This week sees a variety of releases from Anime Limited, with both Patlabor – Film 3 and The Great Pretender – Case 1 & 2 on Blu-Ray as well as Gundam Seed Freedom being released into cinemas. Out This Week: 18th March 2024 Patlabor – Film 3 (Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray) The Great Pretender – Case …
Spring 2024 Preview and Video Companion
YouTube preview is here! What a difference a year makes. In March 2023 we were staring down the barrel of what looked like being the best anime season in years. And that’s exactly what it ended up being (especially in the area of romcom). Nothing since has come close to the awe-inspiring spectacle of Spring …
Yubisaki to Renren (A Sign of Affection) – 11
I’ll go the mat on this: A Sign of Affection acts much more like a seinen romance than a shoujo one. I’m not one to get too hung up on demographic labels, but there are differences in the way those two tend to approach relationship challenges. I’ve been proven wrong on some assumptions I made …
Kingdom 5 – 10
No question about it, this development represents new territory for Kingdom. We’ve seen Xin go down the road of disagreement with military methods before. His reference to his earlier confrontation with Luan Tong is one relevant example. But as Diao says, this is a completely different set of circumstances. The scale of what the Fei …
Winter 2024 What-I’m-Watching Summary – Week 10
Thanks for the well wishes after last weeks post everyone. Can’t say things are great, in fact I’d say they are falling apart, but this is a nice bit of consistency in the storm. Dungeon Meshi – 11 [Red Dragon I] If you’ve seen the episode then it should come as no surprise that Dungeon …
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (The Apothecary Diaries) – 23
I have to give credit where it’s due here. The Apothecary Diaries heaped pressure on itself by teasing this Lakan storyline on for too long. But when it had to deliver, it really did. I was thoroughly satisfied with the resolution (for now), though I would absolutely want to see more of Lakan and Maomao …