Every week, I visit over 245 anime sites looking for posts that celebrate amazing moments in anime or otherwise blow me away with their wit and charm. These are my five favorite posts for the week. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did!
You can see a list of the sites I check here: Massive List of Sites!
Anime Evo
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian – 06
I thought that by episode six, the central gimmick driving Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian would start feeling awkward or forced. But it hasn’t. In fact, it’s more fun than ever! I think a lot of it has to do with the characters. Not only Alya, who’s doing her part, but everyone else. There are a couple in particular that stand out, which is what caught my attention in FlareKnight’s post on the site Anime Evo — he talked about those characters!. Also, FlareKnight’s post reminded me of everything I liked about this episode — and more! See if FlareKnight can do the same for you!
Hanime on Anime
Frieren-Beyond Journey’s End: What is Best in Life?
One of the traits common to the sites I celebrate here is that the bloggers share their own perspectives of the shows they discuss. I don’t want to cast cast aspersions on anyone or any site. But if given the choice between a mass-market review designed to appeal as widely as possible and a personal, authentic review, I’ll got for the latter every time. That’s what I found when I read Hanime on Anime’s review of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End on the site Hanime on Anime. The only place I can read Hanime on Anime’s opinion about the show is on Hanime on Anime , and I can tell you it was refreshing to read — especially after reading so much mass-market material about the show!
The Infinite Zenith
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End – Thoughts and Reflection At The Halfway Point, Remarks on Community Definitions of Tolkienesque Fiction
I remember reading some online commentary about Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End. I kept seeing that series compared to Tolkien’s works, and I recall thinking, “Well, that’s kinda right, but it’s also kinda wrong.” But when I considered engaging in a discussion, I just didn’t have the energy. I mean, it’s not like social media is conducive to thoughtful discourse, you know? But do you know who is conducive to it? Infinitezenith on the site The Infinite Zenith, that’s who! I felt my brain rejoicing as I read this well-considered post with plenty of clear, helpful examples. For the record: I whole-heartedly endorse infinitezenith’s explanation of how Tolkien and Frieren relate — and how they don’t! See if you agree!
Ragashingo.com
Symphogear Episode 01: Beat of Awakening
It’s been a long time since I watched Symphogear. Too long, in fact. If my freaking backlog wasn’t so enormous, I could do something about that! But since I can’t, I have to live vicariously through others. That why I was excited to see Ragashingo’s review on the site Ragashingo.com. It was great reliving what happened back in episode one (which aired back in Spring 2012 — fourteen years ago!). One thing I particularly appreciated in this post was that it called out the individual songs. For this series, that’s a great help — the songs were a lot of fun! And now I can find them easier!
Shallow Dives in Anime
The Summer of Love VI with Attack on Titan: War for Paradis Arc Episodes 69-80: Part 1: The Beginning
I’m enjoying Dewbond’s latest Summer of Love series. He’s covering Attack on Titan, and he’s gotten to the final season. It’s the season I haven’t finished. The reason surprised me, and still surprises me — I burned out on the media coverage. It was so pervasive that I couldn’t approach the show in the right mindset. Dewbond’s latest Summer of Love post on Shallow Dives in Anime is only the latest example of his no-BS style, and I’m here for it. In fact, reading his posts have almost gotten me ready the finally finish the series! I tell you — there’s no substitute for reviews written from a thoughtful, authentic perspective!
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In Season 1, the accompanying specials came out 4 days after the relevant episode. For Season 2, that was 2 days after. Kadokawa allows you to watch the episodes for 2 weeks before deleting them. We’ll see how long the specials stay up for Season 3.
Oh, so they’re down? Bummer. I wonder why they don’t leave them up?
I have no idea why they didn’t keep them up. They can still be watched through illegal streaming sites, but I’m not sure you would be open to that sort of thing.
TCrow, I don’t know if you’ve watched the Re:zero Break Time and Petit specials for Season 1 and the Break Time specials for Season 2 as they add lore, insight into character decisions and how close some of the characters are, such as with Elsa and Maylie.
They are meant to be watched during the season as part of the whole experience. The season 2 specials even show that Crunchyroll made a mistake in having Roswaal tell Subaru he sent assassins since Maylie revealed implicly that Roswaal was just Elsa’s client and not her own, meaning someone else sent Maylie to attack the mansion.
I haven’t — honestly, I didn’t even know they were available! So thanks for letting me know!