Gachiakuta – 03
We – like Rudo – are still very much in the get-to-know-you phase. Read more
Dekin no Mogura (The Earthbound Mole) – 04
No one does “if you know you know” humor better or more humorously than Eguchi Natsumi. Read more
Witch Watch – 17
The thing with parody is your receptiveness to it depends in part on your familiarity with (or feelings towards) the original. Read more
Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun (Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun) 2 – 16
Finally, we get to see Hanako-kun have a hero moment. Read more
Weekly Digest 07/28/25 – Kimi to Ame to (With You and the Rain), Fermat no Ryouri (Fermat’s Cuisine)
I’ve always thought anyone who pursued that line of work was crazy. Read more
Summer 2025 Season Preview and Video Companion
Summer 2025 is, by any measure, an enormous anime season. So – does bigger mean better? Read more
Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru (My Dress-up Darling) Season 2 – 04
No point in sugarcoating it, that was a total snooze for me. Read more
Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu (The Summer Hikaru Died) – 04
Where Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu is really brilliant is in treating Hikaru as an individual first. Read more
Takopii no Genzai (Takopi’s Original Sin) – 05
The whole ceiling is lined with steel-toed boots suspended by gossamer. Read more
Yofukashi no Uta (Call of the Night) Season 2 – 04
Over the course of a long mystery-driven series certain chapters are tasked with the unglamorous job of getting things from point to point. Read more
Dandadan 2nd Season – 04
The right and probably only strategy at times like this is to relax and let the Dandadanime wash over you. Read more