Deep in the inner palace, there lives a consort known as the Raven Consort. She holds a special position, and despite her “consort” title, she does not perform night-time duties. Though she lives there, it is said that she can perform mysterious arts and even gain some friends along the way, but she has no…
Titles: Otome Yokai Zakuro, Girl Demon Zakuro Genre: Action, historical, supernatural, yokai, romance, magical girl Episodes: 13 Studio: J.C. Staff Kei Agemaki is the perfect guy. He’s kind and generous and ever so handsome. Despite his resplendent golden hair, he’s a humble Japanese boy who respects his ancestors and loves his country. And he likes…
Titles: Donten ni Warau Butty Laugh, Unterm Wollkenhimmel: Laughing Under the Clouds – Gaiden Genre: Action, comedy, drama, supernatural, history Episodes: 12 Studio: Doga Kobo It’s the 11th year of the Meji era and Japan is slowly changing. The emperor is finally ready to accept foreigners and outside influence is sipping into the country, bringing…
Titles: Ohedo Rocket, Ooedo Rocket Genre: Comedy, historical, parody Episodes: 26 Studio: MADHOUSE The Edo period was a tough time. Japan decided it was time to make sure the citizenry was upstanding and righteous and strict morality laws started to be imposed everywhere. But we only really care about this specific group of row houses…
Well, this was quite the little ride. Another horror manga too. Maybe I should post about Versailles of the dead during my countdown to Halloween. I already have all my posts written up for October but I could squeeze one more. This is going to be quite the countdown! Maybe it’s just me but I…
Titles: APPARE-RANMAN! Genre: Action, adventure, comedy, drama, historical, western Episodes: 13 Studio: P.A. Works No one really understands brilliance except the brilliant. Take Appare for example. The man is clearly a genius. He has an agile mind and a bright creative spark. e thinks logically and doesn’t bother with things that superfluous. Why would anyone?…
Hello Everyone, I hope you’re all doing great! K, I hope you’re good as well! You know, for a second there I thought this was the last episode and they were just going to finish it like that. And I didn’t hate it. I’m glad we’re going to see the resolution but I think it…
I have been meaning to read The Case Study of Vanitas for years now and with the anime just around the corner, I figured I better get a jump on it and let you guys know what I think before the show starts. Ok so on a whim a few months ago I decided to…
Hello all, hi Karandi. I read on Twitter that you were a little too sick to post over the weekend, I hope you’re doing better. Your health is the most important. Also hope it didn’t make all the anime you watched seem more sucky because you were feeling under the weather. You were already pretty…
Welcome back to our Mars Red review. I have to admit, it took me a minute to get my bearings on this episode but once I was all caught up, it worked out well. But before we jump into it, how are you this week Karandi? Busy as usual but otherwise fine. All things considered…
This was the first post I ever wrote for OWLS. For those of you not familiar, that was a blogger group I was a part of. In any case, I have always really liked this post but not many people got a chance to see it. In light of the tragic death of Kentaro Miura…
I’m sort of in survival mode right now which is fitting with a show like Mars Red. I know everyone is quite busy at this time of year but it seems like everything is just happening at once. Can’t wait until fall! How about you, Karandi? Things have sort of been more settled for me…
You know how I kept saying that Mars Red is theatrical. Well, I did for like the two first episodes. I looked it up and it’s supposed to be theatrical. Although there is a manga, Mars Red is actually based on a stage reading play written by Bun-O Fujisawa. This explains so much about the…
We are back with the second episode of one of the more unusual offerings this season: Mars Red. I have a feeling this is the type of show that manages to not be divisive by showing all its cards. Anyone who wasn’t on board with the stilted rhythm and muted storytelling was going to drop…
Mars Red had one of the more unusual anime premiers I’ve seen in recent years. In some ways it reminded me of Gankutsuou. Please see our full review over on 100 Word Anime. The Spring 2021 anime season is kicking off and that means Irina and I are getting back together for some episode reviews….