Anime Club
Whatever qualifies as anime... There is usually a current Japanese TV season's series being watched, and classic movies and series from the past being rewatched.
Posts for this club should be tagged: anime_club.
March 28
Delicious in Dungeon: Snacks/Sorbet Season 1, Episode 5
All that glitters is not gold, as one adventurer group finds out the hard way when the treasure they find winds up being a bit more...alive than expected. And when Team Touden finds themselves dealing with spirits sans their indisposed healer, Senshi comes up with a creative - and tasty! - method of ghostbusting. [more inside]
March 27
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Aura The Guillotine Season 1, Episode 9
Finding shelter and aid, Granat recounts to his young saviors about how Aura used her signature spell - Auserlese - to create her army of the dead. But at the moment, the bigger threat is Lügner and Linie - and they plan to deal with the young mage and warrior personally... [more inside]
March 26
Delicious in Dungeon: Stewed Cabbage/Orcs Season 1, Episode 4
It's farming dungeon style as Senshi shows Team Touden his...ambulatory gardens in the form of golems he has turned into walking vegetable patches. Though when they go to trade in their leafy bonanza, it turns out that the red dragon's actions have caused further displacement - and further trouble... [more inside]
March 25
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Frieren The Slayer Season 1, Episode 8
The presence of the elf mage and her party - and their actions - force the hand of the demon Lügner - fittingly, 'liar" - to forgo subterfuge and resort to force to find the key to collapsing the spell protecting the town. For while the people around her might see Frieren as a quirky oddball, demons have a decidedly different view of her - of a cold eyed bane of demonkind, known by a fitting epithet - Frieren, the Slayer... [more inside]
March 24
Delicious in Dungeon: Living Armor Season 1, Episode 3
Finally entering the castle proper, Team Touden finds themselves at a tricky impass, as the path to move further into the castle is guarded by suits of living armor - a threat that Laios himself has fallen to (he got better, thankfully.) But this means no meals, as living armor are magical constructs, not living creatures...right? [more inside]
March 23
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Like A Fairy Tale Season 1, Episode 7
For someone whom can remember the events of antiquity because they were there, the transient nature of human memory is something that puzzles Frieren - that what was her experience has become myth and legend. Of course, some of that myth - like demonkind - is an altogether too real threat... [more inside]
March 20
Delicious in Dungeon: Roast Basilisk/Omelet/Kakiage Season 1, Episode 2
Team Touden continues to explore the odd treetop "level" of the dungeon, while seeing other parties as well - and with rations rather than resorting to hunting. But even this early in the dungeon is dangerous if you're not prepared...or if you're letting jealousy color your view... [more inside]
March 19
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: The Hero of the Village Season 1, Episode 6
Frieren and Fern enlist Stark's help to fight the solar dragon - but is he up to the task? [more inside]
Delicious in Dungeon: Hot Pot/Tart Season 1, Episode 1
It's been...a bad run for Team Touden in the dungeon, after confronting a red dragon on little rest and less food - they got trounced, two of their fighters have tendered their resignation, and their healer Falin was eaten by the dragon after she sent everyone else to safety. Party leader (and Falin's older brother) Laios is determined to ressurect his little sister, but with no supplies, he has to resort to...dungeon self-sufficiency... [more inside]
March 18
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Phantoms Of The Dead Season 1, Episode 5
Stories of villagers being lured by phantoms of lost loved ones have Frieren and Fern dealing with a very real threat in the mountains, one that attacks through subterfuge. And when Frieren spies an interesting grimoire in a dragon's nest, her desire results in her seeking out a new ally... [more inside]
March 17
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: The Land Where Souls Dwell Season 1, Episode 4
Frieren and Fern take a job cleaning up the shore, taking as payment a grimoire containing the notes of the great mage Flamme - a grimoire that the elf mage is certain is a forgery. But not all of Flamme's notes are fake, and Frieren's dear friend and ally Eisen has a lead on a real tome of the great msge's work... [more inside]
March 16
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Killing Magic Show Only Season 1, Episode 3
While retracing the path she took on her adventure with her former traveling companions, Frieren confronts an old enemy. [more inside]
March 13
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: It Didn't Have to Be Magic... Show Only Season 1, Episode 2
Frieren instructs Fern in the use of magic while deciphering a grimoire for Heiter. [more inside]
March 12
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: The Journey's End Show Only Season 1, Episode 1
The world celebrates the Demon King's defeat at the hands of the Hero and his companions. Now that their great adventure is over, what will Frieren the mage do next? [more inside]
January 4
Winter 2024 Anime Season / Autumn 2023 Wrap-Up
What did you enjoy this Fall and what are you looking for in this upcoming season?
