Every week, I visit over 200 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!
Seasonal Previews: Summer 2026
The Spring 2026 anime season is wrapping up, and that means it’s time for the Summer 2026 previews! Here are the sites I caught publishing their seasonal previews this week!
- Lost in Anime: Summer 2026 Season Preview and Video Companion
- The Yuri Empire: OGโs Summer 2026 Anime Picks
Confessions of an Overage Otaku
Character Analysis: Tanya Degurechaff
Sometimes, a series speaks to me in a visceral way. Saga of Tanya the Evil was one of those series. Its depiction of Being X was such a perfectly absurdist send up of twisted theologies that I couldn’t help but riff off of it. My theology degree included concentrations in moral systematic theology, Christology, and eschatology — it’s like my education set me up for this series! But despite that, there was always something about the series that made me uneasy. It comes as zero surprise that The Overage Otaku, on the site Confessions of an Overage Otaku, explained exactly what in clear, well-reasoned detail. Turns out it was all about Tanya von Degurechaff! What about the character put me on edge? The Overage Otaku will explain it all! Go see for yourself!
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Kvasir369
Witch Hat Atelier โ Episode 11 Review
This episode of Witch Hat Atelier didn’t go where I expected to it, and I couldn’t be more delighted. This show has demonstrated, on several occasions, that it knows how to play to and against expectations — and in doing so, it keeps the pace lively and my interest piqued. kvasir369, in his review on Kvasir369, does a great job capturing the zigs and zags from the episode. I also liked how he talked about events surrounding and centered on Richeh. What about her made this episode so interesting? I’m glad you asked, because the answer is easy: go read this post!
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Okazu
A Hundred Scenes of Awajima, streaming on Crunchyroll
I have to confess something: I have no idea what it means when some people assert that politics has no place in fiction — anime in particular. It almost feels like I’m stapling a straw man to a frame in preparation for a thrashing to say that, but I’ve actually seen people saw that. I mean, politics, the method people use to affect change, is central to who we are as human. It’s almost like they’re saying that you should include humans interacting in groups in a work of fiction! It’s the context for what we do and how we do it. Erica Friedman, on the site Okazu, just reviewed a perfect example of this idea in the series A Hundred Scenes of Awajima. In fact, it’s her example that helped me phrase the idea the way I did — you’ll see what I mean when you read the post!
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Shallow Dives in Anime
Ghost in the Shell: Create your own AI slut!
There are two big problems many reviewers encounter when they tackle a legendary series. First, they can idolize it and gloss over any flaws that might exist. This means the reviewer misses key elements that are part of the “legendary” label. Second, they might focus solely on the flaws to appear “edgy” or “unfiltered,” which, again, means the reviewer misses key elements. Dewbond, on his site Shallow Dives in Anime, avoids both pitfalls in his review of Ghost in the Shell. That’s no small feat! Not only that, but he added some thoughts and insights about this series that I’ve never read before. Again, no small feat! Don’t believe me? Then go see it for yourself!
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thequotorium
Quotorium Reviews: Shirobako
I don’t like to think about high school. I don’t even want to think about the rare parts that I enjoyed. But if someone points a large caliber weapon (say, the main gun on an M1 Abrams) at my forehead and says talk or else, I’d probably talk about the literary magazine I helped to start. There are even moments from that effort that make me feel nostalgic, even after forty-five years. It’s the same feeling I got when I watched Shirobako, in fact. Do you know who else had a strong reaction to the series? thequotorium, that’s who! This review on thequotorium reminded me not only of some of the great moments from the series, but of those fleeting moments in high school that were bearable. Head on over to thequotorim to see what was so special about this series!
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TCrow, here’s another supplementary write-up on Episode 77:
https://thoroughwatch.org/?p=401
Thanks so much for including my review in this week’s roundup!
You’re welcome! You post was one of the only occasions I’ve felt in the least bit nostalgic about high school!
TCrow, I once again feel I didn’t do Ep. 77 justice with my write-up of Episode 77, so here’s another supplementary write-up:
https://thoroughwatch.org/?p=394
TCrow, thequotorium’s review on Shirabako was indeed high quality, showing what positives there are in high school, which I didn’t enjoy either.
I also felt I did Episode 77 of Re:Zero a disservice by not being thorough enough in my write-up, so I’m including a supplementary write-up on the scene starting from when he was talking about how he hated himself as he was being swallowed up by the miasma and the shadow hands and ending with Emilia giving him confidence again. Here’s the link:
https://thoroughwatch.org/?p=388
Thank you very much for the shoutout!
You’re welcome! I appreciated the background you provided in your post!