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Tokyo 24th Ward
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Tokyo 24th Ward Dropped
Somewhere between the far-fetched lightning episode, the flashback episode that didn’t move the story forward, and the show not airing at all last week, I lost interest in…
Tokyo 24th Ward Review
You know when you watch something because you think the concept is cool? But it ends up flopping because it’s trying too hard/too much? Yeah.
Tokyo 24th Ward – Episode 1
This episode lost and won my trust probably about six times in the course of 48-minutes, and I’m still not sure what to think of it beyond a…
First Impression: Tokyo 24th Ward
An elementary school is going up in flames. Some teenaged boys come to blows about whether or not to go in search of a friend who has run…
First Look: Tokyo 24th Ward
Due to a disaster that happened a year ago, a close group of three friends have drifted apart. Things change on the anniversary of the event, when they…
Tokyo 24th Ward Series Review
There was a lot of extremely popular continuing anime in 2022, like My Hero Academia, Demon Slayer, and Overlord. None of those are really interesting to me, so…
Tokyo’s 24th Ward #08 — Clowning Around
What has the clown even done again? No special reason why this is delayed. Just had a vet appointment this morning and threw off my whole normal…
Tokyo 24th Ward – 02 – Fifth Wheel
Shuuta, Ran, Kouki, Mari, and Asumi have been friends since they were little, but in a flashback to those halcyon days, we see that even then Mari was…
Exploring Grief in Tokyo 24th Ward
~Part 1: Introduction~ Grief effects everyone to at least some degree at some point in life. Profound grief can be experienced whether or not the person you lost…
Tokyo 24th Ward #05 — ASMR Kills
You wouldn't download a marijuana. Impressions: What a dumb episode. Super hacker dude's music app became the vector for some random mafioso to spread… uh… a magical auditory drug which…
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Tokyo 24th Ward – 05 – Dark Mode
Last week we learn that among the two paths Kunai believes lie before him—art or crime—Kunai has chosen the latter. This week we learn why, starting over a…
Tokyo 24th Ward – 03 – Cross Purposes
The Third Annual Gourmet Festival is upon us, but Shirakaba-sensei’s daughter Kozue won’t be attending. Presumably as a result of the fire that claimed Asumi’s life, she been…
Tokyo 24th Ward – Running Out of Breath
Sometimes you don't really know what you're getting into when you start a new anime. Sometimes I think Tokyo 24th Ward didn't know either.
Winter 2022 First Impressions – Tokyo 24th Ward
Streaming: Funimation and Crunchyroll Episodes: 12 Source: Original Episode Summary: Note: episode 1 is double-length. Tokyo’s Far Eastern Special Administrative Region, also known as ward 24…
Why Haven’t You Watched Tokyo 24th Ward?
Winter 2022 was stuffed to bursting with more banger anime than any person could reasonably watch. The obvious heavy hitters got their time to shine: Attack on Titan…
Tokyo 24th Ward – 09 – Sowing and Reaping
You said it, Cowboy Man. Nothing like a prequel three quarters into a show to kill the momentum. RGB, who flailed around independently last week during an improbably…
Tokyo 24th Ward – 06 – A Sacrifice Too Far
RGB’s latest mission fails utterly as a collaborative effort, with Ran and Kouki going off in their own directions while Shuuta parkours aimlessly around a cruise ship. It…
Tokyo 24th Ward – 04 – There is Nobody Else
Last week’s tornado disaster was ambitious, but awkwardly executed and punctuated as it was by the introduction of Carneades, (AKA Goofy Anime Clown Villain #5,000,406), I didn’t feel…
Tokyo 24th Ward – 07 – Thinker, Baker, Ogler, Guy
It’s an old axiom that absence makes the heart grow fonder—after a week off for “quality control” purposes, Tokyo 24th Ward fields my favorite episode to date; an…
Tokyo 24th Ward Review: Go, Go, Minority Report Rangers!
