*Contains spoilersReleased: 2018Genres: Action, Adventure, DramaStudio: MAPPA For someone who says she doesn’t like watching sad anime series, more often than not, I fall into watching another one. Banana Fish is one such example. Thanks to scrolling through anime recommendations on social media, like a moth to a flame, I got pulled in and burned.
Titles: Akame ga Kill!; Akame ga Kiru! Genre: Drama, action, adventure, gore Episodes: 16/24 Studio: White Fox Justice is a fickle concept. For some, it means obeying and enforcing the rules of the kingdom no matter what. For others, it means rebelling against those rules if they seem unfair. Both sides are in fact fighting…
Quick Summary of Demon Slayer 2 Episode 3 In Demon Slayer 2 Episode 3, “Should Have Been,” the demon Enmu’s attack on Kyoujurou Rengoku, Tanjirou, Inosuke, and Zenitsu intensified. Rengoku is forced to relive telling his father about become Hashira, but his father didn’t care. Zenitsu found himself back on his grandfather’s farm, on a… Demon…
Hi Scott, I hope you had a great week. Here we are once again getting ready to review some mechas! Hi Irina! I know, I’m excited about this too. I remember writing that you wanted to Hi Irina, it hasn’t been bad. If anything, it’s been a bit of a cool down week. I hope…
Man, this second season of Demon Slayer is beautiful. Maybe beautiful is not the right word considering this is a horror anime where demons devour and dismember innocent people but… it’s just so pretty. I thought the first season was visually impressive but so far everything has been brought up a notch. The animation is…
Titles: Godzilla S.P Genre: Science Fiction, action, mecha, kaaiju Episodes: 13 Studio: Orange and BONES Wow, the Netflix synopsis fo this series is awful. Let me put it here: This series features an original story, which depicts the young geniuses Mei Kamino, a female researcher, and Yun Arikawa, a male engineer, as they take on…
Quick Summary of Demon Slayer 2 Episode 1 In Demon Slayer 2 Episode 1, “Flame Hashira Kyojuro Rengoku”, Kyoujurou Rengoku arrived at the train station to investigate the disappearance of 40 people onboard the Mugen Train. Not only that, but someone, or something, has been slashing people to death in the surrounding town. With the… Demon…
Hello one and all. Scott, you and I have collaborated on numerous projects but I think this is the first time we do seasonal episode reviews together. I’m very excited! Hi Irina! I know, I’m excited about this too. I remember writing that you wanted to cover a mecha series with me at some point…
Titles: JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 4: Diamond wa Kudakenai, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable Genre: Action, comedy, supernatural, parody Episodes: 39 Studio: David Production Josuke Higashikata is just your average, everyday high school punk. He’s not too big on studying but enjoys a good get-rich-quick scheme. He likes pretty ladies…
Titles: Boku no Hero Academia 5, BNHA 5, MHA 5 Genre: Action, adventure, superpowers, shonen Episodes: 25 Studio: bones The weight of what it means to be a hero is finally starting to bear down on the kids of Class 1-A. The internships haven’t been easy for all and there’s obvious trouble brewing out in…
Titles: Akudama Drive Genre: Action, Drama, Crime, Science Fiction, dystopia, kinda almost romance Episodes: 12 (and a recap) Studio: Studio Pierrot She was just an ordinary girl. Minding her own business and trying to get some delicious, delicious takoyaki. That’s all. Who knew that trying to return a 500 yen coin and save a cat…
Titles: Little Witch Academia Genre: Fantasy, adventure Episodes: 25 Studio: Trigger Atsuko has a dream. She’s going to be just like her idol, Shiny Chariot and make everyone smile with her magic. She’s even taking her first steps towards that dream by attending the once prestigious Luna Nova Academy. Unfortunately, the one thing that Atsuko…
Here we are, the last episode of this…first part of the season. For me, it went by in a flash. There were some shows that I was looking forward to finishing but not The Case Study of Vanitas. It feels like I just started the series. You know what they say, all good things… Except…
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,…
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…