Anime Reviews

We’re only partway through 2018, but Hinamatsuri is already one of the year’s best anime comedies. It’s hardly the kind of show that usually attracts attention from fans, but the six episodes that have aired as I write this combine an inventive premise with precise …Read more »

B: The Beginning – Spectacle and Constant Surprises [Anime Review]

August 25, 2018

Paul Thomas Chapman

Something is rotten in the state of Cremona, a fictional island kingdom (not to be confused with the real-life city of Cremona in northern Italy) where old-world style meets near-future technology. Cremona is the setting for B: The Beginning, a Netflix original anime directed by …Read more »

Scum’s Wish [Anime Review]

August 22, 2018

Brittany Vincent

Unrequited love is one of the most painful feelings you could ever be unfortunate enough to grapple with, and yet Scum’s Wish is one of the most beautiful anime romance series you’ll ever have the chance to watch. Though short, it’s extremely sweet, ironically enough, …Read more »

Children of the Whales [Review]

August 18, 2018

Ink

The Mud Whale is a gigantic ship at the mercy of the shifting sands of a seemingly endless ocean. The 513 souls aboard—a people who exist holistically with the sand, wind, and sunlight—are not so much sailors as they are residents. The marked among them, …Read more »

Justice Returns to the Big Screen in Sailor Moon SuperS the Movie [Review]

August 15, 2018

Joseph Luster

It’s been over 20 years years since the premiere of Sailor Moon SuperS the Movie, but it recently had the chance to shine all over again thanks to a new theatrical release. Hot on the heels of screenings for the Sailor Moon R and Sailor …Read more »

Please tell me! Galko-chan [Review]

August 10, 2018

Michael Goldstein

This is not the “girl talk” you’re looking for. Very rarely can an anime grab your attention and make you squeamish before the opening credits even roll. It seems like a challenge, yet Please tell me! Galko-chan, which ran during the winter 2016 season, pulls …Read more »

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms Anime Film Soars [Review]

July 19, 2018

Joseph Luster

The Iorph are a unique people who live far away from humanity in their own idyllic space. With hair so blonde it’s practically platinum and lives that span hundreds of years, they have come to be known as The Clan of the Separated. The Iorph …Read more »

Tsukigakirei [Review]

June 29, 2018

Brittany Vincent

What happens when you take two very different teenagers from what seem like two worlds that clash in a big way and throw them into a relationship? It might look a little something like the gorgeously animated Tsukigakirei. It’s an emotional and endearing tale that …Read more »

Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid [Review]

June 29, 2018

Michael Goldstein

Have you ever gotten so drunk that you end up saving a living dragon from potential death, and then said dragon appears at your doorstep prepared to live with you and repay a debt for all eternity? Well, Kobayashi did once, and now this dragon …Read more »

Interviews with Monster Girls [Review]

June 24, 2018

Michael Goldstein

Amazingly Human At first glance, Interviews with Monster Girls—the 2017 winter anime adaptation of the seinen manga written by Petos, with animation by A-1 Pictures—looks it will be something of a spiritual successor to Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls. In Petos’s world, monsters …Read more »

Initial D: Legend 3: Dream [Review]

June 22, 2018

Brittany Vincent

Initial D is one of the most popular anime series out there revolving around street racing (let’s be honest, probably the most popular), and it continues to attract new fans as the years pass. So it’s not surprising that the film trilogy is being released …Read more »

Takunomi. [Review]

June 16, 2018

Ink

Michiru Amazuki moves from the country (Okayama Prefecture) to Tokyo for a sales position. But since she doesn’t want to face the metropolitan landscape alone, she decides to live in an all-female boarding/share house—Stella House Haruno—with three strangers. Her new roommates may have wildly different …Read more »

Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles [Review]

June 16, 2018

Ink

Serious about noodling around (Warning: watching this show on an empty stomach will result in embarrassingly audible stomach growling, noodle cravings on an abnormal scale, and making ramen plans with friends.) Adapting the manga of the same name by Naru Narumi, Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen …Read more »

Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern Celebrates Taisho-Era Turbulence

June 5, 2018

Joseph Luster

Benio Hanamura is unlike many of the other girls her age. For a young lady in the Taisho era of 1918 Japan, this 17-year-old bucks tradition in favor of a tomboyish attitude and time spent hanging out with her friends Tamaki and Ranmaru. As progressive …Read more »

Pop Team Epic [Anime Review]

May 25, 2018

Joseph Luster

I’ll admit, I straight up didn’t enjoy the first episode of the Pop Team Epic anime. What I’ve seen of Bkub Okawa’s original four-panel manga has been pretty funny, but I wasn’t feeling whatever they were going for in the adaptation. It didn’t take long …Read more »

Anime Reviews

Hinamatsuri [Review]

Hinamatsuri [Review]

B: The Beginning – Spectacle and Constant Surprises [Anime Review]