Not too long ago I was reading an article on a pretty large, professional news site about some inane random anime top 10. Sure the list was so so but that’s not what caught my attention. There were the usual, what about that anime slew of comments below the article and the author answered a…
In general, end sequences tend to be less impressive than opening ones. This makes perfect sense since they are so much easier to skip and in our new world of streaming content sometimes get auto-skipped whether we want to or not, so I can’t blame studios for prioritizing the intros but once in a while…
Genre: Sci Fi, Action, Cyberpunk, not Yaoi Episodes: 12 Studio: NAZ Aoba is a super adorable twink with an epic blue mullet that can feel and a suspiciously perceptive, ridiculously cute robot dog with a kick ass Barry White voice. In their world, there’s this weird mmo parallel universe hologram game thingie called Scrap that you can…
Are you a loyal anime fan? Do you stand by those shows which have brought you joy? Lately, I’ve read a few think pieces on how people’s preconceptions can color our enjoyment of a show. How going into an anime with preconceived notions or expectations based on other people’s experiences, inevitably affects what we end…
Genre : Comedy, Sci Fi, Magical girl Episodes: 13 Studio: Trigger Luluco’s dad is a good man. He has done his best to raise his daughter as a single father despite being an incredibly busy officer of the Space Patrol division and Luluco loves him for it. So when he gets frozen in an incident…
Genre: Crime drama Episodes: 12 Studio: Shuka A classic tale of murder and revenge set in the grim world of organized crime in America at the beginning of the 20th century. On a soft winter evening just like many others, 11-year-old Angelo Lagusa bids good night to his best friend Corteo and goes back in with his…
Genre: Comedy, Slice of life, surreal Episodes: 12 Studio: Liden Films As her dreams of becoming a famous artist become more and more unattainable with every passing day, Miki Ishimoto decides it’s time to settle and takes an artist adjacent job as a band manager at Holbein Entertainment Co. She’s very surprised and a little nervous…
Genre Supernatural, Action Episodes: 25 Studio: A-1 Pictures You think you got daddy issues? Imagine if your dad abandoned you at birth then came back fifteen years later and killed your loving adoptive father, who also happens to be entirely made out of coolness, and now wants to force you into the family business without giving…
***True story – I had just finished putting this post together when Karandi published her weekly in case you missed it post and I found out 3 other bloggers had the same idea that week….I’m going to wait a bit before publishing this*** I love a good OP. It’s not necessary but I think when…
Genre : Slice of life, comedy Episodes: 12 Studio: Silver Link Tanaka-kun has a gift for lethargy. This sluggish languid boy is capable of falling asleep in just about any circumstance. He can passively take in the most dramatic events, the most heart pounding happenings with nothing more than a disinterested yawn. His power is so…
Genre: All of them Episodes: 11 Studio: Bones In the not too distant future a slightly dystopian Japan is the grips of political unrest trying to right itself after a series of devastating terrorist attacks. Private detective Shinjuurou Yuuki makes his living trying to bring some law and order to these chaotic times with the help…
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure Episodes: 20 Studio: Studio Deen In our world Kazuma is a NEET, whiling away his days playing video games and doing very little else but after his tragic but heroic death, he is given a second chance to become a legendary hero by freeing a parallel world from the evil Devil…
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy, Fanservice Episodes: 12 Studio: Madhouse Blank, a brother and sister team of super elite gamers, and my personal role models, spend their days and mostly their nights, conquering every game that comes their way because they assumedly have the world’s most understanding/neglectful parents (although there may be a canon explanation for…
Genre : Supernatural, adventure Episodes: 1 movie Studio: Science Saru Kai has recently moved from Tokyo to his parent’s childhood town of Hinashi. A sleepy little coastal village, entirely dedicated to the fishing industry which sustains it and trying desperately to reinvent itself as a tourist destination. It doesn’t exactly offer the excitement and stimulation of big…
Genre: Slice of Life, Supernatural Episodes: 12 Studio: J.C.Staff As part of her training to become a full-fledged witch, Makoto moves to a rural town to live with her cousins. There she does rural town witchy stuff. Look this show isn’t really about some big overarching plot. Lots of little stuff happens. This series rounded off…