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!
Anime Evo
Mushoku Tensei Season 3 – 03
There’s something about Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 that has me almost giddy. I think that at a ten-thousand foot level, the writer in me geeks out during every episode. The subtleties of the characters and their interactions, the depth of the world building, and the authenticity of the story really appeals to me. To zoom in to get more detail, may I present this post from FlareKnight and the site Anime Evo? FlareKnight lays out exactly why this episode in particular and this season in general have captivated my imagination. Someday, I hope folks write about my novels like this. Until then, you can enjoy this post instead!
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Arum Journal
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia Episode 3 Review – Igniting The Flames Of Revenge
It almost fells like Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia is going to be this season’s Witch Hat Atelier, in that each episode seems to get better and better until I’m a nervous wreck fearing that it will crash and burn. Witch Hat Atelier avoided that fate. Will this show? Well, I don’t know the future, and neither does ecargmura on the site Arum Journal. But given how she speaks of this episode, and given the conviction with which she speaks it, it seems like the show’s on a good trajectory! Now we need to wait and see if it sticks the landing. In the meantime, please enjoy this post!
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Lit Retreat
Too Many Losing Heroines Light Novel vs Anime — Key Differences
I sometimes get addicted to a series. For example, I’m sure I’ll eventually stop rewatching Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray, but I’m not sure when that’ll be. Another series that has joined it in my “Yes I know I have an enormous backlog but damn it I just got a hankering to rewatch this series” playlists: Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!. There’s something about the mix of characters and the comedic timing that really appeals to me. I’d heard the anime series came from a light novel series, so I was delighted to find this post by Kai on the site Lit Retreat. Kai not only teased apart the key differences between the two versions. Kai also illuminated why those differences mattered. Now I have both a renewed appreciation of the series I’m rewatching — again — and a strong desire to read the light novels! Go see if you have a similar reaction!
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Phoenix Talks Pop Culture Japan
A lost treasure of the anime depths – Blue Submarine No.6
The more anime I watch, the more I wonder: what have I missed? I’ve joked in this column before how every season, I manage to miss at least one or two series that sound like they’d be perfect for me. How many did I miss back when I was busy watching Farscape and Stargate SG-1? It’s an impossible question to answer, but it gives me hope that all is not completely lost when I come across posts like this from RisefromAshes on the site Phoneix Talks Pop Culture Japan. RisefromAshes talks about finding a unique and nearly forgotten series called Blue Submarine No. 6. I love reading about these kinds of discovers, from what makes them beautiful to the less beautiful and everything in between. Go see if this series might be interesting to you!
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Shallow Dives in Anime
The Summer of Love VIII with The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral
Reading about any work based in or adjacent to the Nasuverse always reminds me of the old Zelda quote: “It’s dangerous to go alone! Take this!” Part of me rebels at how intricate and complex that world is — and how understanding it is a requirement to getting the most out of a movie or episode. But then, I remember how insanely successful those works are, and instead of rebelling, I start to wonder if I should emulate it.
But I mentioned the quote. Whenever I think of a guide for the Nasuverse, I think of two people: Gigguk (like this from seven years ago) and Dewbond from the site Shallow Dives in Anime. In this post, Dewbond talked about the movie The Garden of Sinners Chapter 5: Paradox Spiral — its characters, its development, and its position in the greater Nasuverse. I’ve been on the fence about this movie series, but I think Dewbond finally convinced me to toss it onto my backlog. Go see if you have a similar reaction!
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TCrow, Sayonara Lara truly is a labour of love with all the care put into animating it and all the important details. I’ll be doing a write-up for all three episodes released so far later this week.
Thank you for the feature! I’ve been surprised by the traction that ‘Blue Submarine No.6’ has gotten! It’s so well loved!
I hear about it now and then. Personally, I don’t remember much. It aired on TV in early 2000s (German dub, where I’m from). Eco anime were popular back then (Wolf’s Rain, Earth Girl Arjuna, X-TV…), and this one felt… lacklustre? The CGI was awful (as it often was back in the day; I did mention Earth Girl Arjuna…), the story was on-the-nose, but the setting was great. Could have been better, could have been worse. I remember two scenes: our protagonist being bitten by the mermaid character, and our protagonist talking to the dying whale ship. That’s it. I don’t think I’d remember the show at all, if its fans didn’t pipe up now and then.
You’re welcome! I enjoyed reading about a series that I’d somehow missed!