While a part of me admires the craft behind it, I can’t deny that I kind of hate this show. The sheer crassness of it stacks up with the most cynical anime productions of all-time. That would be bad enough if the talent behind it weren’t as legendary as they are. There isn’t a moment …
The Beginning After the End Ep 2 Review The Beginning After the End is only in its second episode, but the Internet seems to hate it already. The two most common complaints are that a.) it’s copying Mushoku Tensei, and b.) the animation is terrible. They’re not wrong; TurtleMe admitted Mushoku Tensei was a big …
After two episodes, I’m still not really sure what I’m dealing with in Apocalypse Hotel. But I do know that if it continues as it started, it’s going to be very hard to ignore. There’s a ton of interesting stuff going on with this show on multiple levels. Art director Honda Kouhei is the obvious …
I am an alien who does alien things. Impressions: I think I’d give this the nod over the ballpark show, but I dunno. It’s still not really clicking with me. The humor is at least different from most current anime comedies, in that it’s not constant screaming, at least until the black monolith bot …
Zatsu Tabi is a funny one (and I don’t mean the Engrish – well, not just that). It and Apocalypse Hotel were two shows whose premieres comfortably exceeded my expectations. If you asked me with first episode I liked better, I would definitely say this one. If you asked me which one I thought I’d …
There are many reasons why Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals works. Prominent among them, I think, is that despite the name being in the title, you’d never slip and think you were watching (or reading) HeroAca. Illegals has a very distinct and dynamic energy all its own. Despite familiar faces like Eraser and even …
