Any optimism that I had from the first episode of this mini-series has been dashed. Demon Slayer Mugen Train arc episode 1 had me hoping that we would get a more fleshed out version of the Demon Slayer movie. We were given the events prior to Rengoku getting on the Mugen train after all. After …
First things first – or last things first, if you like. As with Mairimashita! Iruma-kun, the announcement of a continuation for Kingdom was not too much of a surprise. In this case you’re taking about a series that’s never going to make a fortune as an anime – disc sales and merchandising and concerts are …
So just to reiterate, I haven’t seen the movie version of Mugen Train, so I have no idea how it differs from what we’re seeing here. I know (because it was mentioned in the comments) that last week’s premiere was “new”, but I’m assuming this one segues into the movie material in some form. For …
I certainly wouldn’t say I’ve been wowed by the first two episodes of Saihate no Paladin. However, if I were to try and encapsulate them in one word – especially the second – it would be “patient”. And that, frankly, is pretty unusual for any LN, never mind an isekai. One trait these series tend …
You don’t get the chance to throw the term around all that often when it comes to anime, but Blue Period is deep. Very, very deep. There’s a lot going on here, on so many levels. It’s demanding in the sense that if you want to appreciate it on the level it aspires to, you …
I confess, there’s no joy in this business quite like having my sleeper picks come good. Even after more than a decade of writing anime previews I still have a pretty limited understanding of how the whole process works. If you know something of the source material it’s not really a sleeper, but sometimes you …
