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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]
posted by C^3 on Oct 6, 2024 - 2 comments

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]
posted by kittens for breakfast on Sep 30, 2024 - 4 comments

?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]
posted by C^3 on Sep 26, 2024 - 0 comments

?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]
posted by C^3 on Sep 21, 2024 - 1 comment

?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]
posted by C^3 on Sep 11, 2024 - 1 comment

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!
posted by kittens for breakfast on Aug 31, 2024 - 6 comments

?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]
posted by C^3 on Aug 28, 2024 - 1 comment

?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]
posted by C^3 on Aug 23, 2024 - 1 comment

?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]
posted by C^3 on Aug 14, 2024 - 2 comments

?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]
posted by C^3 on Aug 8, 2024 - 1 comment

?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]
posted by C^3 on Jul 31, 2024 - 3 comments

?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]
posted by C^3 on Jul 24, 2024 - 3 comments

?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]
posted by C^3 on Jul 17, 2024 - 3 comments

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.
posted by eruonna on Jul 15, 2024 - 2 comments

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]
posted by eruonna on Jul 15, 2024 - 5 comments

?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]
posted by C^3 on Jul 10, 2024 - 0 comments

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]
posted by bunderful on Jul 8, 2024 - 3 comments

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.
posted by Pronoiac on Jul 5, 2024 - 3 comments

?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]
posted by C^3 on Jul 3, 2024 - 1 comment

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."
posted by Pronoiac on Jul 1, 2024 - 4 comments

Special Event: Summer 2024 Anime Season / Spring 2024 Wrap-Up

Initial impressions, reviews, and [more inside]
posted by C^3 on Jul 1, 2024 - 14 comments

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]
posted by SPrintF on May 25, 2024 - 1 comment

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]
posted by Pallas Athena on May 20, 2024 - 14 comments

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]
posted by NoxAeternum on May 10, 2024 - 8 comments

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]
posted by NoxAeternum on May 9, 2024 - 3 comments

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]
posted by NoxAeternum on May 4, 2024 - 9 comments

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]
posted by NoxAeternum on May 3, 2024 - 7 comments

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]
posted by NoxAeternum on Apr 26, 2024 - 9 comments

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]
posted by NoxAeternum on Apr 25, 2024 - 2 comments

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]
posted by NoxAeternum on Apr 24, 2024 - 4 comments

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]
posted by NoxAeternum on Apr 23, 2024 - 2 comments

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]
posted by NoxAeternum on Apr 22, 2024 - 1 comment

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]
posted by NoxAeternum on Apr 21, 2024 - 6 comments

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]
posted by NoxAeternum on Apr 20, 2024 - 1 comment

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]
posted by NoxAeternum on Apr 19, 2024 - 11 comments

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]
posted by NoxAeternum on Apr 18, 2024 - 5 comments

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:
  • LiveChart
  • AniChart
  • MyAnimeList
  • Anime Planet
  • For some impressions and reviews, check out [more inside]
    posted by C^3 on Apr 17, 2024 - 1 comment

    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]
    posted by NoxAeternum on Apr 17, 2024 - 8 comments

    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]
    posted by ursus_comiter on Apr 16, 2024 - 3 comments

    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]
    posted by NoxAeternum on Apr 16, 2024 - 6 comments

    Movie: Spy x Family Code: White

    After receiving an order to be replaced in Operation Strix, Loid decides to help Anya win a cooking competition at Eden Academy, by making the director's favorite meal in order to prevent his replacement. [more inside]
    posted by praemunire on Apr 15, 2024 - 7 comments

    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]
    posted by NoxAeternum on Apr 15, 2024 - 9 comments

    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]
    posted by NoxAeternum on Apr 14, 2024 - 3 comments

    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]
    posted by NoxAeternum on Apr 13, 2024 - 8 comments

    Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Take Care  Season 1, Ep 17

    With the knowledge of his friend traveling to Tur, Sein now has a decision to make - though the weather gives him a chance to further reflect - and to bond with his comrades. And then when Fern falls ill, a journey to find medicinal ingredients gives Frieren and Stark a chance to bond... [more inside]
    posted by NoxAeternum on Apr 12, 2024 - 9 comments

    Delicious in Dungeon: Red Dragon II  Season 1, Ep 12

    The red dragon has been slain, and Falin's remains recovered. All that's left is to ressurect the young tallman woman - but doing so will have her friend make some grave choices... [more inside]
    posted by NoxAeternum on Apr 11, 2024 - 6 comments

    Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Long-Lived Friends  Season 1, Ep 16

    The journey to Äußerst leads the party to meet with an old acquaintance of Frieren's - and with recounting past memories. And another stop results in Sein gaining insight on the path his childhood friend took - and in doing so forces the priest to make a choice... [more inside]
    posted by NoxAeternum on Apr 10, 2024 - 1 comment

    Delicious in Dungeon: Red Dragon I  Season 1, Ep 11

    This is it. This is what all the adventures, all the trials, all themeals have been leading up to. For Team Touden, it's do or die - for Falin's sake, the red dragon must fall... [more inside]
    posted by NoxAeternum on Apr 9, 2024 - 4 comments

    Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Smells Like Trouble  Season 1, Ep 15

    When the party finds a town afflicted by a curse that puts people to sleep, Sein finds himself put to the test - not just of his skills, but of his belief in his fellow travelers as well. Then, a chance encounter with the ruler of the region has Stark play the role of his son - a false role that nonetheless brings up real emotions for the young warrior... [more inside]
    posted by NoxAeternum on Apr 8, 2024 - 4 comments

    Delicious in Dungeon: Giant Frogs/Aboveground  Season 1, Ep 10

    Refreshed physically, emotionally, and manawise, Team Touden begins the descent to the castle town - and to their confrontation with the red dragon. Unfortunately, the path downward will not be an easy one, with the stairwell down full of dangers. Meanwhile, Tansu reports his findings to the (nominal) head of the island, while Namari looks to see if by some miracle Falin's corpse has made it back for revival. One thing is clear - things are coming to a head, in several ways... [more inside]
    posted by NoxAeternum on Apr 7, 2024 - 5 comments

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