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Weekly Digest 1/31/23 – Mononogatari, High Card
Mismatched peas in the same pod. Read more
High Card #24 — The Royals
And everything worked out forever. Impressions: It's pretty funny to have a very rushed not-ending juxtaposing constant shots of protests against the current regime with the current…
Mononogatari – 23
The narrative downfall of the Bureau has been a disappointment.. Read more
HIGH CARD – Episode 1
HIGH CARD is desperate for you to think it’s cool.
High Card #23 — The Flashbacks Will Continue
…Until all morale is exhausted. Impressions: Oh boy, another flashback and exposition heavy episode that didn't actually manage to convey all that much, and what it did…
Weekly Digest 1/25/24 – Metallic Rouge, Majo to Yajuu
As much as I try to muster interest in Metallic Rouge and/or Majo to Yajuu, it seems to be a losing battle.
Weekly Digest 1/30/23 – 2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team, Tenchi Souzou Design-bu
Learning stuff from anime is good. Read more
2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team, Heaven’s Design Team
High Card
High Card is currently streaming on Crunchyroll....
High Card
Imagine if that British Kingsman series had an anime version. Oh wait. They already did. In the form of High Card. But this time add some poker cards…
Weekly Digest 1/29/24 – Yubisaki to Renren, Meiji Gekken 1874
For some reason I can’t necessarily put my finger on, I found this episode of Yubisaki to Renren a bit more engaging than the first three.
High Card S2
Anime’s Kingsman is back! Oh, I mean High Card S2. After the interesting first season that left viewers with some few questions, hopefully this season will answer and…
Weekly Digest 2/11/24 – Bucchigiri?!, Yubisaki to Renren
I wouldn't call what he and Yuki have the romance of the century but it's progressing in a pretty believable way.
Initial Results: High Card
My initial thoughts on High Card.
First Impression: High Card
The best place to keep a valuable treasure stowed away is in a castle, on an isolated island, guarded by machine guns and heavy armor. Or so you…
First Look: HIGH CARD
Known of only by a select few, the 52 X-Playing cards can each grant their owners superhuman power and abilities. After the cards are stolen from the Kingdom…
Second Impressions – High Card
I’m not expecting to take much away from the experience but for what it is, High Card is pretty enjoyable so far. Read more
Anime Like High Card
In the Kingdom of Fourland, the royal family possessed a powerful deck of 52 cards. Each card has the ability to grant its wielder a special power, but…
Blood Blockade Battlefront, Bungo Stray Dogs, Great Pretender, Hamatora, Joker
Mononogatari – 24 (End) and Series Review
Mononogatari is a show that's always been in the middle for me. Read more
Weekly Digest 6/23/20 – Kitsutsuki Tanteidokoro, Fruits Basket 2nd Season
Ishikawa Takuboku has become one of the most fascinating anime characters of 2020. Read more
Weekly Digest 4/25/23 – My Home Hero, Ao no Orchestra
Nothing takes you out of the moment like bad CGI, and that was some seriously bad CGI. Read more
Weekly Digest 5/8/23 – My Home Hero, Ao no Orchestra
I'm pretty much a captive audience here in the almost literal sense. Read more
Weekly Digest 5/1/21 – Bakuten!!, Shakunetsu Kabaddi
The mystery of Azemichi's head deepens. Read more
NORA’S WEEKLY ANIME DIGEST — WINTER 2022, WEEK 1
Greetings blogosphere, and whoever is reading this post right now! Even after a period of great agony and deep introspection, I couldn’t decide on a series that I…
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The Weekly Orbit [7/1/24]
This week, in the inter-season doldrums, we take a look at the second Rozé of the Recapture episode and a particularly great Pokémon Horizons episode. Plus, Mysterious Disappearances,…
Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture, Mysterious Disappearances, Pokémon
High Card #14 — El Flash
Wait, are they in Spain now? Impressions: Hold up. Wasn't the existence of magical cards/super powers supposed to be a secret? Isn't that the whole deal with…
High Card #15 — Intelligence Failures
