Late last year Crunchyroll confirmed the list of the titles they would be simulcast streaming as part of the Winter 2024 Anime Season, and during the past few days the anime streaming giant have confirmed six new additions, with highlights being the new seasons of Blue Exorcist and Kingdom. Details of these new additions can …
City String Ensemble, a multi-genre string quartet from London, were planning to host a “Best of Anime” concert at EartH Theatre on 3rd December 2023, however due to train strikes and venue policies the performance has now been rescheduled to 3rd February 2024. Tickets for this special musical performance can be purchased on Eventbrite. Tickets …
It may be my first of the season, but to say this premiere was a long time coming is an understatement. I’ve been predicting a Dungeon Meshi Anime for years, and I’m far from the only one. Not only was the manga – which started in 2014 – nominated for the Manga Taishou four straight …
That there’s an audience for this deeply depresses me. Impressions: The previous show segues nicely into this repugnant garbage, encompassing every abhorrent thing about current fantasy trends except no rape scenes. Gratuitous violence, a sociopathic protagonist, status screens, half the episode spent explaining the rules, and no animation whatsoever. Another horrific, gross revenge fantasy about being …
Meh. Hardly even any drool. Impressions: …And then there’s the exposition in this show. After watching a girl transform her arm into a minigun and another grow to fifty feet tall, the protagonist thinks to himself “Hold on. These people have super powers.” I find that far easier to chuckle at, if for no …
Nothing I love more than nonstop exposition. Impressions: Yeeeah. I know the manga is highly regarded, but this is exactly what I was afraid of. No concept is so trivial that they can’t sit down and explain it like the audience is a bunch of gibbering imbeciles. It’s three minutes into the episode, and …
