Continuing from part 1, this part features series which hit episode 7 on or after 8/15. I had originally intended to also include a look at the resumption of Re:Zero‘s season 4, but this has taken long enough to prepare, so I will wait and do that at the end of the season. A LividContinue reading “Summer 2026 Mid-Season Report, part 2”
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Saga of Tanya the Evil II episode 7
Episode Rating: A Even if you discount Tanya’s size, age, gender, association with Being X, and status as a cross-gender reincarnation, she’s still an aberration on other fronts. Some of that is a dramatic lack of empathy that she carried over from her previous life, which only reinforces her very studious pragmatism, but it’s alsoContinue reading “Saga of Tanya the Evil II episode 7”
Summer 2026 Mid-Season Report, part 1
We’re at the midpoint of the Summer season, with earlier-starting series hitting episode 7 (or in a couple of cases, even episode 8!) this week, so it’s time to get the ball rolling on what a wide swath of series have been doing so far this season. With the return of Re:Zero to action thisContinue reading “Summer 2026 Mid-Season Report, part 1”
Saga of Tanya the Evil II episode 6
Episode Rating: A The last few episodes have had a more tactical “big picture” focus, leaving this season so far much lighter than the previous one on direct battle sequences. That changes with this episode as both Tanya and even Zettour get into the thick of things. The result is arguably the season’s best episodeContinue reading “Saga of Tanya the Evil II episode 6”
Movie Review: The Ribbon Knight
Osamu Tezuka’s 1953-56 manga Ribbon no Kishi (known in English as Princess Knight) is arguably the seminal work of modern shojo manga, as it was the first to apply narrative structure to manga aimed at girls. Its 1967-68 TV series anime adaptation is also easily one of the most influential of all anime titles; nearlyContinue reading “Movie Review: The Ribbon Knight”
Saga of Tanya the Evil II episode 5
Rating: B+ After an episode which focused heavily on Rudersdorf, it’s no surprise that episode 5 shifts the focus to Zettour. What happens to Zettour here would have been expected even I didn’t already know it was coming from the novels (and thus spoke incorrectly about its timing in an earlier review): in speaking toContinue reading “Saga of Tanya the Evil II episode 5”
Saga of Tanya the Evil II episode 4
Rating: A- One thing that this franchise has never previously delved into is the personal costs of the war to anyone on the Empire side. (It has certainly dealt with the personal costs to the Sue/Sioux family, though!) That is one thing new that episode 4 offers. Rudersdorf’s visits to an unspecified grave (possibly thatContinue reading “Saga of Tanya the Evil II episode 4”
Saga of Tanya the Evil II episode 3
Episode Rating: A- In World War 1, Italy started out neutral despite being part of the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary, using the excuse that the Alliance was a defensive pact and Austria-Hungary had gone on the offensive to start the war. Though they claimed to still being allied to Germany and Austria-Hungary, theyContinue reading “Saga of Tanya the Evil II episode 3”
Saga of Tanya the Evil s2, episode 2
Rating: A- NOTE: For the review of episode 1, see its Preview Guide entry. Nine years ago, when I was still writing for Anime News Network, I did episode reviews for the first season of Saga of Tanya the Evil, so continuing them for this new season only felt natural. And it’s a thorough delightContinue reading “Saga of Tanya the Evil s2, episode 2”
Springs 2026 Wrap-Up
Now that the Spring season is fully over and all of the series I’ve been following have either ended, gone on hiatus, or (in a handful of cases) are continuing into next season, it’s time to look at how the series I followed finished out. My Ribdiculous Reincarnation will not be covered here because IContinue reading “Springs 2026 Wrap-Up”
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