These Ladies Are Underrated! (tag post)

Jenn left her tag post open to everyone, so I'm going to get it out of the way so that it doesn't suddenly die off as these tags tend to do... More rules... Please PINGBACK to me at Kate @ Melting Pots and Other Calamities. Or just Kate. And PINGBACK TO A SPECIFIC POST OF MINE....

Fall 2018 Retrospective

I was thinking about what to write during my update post, but amidst my backlog worries, I forgot the wrap-up post! (Well, that's what happens when you go on a road trip on New Year's Day and start said update post at 12 am on the 2nd...) Just listing out the shows makes me realise...

A Magical 2018 (yearly rankings)

I've put in 2017's details into the post so don't worry about keeping this post open in another tab. Top 10 (or 11...?) Worst Dropped Anime 2018 As According to their Rating on My AniList Akkun to KanojoIslandMarchen MadchenHarukana ReceiveAs Miss Beelzebub Likes.A Place Farther than the Universe (tie)Dances with the Dragons (tie)Nil Admirari no Tenbin (tie) (may...

Merc Storia’s Coming-of-Age (11th Day of Anime 2018)

In a sense, Merc Storia is about kids wanting to be seen as capable and mature. Even though the storyline mostly follows this concept, there is one storyline with a reversal of this aspect. Somehow, I felt like my piece on kodomomuke anime kind of missed the point about what I was trying to say...

Just Because An Anime’s For Kids Doesn’t Mean You Have to Dismiss It…

The world is an unfair place sometimes...like when a new show comes up in the simulcasting schedule and it turns out it's for kids (younger than the shonen and shoujo demographics - i.e. the kodomomuke genre). That's pretty much a surefire way to ensure a show is niche when it comes to the English-speaking anime community....

Finalising the Fall 2018 Lineup & Learning to Love (Backlog) Anime Again

I wonder if I even needed to hit refresh on my enthusiasm levels... Due to Han Gyaku Sei Million Arthur being a no-show and the show being pulled out of my seasonal lineup being Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken (due to the adventure genre's typical slow pace for worldbuilding's sake, it won't really matter if I...

Fall 2018 First Impressions Pt 4: Gridman Strikes Back

I never said once a show's on hold it's gone forever, right? Just to get details out of the way quickly: part 1 (RErideD and Double Decker), part 2 (Zombieland Saga, Run with the Wind, Bakumatsu, Jingai-san no Yome and the slime anime) and part 3 (Gridman, Radiant, DakaIchi and Goblin Slayer) are done.Expect Han Gyaku Sei...

Fall 2018 First Impressions Pt 2: Pretty Boys, Pretty Girls and Pretty Production Values

Doing these impressions in batches is a bit of a new experience, really, since I’m so used to ranking shows as I go…hence the cumulative ranking. Just to get some details out of the way quickly: since I tackled part 1 (RErideD and Double Decker) as one post, here's a new format for the rest of...