A place to celebrate anime through reviews of series with interesting characters and moments of beauty.
Episode 1: When you lose your composure, you cannot reach the truth or realityCaligula Episode 1: Garbled Lyrics and a Glitch in the MatrixIn Caligula episode 1, “When you lose your composure, you cannot reach the truth or reality“, Ritsu Shikishima is a bright high school student who’s intensely interested in psychology — even though his friends don’t get […]
Episode 13: To the HomelandRecord of Grancrest War Episode 13: The Liberator Returns and a Lukewarm ReceptionIn Record of Grancrest War Episode 13, “To the Homeland,” Theo Cornaro, Siluca Meletes and their party arrive in Sistina to find a less warm reception than they had hoped. Pederico Rossini and his sons have trapped the islanders in a powerful web of greed, […]
Episode 1: ContractRecord of Grancrest War Episode 1: No Peace for You and Trust Me, I’m a Mage!In Record of Grancrest War Episode 1, “Contract,” two kingdoms attempt to unite through a wedding, but a supernatural surge in chaos destroys the heads of the two kingdoms (literally!) — and their plan for peace. Some time after the […]
Quick SummaryIn Planet With episode 1 (Light, Seven Flashes) and episode 2 (Nebula Soldiers), Souya Kuroi has a terrifying dream in which he watches his friends fly off in strange flying armor to engage what appears to be an unbeatable foe. When he wakes up, his circumstance is much less dire, though no less strange. […]
Quick SummaryIn Black Bullet Episode 3, “The Children of Fate,” Enju Aihara tries to return to school, but her identity has been leaked. Rentarou Satomi has to race to save her from her classmates — or, more likely, them from her should they decide to attack — but her emotions are shattered. How will she fare when she and […]
Twenty-eighth 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, intricate plots, or amazing worlds. There are only two rules:I have to find the site to read it. I publish a list of the sites […]
This site’s tagline is “A place to celebrate anime. Reviews of series with interesting characters and moments of beauty.” Would you believe that in those two sentences, I’ve issued a challenge to some of the most toxic trends in the anime community and in the world at large? And in myself as well? A year […]
Quick SummaryIn Black Bullet Episode 2, “The Mask of Madness”, Rentarou Satomi and his boss, Kisara Tendou, receive a summons from the military. There, they find all the major CivSec entities waiting to receive these orders from Seitenshi, the rule of the Tokyo Region: kill the infector Gastrea and retrieve the box within its body. But Kagetane […]
Twenty-seventh 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, intricate plots, or amazing worlds. There are only two rules:I have to find the site to read it. I publish a list of the sites […]
IntroductionWhat do you think of when you think an ecchi anime series? Your list probably includes pantsu, falling towels, unexpected exposures in the bath, and lots of bouncing breasts. What your list probably doesn’t include is an engaging, complex plot, possibly with fascinating and/or deep social commentary, and genre-leading realism! Yes, I said fascinating and/or deep […]
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