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Special Event: Winter 2025 Anime Season / Fall 2024 Wrap-Up
Many winter 2025 shows have at least had their premiere episode, which makes it as good a time as any for the quarterly update post!
Initial impressions, reviews, and [more inside]
Dandadan: Kicking Turbo Granny's Ass Season 1, Ep 4
With the old yokai making it clear that they have no choice, it's time for Momo and Okarun to engage in a very high stakes game of tag - one they're determined to win... [more inside]
Dandadan: It's A Granny Vs. Granny Clash! Season 1, Ep 3
Turbo Granny might think she has the upper hand over Momo after she passes out, but she's about to find out that as powerful as the girl is, she pales in comparison to her grandmother Seiko, a medium of no small skill (or temper)... [more inside]
Dandadan: That's A Space Alien, Ain't It?! Season 1, Ep 2
With Momo and Ken...er, Okarun still recovering from the crash of the Serponian ship, they decide to retreat to Momo's place to seek out the counsel of her grandmother - a spirit medium of no small skill - to figure out what to do with Turbo Granny. But she's not the only threat here, as a slip in letting their guard down soon illustrates - and her curse might just be able to be bent to their ends... [more inside]
Planetes: Outside the Atmosphere Season 1, Ep 1
It is the end of the 21st century, and with the colonization of near-Earth space expanding, the threat of space debris is a threat to the advancement of space exploration - especially in light of incidents where debris strikes have caused the deaths of people there. As such, the governments of the world have mandated that the corporations spearheading efforts in near-Earth orbit work to clear debris - but just because a job is important doesn't mean it's valued, as one young salarywoman is about to find out... [more inside]
Movie: Mars Express
In 2200, private detective Aline Ruby and her android partner Carlos Rivera are hired by a wealthy businessman to track down a notorious hacker. On Mars, they descend deep into the underbelly of the planet's capital city where they uncover a darker story of brain farms, corruption, and a missing girl who holds a secret about the robots that threatens to change the face of the universe.
Dandadan: That's How Love Starts, Ya Know Season 1, Ep 1
Momo is a gyaru girl with a spirit medium grandmother, while Ken is a UFO otaku and loner. But when the two clash over whether spirits or aliens are real, the conflict leads to a set of dares to go to known hotspots for the activity they don't believe in - which leads to the two learning that reality is a lot weirder (and dangerous) than they could ever have known... (cw: sexual assault/attempted rape) [more inside]
Special Event: Fall 2024 Anime Season / Summer 2024 Wrap-Up
The last few shows for Summer 2024 are wrapping up, so time for the quarterly update post!
Initial impressions, reviews, and [more inside]
Uzumaki: Spiral Into Horror: Episode 1 Season 1, Ep 1
Residents of a small town become obsessed with spirals! Once you start to look for them, spirals are everywhere. You can choose to ignore the spirals, but that doesn't mean the spirals will ignore you. Because they won't! Spirals!! [more inside]
?Oshi No Ko?: Reunion Show Only Season 2, Ep 12
B-Komachi go to Miyazaki to shoot their new music video, with Aqua and Akane in tow. As they arrive at the city, they learn of the city's connection to Ame-no-Uzume, goddess of mirth, revelry, and most importantly to our cast, the arts. Ruby and Aqua both have a connection to the town through their past lives, and this visit unearths some of them. [more inside]
?Oshi No Ko?: Freedom Season 2, Ep 11
Aqua gets on with his life now that his quest seems to be at an end. We see him spend two relaxed days, one on a shopping date with Kana and the other having the "where exactly do you see this relationship going" conversation with Akane. Things seem to be going smoothly for him, perhaps even a bit...too smoothly? [more inside]
?Oshi No Ko?: Release Show Only Season 2, Ep 10
Aqua and Taiki finish their cliffhangered conversation from last episode, and afterwards Aqua is left not knowing what to do next. Now that the Tokyo Blade arc has run its course, the spotlight moves back to Ruby and the revival of the pop idol group B-Komachi. [more inside]
Suicide Squad Isekai: Season 1 Season 1, Ep 0
A group of supervillains, captured and put to forced labor by the US government, are sent on a mission to an extradimensional world reminiscent of Feudal Japan to do...I am actually not sure what, exactly, but there's a lot of fighting and swords and zombies and a dragon. It's an anime!
