Somewhere in Edo-period Japan, one man tells himself that he’s accepted his impending death. He is lying.
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Hell’s Paradise – Ep. 1 (First Impressions)
An offer he can’t refuse.
First Impression: Hell’s Paradise
It’s feudal Japan and a man is about to be parted from his head. As the executioner raises his blade high, a narrator informs us just how difficult…
Seasonal Selection – Hell’s Paradise Episode 9
After a week’s break, Hell’s Paradise is back and we’re fighting flowers.
Seasonal Selection – Hell’s Paradise Episode 2
“No danger at all. By the way, the only person who came back alive is now half shrubbery, have fun!” So, the condemned criminals are gathered together and…
Seasonal Selection – Hell’s Paradise Episode 13
Thus falls Season 1, with 2 announced to zero surprise – when it comes, I’ll likely cover it as a bonus.
Seasonal Selection – Hell’s Paradise Episode 12
Tensen battle, round 1, fight!
Seasonal Selection – Hell’s Paradise Episode 11
Nope, still in the tutorial.
Seasonal Selection – Hell’s Paradise Episode 6
Attack on That Big Guy. So, Mr. Hungry Giant turns out to be a more formidable foe than the tree-topping giants of the island. Gabimaru, who intercedes quickly…
Seasonal Selection – Hell’s Paradise Episode 3
You do remember that the part about there being no danger is clear and total BS, right? In this episode, the stick up Sagiri’s rear kind of bites…
Seasonal Selection – Hell’s Paradise Episode 8
No Sagiri or Gabimaru today! Instead, we focus on the Emeshi girl, Nurugai, and the Executioners around her: Her assigned executioner, Tenza, and his blind mentor Shion. We…
Seasonal Selection – Hell’s Paradise Episode 10
Two episodes left out of this and we still largely feel like we’re in the setup.
Seasonal Selection – Hell’s Paradise Episode 1
In a sharp divergence from last season’s chipper harmlessness, Spring 2023 we’ll be following Hell’s Paradise, which is anything but either of those if the first episode is…
Seasonal Selection – Hell’s Paradise Episode 7
The treeman tells it like it is this week. So, this episode is, aside from the omnipresent character scenes (which are good, and a good thing to have…
Seasonal Selection – Hell’s Paradise Episode 5
No, we’re not done with vignettes. That’s because a big chunk of the middle of this episode is meeting, learning the background of, and dealing with an event…
Seasonal Selection – Hell’s Paradise Episode 4
Flirty ninja girl, Bandit Kamina, and well more than your RDA of blood, as per expectation. So, this episode starts with catching us back up to the end…
Hell’s Paradise – 01 (First Impressions) – Do It for Her
The ninja Gabimaru, known as “Gabimaru the Hollow”, is ready to die. He’s killed countless people and claims to have no attachments to life. Leaving his home village…
Manga First Impression – Hell’s Paradise
Well this was an experience. A really bloody one. Hell's Paradise mixes supernatural elements with good old fashion hack and slash.
Hell’s Paradise Review: Two Tickets to Paradise
Produced by MAPPA Directed by Kaori Makita Streaming on Crunchyroll If I had a nickel for every dark fantasy manga adaptation produced by MAPPA in the last couple…
Hell’s Paradise Episode 1 [First Impression]
Hello. I apologize for a delay. I didn't feel well two days prior. But now, I'm back with reviewing the debut episode of one of my most anticipated…
Hell’s Paradise – 12 – Welcome to Horai
Upon crossing the threshold of the gate to Horai, Sagiri, Yuzuriha and Senta are confronted by Mu Dan, AKA Jiujin Amoghavajra, the peony spirit and one of the…
Fluffy Paradise First Impressions
When I first heard of Fluffy Paradise, this felt like a must-watch anime for fans of cute anime! But as the year ended, I’m starting to question my…
Seasonal First Impressions: Dragons, Tigers, and Isekai in FLUFFY PARADISE
The year starts off in decidedly so-so fashion with this cotton-light “cozy” isekai.
