Jigokuraku S2 Short Synopsis: Season 2 of Jigokuraku, where we hunt down a bunch of Taoist immortal monsters for the elixir of immortality. Lenlo: So like many sequels, I feel pretty comfortable saying that if you didn’t like the first season, the second won’t change your mind. Yes, this is where I feel Jigokuraku’s narrative …
Trigun Stargaze Short Synopsis: Trigun, but it’s not really Trigun, it’s a weird new Trigun, but man does it look really pretty. Lenlo: Hey, Milly is finally back! I’ll admit, I don’t remember much about Trigun Stampede, as it was kind of all over the place. So a decent bit of this first episode made …
Shibou Yuugi de Meshi wo Kuu Short Synopsis: Cute girls participate in death games for money, and no matter what happens so long as they survive they’ll be put back together. Lenlo: I’m really not sure how I feel about Shibou. Narratively I’m probably in, decently executed death games with casts who take it seriously …
Champignon no Majo Short Synopsis: A day in the life of a forest-dwelling young witch who is known for her poisonous mushrooms. Mario: Woah, this show came out of nowhere and charmed my socks off. While witches are a common topic within anime, this one just breathes and feels different from these other shows. Heck, …
The Darwin Incident Short Synopsis: A human-chimpanzee student goes about his daily life while eco-terrorists plot in the background. Mario: I suppose the reason for Darwin Jihen’s appeal is that we still don’t know where it wants to go with this premise. On the one hand, I do like Charlie as the main character and …
The Demon King’s Daughter is Too Kind Short Synopsis: One of the Demon King’s lieutenants repeatedly tries and fails to rid his boss’s daughter of her kind-heartedness. Wooper: There must be at least 50 Demon King-themed anime in existence by this point, so I didn’t think much of this show when I was going over …