?Oshi No Ko?: Dream Show Only Season 2, Ep 9
Aqua gets his big climactic scene, and the premiere performance of Tokyo Blade comes to an end, and we see members of the cast and crew reflect on the performance. The quest for revenge also continues... [more inside]
?Oshi No Ko?: Trigger Show Only Season 2, Ep 8
The cast of Tokyo Blade continue to one-up each other as each member tries to give the best performance of the show. [more inside]
?Oshi No Ko?: Sun Show Only Season 2, Ep 7
The grand premiere of the Tokyo Blade stage production continues! The Kana and Akane acting rivalry comes to a head as the two have their first big scene together. [more inside]
?Oshi No Ko?: Growth Show Only Season 2, Ep 6
The curtain rises on the Tokyo Blade stage show! We get an abridged version of the first act, before it focuses in detail on one of the actors specifically. [more inside]
?Oshi No Ko?: Premiere Show Only Season 2, Ep 5
It's the last few days before the grand premiere for the Tokyo Blade stage play. This episode checks in on the different members of the cast before the first proper curtain raise. [more inside]
?Oshi No Ko?: Emotional Acting Season 2, Ep 4
Abiko and Goa reconcile after Abiko is impressed by what she saw the Smash Heaven stage play. They put together a new script with 15 days left until the grand opening, and our group of young actors grapple with the higher level of emotional and expressive acting that this new script will require. Kana gives Aqua some advice on how to channel memories to help put on a more emotional performance, which sends him to a very dark place. [more inside]
?Oshi No Ko?: Rewriting Show Only Season 2, Ep 3
Akane takes Aqua to see his first 2.5D stage play, and to his surprise he leaves very impressed with the sophistication and entertainment value of the show. After realizing how difficult it would be for a mangaka with no script writing experience to come up with a good script for this kind of project, Aqua hatches a plan to get Abiko to back down from her stance of completely rewriting everything. [more inside]
Senpai is an Otokonoko: Cute Things Pilgrimage Season 1, Ep 2
Ryuji gives Saki an excuse to visit Makoto, and we see something of his home life. Saki and Ryuji take Makoto shopping en femme.
Senpai is an Otokonoko: Senpai is an otokonoko Season 1, Ep 1
Horny bisexual disaster girl Aoi Saki confesses her feelings for Hanaoka Makoto. He reveals that he is actually a cross-dressing boy. This does not dampen her ardor, but he rejects her out of worry that his reputation will affect hers. Makoto's childhood friend, Taiga Ryuji, is suspicious of Saki's motives, but he has a secret of his own. [more inside]
?Oshi No Ko?: Telephone Game Show Only Season 2, Ep 2
Abiko-sensei, the creator of the Tokyo Blade manga, voices her unhappiness with what she's seen of the adaptation. She insists on rewriting the script, threatening to withdraw consent for the adaptation if she doesn't get her way and is unafraid to suffer any financial consequences that would result. With only 20 days left to go until the scheduled premiere, the cast and crew are nervous about if they'll be able to pull things off. [more inside]
Movie: In This Corner of the World
Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the simple gestures of everyday life with poetry and beauty. The many hardships, the loss of loved ones, the frequent air raids of the enemy, nothing alters her enthusiasm. [more inside]
Delicious in Dungeon: Egg / The Golden Country Season 1, Ep 21
With the dungeon's fate hanging in the balance, Kabru negotiates with the elves. Meanwhile, a ghost drags Laios and crew into the cursed Golden Country.
?Oshi No Ko?: Tokyo Blade Show Only Season 2, Ep 1
Season 2 picks up right where we left off S1. Aqua, Kana, and Melt from the live action TV adaptation of Sweet Today join the Lala Lai theater troupe as they prepare to put on a 2.5D stage production adaptation of the popular manga Tokyo Blade. [more inside]
Delicious in Dungeon: Ice Golem / Barometz Season 1, Ep 20
"Izutsumi proves to be a useful ally despite her lousy table manners and aversion to eating monsters. But the crew's kindness slowly opens her up."
Special Event: Summer 2024 Anime Season / Spring 2024 Wrap-Up
Movie: My Oni Girl
A shy teenage boy's inability to say no is tested when a headstrong girl drags him on a mystical journey amid summer snow to find her missing mom. [more inside]
Movie: 紅の豚 / Porco Rosso (1992)
In 1930s Italy, sky pirates in seaplanes terrorize wealthy cruise ships as they sail the Adriatic Sea. The only pilot brave enough to stop the scourge is the mysterious Porco Rosso, a former World War I flying ace who was somehow transformed into a pig during the war. After his plane is damaged, Porco must prepare to battle a rogue American ace with the help of his two confidantes, a fearless teenage mechanic and a world-weary cabaret singer. [more inside]
Delicious in Dungeon: Hag/Nightmare Season 1, Ep 19
Confronted by the chimeric tallman catgirl, Senshi winds up conducting a rather unique lesson on etiquette, while Marcille winds up dealing with nightmares of the monstrous sort - forcing Laios to take a dangerous journey into her psyche... [more inside]
The Apothecary Diaries: The Threat Season 1, Ep 4
An imperial order is not one that can be refused, and so Maomao is assigned to the Crystal Palace to heal the ailing Wise Consort, Lihua - but her ladies in waiting may be the biggest threat to the Consort... [more inside]
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Perfect Replicas Season 1, Ep 24
With the spiegel - a monster capable of creating clones of those within the Ruins of the King's Tomb - now acting to deal with the mages invading the dungeon, the candidates in the Second Test now face the most dangerous of opponents - themselves... [more inside]
Delicious in Dungeon: Shapeshifter Season 1, Ep 18
