At first glance, the I’m In Love With the Villainess anime isn’t a huge game-changer. It takes the oversaturated “villainess” trope and applies a yuri twist to it, which is, like…neat, but not unheard of in anime. My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! and The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated …
I’m Gonna Be Honest About Liar, Liar
Liar, Liar is a pretty darn half-baked anime. Like a lot of trend-chasing works of fiction that don’t really understand the appeal of the things they’re copying, you can easily identify which popular series each story element was directly inspired from: A closed-off school environment where points determine your social standing: Classroom of the Elite …
Classroom of the Elite – Season 1, Flying Witch, Gundam Build Fighters – Part 1 & Tsurune Blu-Ray Release Dates Changed
Those looking ahead at the release schedule might have noticed that a variety of upcoming Blu-Ray releases from all three of the major anime distributors have received updated release dates, with the most notable being from MVM Entertainment in form of Flying Witch and Tsurune. A breakdown of the new release dates can be found […]
Undead Murder Farce – 9 [Werewolf]
Welcome all, to another late episode of Undead Murder Farce! I’ll admit, I just sort of forgot that this episode aired. I just watched it last night, that’s how hectic things have been. Apologies for all the delays, life is busy at the moment, and I appreciate y’all sticking around. Now pity party aside, on …
Reign of the Seven Spellblades Is Not As Generic As It Seems, Trust Me
I don’t want to write another post-mortem about a light novel anime adaptation. The Reign of the Seven Spellblades anime technically isn’t a bad adaptation; unlike the Spy Classroom anime it covers all the plot points in a coherent manner. While the production values are modest, there are some action highlights here and there, like …
Mix: Meisei Story – Nidome no Natsu, Sora no Mukou e – 21
Rather cruel making us wait an extra week for that. This plot twist is kind of a thresher for Mix viewers. The wheat and the chaff are old Adachi hands and new viewers (though I don’t sense there are that many of the latter). We kind of knew this was coming, because Adachi gonna Adachi. …