My Awkward Senpai Short Synopsis: A clumsy office worker is assigned as a mentor for an enthusiastic new hire. Wooper: Bukiyou na Senpai represents Japan’s quarterly attempt to convince anime fans that an ideal domestic partner awaits them so long as they join the corporate world like good boys and girls. As usual, we have …
Cat’s Eye (2025) Short Synopsis: Three moonlighting art thieves repeatedly steal priceless treasures out from under the nose of a clueless cop. Wooper: I’ve seen the first few episodes of the original Cat’s Eye adaptation, and I have to say, this one suffers by comparison. The animation is better here (especially during the opening paraglider …
Good lord. I can’t believe I wasted my time on this crapfest of a show. What we have here is an anime that’s part of yet another multimedia project to promote a cell phone game involving cute idol girls. Lapis Re:LiGHTs main selling point is that it takes place in a made up fantasy world …
I get this, probably all of us get it by now: turning your art into actual merch can feel impossible. Most places want you to order 500 pieces upfront, charge prices that drain your wallet, and take forever to deliver. That’s enough to make most artists give up before they even start. But here’s the …
Wooper: Our final season preview of 2025 looks a lot like our first, in that it’s much shorter than average. That’s not to say this fall will be entirely lacking in excitement – most of this year’s coolest non-continuations just so happened to air in spring and summer. It’s the headliners that most folks are …
Wooper: I’m still alive, and so is the blog. Being this far behind on currently airing anime is nothing out of the ordinary for me, but when you couple that viewing lag with this column’s supposedly “biweekly” schedule, I’ve definitely dropped the ball this summer. The fall season preview will be punctual, though, going up …
