I don’t know whether I liked that, but it was certainly interesting. Sanda hits the ground running with a premiere which was certainly impactful. It was a lot of things and I’m not sure what they all are yet, which is both its promise and its potential downfall. But if boring is the worst sin …
First Impressions – Shabake
The deluge proper begins with the first weekend of the fall season. We’re still in the “Modestly Interested” portion of the preview with Shabake, but perhaps a bit less modestly than the first two premieres of the season. It’s a novel adaptation, and as such was sort of an outside sleeper despite lacking notable names …
Fall 2025 Impressions: Cat’s Eye, Yano-kun’s Ordinary Days, This Monster Wants to Eat Me
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 …
Sanda #01 — Hairy Christmas
This may be the least Santa Santa I’ve seen. Impressions: It’s probably cultural, but there’s something really weird to me about the show. It’s very much like bad improv, or the ‘good’ seasons of Aquarion, that it starts talking and clearly doesn’t actually know where it’s going or what it’s talking about, but it’s …
The Shy Hero and the Assassin Princess Review — B
Our hero is finally popular with the girls. But only because they’re all trying to murder him. Ok, so this show is trash, but you know what? It was one of my favorite shows last season. It knew exactly what it wanted to do and it did it well. I am satisfied. Storytelling – B …
Turkey! Time to Strike Review — B-
Time travelling bowling anime. I almost dropped this for being a sports anime until I got to the end of the first episode… Overall, I enjoyed it. Definitely an interesting premise. Suffered from the usual “cute girls doing cute things” aspects that always bother me about the genre, but definitely top of the bunch. Much …