RJ Writing Ink’s Picks for Fall 2024 Anime Summer’s over, so it’s time for the cozier part of the year to begin. Fortunately, when we’re not outside enjoying the changing weather and prepping for Halloween (and Thanksgiving), we can enjoy plenty of anime beneath the comfort of a warm blanket. And this year, it looks …
Puniru is a Cute Slime #01 — Serial Dysmorphia
Wherein I mostly compare it to other better comedies. Grieving Soul basically re-ran the first episode. Sure, the first ended with saying they were off to do a quest, but first they needed to test their mettel in a pre-quest. So they had the two characters who fought last week, spar again this week. Next week, …
My Wife Became a Fourth Grader #01 — Illegalities
Why are we making this a constant point of conversation? Impressions: I’m not sure that the strategy of constantly announcing how illegal and creepy the premise is is a good one. Ignoring that probably wouldn’t have been the right move either. Better to have just circumvented it entirely and not done it rather than …
First Impressions – Ranma ½ (2024)
If you’d told the me that was a zygote anime fan *** years ago that Rurouni Kenshin and Ranma ½ would be airing new episodes in 2024, I’d have laughed you out of the room. Or if you’d told me that two years ago, for that matter. These were two of the early anime for …
First Impressions: Chi.: Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite (Orb: On the Movements of the Earth)
OP: “Kaijuu (怪獣)” by Sakanaction (サカナクション Before we begin, a partial list of the awards Chi.: Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite has racked up in manga form: Tezuka Award 2023 (won) Seiun Award 2023 (won) Manga Taisho 2021 (2nd) Manga Taisho 2022 (5th) Kono Manga ga Sugoi 2022 (2nd) In short, the manga is one …
First Impressions – Kimi wa Meido-sama (You Are Ms. servant)
Nope, still no idea why he’s doing it. Rarely has one person so exclusively been the reason a show is on my radar – and mid-table to boot – as with Kimi wa Meido-sama. But it really wouldn’t be there if it weren’t for Watanabe Ayumu. Everything about this series looks, frankly, as generic as …