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So I’m A Spider, So What? episode 16

Rating: 4.5 As this series goes, episode 16 has little bits of everything. It has little bits of action, little bits of revelations, plot advancement, character transformations, and guest reappearances, and not-so-little bits of revelation. And oh, yes, it also has little bits of Kumoko – rather literally, in the final scene. Exactly what’s mostContinue reading “So I’m A Spider, So What? episode 16”

Demon Slayer The Movie – Mugen Train

Rating: 4 (of 5) While I don’t plan to make a regular habit of providing long-form reviews of anime series/movies/novels, I will occasionally toss one out when something comes along that I find worth talking about. That happened this past weekend when I had a chance to see the Demon Slayer movie in theaters. TheContinue reading “Demon Slayer The Movie – Mugen Train”

86 episode 3

Rating: 4.5 (of 5) Episode 2 devoted close to half its running time to setting up and executing an action spectacle. Episode 3, by comparison, has no visual action, even though the 86s do eventually go into combat and one of them – a named character with a major speaking part in this episode, evenContinue reading “86 episode 3”

So I’m A Spider, So What? episode 15

Rating: 4 Last episode ended with Kumoko going on the mental offensive against her mother. This episode is nearly all about how her mother responds, and she certainly isn’t taking the threat that Kumoko poses lightly. In fact, not only is she multiple times more powerful than Araba, but she’s also at least as smartContinue reading “So I’m A Spider, So What? episode 15”

86 episode 2

Rating: 4.5 (of 5) The most predominant underlying theme of the first part of 86 is racism, especially the self-destructive (or at the very least self-limiting) impact of it on a country as a whole. However, the series will have other themes as well, and another of those starts to come more sharply into focusContinue reading “86 episode 2”

So I’m a Spider, So What? episode 14

Rating: 2.5 This episode has the expected big plot twist on the human side and some juicy revelations going down on the spider side, but neither is likely to be what is most-talked about for this episode. No, that (dis)honor goes to the animation and direction effort on the episode. Really, did this episode getContinue reading “So I’m a Spider, So What? episode 14”

86

86 episode 1 Rating: 4.5 (of 5) 86 is my most-anticipated new series of the Spring 2021 season, as I am current on the American release of the source novels (and have previously reviewed the first four volumes for ANN) and have felt ever since reading the first novel that the first story arc, atContinue reading “86”

So I’m a Spider, So What?

So I’m A Spider, So What? episode 13 Rating: 4 (of 5) NOTICE: This is the first of the episode reviews of this series that I am doing for this blog. If you did not follow me to this blog from Anime News Network, then you can find the episode reviews I did for theContinue reading “So I’m a Spider, So What?”

Spring 2021 Preview

As I did for the seasonal Preview Guides at Anime News Network, I will be checking out the first episode of all legally-streaming (in the U.S.) new shows that aren’t strictly kiddie fare or sequels of series that I haven’t seen earlier seasons for. However, the entries here will be shorter; usually only two paragraphsContinue reading “Spring 2021 Preview”