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Special Preview: FUUTO PI

Side Note: Due to my attendance at the Gen Con game convention on August 4-7, this week’s episode reviews for DanMachi IV and The Devil is a Part-Timer!! will either be delayed much more than normal or skipped entirely. If skipped, they will be covered with the episodes airing on 8/11. Streams: Crunchyroll on SundaysContinue reading “Special Preview: FUUTO PI”

The Devil is a Part-Timer!! episode 3

Rating: B When is the idle babble of a little kid not so idle? When that child turns out to have been grown from a shard of one part of the Sephiroth. The introduction of Alas Ramus started the greater plotline of the franchise, and this is the point where that plot really starts toContinue reading “The Devil is a Part-Timer!! episode 3”

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV episode 2

Rating: B+ The first episode was well-spent preparing for Hestia Familia’s first on-the-books Guild-assigned expedition, so with episode 2 the whole gang actually gets down to business. The result is a well-balanced episode which showcases much of what has made DanMachi so entertaining so far. Although the quintet of Bell, Lily, Welf, Mikoto, and HaruhimeContinue reading “Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV episode 2”

Bonus Preview: The Maid I Hired Recently is Mysterious

Streams: Crunchyroll on Saturdays Rating: 2 (of 5) (NOTE: Given how late this series is debuting, I have decided to post this as a separate post rather than temporarily kick the main Preview Guide post back to sticky status.) This new light comedy series features protagonist Yuuri, a boy who has lost his parents toContinue reading “Bonus Preview: The Maid I Hired Recently is Mysterious”

The Devil is a Part-Timer!! episode 2

Rating: B The first episode ended with the bombshell revelation that Alas Ramus, the toddler who appeared from a golden apple and was capable of stopping Better Half with her bare hands, regards Satan and Emilia as her parents. This episode starts by showing that she’s absolutely adamant about that belief, no matter how littleContinue reading “The Devil is a Part-Timer!! episode 2”

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV episode 1

Rating: 4.5 (of 5) NOTE: An episode 0 does also exist for this season, but it is entirely a recap of the first three seasons narrated by Bell and Hestia, with scenes from the trailer for season 4 thrown on at the end. It is fully skippable. DanMachi has returned for another season! Like withContinue reading “Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV episode 1”

The Devil is a Part-Timer!! episode 1

After more than nine years off, this beloved anime adaptation is finally back! It features a new animation studio, new director, and substantial but not complete turnover in the primary staff, but all of the original seiyuu for the major roles reprise them here. The result is an episode which spends most of its runContinue reading “The Devil is a Part-Timer!! episode 1”

Summer 2022 Preview Guide

Last Update: 9:45 p.m. 7/12/22 Welcome to my version of the Summer 2022 Preview Guide! I expect to cover every full-episode series that will be debuting this season and some but not all of the sequels. (I will cover the new installments of Utawarerumono, Overlord, Made in Abyss, The Devil is a Part-Timer, DanMachi, andContinue reading “Summer 2022 Preview Guide”