New listings at online retailers, specifically Amazon UK and Anime-On-Line, have revealed that Anime Limited will release Standard Edition Blu-Ray releases of Ascendance of Bookworm Part 1 & 2 and RE:cycle of the Penguindrum Movie Collection during February 2024. Ascendance of Bookworm – Season 1 & 2Release Date: 26th February 2024 Synopsis: When a sickly …
Sengoku Youko – 02
OP: “HIBANA” by MindaRyn It’s more than a little surreal, seeing a Mizukami Satoshi series being competently adapted by capable adults. This was something I’d pretty much given up hope on, and the Bicuit Hammer debacle made me even more fatalistic if anything. But here we are, two episodes in, and all signs point to …
Synduality Noir #14 — To the Moon!
We have androids and mechs, but can’t build a simple propulsion rocket? Impressions: Wait, how do they have global communications internet if satellites are some kind of unknown thing? Aaaanyway… I’ve definitely lost the thread of this show, and it didn’t have much of one to begin with. They were looking for clues as to …
High Card #14 — El Flash
Wait, are they in Spain now? Impressions: Hold up. Wasn’t the existence of magical cards/super powers supposed to be a secret? Isn’t that the whole deal with that one cop lady? And here we have a whole country ruled by a cult with a resident superhero openly flaunting his super powers. Well, okay, I …
Metallic Rouge #02 — Improper Babysitting
Are these people meant to be a recurring cast? Impressions: This episode kind of lost control of its script too, but it at least accelerated into nonsense as the episode went on. The first five minutes or so were a dry history lesson on the setting for children. Quite literally. There were a couple …
Sengoku Fox #02 — Poke It With a Spear
These monks don’t seem very ready to fight monsters. I need to catch up on work stuff for a bit since my forced hiatus extended there as well. High Card, Synduality, and Metallic Rouge will likely be a while, though that last one doesn’t air until quite late anyway. Impressions: I’m not so sure on …