Hell’s Paradise: Episodes 10 to 12 Reviews
It’s almost the end of Hell’s Paradise. After these three episodes, only one will remain. I can only hope there will be a season two soon, because this…
Hell’s Paradise: Episodes 1 to 3 Reviews
At times, we all have emotions we don’t want to feel or process. Apathy, or some sense of forced resignation, can be easier than actually being in the…
Hell’s Paradise: Episodes 4 to 6 Reviews
Although Hell’s Paradise includes numerous fantasy elements, it’s also a semi-historical anime. The setting for the series is Japan around the middle of the Tokugawa Era. This era,…
Hell’s Paradise – Episode 10
Episode Synopsis: After being saved by Mei, Gabimaru joins forces with Gantetsusai Tamiya and his guardian Asaemon. Now that Mei is a young adult, she tries to explain…
Hell’s Paradise Episode 8
AAAAHHHHHHHH!!! TENZAAAAAA!!!!! WHYYYYY WHYYY?!?!?!?! THIS IS SO UNFAIR! WHY DID IT HAD TO BE LIKE THIS?!?!?! Even though I already knew what will happen, it's still painful to…
Hell’s Paradise Episode 5
I said that the rest of executioner-criminal pairs had been introduced in the previous episode, but there are still one more pair that has yet be properly introduced,…
Hell’s Paradise – Episode 12
Episode Synopsis: Sagiri, Senta, Yuzuriha, and Hoko encounter one of the Tensen at the gate to Horai. The being rejects the name given to them by Hoko, and…
Hell’s Paradise Episode 3
This week's episode once again didn't disappoint in visually showing the sinister beauty of the titular Hell's Paradise. Upon arrival at the island where the so-called Elixir of…
Hell’s Paradise Episode 11
The Aza brothers once again took the spotlight for the first half of the episode, with Chobei seemingly became the very same plant monster like in the island…
Hell’s Paradise – Episode 02
Episode Synopsis: Sagiri reflects on her journey to becoming an executioner and ponders her continued fear of killing. Awed by the sight of her father beheading a man…
Hell’s Paradise: Mappa’s Inferno
Greetings, fabulous people of the Internet! Hanime on Anime here, and welcome to the first review of July! And the weather down here in the south wasn’t the…
Hell’s Paradise – Episode 01
Episode Synopsis: In the era of the sword, wayward ninja Gabimaru is captured by Shogunate forces and sentenced to death, under the supervision of Yamada Asaemon Sagiri. Sagiri…
Hell’s Paradise – Episode 1
The manga is immensely popular and, based on the gore elements alone, I can see why folks are excited to see the supernatural narrative and action sequences in…
Hell’s Paradise – Episode 04
Episode Synopsis: Gabimaru manages to murder all but one of the giant monsters that surrounded him and Sagiri, with the last being dispatched by another of the Asaemon…
Hell’s Paradise Episode Guide
Hell's Paradise Episode Guide: Sagiri has to shepherd her prisoner Gabimaru to find an immortal elixir on an island populated by monsters.
Hell’s Paradise – Episode 07
Episode Synopsis: Gabimaru and Co. fight a tree guardian named Hoko and capture a small girl named Mei. After being bribed with the promise of a bath, food…
Hell’s Paradise – Episode 03
Episode Synopsis: Shortly after arriving on the island, Gabimaru is attacked by a fellow convict. Gabimaru kills him easily, despite the battle being prolonged by Sagiri’s insistence that…
Hell’s Paradise – Episode 13
Episode Synopsis: Sagiri, Yuzuriha, and the wounded Senta face down the transformed Mu Dan, and all seems lost until Shion and Nurugai arrive to aid them. Despite Shion’s…
Hell’s Paradise – Episode 06
Episode Synopsis: Genji is killed by Rokurouta, a giant near-invulnerable criminal. Sagiri and Gabimaru fight and kill him. Episode Review: I didn’t really expect the fights in this…
Hell’s Paradise – Episode 11
Episode Synopsis: Gabimaru’s group and the brothers’ group each fight the Soshin, learn about tao, and defeat the Soshin. Before their defeat, the Soshin reveal that the Tensen…
Initial Results: Hell’s Paradise
My opinions on the opening episodes of Hell’s Paradise.
Hell’s Paradise Episode 2
Sorry for the delay! Here it is for Hell's Paradise episode 2 post! After the introduction of Gabimaru in the first episode, the second episode highlights more about…
Hell’s Paradise Episode 4
After the previous episodes focused solely on Gabimaru and Sagiri, we finally got to know the rest of the criminals and executioners…or to be precise the ones who…
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Betrayed by his ninja clan and sentenced to death for the many lives he took while working for them, Gabimaru the Hollow accepts his fate. However, every
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Hell’s Paradise Episode 12
We're moving from Gabimaru, Mei, Gantetsusai, and Fuchi group to Sagiri, Yuzuriha, and Senta's group. Following the previous episode, they finally confronted a Tensen who dropped the bomb…
Hell’s Paradise – Episode 09
Episode Synopsis: Unwilling to wait while his compatriots try and piece together the island’s mysteries, Gabimaru sets out at night to claim the Elixir of Life before more…
Hell’s Paradise – Episode 08
Episode Synopsis: Asaemon Tenza and Nurugai encounter a Tensen on the beach, and flee inland, where they encounter Tenza’s instructor, Asaemon Shion. The Tensen catches up to them,…
Hell’s Paradise – Episode 05
Episode Synopsis: Sagiri awakens following the battle against the creatures of the island as Gabimaru, Yuzuriha, Senta, and Genji make camp and share the knowledge they’ve acquired so…