The first release week of October sees quite a variety of releases from Crunchyroll, with BOCCHI THE ROCK! Recap Part 1 & 2 coming to UK Cinemas and Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury receiving exclusive steelbook releases at HMV. We also have the 4K Steelbook Blu-Ray release of The Boy and Heron. Out …
If anime about adults is the overriding theme of this season (the question of whether this one qualifies is an interesting one), then big-time directors working on shows where you wouldn’t expect to see them is another. The director in question here is the superb Noriyuki Abe. And the series is Tsuma, Shougakusei ni Naru.. …
RJ Writing Ink’s Picks for Fall 2024 Anime Summer’s over, so it’s time for the cozier part of the year to begin. Fortunately, when we’re not outside enjoying the changing weather and prepping for Halloween (and Thanksgiving), we can enjoy plenty of anime beneath the comfort of a warm blanket. And this year, it looks …
Wherein I mostly compare it to other better comedies. Grieving Soul basically re-ran the first episode. Sure, the first ended with saying they were off to do a quest, but first they needed to test their mettel in a pre-quest. So they had the two characters who fought last week, spar again this week. Next week, …
Why are we making this a constant point of conversation? Impressions: I’m not sure that the strategy of constantly announcing how illegal and creepy the premise is is a good one. Ignoring that probably wouldn’t have been the right move either. Better to have just circumvented it entirely and not done it rather than …
If you’d told the me that was a zygote anime fan *** years ago that Rurouni Kenshin and Ranma ½ would be airing new episodes in 2024, I’d have laughed you out of the room. Or if you’d told me that two years ago, for that matter. These were two of the early anime for …
