‘Solo Leveling’ Initial Review It’s safe to say at this point that anime and manga have gone mainstream in Western Culture. More and more anime based on popular manga, light novels, and the like are coming out of the woodwork. But now, what the West considers anime (Japanese animation) is expanding its scope to works …
New UK Anime Releases: 12th February 2024
No new releases this week, but we’ve got plenty to look forward to next week with Standard Editions of numerous Anime Limited releases. Out This Week: 12th February 2024 N/A Out Next Week: 19th February 2024 By the Grace of the Gods – Season 2 (Blu-Ray) Eternal 831 (Blu-Ray) Hula Fulla Dance (Blu-Ray) Patlabor – …
Synduality Noir #18 — Idol Martyr
Nah. This show definitely doesn’t have the balls to kill anybody off. Impressions: Now that Ciel finally went through with the reveal, it’s time to jump straight forward into her role as ‘tragic’ martyr, but it’s so over the top that it’s silly. The dude literally taunts her about how he’s constantly resetting her …
High Card #18 — Girls Night Out
I like how some powers are sticky hands, and others are INSTANT DEATH TOUCH. Impressions: Finally we get the learn to accept or work with the other self episode for the split personality girl, but it wasn’t much of anything. They pick up a girl with the death touch power who killed her abusive …
Seeking This Moment in Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
You could describe our passage through life as an accumulation of regrets, of opportunities missed and promising roads not traveled. We rise through youth bearing dreams of becoming astronauts or rock stars, or at the very least not disappointing our parents; we ultimately settle for smaller victories, savoring financial independence or whatever slice of happiness …
Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san – 06
Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san tends to put me in a philosophical mood. And that’s hardly a surprise, since it’s rather a philosophically-inclined series. I think the essence of it is, “life it what happens on the way”. That’s what this series is about, and to an extent it’s Warumono-san’s quest. Earth itself is a stop on …