As always, spoilers below. Fugou Keiji Not quite what I expected in the end. It went from "kinda silly anime about a rich detective and a poor detective (in relation to said rich detective) fighting crime" to "rich dude tries to prevent an unlimited energy source from being revealed to the world" - to put... Continue Reading →
A Magical 2020
Like 2019, I'll leave a number at the end of the name of the work to indicate which month I finished each entry in. However, this time I put // to indicate which ones are tied and which are not (i.e. anything grouped together with a "(tie)" should have the same score). Normally I would... Continue Reading →
Charting a Course in Appare-Ranman!
In times where most of us can't go to America, the next best thing is entertainment set there. Appare-Ranman's got it all - it has fun, it has adventure and it has a huge race. In fact, it kind of reminds me of the Amazing Race, although the original incarnation of the show (just to... Continue Reading →
Ode to Anime Studios – PA Works
Appare-Ranman knocked my socks off and this studio is busy with Kamisama ni Natta Hi this season anyway, so it's a good time for a look-see... PA Works was started on November 10th 2000 by Kenji Horikawa (PA Works 2019)...heck that would make it about 20 years old as I put this post out! Geesh,... Continue Reading →
Looking Forward (?) to Summer 2020
...oof. I seem to have missed a memo that one of my final new rays of hope for the summer 2020 season, Get Up! Get Live!, was a TV short. I did some digging around to see if that news was recent and I was only just playing catch-up, but nope - it's been out... Continue Reading →
Spring 2020 First Ep. Impressions: Delays, Delays, Delays…
No Guns Life has been postponed because COVID-19...this list is currently in progress and subject to change for the same reason. Welp, it's times like this which are why I have the priority list.The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me?KakushigotoListenersBakarinaBungou to AlchemistWave, Listen to Me!Sing Yesterday for MeArteFruits Basket s2Princess ConnectMillionaire DetectiveAppare RanmanKitsutsuki Tantei Dokoro...and... Continue Reading →
Sending in Spring 2020
Hey, people! Where'd you take winter 2020? In amongst all the Fate/ stuff, it feels like it's been nothing but Fate/ this entire season and the simulcasts were happening on the periphery...until Iruma-kun came to an end. The people who normally alert me to the end of the season started, for me, about 3 weeks... Continue Reading →
The Animanga Spellbook 