Some of you may know that I reviewed the first season of To Your Eternity episodically. The links at the bottom of this post would probably have clued you in. So naturally, I wanted to continue for season 2. The first season of To Your Eternity was uneven. It had some great highs, a few…
The pieces are slowly falling into place for me. There were a lot of little moments in this episode that for me, came through a lot better in the anime. still think that the simple fact that the action is animated makes the series feel more like an action shonen than a brooding horror but…
Titles: Tasogare Otome x Amnesia, Dusk Maiden of Amnesia Genre: Supernatural, mystery, comedy, drama, school, horror Episodes: 12 Studio: SILVER LINK. Seikyou Academy has a paranormal investigation club. What’s the big deal, you may be thinking? Tons of anime high schools have paranormal investigation cubs. That’s nothing to get excited about. Well, what if I…
The first episode of Chainsaw Man left me a bit unsure. I did like it but it was such a different experience from the one I had had with the manga that I ended up a little baffled. And knowing what lies ahead only worsened my unsteadiness. In a way, that makes me even more…
Titles: Sankarea Genre: Horror, drama, comedy, supernatural, romance, ecchi Episodes: 12 + 1 (I Too Am A Zombie) Studio: Studio DEEN I remember when twilight came out and a large number of people made fun of young women for finding pale vampire boys attractive. But you know what, it’s not like boys aren’t just as…
Just like everyone else I have been eagerly waiting for the anime adaptation of Chainsaw Man. This season is overflowing with amazing anime that I had been waiting for and that’s the only reason I haven’t been as focused on Chainsaw Man. Normally, this is all I would have been talking about for some time….
Titles: Bubble Genre: Science fiction, action, drama, romance Durations: 1 hour, 40 mins Studio: Wit Studio 5 years ago Tokyo changed forever. 5 years ago, a beautiful rain of bubbles fell on the city and then, in a flash, Tokyo as we know it was no longer. Explosions and gravity distortions rendered the city difficult…
Titles: BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls’ Story- Genre: Sports!, drama, crime, kinda yuri but not really Episodes: 13 Studio: Bandai Namco Pictures The Birdie Wing narrative is unnecessarily complicated if you ask me. Eve is this golf prodigy in some European country who was taught by a mysterious mentor. She now does golf scams and plays…
Titles: Tokyo Twenty Fourth Ward Genre: Drama, science fiction, crime, mystery Episodes: 12 Studio: CloverWorks Has it already been a year since Asumi died? A whole year since Shuuta, Ran, and Kouki drifted apart? The whole world changed that day and yet things seem the same in the 24th Ward. The little shops and restaurants…
Titles: Dance Dance Danseur Genre: Sports!, dama, romance Episodes: 11 Studio: MAPPA Junpei is a manly boy. He does his best to take care of his mom and sister. At 14, he’s already well on his way to becoming a Jet Kune Do master under his uncle’s tutelage, and he’s surrounded by friends at school…
Titles: To Become a Real Heroine! The Unpopular Girl and the Secret Task Genre: Comedy, drama, music, slice of life, school Episodes: 12 Studio: Lay-duce Hiyori just moved to the big city with nothing but a dream in her heart. Well, that’s not entirely true, a dream in her heart and fabulous eyebrows. You should…
A man & his cat is pretty famous. OK maybe some of you have never heard of it but Japanese readers fell in love with this manga when it started publishing and I had been hearing about it for years. And I thought about buying it on several occasions but I was always just a…
Titles: Ryman’s Club, Salaryman’s Club Genre: Sports!, workplace, Drama Episodes: 12 Studio: LIDENFILMS Mikoto is good a badmington. Not professional athlete good but still very good. Well, he can’t jump or play doubles but you know, he can smash pretty well and he’s impressively accurate when it comes to reading his opponent’s movements. Unfortunately, that…
Titles: Yozakura Shijuusou, Quartet of Cherry Blossoms in the Night Genre: Action, supernatural, urban fantasy, yokai Episodes: 12 Studio: Nomad There will come a time when we put aside our differences and humans will co-exist peacefully with demons. Or a least, that’s the dream. And to make that dream come true, Hime, an ancient dragon…
Lately, I found myself really enjoying a number of manga that are not exactly well rated in aggregators. Hence the underrated statement in my title. I actually talked about Mama Akuma in a separate list post (I’m not sure if it will be published before this but if it is, I’ll try to remember to…