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Netflix to stream 12 original series, starting in November 2017
Here’s a look at the anime 12 series hitting Netflix (Polygon), with the first titles coming in November. [more inside]
Spring 2017 Anime
What anime have you been watching this spring? [more inside]
Movie: Your Name
Two strangers find themselves linked in a bizarre way. When a connection forms, will distance be the only thing to keep them apart? [more inside]
Movie: Ghost in the Shell (2017)
In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals. [more inside]
Winter 2017 Anime
Which series will you be following for Winter 2017? [more inside]
Mob Psycho 100: Mob and Reigen Season 1, Ep 12
Mob decides: should I stay or should I go? [Season finale]
Mob Psycho 100: Master ~Leader~ Season 1, Ep 11
Reigen, self-proclaimed psychic, tries to talk his way out their current situation.
Mob Psycho 100: The Heinous Aura ~Mastermind~ Season 1, Ep 10
Mob and Teru have infiltrated Claw's HQ. Ritsu and the others have broken free and are in search of their missing member.
Mob Psycho 100: Claw ~7th Division~ Season 1, Ep 9
Mob, Ritsu and friends find more people who are like them, but different. More fighting ensues.
Mob Psycho 100: The Older Brother Bows ~Destructive Intent~ Season 1, Ep 8
Ritsu flexes his strength, Mob's kindness is unwelcomed, and a mysterious man appears to upset it all.
Mob Psycho 100: Exaltation ~I've Obtained Loss~ Season 1, Ep 7
Ritsu wants to surpass his brother, and he has a little spirit to help him, maybe. And then there's the troubles at school.
Mob Psycho 100: Discord ~To Become One~ Season 1, Ep 6
Mob gains fame, while his brother Ritsu deals with social pressures from Salt Middle School's Student Council president, and being the younger brother of Mob. Ritsu then gets invited to the Awakening Lab, and later he meets one of Mob's acquaintances.
Mob Psycho 100: Ochimusha ~Psychic Powers and Me~ Season 1, Ep 5
Mob faces his first psychic battle against another person, but he tries to stay true to his master Reigen's teachings that he should never use psychic powers on a person.
Mob Psycho 100: Idiots Only Event ~Kin~ Season 1, Ep 4
Mob becomes a pawn in the middle school turf war between the tough guys at his school, Salt Middle School, and a rival school, Black Vinegar Middle School, when the BVMS leader, the physically unimposing Teru, deals with the entire Salt Middle School gang with ease. Mob's unlikely friends come to his aid, and he deals with a lingering spirit.
Mob Psycho 100: An Invitation to a Meeting ~Simply Put, I Just Want to be Popular~ Season 1, Ep 3
Doubting his chances to become popular through his school club activities, a downcast Mob meets a woman in a smiling mask, who informs him that she can help him become popular. He follows her to an underground meeting area where a cult known as (LOL) has formed in service to a man with the power to make anyone laugh and smile.
Mob Psycho 100: Doubts about Youth ~The Telepathy Club Appears~ Season 1, Ep 2
The "Telepathy Club" at Mob's school is in danger of disbanding after it drops below the minimum amount of members, and their leader, Kurata, convinces Mob to join. Later, Reigen takes Mob on a contract to exorcise a spirit at a private all-girls high school, so they cross-dress to try to get onto campus.
Mob Psycho 100: Self-Proclaimed Psychic: Reigen Arataka ~And Mob~ Season 1, Ep 1
The teenage years: the most emotional period in one's life. And that's no different for Shigeo Kageyama, aka Mob, a teenage boy without any notable skills in life, except his psychic powers. Then there's the good student and generally admired kid, Mob's younger brother, Ritsu, and Mob's mentor, the self-proclaimed exorcist named Arataka Reigen. In this first episode, Arataka and Mob face evil spirits with salt and psychokinetic powers.
Fall 2016 Anime
Recently the anime charts have been posted and let's discuss which series we're following here. [more inside]
Steven Universe: Restaurant Wars Season 3, Ep 12
When Steven dares to order off-menu from Beach Citywalk Fries, he unwittingly rekindles a feud between them and Fish Stew Pizza.
Sailor Moon: Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Crystal Season III Season 3, Ep 0
The season adapted the Death Busters arc from the fifth and sixth volumes of the complete edition of Takeuchi Naoko's original Sailor Moon manga. [more inside]
Movie: Only Yesterday
Takeo, 27-year-old career woman, travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tokyo in this animated feature from Studio Ghibli.
