As some of you may know, we are currently in the mid-season break. That is the time when some of the summer season shows have ended but the fall shows have not started. And that’s the time when I take a minute to figure out what I’m watching next. Seriously, I put way more effort…
Titles: Noein: Toward Another You Genre: Science Fiction, Drama, Psychological, school, romance Episodes: 24 Studio: Satelight Haruka is only 12 years old but she has a lot on her plate. She has this boy she likes but he gets mopey all the time and tries to run away from home without her so she has…
Anyone who’s spent any time trying to review, analyze, editorialize a subject, or really just talk to another human being, has at one point run up against the difficulty of making themselves understood. Communicating one’s thoughts clearly is a monumental undertaking at the best of times but difficulties get compounded when you must do so…
Titles: Servant x Service Genre: Workplace, sticom, romance, Slice of Work Episodes: 13 Studio: A-1 Pictures Lucy…excuse me, I mean Lucy Kimiko Akie Airi Shiori Rinne Yoshiho Ayano Tomika Chitose Sanae Mikiko Ichika, just got her first job. Ad she’s been waiting for this more or less her whole life. Lucy has now passed the…
I don’t know if you guys have gone through this at some point. You just finished an anime. You thought it was a good production. The designs were unusual enough to be interesting but still quite pretty. The colours were very saturated and lush. The animation was generally fluid. Sure there were a few hiccups…
Once again, I’m bringing you a full series review instead of a first impression. I got volume 1 of Yoshi no Zuikara at the same time as Eniale & Dewiela. I started it right away and after a chapter just casually Googled the series to find out more. What I did find out is that…
I really love the word dato. Like I love that the Japanese have adopted the word date for romantic outings and I really enjoy hearing pronounced as dato. I think English speakers should also pronounce it that way. It sounds way more enjoyable than date night. Date night sounds vaguely menacing and sort of boring,…
Hello one and all. Welcome to the penultimate My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X episode! I hope we didn’t confuse you too much with the switcheroo last week. You see, I ran out of To Your Eternity reviews to post and Crow was kind enough to switch weeks with…
Titles: Prince of Stride: Alternative Genre: Sports!, comedy, school Episodes: 12 Studio: MADHOUSE Riku is going to have so much fun in high school. Since he’s always been good at studying, grades shouldn’t be an issue, so he can just enjoy himself. Talk to some pretty girls. Pretty girls like Nana for instance. He can…
Titles: Kuragehime, Princess Jellyfish Genre: Slice of Life, comedy, romancish Episodes: 11 Studio: Brain’s Base Tsukimi is a normal girl with a normal life. She lives in a no boys allowed complex with an assortment of women filled with different passions, who she can share her interests with. It nice, they have fun together, share…
I know that a lot of anime fans fear what Western influence could do to their favourite medium. I hear it a lot. Anime should stay Japanese or something to that extent. I realize that the sentiment is most likely fuelled by decades of really bad dubs and questionable localization. There certainly is a lot…
Titles: Princess Tutu Genre: Adventure, surreal, magical girl, romance, drama, fairy tale Episodes: 38 Studio: Hal Film Maker The world can be a cold harsh place for a little duck. Danger lurks everywhere. It’s freezing in winter and stifling in summer. You have to stay strong and sharp, if you don,t want to be eaten….
I think it’s time I changed my opening paragraph for these as I’ve been sticking to manga impressions for a while now. I guess Dear Noman could count as both since it’s a manga from a pixiv toon. So that’s like a webcomic, right? Ok so on a whim a few months ago I decided…
My Next Life As a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X Episode 10 – Quick Summary In My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X episode 10, “Keith Disappeared… Part 2,” Catarina, Maria, Larna, Gerald, and Sora continue their search for Keith. The magic bear, Alexander, wasn’t much help finding… My…
It’s little wonder that Roland became fast friends with Noé and Vanitas. After all, the three of them are very similar. By that I mean they’re all dorks and potentially a little on the dense side. I guess Vanitas might be a bit sharper but I’m not entirely sure. They do make quite the three…