The first impressions of the first episodes of winter 2025 seasonal anime; the article where I agonizingly cover mediocre anime so that you don’t have to burn your hands on that stove. In truth, it’s always a fun exercise to evaluate anime you would typically never watch (for better and worse), though it’s been aContinue reading “Winter 2025 First Impressions – Part 1”
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MAYWATCH – October 2024
This inaugaral Maywatch edition features Gurren Lagann’s otaku delight, a reminiscence upon key Kyoto Animation figure Yoshiji Kigami, the Utena-isms in Ouran Koukou Host Club’s first episode, a deep dive into star animator Naoki Yoshibe and his contributions on ZUTOMAYO’s music videos, 2008 Hatsune Miku fanmade music videos, the slow decline towards insanity in Aku no Hana, and delinquent camaraderie in Kyou Kara ore Wa!!
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt review
BITCH GIRLS 2 BITCH: Dead serious when it comes to screwing around.
Kakegurui Review
Becoming entangled in each other / Stealing from each other / Deceiving each other / Exposing each other / Wanting from each other / Going mad with each other
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable Review
You have the power to do the world a kindness nobody else can.
Ghost in the Shell (1995): Motoko Kusanagi’s Identity in the Information Age
“When the advent of computers made the externalization of memories possible, you should have taken its meaning more seriously.”
Alice in Deadly School (2021)
“Either way, we die,”; 2021’s anime of the year is Shigeyasu Yamauchi’s already forgotten anti-establishment coming-of-age tragedy.
No Country for Old Men (2007)
The Coen’s 2007 classic neo-Western No Country for Old Men etched itself in film history with brilliant screenplay about fate matched with equally fantastic cinematography.
American Psycho (2000)
An oft misunderstood nihilistic satire about pointless excess that is more relevant today than ever.
Konohana Kitan (2017)
Endlessly fluffy and wholesome —a shining example of the best the iyashikei genre has to offer.
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