Here’s one that may be of more interest to those of you who are fans of Rurouni Kenshin. Or at least of the era it depicts, the early days after the Boshin War when the Meiji Government was laboring to keep itself from becoming a footnote in Japanese history. Meiji Gekken 1874 is notable for …
I’m the first to admit that Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san isn’t going to be for everybody. But it’s kind of working for me. Maybe more than kind of, in fact. I was low-key enjoying this episode just as I did the premiere, but it sort of crept up on me and by the end, I was …
If you weren’t aware, the Pacific NW had a bit of a weather incident yesterday. What was supposedly going to be a blizzard turned out to be a typhoon with some snow. While power here was restored after half a day, other utilities, ie internet, are still ETA. I rewatched most of GA Art Club …
This is a tough one. There’s stuff about Yubisaki to Renren that I like, that’s for sure. And after the top 5 exercise it’s never been more clear to me just how rare good college anime are. But also that this seems to be a cursed setting somehow – full of pit traps and mines …
It’s hard for me not to conjoin The Apothecary Diaries with Frieren at the Funeral. They’re the two big commercial dogs of the post-Oshi premiere timeframe, each bowing in Fall 2023. Frieren always seems to be just a nose ahead – in manga sales, in aggregator scores, in my personal rankings. But while both have …
Oh lord, so many names. Better late than never, Kingdom returns for its fifth season. This show has the worst luck with timing, and this time around it was the Noto earthquake causing a week’s delay (which beats an entire year as a result of the pandemic). I love it a lot – it’s been …
