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Review: The Boy and the Heron

Despite some flaws, this is still a movie well worth seeing.

The Eminence in Shadow, episode 30

Rating: B+ As I watched this week’s episode, I was struck by the thought that I have been overlooking one big inherent irony: Shadow Garden’s behavior is itself very cult-like, especially in the way it idolizes and even (in some cases) outright worships Shadow. That comes through clearly in the different reactions of 559 andContinue reading “The Eminence in Shadow, episode 30”

Ascendance of a Bookworm episode 32

Rating: 4 (of 5) The potential threat to Main from forces among the nobles has been growing since the late stages of last season. With this episode, the scheming kicks into higher gear by finally introducing some of the nobles behind it, as well as finally revealing the name of the High Priest: Bezewanst. (AndContinue reading “Ascendance of a Bookworm episode 32”

So I’m a Spider, So What? ep 24 (series finale)

Rating: 3.5 First, apologies for the delay on posting this. I have talked about this final episode extensively in other forums, so it slipped my mind that I had not done a proper write-up here. After episode 23, I was a bit worried about how the final episode would manage to cover everything that wasContinue reading “So I’m a Spider, So What? ep 24 (series finale)”

86 episode 11 (season finale)

Rating: 5 (of 5) First off, for those who have been reading each week, my apologies for this being up later than normal. Unexpected schedule changes over the weekend left me with no time to write about this episode until the following Monday evening. Whereas last episode was almost entirely anime-original, this episode was aboutContinue reading “86 episode 11 (season finale)”

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”

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”