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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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Privilege Of The Young Season 1, Ep 14
It's Fern's birthday, and tensions are high as it seems that Stark has forgotten and Fern is upset - but the reality of the situation is more complicated, as it usually is when emotions are in play, especially one particular one. Then while on the road, a monster attack causes a particular item of Frieren's to be lost - one with significant meaning... [more inside]
Delicious in Dungeon: Tentacles/Stew Season 1, Ep 9
With Marcille weakened from the undine's assault, Team Touden is surprised when another adventuring party comes upon them - with a familiar face in tow. But the realities of how dungeoneering works forces Laios to trade his labor for healing. And the enraged undine is still out there - but Marcille has a plan to kill two birds with one stone, and use it to replenish her mana... [more inside]
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Aversion To One's Own Kind Season 1, Ep 13
A chance meeting with a priest in the woods leads Frieren to learn more about the man - and to convince him to join her party to fulfill a childhood dream...and find a childhood friend... [more inside]
Delicious in Dungeon: Raspberries/Grilling Meat Season 1, Ep 8
Marcille thinks back on how she and Falin first met at school, and how she taught the elf valuable lessons about how there's more to the world than what's in books. Unfortunately, her ablutions wind up creating a very angry water spirit with murder on its mind... [more inside]
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: A Real Hero Season 1, Ep 12
Continuing on to Äußerst, the trio finds themselves in the Village of the Sword just in time to keep a promise made by Frieren, and to learn a truth about Himmel's legend. Then, it's Stark's birthday - but the warrior feels that there's little reason to celebrate it - or him... [more inside]
Delicious in Dungeon: Kelpie/Porridge/Broiled In Sauce Season 1, Ep 7
Finally reaching an underground lake at the base of the castle, the party - and Senshi in particular - gets a valuable lesson in the reality of wild monsters being exactly that. And as Team Touden crosses the lak, they wind up finding out personally how one very large predator can throw off the ecosystem... [more inside]
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Winter In The Northern Lands Season 1, Ep 11
With Aura and her subordinates now dead, the people of Graf Granat's realm can finally relax and begin recovering from the wounds The Guillotine left. And with that, Frieren and her party now have a new goal - one that will lead to a chance encounter with another of her kind... [more inside]
Delicious in Dungeon: Court Cuisine/Boiled In Salt Water Season 1, Ep 6
Curiosity - and a rumbling tummy - lead Laios to try seeing if the food in the enchanted paintings is a possible food source. But he gets more than a meal as the scenes he enters tell the tale of the Golden Kingdom, as well as that of the Mad Mage. Later, a midnight bathroom break leads to Chilchuck trapped with his nemesis... [more inside]
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: A Powerful Mage Season 1, Ep 10
Frieren has earned many epithets throughout her many years, but the first of those was apprentice to the great mage Flamme, she who brought the flame of magic to humanity - and waged a war against the monsters who preyed from the shadows. And it is that war that her elven apprentice has carried on, and which leads her to a confrontation with The Guillotine herself... [more inside]
Delicious in Dungeon: Snacks/Sorbet Season 1, Ep 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]
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Aura The Guillotine Season 1, Ep 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]
Delicious in Dungeon: Stewed Cabbage/Orcs Season 1, Ep 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]
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Frieren The Slayer Season 1, Ep 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]
Delicious in Dungeon: Living Armor Season 1, Ep 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]
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Like A Fairy Tale Season 1, Ep 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]
Delicious in Dungeon: Roast Basilisk/Omelet/Kakiage Season 1, Ep 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]
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: The Hero of the Village Season 1, Ep 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, Ep 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]
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Phantoms Of The Dead Season 1, Ep 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]
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: The Land Where Souls Dwell Season 1, Ep 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]
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Killing Magic Show Only Season 1, Ep 3
While retracing the path she took on her adventure with her former traveling companions, Frieren confronts an old enemy. [more inside]
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: It Didn't Have to Be Magic... Show Only Season 1, Ep 2
Frieren instructs Fern in the use of magic while deciphering a grimoire for Heiter. [more inside]
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: The Journey's End Show Only Season 1, Ep 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]
Movie: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Mugen Train
[TRAILER] Tanjiro Kamado, joined with Inosuke Hashibira, a boy raised by boars who wears a boar's head, and Zenitsu Agatsuma, a scared boy who reveals his true power when he sleeps, boards the Infinity Train on a new mission with the Fire Hashira, Kyojuro Rengoku, to defeat a demon who has been tormenting the people and killing the demon slayers who oppose it! [more inside]
Movie: Akira
[TRAILER] In 1988 the Japanese government drops an atomic bomb on Tokyo after ESP experiments on children go awry. In 2019, 31 years after nuking the city, Kaneda, a bike gang leader, tries to save his friend Tetsuo from a secret government project. He battles against anti-government activists, greedy politicians, irresponsible scientists and a powerful military leader until Tetsuo's supernatural power suddenly manifest. A final battle is fought in Tokyo Olympiad exposing the experiment's secrets. [more inside]
Delicious in Dungeon: Season 1 Season 1, Ep 0
What do you do when your sister has been swallowed whole by a dragon? True, dragons digest very slowly, so time's not an issue, but merely getting back to the lowest level of the dungeon is a an impossible challenge. You can't afford to buy much food, but even if you could, it's so heavy. You couldn't get very far down before you'd have to turn back, and there's nothing else to eat down there ... or is there? (An anime adaptation of Kui Ryoko's food-centric fantasy manga Dungeon Meshi.) [more inside]
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]
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]
Movie: Vampire Hunter D
In a far-future time ruled by the supernatural, a young girl requests the help of a vampire hunter to kill the vampire who has bitten her and thus prevent her from becoming a vampire herself. [more inside]
The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs: Animation Night Season 5, Ep 8
Joe Bob shows Phil Tippett's Mad God and Perfect Blue. [more inside]
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]
?Oshi No Ko?: Full Season Season 1, Ep 0
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]
Star Wars: Visions: Season Two: Episodes 7-9 Season 2, Ep 7
Star Wars anthology series that will see some of the world's best anime creators bring their talent to this beloved universe. Episodes 7-9. [more inside]
Star Wars: Visions: Season Two: Episodes 4-6 Season 2, Ep 4
Star Wars anthology series that will see some of the world's best anime creators bring their talent to this beloved universe. Episodes 4-6. [more inside]