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 this show. The firs…
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Tokyo 24th Ward
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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 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…
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 – 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…
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…
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 – 08 – Crane Game
Managing to bake a Golden Sunrise comparable to his dad’s nets Shuuta the location of the guy painting over Ran’s Kaba tags. Zeroth tells Shuuta that while he’s…
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…
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…
Anime Series Like Tokyo 24th Ward
On an artificial island in Tokyo Bay labeled as the Tokyo 24th Ward, a fire at a middle school changed the lives many, including three childhood friends,
Gatchaman, Gatchaman Crowds, Kiznaiver, Mekakucity Actors, Tokyo 24th Ward
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…
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 – 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.
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 – 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 – 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 – 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 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 Revengers DROPPED
Killing off Hina again and undoing all of Takemichi’s hard work proved to be a dealbreaker, as I simply have not been able to muster any motivation to…
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
The verdicts are in, and they all look disappointingly lackluster.
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…
Osamake DROPPED
It was a real struggle to get through this episode. As soon as Momo proposes a contest to see who can make the better sports drink commercial—a bunch…
Dropped Titles – 2
Pulled some more titles off of the shelf to add to the drop list. Just like before, these manga will fall into one of three categories: Easily obtainable…
Love Flops Dropped
The third and final episode of Love Flops I watched focused on Amelia Irving, who starts the episode under Asahi’s covers trying to put his toeprints on a wedding…
Tomodachi Game – Dropped
It's a new anime season and I decided to watch Tomodachi Game. So far, it's better than I thought. I hope you're enjoying it too.
Dropped Titles – 3
We are back again with yet another list of dropped titles! This one’s a bit different because we’ve got some light novels added into the fray!For first-timers to…
Dropped Anime Series
Introduction Hey everyone! Today we’ll have a little discussion about dropped anime series. I have stopped watching numerous anime series without finishing them. Most of these I plan…
24th Birthday Top Anime List
Nearly forgot to make it this year, but I haven’t watched much anime in December so my thoughts today are the same as they were earlier in the…
BNA – 04-06 [Dropped]
It’s been nearly a week since Asenshi released episode 6 of BNA, but I’ve delayed in writing this post because I wasn’t sure how to approach it. If…
Gakuen Idolm@ster has Dropped
Everything that needs to be said about Gakuen Idolm@ster can be found on Twitter/X. There’s also this wonderful thin slice on the visual contents side from Sakugabooru–feeding us…
Shokugeki no Souma 5 Dropped
After five years and 76 episodes, I’m throwing in the towel! BLUE, Noir, Saiba/Suzuki, Erina in peril…it all feels extraneous, as if the anime were continuing for one…
New Spice and Wolf Dropped
It didn’t dawn on me until well after the third episode, but I simply didn’t have it in me to watch a twenty-four episode retelling of a show…
The 10 Anime I Dropped
Rarely do I ever drop anime. That’s mostly because I enjoy watching all the anime I watch. I’m only counting entities with at least 3 episodes where I…
Attack on Titan OVAs DROPPED
So it looks like Funimation has just announced (or they did a few days ago and we missed it >.>) that they've licensed the Attack on Titan OVAs…
Viz Manga App Shadow Dropped!!!
Viz Media delivered a little surprise in the middle of the night in the form of a new Manga Subscription. Link to news https://www.viz.com/blog/posts/manga-s-premier-subscription-service-launches-today — Support this podcast:…
Combatants Will Be Dispatched! Dropped
With a full slate of shows to follow this Spring, I needed Combatants to really knock one out of the park in its third week to justify keeping…
Interview With WolfO’Donnell |Voice Actor Jay Ward
Join us as we speak with voice actor Jay Ward about his career and journey voicing the smooth and bold wolf villain in the Star Fox series.
I dropped four Winter 2025 shows
You should have tried harder.
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Dropped Titles – 4 [First Impressions Special]
Back again with another dropped list, but this time let’s look at some more recent releases that never quite made it to my shelf.If you’re new to this…
15 “Good” Anime That I Dropped
Spending your precious time forcing yourself through series that you aren't even enjoying is just wasteful.
Samurai Flamenco, Deadman Wonderland, Fate/Zero, Hell Girl, Hellsing
Animes I Recently Dropped – August Edition
Originally published on siriuswrites.com. Here we go again. Another list of dropped animes. How many times have I made this … More
