Overtake! is hitting pretty much all the right notes for me. The marathon episode was kind of a placeholder, but apart from that every swing has connected. It confronts the emotional conflicts it raises directly and without a lot of fanfare, but doesn’t gloss over the seriousness of them. The only thing that would really …
This week sees a variety of new releases from both Anime Limited and Crunchyroll, with Evangelion 3.0+1.11: Thrice Upon a Time on 4K Blu-Ray being the highlight. Out This Week: 20th November 2023 Hula Fulla Dance (Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray) OVERLORD IV (Blu-Ray, DVD) Neon Genesis Evangelion: 3.0+1.11 Thrice Upon A Time (4K Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray, Steelbook Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray, DVD) Penguindrum …
Tokyo Revengers: Tenjiku-hen – 07 Long, boring fight. Not much to see here, really. I’ll check back in if TMR does anything worth writing up – for now, I’m out. Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 – 19 If indeed that’s it for Tokyo Revengers at least for a while (we’ll see if the …
I wouldn’t objectively say this arc is great or anything, in a vacuum. It’s good, solid Spy x Family though nothing spectacular. It is, however, very welcome in terms of premise. I really think it’s long past time that Yor showed some introspection about her life choices (and that she get a storyline that properly …
Considering there’s a wannabe assassin roaming free at the rear palace, this was quite a calm and relaxed episode of Kusuriya no Hitorigoto. Admittedly Jinshi is working long hours, but apart from that there are few overt signs of stress (never mind crisis). Heck, Maomao even takes advantage of the circumstances to finagle a homecoming …
The sad truth is, right now anything that isn’t a regular weekly release is a tough sell for me as far as coverage is concerned. Pluto is an exception, but that’s a unicorn in pretty much every sense, and I’ve basically turned it into a weekly by covering it on Thursdays (otherwise an open night …
