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We're plagued with the best kind of problem: too much good anime to watch!
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Fall 2020 Check-in
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Winter 2022 Check-in
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Summer 2022 Check-in
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HAIGAKURA, I’ll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History, Nina the Starry Bride, Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii, The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor
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This is a Fall of firsts--including the tentative death of Netflix jail (kinda). Join us as we check in on some hotly anticipated adaptations.
Taisho Otome Fairy Tale, takt op.Destiny, The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window, Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut, Ranking of Kings
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Warlords of Sigrdrifa, Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, Akudama Drive, Dropout Idol Fruit Tart, Ikebukuro West Gate Park
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Kamisama ni Natta Hi makes yet another valiant statement to establish itself as a swiftly sinking ship.
The Day I Became a God, Everlasting Heart, TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You, Akudama Drive, JUJUTSU KAISEN
Fall Anime 2020 Week 6 [Check-In]
Akudama Drive's fifth turnout is another good one, shifting gears from its vibrant, bombastic nature to a quiet, character-driven showing with really no visible troubles at all.
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Fall Anime 2020 Week 4 [Check-In]
Majo no Tabitabi is a pretty work at face value, but its beauty is almost always underlined with a careful dusting of emotional text.
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Fall Anime 2020 Week 9 [Check-In]
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Fall Anime 2020 Week 11 [Check-In]
Kamisama ni Natta H returns with a steaming serving of awful – attempting to pull-off a crucial tear-jerking reveal in the script, with the only drawback being the…
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Fall Anime 2020 Week 13 [Check-In]
Closing out in style, Akudama Drive manages one last propulsively polished episode
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Fall Anime 2020 Week 10 [Check-In]
Once again, Adachi to Shimamura executed an episode that's tightly in its genre's wheelhouse with a fair amount of tact and grace.
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Fall Anime 2020 Week 3 [Check-In]
Coming in at the top of this week, it's round two and Akudama Drive is going strong, offering yet another sharp episode full of smart compositions and flows.
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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 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
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
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