These people are all idiots. Impressions: It's rarely great for your characters or story when everything hinges on them being both suicidally unprepared as well as just…
High Card #06 — Who’s Who
That seems like a company name with branding problems. Impressions: Well, they tried to do a heist episode at least, but the prestige at the end of…
High Card #20 — History Lesson
Oh good. We're a crappy knockoff Legend of Zelda now. Impressions: Oh boy. An entire episode of flashback and exposition. I would say that the only satisfying…
High Card #02 — Clobbering Time
…To come after 15 minutes of exposition. Impressions: The ED was honestly the highlight of the episode for me and showed the most promise of things to…
High Card #01 — Marble Madness
Whole lotta people tripping to their deaths here. Impressions: This was a lot bloodier than I was expecting, although to be fair, since the promos had mostly…
High Card #07 — Double Date
Stalking instagrammers now, huh? Impressions: The handcuffed-to-each-other is such an action cliche, and yet I can't recall the last time I've seen it show up in anime.…
Weekly Digest 10/24/20 – Haikyuu!! To the Top 2nd Season, Jujutsu Kaisen
Might as well Jump. Read more
Helck – 23, 24 (END)
「選んだ道 / 希望ある未来へ」 (Eranda Michi / Kibou aru Mirai e) "The Chosen Path / Towards a Hopeful Future" I'm going to save you and you're going to like it!
High Card #05 — Abolish the Police
What do the cops in this town even do? Besides murder people, I mean. Impressions: The show was not exactly subtle before, but this episode took things…
High Card #04 — Love and Pieces
Sorry, Vash. Not you. Malevolent Spirits may be a little delayed. Nothing important. Just shuttling some people to the airport and kidnapping their dog for a couple weeks.…
High Card #18 — Girls Night Out
I like how some powers are sticky hands, and others are INSTANT DEATH TOUCH. Impressions: Finally we get the learn to accept or work with the other…
High Card #09 — World’s Dumbest Criminals
How has this idiot not already been caught? Impressions: Remember the crazy cult of fire people worshipping some idol in an abandoned warehouse? They had more braincells…
High Card #21 — Happy Coming Day
Ah yes, Coming Day. Impressions: Watching this show definitely feels like I'm being gaslit. Three minutes in, one of them declares "Well, that takes care of everything, so…
High Card #17 — Rich People Problems
Oh boy. This jerk. Impressions: Welp, it's an episode focused on the rich dude, and it doesn't develop or redeem him in any way at all, and definitely…
Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari – Episode 1
Kunato Hyouma grandfather makes him move in with tsukumogami so that he can learn how to dispatch them in a humane way.
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Mononogatari Episode 1 [First Impression]
Again, I am very very sorry for the late post. I thought I could post this a few days ago, but work and having to go to clinic…
Weekly Digest 5/1/23 – My Home Hero, Kimetsu no Yaiba Katanakaji no Sato-hen, Ao no Orchestra
Comparing visuals, this is not the slam-dunk you'd think it would be. Read more
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, My Home Hero, Ao no Orchestra
Miss Dream Update 1/24/23: Doujinshi Backlog Begins
This week we bring downloads and galleries of six Sailor Moon doujinshi stories.
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The Weekly Orbit [6/24/24]
Three anime end as the season starts winding down. Which had the best finale between Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night, A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics, and Shuumatsu…
Girls Band Cry, Mysterious Disappearances, Pokémon, Ruin Explorers, Train to the End of the World
Weekly Digest 7/14/20 – Fruits Basket 2nd Season, The God of High School
Man, I need Kingdom back ASAP. Read more
Weekly Digest 10/29/23 – Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2, Tokyo Revengers Tenjiku-hen
This Mahoutsukai arc has the feeling of a series that's inherently unconventional doing its best to try and be conventional.
High Card #03 — Root of All Evil
Not even "Cash is King?" Impressions: You'd think that becoming some kind of crazy fire-woshipping cult, meeting in a warehouse to chant over a half-assed piece of…