Studio: Cloverworks Director: Naokatsu Tsuda Streaming on: Funimation, Crunchyroll Tokyo 24th Ward is immediately intriguing. If you asked me off the top of my head what anime does…
Tokyo 24th Ward – 01 (First Impressions) – The Third Way
Aoi Shuuta, Suidou Kouki, and Akagi Ran were once-inseperable childhood friends, with Shuuta in particular training to one day become a “hero”. Then one horrible night the school…
An Infinite Trolley Problem – First Impressions: Tokyo 24th Ward
Hello all and welcome back to Otaku Thursday! I can’t believe we are already through the month of January. Like, where did the time go. What happened? How…
Tokyo’s 24th Ward #06 — Minority Report
Of course society can only function with a mutiliated corpse of a teenage girl powering it. Impressions: Man, why can't the show be about that blonde cop…
Tokyo’s 24th Ward #01 — Hyper Dynamic Okonomiyaki
Please stop drawing detailed animal buttholes, Japan. If the screencaps seem a bit disjointed, it's because this was a double length episode. Impressions: There's a lot reminiscent…
Tokyo’s 24th Ward #04 — Drugs are Bad
One toke turns you into a frothing berserker lunatic. Impressions: Society's still functioning pretty well after two massive disasters due to government ineptitude, a terrorist clown with…
Tokyo’s 24th Ward #07 — Suddenly, A Mime!
I honestly miss tuning out to dumb fanservice slapstick. Impressions: They needed an extra week to create this episode. I want to make sure that is put…
Tokyo’s 24th Ward #02 — The Dead Girl Blues
An entire episode of flashback montage. Impressions: This episode unfortunately blew too. We could've jumped straight into fighting tragedies, super heroism, hunting for the truth behind the…
Tokyo’s 24th Ward #03 — The Fridging Will Continue
Now with evil clowns who control the weather. Impressions: On one hand, after futzing around for half the episode, it actually remembered what the premise was and…
Tokyo’s 24th Ward #10 — And Now, American Politics
Strangely both out of left field and comically on the nose. Aiming to have the spring season preview up Sunday. All I'll say for now is good…
Tokyo’s 24th Ward #09 — “THIS IS ME, NOW!”
Oh boy. A flashback episode. Impressions: You know how I love flashbacks. Especially ones that advance nothing and reveal nothing. All the adults knew each other and were connected through…
Seasonal First Impressions: TOKYO 24TH WARD is Off The Rails, on a Crazy Train
CloverWorks’ new winter original is here, but how does it compare to their past efforts, and the season on the whole?
Anime Taste Testing: Police in a Pod, Land of Leadale, and Tokyo 24th Ward
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Tokyo’s 24th Ward #12 — Don’t Worry, You’re Already Dead
Uh… huh. Impressions: And so we come to our inevitable dumb conclusion of probably the best comedy of last season that was in no way, shape, or…
Winter 2022 First impressions – Tokyo 24th Ward, Dress-Up Darling and Requiem for the Rose King
While writing up my Anime of the Year post a few weeks ago, as well as looking back at the year before, I found myself thinking “wow, it…
Tokyo’s 24th Ward #11 — “I Want to Re-Kill Her!”
Another episode of the protagonists waffling over whether to do anything. Impressions: I'm annoyed that the show didn't end this week. I may just ignore next week's…
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Tokyo 24-ku (08)
Episode Synopsis: The identity of Carneades is revealed! A new trolley problem has arrived, which reunites RGB. Will they choose to save Tsuzurugawa from her death by lightning…
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Tokyo Revengers: Seiya Kessen-hen – 08
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Tokyo Game Show held its first in-person event in three years from September 15-18. From Sega to Capcom, Konami to Square Enix, VR to Blockchain, and even...
Tokyo Revengers – 08 – The Ecstacy and the Agony
It’s neither Takemitchy’s rage nor passion nor pathetic attempts to score a blow that shake Mikey and Draken out of their latest spat. Nope, it’s a big ol’ turd,…
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