The ever enticing anime that has been spreading its influence over the anime community for over 8 years, without ever dropping in quality, called JoJo’s Bizarre Adventures, is something that anime fans all over the world have come to love. And one of the most prominent and intriguing aspects of this anime is the fights …
When can you expect JoJo Part 6: Stone Ocean?
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is one of the longest-running manga series, spanning over 25 years, eight parts, and four anime adaptations at this point. The series is soo well known that JoJo has some of the biggest lineups of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure merch out there. The series, by Hirohiko Araki, has become a cultural phenomenon at …
Yesterday wo Utatte, Episode 1
I’m just happy about this thing—and I hope I have more reason to be in the future! At about the ten-minute mark of the first episode of Yesterday wo Utatte (Sing “Yesterday” for Me), I was starting to feel like the episode was getting ready to close, so I took a quite look at the …
“Perhaps Our Lives Are More than Conflict”—Pondering Sora no Woto
In which soldiers do un-soldier-like things. In Sora no Woto, all five of the main characters are soldiers. Despite the comfortable, relatively untroubled lives they lead from day to day, reminders of their past and current realities of military service are always present. But presence isn’t the same as prominence, and you could be forgiven …
Winter 2020 Anime Midseason Check-In
“So,” she asks. “You said that you were going to try to do better about watching anime this year. How’s that coming along? After all, we haven’t seen a blog post since Weathering with You, and that’s not even a seasonal anime!” Ordinarily, I think to myself, I’d be expecting to have to go on …
One Human Sacrifice: Weathering with You’s Great Question
Drown the city to save yourself and your love. Spoilers for the entirety of Weathering with You/Tenki no Ko. I have to applaud Makoto Shinkai. After producing what could arguably be called the most successful anime movie ever (and a film I genuinely loved), he returns two years later with a follow-up that not only …