Summer 2016 Anime
Recently the anime charts have been posted and let's discuss which series we're following here. [more inside]
Spring 2016 anime
Recently the anime charts have been posted and let's discuss which series we're following here. [more inside]
Rwby: Full Series Discussion Season 0, Ep 0
In the world of Remnant, Ruby Rose and her teammates Weiss, Blake, and Yang study to become Huntresses at the Beacon Academy in the city of Vale. [more inside]
Movie: Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no haka)
A tragic film covering a young boy and his little sister's struggle to survive in Japan during World War II. [more inside]
Movie: Princess Arete
Confined in the castle tower by her father, Princess Arete spends her days watching the world outside her window. Sometimes she sneaks out to watch the common people at work. [more inside]
Winter 2016 anime
A new season of anime has started. Which series have caught your attention? Which series would be good to follow on FanFare? [more inside]
Concrete Revolutio: Go Beyond the Sky and Stars Season 1, Ep 7
Emi and Ullr talk shop at a bar while Earth-chan, the Sputnik-like superhero, races past their window to confront Judas, a superhuman recently released from prison. Judas is at that moment meeting Kikko, assigned with bringing him to the Superhuman Bureau's office. Kikko's next assignment is to open discussions with the seemingly temperamental Earth-chan. [more inside]
Concrete Revolutio: They Are Always Laughing Season 1, Ep 6
In Year 44, Fuurota encounters some past acquaintances while following Jiro, who is no longer with the Bureau. And on June 30, Year 41, the Beatles played at the Budokan. [more inside]
Concrete Revolutio: Japan "Beast" History, Part 2 Season 1, Ep 5
In year 42, Yoshimura and Fuurota are in the southern islands of Japan searching for the carcass of a beast the U.S. military is said to have abandoned. Meanwhile, student unrest is being whipped up against superhumans, the flames being fanned by various agents. [more inside]
Concrete Revolutio: Japan "Beast" History, Part 1 Season 1, Ep 4
Year 14: On a tropical island, Professor Hitoyushi encounters GaGon, a monstrous ape-like creature, for the first time. Three years later, Americans are shown trying to confront GaGon with their own superheroes. Twelve years after that, a Japanese city is fleeing the attacks of a different monster, and Prof Hitoyushi retrieves a young Jiro lying passed out on a river bridge. And in year 41, a proliferation of monsters becomes a problem when Japan's primary defender against them has left. [more inside]
Concrete Revolutio: An Iron Couple Season 1, Ep 3
In Shinka year 47, an expat stranded for 27 years returns to a hero's welcome. In year 41, a string of bombings that leave no evidence, targeting Yatsuka Heavy Industry, attract the attention of both the Superhuman Bureau and the cyborg Inspector Shiba. Each has their own personal reasons for interest in the attacks.
Concrete Revolutio: Inside the "Black Fog" Season 1, Ep 2
Fuurota, a ghost boy, transforms into a bird and frees a colorful beetle before a black fog descends. The Superhuman Bureau retrieves him later and informs him that they're going to be responsible for watching him. [more inside]
Concrete Revolutio: The Tokyo Witch Season 1, Ep 1
Jiro Hitoyushi, a 1970s-era sentai type superhero, recruits Kikko Hoshino, a 2000s-era magical girl type superhero at her day job as a cafe waitress, to aid him in thwarting a major scientist's collaboration with industrial spies. Five years later, Jiro is fleeing Kikko and Fuurota on a train while the non-superheroes around them protest.
An interesting spin on one of the premises of Moore and Gibbons' "Watchmen": What kind of world would it be where various forms of magic, monsters, aliens and robots can coexist? [more inside]
Fall 2015 anime
A new season of anime is dawning. What are people looking forward to? Which series would be good to follow here? [more inside]
Gatchaman Crowds: contact point Season 2, Ep 1
An alien ship crash lands in a rural area near the house of a young girl called Tsubasa Misudachi. Hajime and the other Gatchaman arrive to handle the situation. J.J. makes Tsubasa the newest Gatchaman. (NOTE: Episode 0 "inbound" should be watched before viewing this episode - it will make things a bit less confusing.)
