In last week’s review, I underestimated how much content from the second novel was still left to adapt. A full episode will probably be needed to do what remains justice, but that also sets the series up perfectly for the next episode to end with the final scene of the second novel. Assuming that thisContinue reading “86 episode 15”
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On Reviews for The Fall 2021 Season
After much consideration (including looking at the response made to my query about the matter a few days ago), I have made a few decisions about how I will do reviews this season. 86 episode reviews will continue. This was probably a given. I will not continue with Mushoku Tensei reviews. While I did enjoyContinue reading “On Reviews for The Fall 2021 Season”
86 episode 14
Rating: 4.5 (of 5) With this episode, the interlude from the battle scenarios ends, but that shouldn’t be any surprise; even if it wasn’t written into the characters, the story was not going to stray away from one of its core elements for long. At least nothing felt forced about the return of the 86sContinue reading “86 episode 14”
86 episode 13
Rating: 5 (of 5) Last season ended with Shin’s squadron in mortal peril. Killing them all off at the point and moving forward with a new group of 86s would have been a hard-hitting and interestingly daring movie, but even a series as bold in its themes as this one was not about to wasteContinue reading “86 episode 13”
Fall 2021 Preview Guide
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Summer 2021 Season Wrap-Up
Other than the unusually-scheduled Fena: Pirate Princess, nearly every Summer 2021 series has either concluded or hit its seasonal break, so it’s time to do a wrap-up before the (very packed!) new season gets underway. Biggest Disappointment: The Detective is Already Dead Rating: 2.5 This series started out with such a neat female lead andContinue reading “Summer 2021 Season Wrap-Up”
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom episode 13
Rating: 3.5 Given what transpires in this understated season finale, its title – “To Fight and Conquer in All Your Battles is Not Supreme Excellence” – is a rather amusing but still apt choice. It is part of a quote from Sun Tzu which continues with “supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance withoutContinue reading “How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom episode 13”
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom episode 12
Rating: 3 (of 5) With this episode, the series wraps up the Amidonian subplot (at least for now) by having King Gaius die gloriously in battle – so much so that even Kazuya has to acknowledge it. However, while the battles in the first half form the episode’s action content, the more interesting parts –Continue reading “How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom episode 12”
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom episode 11
Rating: 3.5 (of 5) The first few episodes of this series may have taken a much slower, more carefully developmental pace, but that’s all different now. Elfrieden is facing not only a civil war but also an attempted land-grab by a neighbor, and both issues need to be dealt with decisively for the kingdom toContinue reading “How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom episode 11”
Evangelion:3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon A Time
Rating: 4.5 (of 5) I first saw The End of Evangelion in a packed convention viewing room at some point early in 2002, when it was circulating as a promo for the inaugural English-language DVD/VHS release later that year. It was my most mind-blowing experience with anime (and maybe animation in general) then, and evenContinue reading “Evangelion:3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon A Time”
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