RJ Writing Ink’s Picks for Spring 2025 Anime to Look Out for The sakura blossoms are in bloom, and that means that spring is finally here! While that means that it’s time for anime lovers to say goodbye to the winter’s big hits like Solo Leveling, Zenshu, Sakamoto Days and more, there’s no reason to …
First Impressions – Lazarus
Watanabe Shinichirou sits on a different shelf than most everything else in anime. He co-produces his series with Cartoon Network these days, with simultaneous premieres in English and Japanese. A show like Lazarus is still anime but it’s marketed like an American animated series. Given that Cowboy Bebop did as much as any series ever …
Blessed by the Gorilla God #01 — Gorilla Physics
I don’t think they actually know what gorillas are. Impressions: It’s the closest thing to an actual comedy of the three Sunday shows calling themeselves one, but that’s a very low bar to clear. That’s not even taking the exceptionally weird premise into account. Everybody gets a blessing from a random animal god in …
Maebashi Witches #01 — An Assault on Aesthetics
Finding a way to be offensive to the maximum number of senses. Impressions: This show is… exhausting on every level. Painful even. Well beyond just being boring or soulless. There are very few moments in it that don’t have someone petulantly yelling in rapidfire even while loud music blasts out and the colors assault the …
Lazarus #01 — Cyber Parkour
A vaccine with 100% adoption? Now that’s fantasy. Impressions: The animation is certainly spectacular, there’s no denying that. Can’t say that I love the constant CGI drifting that it does, and I think some of the lines of action got muddled where going for more of a one-shot approach would’ve made it a lot …
Witch Watch #01 — Loud Noises
…Yet again. Site’s still constantly on fire despite assurances that actually, things are fixed except for some rare issues. Third goddamned week of this. Not sure if opening a new ticket daily will help, but willing to try. Impressions: It’s certainly a Jump comedy. You want sudden, abrupt overreactions as your joke? Well, ya …