Here are the lists of what's airing Winter 2024:
More links from review sites below the fold. [more inside]
October 3
Fall 2023 Anime Season / Summer 2023 Wrap-Up
Here are the lists of what's airing Fall 2023:
As always, if you want some subjective opinions or some guidance on what to prioritize, there's [more inside]
July 6
Summer 2023 Anime Season
These are the objective lists:
If you want some subjective opinions or some guidance on what to prioritize, there's [more inside]
June 29
?Oshi No Ko?: Full Season Season 1 (Full Season)
The surprising hit of the Spring 2023 anime season, from relatively unknown anime studio Doga Kobo. An adaptation of a manga written by Aka Akasaka (Kaguya-sama: Love is War) and illustrated by Mengo Yokoyari (Scum's Wish), the show offers a look into the Japanese entertainment industry covering entertainers, creators, producers, and consumers with a focus on the perspective of young entertainers in the industry. [more inside]
April 4
Spring 2023 Anime Season
Spring 2023 schedules:
[more inside]
January 5
Winter 2023 Anime Season
Winter 2023 schedules:(various 'most anticipated' lists are under the fold.) [more inside]
September 23
Fall 2022 Anime Season
January 23
Beastars: full season Season 2 (Full Season)
In a world of anthropomorphic animals, a reclusive wolf's complicated relationship with a kindly rabbit is tested by a classmate's murder, a charismatic deer's influence, and his own burgeoning predatory instincts.
January 3
Winter 2022 Anime Season
Anichart, MyAnimeList, or Livechart. I was kind of surprised not to see the usual post here, so I figured I'd throw one up. :)
October 21
Gokushufudo: The Way of the Househusband Season 1 (Full Season)
Tatsu, an infamous and feared yakuza boss nicknamed "the Immortal Dragon", retires from crime to become a househusband so that he can support Miku, his kyariaūman wife. The episodic series depicts a variety of comedic scenarios, typically wherein Tatsu's banal domestic work as a househusband is juxtaposed against his intimidating personality and appearance, and his frequent run-ins with former yakuza associates and rivals.
September 23
Fall 2021 Anime Season
AniChart. MyAnimeList. Remember to smash those "Like" and "Subscribe" buttons and... wait, sorry, wrong website.
September 8
Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na!: Keep Your Hands off Eizouken! Season 1 (Full Season)
Three schoolgirls team up to create a film club, though the world does not want it. Nevertheless they cannot be stopped: They are too good at what they do. The goblin-like Asakusa wants to make worlds. The rich and famous Mizusaki wants to make art. The ghoulish Hanamori wants to make money.
An anime about anime, animation, creative passion, compromise, project management, and the sinister uplifting purity of indomitable optimism. It might be edutainment, it might be a love-letter, it might be satire, it might be about beautiful foolishness. [more inside]
August 22
Movie: Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time
In the fourth and final film in the Rebuild of Evangelion series, Shinji gets in the robot, possibly for the last time. [more inside]
June 27
Summer 2021 Anime Season
As the northern hemisphere burns to death we're gonna stay inside and watch cartoons. AniChart. MyAnimeList.
March 9
Spring 2021 Anime Season
Holy crap it's that time already. Place your bets! AniChart. MyAnimeList. [more inside]
January 4
Winter 2021 Anime Season
A new year, a new you, a new season of anime. AniChart. MyAnimeList [more inside]
September 19
Fall 2020 Anime Season
Anichart. MyAnimeList. It's not like there's anything else going on in the world. [more inside]
June 10
Summer 2020 Anime Season
Anichart. MyAnimeList. A little bit enka and a little bit visual-kei. [more inside]
May 25
Beastars: Season One, All Episodes Show Only Season 1 (Full Season)
In a school populated by anthropomorphic animals, a humble wolf with anxiety investigates a classmate's sudden murder, while contending with his bewildering feelings for a kindly dwarf rabbit. Streaming on Netflix [more inside]
April 17
Movie: The Wind Rises
A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II. A 2013 Japanese animated historical drama film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Film critic David Ehrlich called it, "Perhaps the greatest animated film ever made."
March 14
Cells at Work!: Full Season Season 1 (Full Season)
Cells at Work! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akane Shimizu. It features the anthropomorphized cells of a human body, with the two main protagonists being a red blood cell, and a neutrophil she frequently encounters. Trailer [more inside]
March 13
Spring 2020 Anime Season
Anichart. MyAnimeList. They fight crime! [more inside]
February 5
Movie: My Neighbor Totoro
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.
