This show is certainly taking a kitchen sink approach when it comes to alternative fiction. It started off looking like a pretty conventional (if rather winning) Shinto fantasy. But there were a few horror tropes sprinkled in, and now we’re getting into some straight-up science fiction. It’s not every Japanese folklore fairy tale that has …
Horses for courses, that’s the theme of the day. Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai is a match made in Heaven for me, obviously. But also for Studio Pierrot. They have an unerringly steady hand with this sort of material, to the point where there’s literally no studio I would trust more with any work of …
“Horses for courses” is a turn of phrase you’ve heard me use before. And an especially apt metaphor for Derby Day (what a finish). Usually it’s in reference to an anime matching my own tastes, like this season’s Yatagarasu or Tonai no Youkai-san, and the extra cred that brings with it. But it also applies …
Moe image board of Ichinose Honami, from anime show Classroom of the elite.
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I am delighted to return to Anne of Green Gables, after far too long away from our precocious young heroine and her fanciful adventures. In the time since our last visit I’ve continued to enjoy as much Takahata as possible, screening both later Ghibli films …
OP: “Ta ga Tame (誰我為)” by TK from Ling tosite sigure (TK from 凛として時雨) To call Boku no Hero Academia an old friend at this point would be an understatement. Six seasons, six appearances on the LiA Top 10 list – no other franchise can match that. A premiere of a new season of BnHA …
