Spring 2019 – Week 3 in Review
Hold onto your hats folks, it’s time for the Week in Review! It turns out I’m probably not going to be following that many shows this season, but what I’m lacking in range of properties, I’m more than...
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The anime is good, folks. I may have intentionally reduced my seasonal payload to a lean and star-studded roster which is almost categorically incapable of disappointing me, but either way, the anime...
View ArticleSpring 2019 – Week 6 in Review
Well shit you guys, the season’s halfway over. Traditionally, this would be the time where instead of offering reflections on this week’s episodes, I rank the overall field of everything I’ve watching....
View ArticleSpring 2019 – Week 7 in Review
As we enter the second half of the season, all of my airing contenders have more or less settled into their default modes, as hope and anticipation solidify into weekly expectations, and rambunctious...
View ArticleSpring 2019 – Week 8 in Review
There is nothing truly new to report about this week’s anime as a whole, and I’m already two hours late on posting this article anyway, so we’re jumping right into it, folks. Demon Slayer was solid,...
View ArticleSpring 2019 – Week 9 in Review
Holy hell folks, we’re at the three quarters mark of the season. One of the sad truths of aging is that each week, season, and year somehow passes even faster than the last, but fortunately, at least...
View ArticleWhy It Works: Bucciaratti Versus Secco: Breakdown of a Classic JoJo Battle
Today I returned to one of my favorite styles of Why It Works articles, as I went point-by-point through the smart storytelling choices of JoJo’s most recent major battle. There is both an art and a...
View ArticleSpring 2019 – Week 11 in Review
The spring season just doesn’t seem to be ending that well, unfortunately. Though this week’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure was hindered more by the inherent limitations of an exposition-focused episode,...
View ArticleSpring 2019 – Week 12 in Review
Anime was good again, folks! After a punishing drought, my seasonal contenders emerged with episodes that were, if not full returns to each of their strengths, at least indicative of their potential....
View ArticleTop Ten Anime of 2019
Hello all, and welcome to the end of another year in anime. This has been an undeniably difficult year, both in the world at large, and within our smaller sphere of Japanese animation. The Kyoto...
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