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Quick SummaryIn Astra Lost in Space episode 06, “Secret,” Ulgar Zweig held a pistol to Luca Esposito’s forehead, obviously leading the crew to conclude he was the traitor. He told them that no, he wasn’t their enemy, but he was still going to kill Luca. He then told the story of how Luca’s father the senator was behind […]

Quick SummaryIn To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Episode 06, “The King of Beasts,” Hank Henriette decided to accept the invitation from Cain Madhouse, in part because he wanted to rescue Nancy Schaal Bancroft and in part because of his mission. Meanwhile, Claude and his troops discover evidence that Cain is in the vicinity. They, too, converge on the […]

Quick SummaryIn Dr. Stone episode 05, “Stone World The Beginning,” the story picks right up where the previous episode left off. Taiju Ooki and Yuzuriha Ogawa find themselves pitted against the powerful Tsukasa Shishiou — not to mention their own grief. Can Taiju control his temper and avoid triggering yet another kill response from Tsukasa? Can […]

Quick SummaryIn Fruits Basket episode 18, “What’s Important Is…”, Yuki Shouma and Tooru Honda were waiting for the rain to stop when they saw Hatsuharu Shouma, sopping wet, carrying a small bundle. The small bundle was a baby tiger, more specifically the Shouma Tiger sign of the Zodiac, otherwise known as Kisa Shouma. As Tooru quickly found out, […]

Quick SummaryIn Astra Lost in Space episode 05, “Paradise,” everyone in the crew thanked Yun-hua Lu for helping them survive until Kanata Hoshijima had gotten back with the antidote. She was almost overwhelmed, and it didn’t help that Quitterie Raffaeli called her “mega cute!” But she celebrated her newfound confidence by asking Luca Esposito to give her a haircut, which […]

Quick SummaryIn To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Episode 05, “Gargoyle’s Judgment,” Hank Henriette and Nancy Schaal Bancroft rush to another town because Liza Renecastle has intelligence that Cain Madhouse  was the likely culprit in a string of recent murders. When Hank examines the latest victim, though, he sees massive claw marks quite unlike anything Cain was capable of inflicting. Does that mean […]

Quick SummaryIn Dr. Stone episode 04, “Fire the Smoke Signal,” Senkuu tries to teach Taiju Ooki and Yuzuriha Ogawa how to make gunpowder. The good news is that the operation is a success! The bad news is that they knew it was a success because it exploded! But in doing so, it triggered many answering smoke signals. Senkuu knows that Tsukasa Shishiou […]

Quick SummaryIn Fruits Basket episode 17, “This Is for Uo-chan!,” Arisa Uotani continues to tell the story of how she met Tooru Honda and her mother. As we saw in the previous episode, their first meeting wasn’t exactly happiness and light, and that trend continued in this episode. However, as the irresistible force that is Tooru’s goodness came […]

Quick SummaryIn Astra Lost in Space episode 04, “Star of Hope”, Kanata Hoshijima makes a command decision. If they can’t work together as a team, they’ll die individually, so he halts the search for the traitor. They land on planet Shummoor and at first, things seem to be going well. Sure, the animal carcasses they discover are […]

Quick SummaryIn To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Episode 04, “March of the Behemoth,” Hank Henriette and Nancy Schaal Bancroft are riding a train when they come within sight of an enormous bridge that crosses a deep divide. The conductor tells her that it’s the pride of peacetime because it straddles the North and South. Peaceful commerce now flows […]

Quick SummaryIn Dr. Stone episode 03, “Weapons of Science,” Senkuu’s hopes to keep the location of the reviving fluid secret are accidentally dashed when Taiju Ooki basically tells Tsukasa Shishiou where it is. Now, it’s a race against time: Can Senkuu and Taiju revive Yuzuriha Ogawa before Tsukasa gets back from the cave? And if they can’t, what can even Taiju […]

Quick SummaryIn Fruits Basket episode 16, “She Said Don’t Step on Them!,” it’s summer. Arisa Uotani and Saki Hanajima are wearing stylish swim suits, and they are lounging in and around the pool when Tooru Honda arrives. She’s wearing a middle school, one-piece blue swim suit, and it almost breaks Arisa’s heart. So, Arisa rounds up Yuki […]

Quick SummaryIn Astra Lost in Space episode 03, “Meteor,” Kanata Hoshijima racks his brain trying to figure out who might be the traitor. Despite spending a lot of energy on the subject, he comes up blank. Their arrival at planet Shummoor interrupts his efforts. A meteor slicing through the ship’s hull puts the subject, at least temporarily, […]

Quick SummaryIn To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Episode 03, “The Minotaur’s Fortress,” Hank Henriette and Nancy Schaal Bancroft hitch a ride on a covered wagon to Hank’s next assignment. A Minotaur who had been under Hank’s command was slowly disassembling a town to build an impregnable fortress. Every night, he would bellow and go forth, and the townspeople […]

Quick SummaryIn Dr. Stone episode 02, “King of the Stone World,” Senkuu and Taiju Ooki prepare to revive Yuzuriha Ogawa, the young woman (now not so young — over 3,700 years old!) to whom Taiju wanted to confess his feelings. But Taiju discovered what was to him a huge problem: she would be naked when she […]

Quick SummaryIn Fruits Basket episode 15, “I Wouldn’t Say That,” Shigure Shouma and Hatori Shouma arranged for Tooru Honda, Yuki Shouma, and Kyou Shouma to go on a retreat to one of the Shouma family vacation houses. Its view of the lake was beautiful, and Tooru was excited to explore. But she’s also terribly worried. Yuki and Kyou acted […]

Quick SummaryIn Astra Lost in Space episode 02, “Wilderness,” Kanata Hoshijima, Aries Spring, and the rest of the crew set down on the planet Vilavurs to restock their food and water supplies. At first, all seems well — even the “dragons” didn’t seem interested in eating humans. But then Quitterie Raffaeli got into an argument over […]

Quick SummaryIn To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Episode 02, “The Dragon’s Daughter,” John William Bancroft doesn’t have the most money in the world, but he’s happy living with his daughter Nancy Schaal Bancroft and the orphans in the orphanage. He’s less than thrilled about being drafted, but he makes arrangements to keep the orphanage going. When the […]