Sentenced to Be a Hero Short Synopsis: “Heroes” are just criminals sentenced to immortal penal legions, and our MC is basically Judas, all stuffed into a classic dark power fantasy. Lenlo: You know, for what first seemed a pretty standard “Slay the Demon Lord” power fantasy, I was pleasantly surprised by Sentenced. I’m kind of …
Tamon’s B-Side Short Synopsis: A high school girl discovers that the frontman of her favorite idol group is a nervous wreck in private. Wooper: Tamon-kun Ima Docchi didn’t have a bad first episode. It was fairly well-drawn, used tons of amusing cutaways that showcased the characters’ wild imaginations, and featured a great transition from its …
Wooper: Who’s ready for another 365 days of anime? I’m certainly not, but Japan won’t stop making the damn things, so our Winter First Impressions will start appearing soon. And what do you know, I actually managed to wrap up my thoughts on what I watched last season before the initial impressions post went live! …
Wooper: Having spent the lead-up to our recent 2000s retrospective looking backward, it’s time for us to return our gaze to the immediate future, as another annual anime cycle is about to begin. As with most modern seasons, there are loads of new entries in existing franchises to fawn over, and as with most of …
Wooper: Nearly six years after hashing out our favorite anime of the 2010s, we’ve gotten the band back together for a look at the best of what the previous decade had to offer, and what we found was that it offered quite a lot. Several of us are seasoned enough to have experienced the era …
Hyakushou Kizoku S3 – 7-9 Wooper: Last month I speculated about the possibility of Hyakushou Kizoku running out of material, since new chapters are published only sporadically, but the strength of these episodes makes me think I needn’t have worried. The first of the three was good for a couple laughs, as Hiromu Arakawa’s bovine …
