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.
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Tokyo 24th Ward
Tokyo 24th Ward is currently streaming on Crunchyroll and Funimation....
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 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…
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 – 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…
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…
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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.
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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
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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…
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…
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The verdicts are in, and they all look disappointingly lackluster.
Seasonal First Impressions: TOKYO 24TH WARD is Off The Rails, on a Crazy Train
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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!”
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Name: Tokyo GodfathersFormat: DVDRelease Date: August 2003Age Rating: 13+Themes: family, responsibility, friendship, suspenseLanguage Watched: Japanese w/ English subtitlesLength: one 92 minute mov…
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