Wooper: Now that we’re a couple weeks beyond 2025’s halfway point, the summer season is in full swing, with many of the shows we just sampled having dropped their second (and in some cases third) episodes. Personally, I haven’t moved past their premieres yet, but I’ll have to very soon, since we’re bringing back the …
City the Animation Short Synopsis: Silly people do silly things in a silly town (while looking amazing). Amun: I have never seen Nichijou, nor do I really know anything about it, so I came into City blind. As Lenlo says below, this looks absolutely fantastic. Like wow, that opening shot through the rain is some …
Dr. Stone: Science Future Part 2 Short Synopsis: Second cour of Dr. STONE Season 4, you know what this is about by now. Lenlo: Look, we’re 4 seasons in at this point, I really don’t know what I can tell you that you haven’t already heard before. You know by now whether or not you …
Panty & Stocking S2 Short Synopsis: Season 2 of Panty and Stocking. Just go watch the original, it’s hard to explain, you won’t regret it. Lenlo: I was really nervous about the Panty & Stocking revival because it had been almost a decade and a half since the original aired and I wasn’t sure they …
Introduction to Mineralogy Short Synopsis: A bratty teenage girl goes gem hunting with a grad student. Wooper: It would seem that the preferred localization of Ruri no Houseki is “Ruri Rocks,” but despite being closer to the Japanese title, as a phrase it’s a bit too punny for me. So, I’m going with “Introduction to …
The Summer Hikaru Died Short Synopsis: One summer Hikaru went into the mountains on a hike, but what came back down wasn’t the same person. Lenlo: I really enjoyed Hikaru. It perfectly straddled that line between Iyashikei about grieving and processing the death of a friend, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers horror. The first …
