023 Winter Mid-Season Check-In
Cy, Caitlin, and Peter check-in on a season with way too many messy shows to wade into.
Winter Simulcast Check-in, Week of 1/10/2021
I thought I’d try something new this season, since I’m watching a lot of anime (by design; I’m seeing how much anime I can watch concurrently and whether…
Winter 2022 Anime In Review
So yeah, another anime season has come to pass. Kind of crazy to think about isn’t it? The seasonal cycle just keeps going and its kind of stunning…
A Winter Wonderland: SF Anime in Winter 2022
Here's the fantasy and sci-fi anime I'm watching in the winter 2022 season!
Check Out These Top-Rated Cafes in Osaka in 2022
Looking for a rest stop on your travels to Osaka? Here are some of the city's top-rated cafes according to the locals.
Chatty AF 168: 2022 Summer Mid-Season Check-In
Vrai, Chiaki, and Peter check-in on perhaps the most unremarkable season of anime since the inception of this podcast!