Following a trail of blood, Team Touden travels to the sixth floor - the castle waterways, and the site of their loss to the red dragon. But when a surprising chill forces them to take shelter in an abandoned oubliette, they soon find that me's a crowd as there's now a bunch of copies - both credible and not... [more inside]
Delicious in Dungeon: Harpy/Chimera Season 1, Ep 17
Laios and Shuro's discussion/fight is cut short by an attack by harpies - and a much greater threat, one that leaves the parties shaken. And in the aftermath, two allies let it all out for once... [more inside]
The Apothecary Diaries: The Unsettling Matter Of The Spirit Season 1, Ep 3
When reports of a ghostly lady dancing on the walls of the Rear Palace reach Jinshi, he asks Maomao to look into the matter. But when it turns out to be a sleepwalking concubine, it winds up that there's more to this case than originally thought... [more inside]
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Conquering The Labyrinth Season 1, Ep 23
The Second Test has begun, and its objective is deceptively simple - reach the depths of a dungeon that has never been fully explored. But unexplored dungeons have dangerous threats, and the one this dungeon has might be the most dangerous of them all... [more inside]
The Apothecary Diaries: Chilly Apothecary Season 1, Ep 2
Settling into her new role as lady in waiting in the Jade Pavilion, Maomao finds herself placed in a role that might make use of her particular talents - as well as becoming an advisor and drugmaker to Jinshi... [more inside]
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Future Enemies Season 1, Ep 22
With the conclusion of the First Test, the surviving candidates get a chance for some rest in the interlude. But while they have some time to enjoy themselves, the reality of the Second Test looms over their heads... [more inside]
The Apothecary Diaries: Maomao Season 1, Ep 1
Maomao, a young apothecary raised and trained by her uncle and adoptive father Luomen, is kidnapped and sold into the service of the Imperial Court's Rear Palace - the "flower garden" where the Emperor's concubines are kept, along with the staff to maintain them. She tries to keep her head down in order to complete the term of indentured servitude she's been sold into - but a medical mystery winds up drawing her into the orbit of the eccentric master of the Rear Palace, Jinshi... [more inside]
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: The World Of Magic Season 1, Ep 21
As the First Test nears its conclusion, Frieren and Denken finally clash in a battle of experienced mages. But it turns out that the elf has a trick up her sleeve - a trick that will get the attention of Serie herself... [more inside]
Delicious in Dungeon: Cleaners/Dried With Sweet Sake Season 1, Ep 16
After some observation, Chilchuck has figured out a pattern to the shifting of the floor's configuration, leading Team Touden to the exit - and to Teams Kabru and Shuro. However, the reunion between allies may not be a happy one when Shuro finds out what happened with Falin... [more inside]
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Necessary Killing Season 1, Ep 20
The tension pops off as teams begin to clash - Wirbel and Party VIII challenging Fern's Party IV, while Party XIII led by Denken makes their move against Frieren and Party II. And with the stakes of the test - and of the prize that Serie holds for those who succeed - it might just be worth killing for... [more inside]
Spring 2024 Anime Season / Winter 2024 Wrap-Up
Let's talk about what we enjoyed from Winter 2024 and what we'll be watching in Spring 2024:
For some impressions and reviews, check out [more inside]
Delicious in Dungeon: Driad/Cockatrice Season 1, Ep 15
Trapped in the Mad Mage's ever shifting labyrinth, Team Touden is on the verge of starvation - until finding a nest of dryads provides a potential meal - and miserable allergies. And then, the party is forced to deal with a monster that makes the basilisk look tame... [more inside]
Tonari no Yokai-san: Episode 1 (Untitled) Show Only Season 1, Ep 1
Nestled in a windy valley, Fuchigamori is a rural town where humans and yokai live side by side like it's no big deal. There are backyard barbecues, visits to the local hardware store, neighbors dropping off extras from the garden and a lingering sense of impending doom from a hidden antagonist.
English Language Title: The Yokai Next to Me. [more inside]
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Well-Laid Plans Season 1, Ep 19
With the First Test continuing, Frieren and her two young mage compatriots still need to acquire a stille - and they're not the only team in that boat. But given the stille's traits and the implications of Serie's barrier, Frieren hatches a plan to catch one - the problem being that said plan is by its nature picking a fight with all the other teams without a stille... [more inside]
Delicious in Dungeon: Sea Serpent Season 1, Ep 14
With the intensity of the past few episodes, it's perhaps a good pallette cleanser to go back and see how the comic relief is doing, and...did Kabru just outright murk that guy... [more inside]
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: First-Class Mage Exam Season 1, Ep 18
Finally, Frieren and party have reached Äußerst, the Northern Lands' center of magical research and study - and the site of the examination to earn the rank of first class mage. But it's not just Frieren and Fern who seek the title, as a number of mages from around the lands converge on the city of magic... [more inside]
Delicious in Dungeon: Red Dragon III/Good Medicine Season 1, Ep 13
The Mad Mage makes his presence known, and his magic seems to have the power to control Falin, as Team Touden challenges the elven master of the dungeon. And when things go awry, the party is found by an orc warband - whose captain finds the halffoot's seeming cowardice distasteful... [more inside]