Third Impressions Digest – Shabake, Sanda

I could either way with both of these “S” series, but for totally different reasons. Read more

My Taste is Better Than Yours Episode 44 – Patron Pick #2: Super no Ura de Yani Suu Futari (Smoking Behind the Supermarket With You)

Is all the buzz for this series merited? You asked, so we answered. Read more

We still have a massive hill to climb, but the view is getting better. Read more

If I were to sum up Fall 2025 in anime in terms of anticipation, I’d say it lacks much sizzle. We’ll see about the steak. Read more

It seems like opinion has already pretty much calcified against this series, and that’s too bad. Read more

This premiere took a while to click for me but it did, eventually. Read more

I could see this premise working but so far the execution isn’t closing the circuit. Read more

It’s a measure of the scope of the story that we’re still very much in world-building mode. Read more

A premiere after that long a layoff was always going to have an impossible job to do. Read more

The hits just keep on coming in more ways than one. Read more

The second half of this episode was definitely a jarring tone shift, but the first was very much in the SxF sweet spot. Read more