Summer 2015 Anime
Summer 2015 anime have been starting up this week. Which are people planning to watch? Which ones would people like to follow on FanFare? What are your first impressions as the first episodes air? [more inside]
Movie: When Marnie Was There
A young girl is sent to the country for health reasons, where she meets an unlikely friend in the form of Marnie, a young girl with flowing blonde hair. As the friendship unravels it is possible that Marnie has closer ties to the protagonist than we might expect. [more inside]
Samurai Champloo: Elegy of Entrapment (Verse 1) (Generous Elegy 1) Rewatch Season 2, Ep 20
A beautiful, sorrowful, blind musician joins the journey; Mugen is charmed, Fuu finds a friend, and Jin finds a challenge. [more inside]
Samurai Champloo: Unholy Union (Karma and Retribution) Rewatch Season 2, Ep 19
Guns, God and Government in Edo Japan: wherein a cynical charlatan fleeces the Hidden Christian flock, Fuu gets closer to the Sunflower Samurai, and a truth is finally revealed. [more inside]
Samurai Champloo: War of the Words (Pen in One Hand, Sword in the Other) Rewatch Season 2, Ep 18
Hiroshima gets a facelift when kids trade in the sword for the graffiti brush; Jin keeps a promise to a long-lost friend and confronts the shock of the new, while Mugen learns to read and conquers a castle. [18th episode total, start of the second season] [more inside]
Samurai Champloo: Lullabies of the Lost (Verse 2) (Idling One's Life Away, second verse) Rewatch Season 1, Ep 17
Jin and Fuu reunite, only to be attacked (again) by a vengeance-driven samurai from Jin's old life. Meanwhile, Mugen takes aim at an arrow-slinging foreigner who's at the top of everyone's most wanted list. [more inside]
Samurai Champloo: Lullabies of the Lost (Verse 1) (Idling One's Life Away, first verse) Rewatch Season 1, Ep 16
Tempers flare, harsh words are exchanged, and the trio splits (again), each marching off in a different direction. Mugen runs into a fellow outlaw and identities are mistaken, and Jin's past catches up with him (again), while Fuu ends up at the bottom of a river. [more inside]
Samurai Champloo: Bogus Booty (Through and Through) Rewatch Season 1, Ep 15
While Mugen, Jin and Fuu stop to fish, Jin makes up for his lack of fishing skills by finding a bag of gold koban. The group gets to "a real city," Osaka, where Fuu stuffs herself, and then Mugen and Jin abandon her for the red light district. While there, their gold gets the attention of a gang of sorts. Mugen proves his prowess for love (or at least, lust), Jin makes the best of his situation, and Fuu is left on her own. [more inside]
Samurai Champloo: Misguided Miscreants (Part 2) (Dark Night's Road 2) Rewatch Season 1, Ep 14
(Continued, with more backstory for Mugen, Kohza and Mukuro.) Thinking that Mugen is dead, Kohza finds Jin and Fuu and asks for Jin to kill Mukuro. The double-cross turns into a triple-cross, and in the end, Mugen survives. Kohza does, too, though she wishes she hadn't. [more inside]
Samurai Champloo: The Disorder Diaries (Learning from the Past) Rewatch Season 1, Ep 12
Recap episode! This is a look back on the first 11 episodes, as seen through the eyes of Fuu, by way of her diary that Mugen lifts when he and Jin talk about the lack of information they have on the Sunflower Samurai. [more inside]
Samurai Champloo: Gamblers and Gallantry (Fallen Angel) Rewatch Season 1, Ep 11
Jin comes to the rescue of a lady in distress, Mugen gets involved with beetle sumo wrestling, and our trio's loyalties are tested. [more inside]
Samurai Champloo: Lethal Lunacy (Fighting Fire With Fire) Rewatch Season 1, Ep 10
While on the road, Fuu, Mugen and Jin meet a a Buddhist monk making himself available for anyone who wishes to give alms, and when he finds they are out of money and hungry, he offers them work for food and lodging. Meanwhile, Fuu notices an award for the capture of an unknown assailant who is killing powerful samurai to test his sword (tsujigiri), and tells Jin and Mugen of the reward. Jin passes, and Mugen leaves the work behind in search of the tsuijigiri. [more inside]
Samurai Champloo: Beatbox Bandits (Evil Spirits of Mountain and Stream) Rewatch Season 1, Ep 9
The episode is a flashback from a tough checkpoint agent who never let anyone sneak through, on his last day of work. Mugen, Jin, and Fuu need to cross a border so they purchase travel passes since they don't have any. When their passes turn out to be fake, the trio are sentenced to death by the head of the checkpoint, a sadistic man who has family connections that keep him from being disciplined for his brutal actions. However, the guards offer Mugen a chance to save his friends. If he can deliver an object through a forest full of bandits and return before sunset, Jin and Fuu will be spared. Mugen runs afoul of the bandits, who have big plans for a revolution. [more inside]
Samurai Champloo: The Art of Altercation (Self-Conceit) Rewatch Season 1, Ep 8
Saganshougen Nagamitsu is going to be Big, as you can tell because he sings and has a posse. His goal: defeat Mariya Enshiro's bespectacled murderer, Jin. Except he doesn't know what Jin looks like without his glasses, so when Jin pawns his glasses, and he almost gets side-tracked trying to woo Fuu. Meanwhile, Mugen and Jin run into Budoukiba, a sultry lady who likes to pair her wine with men who can hold their own against her when drinking. [more inside]