Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life, School Episodes: 77 Studio: Tatsunoko Production Kaimei High has the best clubs! Their softball club has a captain that can eat faster than the speed of sound, their manga club captain has a magical Otome Filter, and their kendo club captain has magical mints! The student council is pretty impressive too….
Visual Novels I Would Like to See as Anime
I was trying to put together a post on Fate/Stay Night and went on a rambling sideline about what makes for a good visual novel adaptation. You should stick to a single path rather than try to incorporate all routes in a single narrative. If you start from X-rated material and you want to take…
Drifters – What LOTR was missing
Genre: Action, Historical, Fantasy, comedy Episodes: 12 Studio: Hoods Drifters Studio Try to imagine a world populated with not only humans but goblins, dragons, elves, dwarves, hobbits and a myriad of fantastical creatures. A world where magic is real and wonders roam the land. Where each species has developed their own cultures and worships and…
Soul Eatin Mondays – week 4
I feel like 4/30 is an accomplishment! Hooray for achievable goals! So this week I’m going to be uncharastically critical but I think it’s warranted.
In defense of clichés
Welcome to another instalment of Irina defends things that don’t need defending. I find myself frequently commenting on the benefits of stereotypes. I understand that lack of novelty is a common complaint and that calling a show/character/premise “cliché” is an easy criticism to lob at a show we don’t have much to say about. It’s…
Bakuon!! Do you think motorcycles are sexy?
Genre : Sports, Slice of Life, Comedy Episodes: 12 Studio: TMS Entertainment Hane is a high school girl you’ve known – I mean as long as you’ve known some impressively stupid high school girls. I have! Hane gets by in her school life without too much problems except her daily commute, which she considers her life greatest…
Friday Hunt – Hunter X Hunter challenge week 4
So we start to delve into the chimera ant arc. This was a game changer on many levels and I am quite sure I will not do it justice. Even a question so superficial sounding as favorite ant has a lot of implications but I will try my best to soldier on (get it?)
Natsume’s Book of Friends 3
Genre : Supernatural, Slice of life, Action(?), drama Episodes: 13 Studio: Brain’s Base Natsume is finally starting to feel at home. The Fujiwaras have been so warm and welcoming and everyone at school is so kind. For the very first time Natsume has both friends and a family but how long will the good days last….
5 ways in which anime is more feminist than it gets credit for OR Irina has no clue what she’s talking about.
Let me be straight with you guys, this is my fifth attempt at writing this post. It’s an important subject and I wanted to get it right. At first, I figured I would avoid anything that could be considered “controversial” or “divisive” and ended up stripping away anything even remotely close to insightful or interesting….
My Hero Academia, Shounen 101
Genre : Action, Shounen Episodes: 13 Studio: Bones In a world where superpowers have become every day and supervillains run amok, one man stands for Justice and Order against the forces of evil! But soon, the time will come for him to pass the mantle. Now a young new hero rises, struggling to prove himself worthy…
Soul Eatin Mondays – week 3
I always pick gifs where the characters are smiling because I’m basic that way. I thought I would try something different here but it may have ended up a bit too melancholy. It is a nice gif though and shows Soul’s deeper nature. Also I like to imagine that’s a Mimosa.
Yuki Yuna is a beautifully flawed Hero
Genre : Magical Girl, Action, Sci-Fi, Dystopian Episodes: 12 Studio: Studio Gokumi Yuki Yuna is a hero. Ok, so the title isn’t really that hard to get. All the other girls in the club are also heroes, but the Sanshu Middle School Hero Club does in fact try to help anyone who requests it and for free at…
Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon? No it is not!
Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon? Genre : Adventure, Fantasy Episodes: 13 Studio: J.C.Staff Poor Hestia, things are looking rough. She’s not exactly the most renown goddess around. Her shrine is in disrepair, other goddesses snicker behind her back and her familia is down to a single member. But that’s…
Friday Hunt – Hunter X Hunter challenge week 3
There are a LOT of favorites on this list. Hunter x Hunter has roughly a gadgillion characters and I’m not entirely sure which ones can be called “supporting” so I’m just going to assume it means anyone who’s not part of the fab four. How did you find HxH? Favorite main character Favorite supporting character…
Why I Keep Watching Bad Anime – A Defensive Diatribe
Lately I’ve noticed sort of a trend when writing my posts. Quite a few of them can be summed up as: I know this is a bad show but I kinda liked it… And you have to figure that after watching anime for so many years, I should’ve started to pick up on a thing…















