Alright, guys, I’m dropping this one. It’s extremely rare for me to drop a show at all, let alone one that I am actively reviewing but I’m just not having fun with it. And judging from my comments, neither are you guys!
Month: April 2022
Nabari no Ou – Imperfect Technique
Titles: Nabari no Oh, King of Nabari Genre: Drama, action, ninjas! Episodes: 26 Studio: J.C. Staff Miharu Rokujo’s high school has a ninja club! And he doesn’t want to join!!! What the heck. I would have totally joined my high school’s ninja club if it had one. That’s such a waste! Granted, Rokujo is really…
Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan – Irina Doesn’t Read Synopses
Titles: Uramichi Oniisan Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life Episodes: 13 Studio: Studio Blanc Growing up can be tough. You go from a wide-eyed kid full of dreams with your entire future ahead of you, to a tired adult breaking your back in a dead-end job just to make ends meet. Dreams slowly turn into nightmares…
The Power of Tears in Anime
Crying is a fascinating mechanism. I’m not talking about shedding a few tears to get rid of a speck of dust in your eye, I’m talking about what we call psychic, or ‘crying’ tears. Basically, this is the good ol’ fashion bawling we do in response to emotional rather than physical stimuli.
The World Ends With You : The Animation – In Which I Talk About Adapting Video Games
Titles: TWEWY, It’s a Wonderful World, Subaseka Genre: Action, supernatural, drama, urban fantasy Episodes: 12 Studio: Shin-Ei Animation, Domerica You know those days when you just don’t want to talk to anyone? So you hide behind some earphones and pretend not to notice the world around you. Days when you kind of wish you could…
Happy Kanako’s Killer Life – Manga First Impression
I remember reading about Happy Kanako’s Killer Life in a press release from Seven Seas and thinking it sounded like exactly the type of manga I would enjoy. I waited for it to actually come out for months and when it did, I ordered the first volume immediately. In the interim though, a few of…
Spy x Family episode 3 – Family Ooting
I’m seeing some early whispers about Spy x Family being anime of the year. That’s an ambitious cal to make in the spring season with only 3 episodes out but I get it. These have been 3 really great episodes! I had actually forgotten about the great ooting, although I did remember their little superhero…
AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline ep15 – 8 Months
Hello everyone, I hope you had a happy Easter! I ate a lot of chocolate! I hope you had a happy Easter as well, Scott. Did you do anything special? And how was your week in general? Oh, my week and weekend was pretty great. I did the silly thing of going to Seattle for…
Tomodachi Game ep 3 – Pants on Fire
The dialogue in Tomodachi Game, you guys… It’s not getting better. Arguably, it might be getting worse. And I’m a little annoyed about it. I’m not annoyed that there’s a badly written anime. If I got annoyed every time that happened, I would have very little time in my life to feel anything else than…
Guest Post: Vagabond: probably Takehiko Inoue’s best work
(“The reason for portraying shadows is to depict light.”) –This is a story of redemption and self-redemption. Before writing this review of Vagabond, I gave it a lot of consideration. This piece is simply too unique. To be honest, this is the only manga review I’ve ever written that doesn’t have an over-the-top narrative or…
The Joys and Struggles of Episodic Reviews
I have now been reviewing some shows on an episode by episode basis for weeks, WEEKS, so I’m fairly sure I now know everything there is to know about this particular process. I’ve thought about the differences of these types of posts as opposed to full series reviews and I figured those of you who…
2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team
Titles: 2.43: Seiin Koukou Danshi Volley-bu Genre: Sports!, school, drama Episodes: 12 Studio: David Production As a small child Kimichika Haijima had to leave everything he knew behind when he moved to Tokyo. Including his best friend Yuni. But the two swore never to forget each other. It’s been over a decade now so will…
The Secret to my Creativity is…Boredom?
This probably isn’t that uncommon. I’m sure a lot of people come up with interesting art because they are bored. However, these days I have had such a perfect illustration of how this applies to me and I’m very surprised. Let me share my experience.
Boukyaku no Sachiko (A Meal Makes Her Forget) – Manga First Impression
For some reason, I suddenly decided that I wanted to read manga that had food as a strong theme. I’m not sure why, I was just in that sort of mood. So I went through AniList and looked up manga that had Fodd as a tag and for the most part, I was rewarded. It’s…
AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline EP 14: Ominous Beginning — Mechanical Anime Reviews
AMAIM is back and so are Scott and I! I didn’t expect how I would react to this first episode of the second cour. I discuss it with Scott! Hi Irina and people one and everyone I forget. Also, happy Easter. It seems like we are back after a one week break. A bit of…