This is a series that balances light and dark (or perhaps it might be better to say light and heavy) tones with great dexterity. Read more

Exactly what the backstory is here isn’t clear, but it’s obvious this family has gone through some very rough times. Read more

This is HeroAca on a leaner, more human scale. It’s easiest to digest, smaller in its scope but relentlessly on-point. Read more

It’s always fascinating whenever Boku no Hero Academia takes on Americanism, since it quite brazenly wears its American influence. Read more

Makoto’s description of the birth of official herodom plays like something Horikoshi would have written if he’d ever gotten around to it. Read more

Vigilante is able to be both an accessory to the parent series and a free-standing entity in its own right, and be essential in both roles. Read more

As you get deeper into Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals, you recognize that diminished expectations are a powerful recurring theme. Read more

This ep was kind of a distilled essence of what makes Illegals so damn good. Read more

Leave the apocalypse to the guys with endorsement deals – there’s plenty else threatening society that someone has to deal with. Read more

Illegals has a very distinct and dynamic energy all its own. Read more