January 16
Movie: Weathering With You
A high-school boy who has run away to Tokyo befriends a girl who appears to be able to manipulate the weather. [more inside]
December 15
Winter 2020 Anime Season
Anichart. MyAnimeList.. And, anime of the season is ... [more inside]
November 28
NEGADON: The Monster from Mars
The Complete "NEGADON: The Monster from Mars," by Jun Awazu is up on NHK World on Demand until 2019/12/03. It's worth catching if you've never seen it. [more inside]
October 1
Fall 2019 Anime Season
MyAnimeList. AniChart. Do I see ... grownups? [more inside]
August 31
Movie: Spirited Away
A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family. [more inside]
July 24
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion First Watch Season 1, Episode 27
The film is divided into two episodes: Episode 25': Love is Destructive and Episode 26': ONE MORE FINAL: I need you. They are meant to either replace or complement the original ending in Episode 25 and Episode 26 of the original series with a more "real world" account of the episode's events. [more inside]
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death (True)2 First Watch Season 1, Episode 1
A recap of the first 24 episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion, followed by a 30-minute continuation of the plot that would later form the first third of The End of Evangelion. [more inside]
July 22
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Beast That Shouted "I" At the Heart of the World First Watch Season 1, Episode 26
Shinji continues his existential journey amidst the Human Instrumentality Project, and must figure out what kind of existence he wishes for himself... [more inside]
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The World Ending / Do you love me? First Watch Season 1, Episode 25
The Human Instrumentality Project commences. As the souls of humanity merge into one, Shinji finds himself, for the first time, truly alone... [more inside]
July 20
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Final Messenger First Watch Season 1, Episode 24
Shinji meets a young boy named Kaworu Nagisa, the one person with whom he feels the most at ease with... and also a dangerous enemy. [more inside]
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Tears / Rei III First Watch Season 1, Episode 23
A new Angel attacks, forcing Rei to sacrifice herself to defeat...only to be found alive and well. But how?! [more inside]
July 18
Neon Genesis Evangelion: At least, be human / Don't be. First Watch Season 1, Episode 22
Asuka, haunted by childhood memories of her mother's suicide and a notion that she "lost" to Shinji in the previous battle, begins to lose her precious self-confidence as a pilot. A new Angel appears in space and invades Asuka's psyche through a strange beam of light, rendering her helpless. [more inside]
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Birth of Nerv First Watch Season 1, Episode 21
As Kouzou is interrogated by SEELE, he reminisces about the history of NERV, its parent company GEHIRN, Yui and Gendou Ikari, and Ritsuko's mother Naoko Akagi. At the same time, a horrible fate is in store for Kaji concerning his shadowy dealings. [more inside]
July 16
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Weaving a Story 2: Oral Stage First Watch Season 1, Episode 20
His physical form absorbed by EVA-01, Shinji drifts through an introspective state, again contemplating his "mission" and role as a pilot. Meanwhile, Ritsuko and NERV desperately attempt to recover him. [more inside]
Neon Genesis Evangelion: A Man's Battle / Introjection First Watch Season 1, Episode 19
Shinji, furious at his father for the orders given in the previous battle, resigns from NERV. But as an Angel lays waste to the Geo-Front and the other Evangelions, he begins to reconsider his hasty decision. [more inside]
July 14
Neon Genesis Evangelion: A Life Choice / Ambivalence First Watch Season 1, Episode 18
The activation of EVA-03 goes awry when an Angel takes control of the unit. With EVA-03 itself re-designated as an Angel, Shinji is faced with the moral dilemma of terminating the rogue Evangelion at the risk of harming or killing the pilot trapped within. [more inside]
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Fourth Qualified Individual / Fourth Children First Watch Season 1, Episode 17
As EVA-04, the planned testbed for the S² engine, disappears under mysterious circumstances, NERV quickly prepares the testing of EVA-03 and the selection of its pilot. Shinji and Toji continue to bond, and Hikari begins to emotionally open herself to Toji. [more inside]
July 12
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Sickness unto death, and... / Splitting of the Breast First Watch Season 1, Episode 16
A bizarre Angel possessing a spherical shadow in the air and a Dirac sea-type body on the ground absorbs Shinji and EVA-01. While NERV searches for a means of destroying the Angel--even if that means killing Shinji as well--Shinji languishes inside the entry plug, pondering his role as a pilot and his relationship with the people in his life. [more inside]
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Lies and Silence First Watch Season 1, Episode 15
Shinji visits his mother's grave in the company of his father, and Misato reflects upon her bygone romance with Kaji. Soon afterward, Kaji and Misato discover a startling secret within NERV's Terminal Dogma. [more inside]
July 10
Neon Genesis Evangelion: SEELE, Throne of Souls / Weaving a Story First Watch Season 1, Episode 14
The Human Instrumentality Committee recollects the past Angel encounters and battles while Gendo conceals the matter of the recently discovered virus-like Angel. Rei and Shinji undergo inter-compatibility testing with their respective Evangelions, but this experiment culminates in a strangely familiar incident. [more inside]
Neon Genesis Evangelion: An Angel's Invasion / Liliputian Hitcher First Watch Season 1, Episode 13
During a simulation plug experiment, an Angel with the ability to mimic computer circuitry manages to invade the MAGI supercomputer system and trigger a self-destruct sequence. Ritsuko delves into the system's inner workings and leads a furious attempt to cancel the process. [more inside]
July 8
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Value of Miracles First Watch Season 1, Episode 12
Misato is promoted to the rank of Major, but she reveals her long-buried sentiments concerning her work at NERV. A massive Angel appears in Earth's stratosphere, and all three Evangelions are deployed to stop it. [more inside]
Neon Genesis Evangelion: In the Still Darkness / The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still[ First Watch Season 1, Episode 11
A city-wide power outage puts NERV into a crisis as another Angel invades Tokyo-3. Shinji, Rei and Asuka attempt to make their way into the headquarters as NERV personnel ready the Evas for manual deployment. [more inside]