LINE sure has a stranglehold on anime texting. Impressions: Rough episode. The first part was just about texting. It is as exciting as it sounds. Texting. The second part was meant I guess to be focused on the teacher, but the problem is that his schtick is the same as two out of three of …
Third Impressions Digest – Shabake, Sanda
Shabake – 03 For the nth time I’ll note, novel adaptations are usually slow burns. That makes it especially dangerous to adopt snap judgments about them. It takes time for them to make their case – which is an issue when so many are a single cour. And even more an issue for me, when …
Fall 2025 First Episode Awards
Wooper: Fun fact for any longtime anime blog enjoyers out there: in just over a month, Star Crossed Anime will celebrate its 20th anniversary. Of course, its current incarnation bears so little resemblance to the blog’s original format that it might as well be a completely different site (and technically, it is), but I was …
May I Request One Last Thing #04 — Team Rocket is Blasting Off Again
Oops, no budget. Impressions: This show is getting really close to that Back Arrow/Cross Ange/Bye Bye Earth line where the writing becomes so nonstop terrible with it spewing out one nonsensical thing after the next, that it breaks through and becomes kind of fascinating again as an anthropological study. It’s not there yet. This episode …
Shoushimin Series – Episode 5
Hello folks, and welcome on back to Wrong Every Time. Today we’re diving back into the ominous undertones of Shoushimin Series, wherein Jogoro and Osanai have just cracked their first major case, and through doing so embraced more than a little of their initial, antisocial identities. In order to avenge Osanai’s bike and bring the …
SPY x FAMILY Ichiban Kuji Raffle Arrives at MINISO Store in London Today
Retailer MINISO, which has stores across the UK (as well as online), have today begun hosting a SPY x FAMILY Ichiban Kuji at its flagship store in London (on Shaftesbury Avenue). This Ichiban Kuji event started today (17th October 2025) and will be available at the store for a limited time. This special event, which …






