A blog to celebrate anime. Reviews of anime series with interesting characters and moments of beauty.
Quick SummaryIn Magical Girl Spec-Ops Askuka episode 2, “Daily Life and Comrades in Arms,” Asuka Ootorii is relieved that her magical dampening field prevented her friend Sayako Hata from recognizing her during the terrorist incident. But Asuka is worried about Sayako, because all is not well with her… The military continues to hound Asuka to rejoin despite her […]
Quick SummaryIn The Devil is a Part-Timer episode 3, “The Devil Goes on a Date with His Junior in Shinjuku,” Emi Yusa, while on the job manning a tech support line, receives a threatening call. Someone is out to get her and Sadao Maou, who continues to ask her for help at the worst times. Meanwhile, Chiho Sasaki […]
Irina from I Drink and Watch Anime and I continue our collab review of The Promised Neverland. The second episode, 121045, continues the exploration of a world that’s decidedly more sinister than it first appears. But you already know that if you survived the first episode! And it’s probably the reason you returned for the […]
Third week of 2019 edition! This is a Crow’s eye view of the posts that caught my attention this week. Typically, they’ll be posts that celebrate some aspect of anime, like strong characters, moments of beauty, or amazing worlds. There are only two rules:I have to find the site to read it. I publish a list of the […]
We all know that war never changes (well, if you’ve played Fallout 3, 4, or New Vegas, you know!). But not everyone knows that! And Princess Yuuki Soleil learned about war in about the worst way possible. Capture from the Crunchyroll stream.We’re only two episodes into The Price of Smiles (at the time of this writing), […]
Quick SummaryIn The Devil is a Part-Timer episode 2, “The Hero Stays at the Devil’s Castle for Work Reasons,” Emi Yusa, the hero Emilia from Ente Isla, confronts Sadao Maou with her blade. But since it’s a dime-store blade, the threat doesn’t carry the impact she intended. After surveilling him and his loyal sidekick Shirou Ashiya, […]
Quick SummaryIn Magical Girl Spec-Ops Askuka episode 1, “The Magical Girl Comes Back,” Asuka Ootorii is trying to lead a normal high school life. But her past — as one of the Magical Girls who fought against the brutal and cunning Disas — continues to haunt her, in more ways than one. Some of her […]
We had so much fun reviewing Zombieland Saga that Irina and I thought we’d try our hands at The Promised Neverland! In the words of the immortal Monty Python, “And now for something… completely different!”This is an accurate (if composite) depiction of Irina’s reaction to the manga and my reaction to the anime! Capture from the […]
Second week of 2019 edition! This is a Crow’s eye view of the posts that caught my attention this week. Typically, they’ll be posts that celebrate some aspect of anime, like strong characters, moments of beauty, or amazing worlds. There are only two rules:I have to find the site to read it. I publish a list of the […]
I think we all know the cliche: The woman warrior strides onto the field of battle, dressed in her most powerful armor — consisting of two strands of dental floss and a couple cushioned bottle caps. Of course, the latter are available only if the battlefield is post apocalyptic; otherwise, she might has to use […]
Quick SummaryIn The Devil is a Part-Timer episode 1, “The Devil Arrives in Sasazuka,” Satan is waging a war between his forces of darkness and the humans in a world called Ente Isle. Satan’s forces initially push the humans back, but then under the banner of a new hero, the humans begin to win battle after […]
First week of 2019 edition! This is a Crow’s eye view of the posts that caught my attention this week. Typically, they’ll be posts that celebrate some aspect of anime, like strong characters, moments of beauty, or amazing worlds. There are only two rules:I have to find the site to read it. I publish a list of the […]
Episode 1: The Fate of Particular AdventurersGoblin Slayer Episode 1 Review: Brutal Reality and Always, Always Be PreparedIn Goblin Slayer episode 1, “The Fate of Particular Adventurers,” Onna Shinkan joins the adventurers’ guild because she’s a priestess and wants to help other adventurers. She thinks she’s lucky to meet a new team of adventurers within minutes of signing the […]
Episode 1: I don’t know what moved into my futonC³ – CubexCursedxCurious Episode 1: A Strange Parcel and the Oppressive Weight of Negative EmotionIn C3 episode 1, “I don’t know what moved into my futon,” Haruaki Yachi goes though the same ritual as he has too many times before: he receives an unusual and probably dangerous package from his […]
Quick SummaryIn Goblin Slayer episode 12, “The Fate of an Adventurer,” Goblin Slayer faces off against the Goblin Lord. Remembering that even a Goblin Champion was more than a match for him, how in the world can he, a silver-ranked adventurer, expect to prevail? Especially as higher-ranked adventurers than him are struggling against the Goblin Champions back […]
Fifty-second week of 2018 edition! This is a Crow’s eye view of the posts that caught my attention this week. Typically, they’ll be posts that celebrate some aspect of anime, like strong characters, moments of beauty, or amazing worlds. There are only two rules:I have to find the site to read it. I publish a list of the […]
I’ll preface this post with a spoiler: this story seems to have a happy ending! You might reasonably ask why I’d give something like that away so early in the post? Because if you’re an ani-blogger, having unresolved DMCA requests could make your site disappear from the internet search engines like Google. This isn’t a horror blog; […]
Episode 1: Good Morning SAGA!I Drink and Watch Anime: Irina and Crow in Zombieland (Saga) ep1For the first time ever, I’m collaborating with another ani-blogger: I Drink and Watch Anime’s own Irina! Remember when the two of us simultaneously reviewed Record of Grancrest War? We had different perspectives, and reading her reviews helped me maintain a more balanced […]
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