Rating: B- Though Atou is a Hero in this setting, and was mentioned in episode 3 to be capable of defending the forest on her own for now, she was also described in episode 1 as not being particularly strong to start; a true warrior-type Hero was portrayed as being a 5 strength compared toContinue reading “Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra episode 4”
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Review: I May Be a Guild Receptionist,but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time
In Alina Clover’s fantasy world, adventuring is a real (if dangerous) profession and an Adventurers Guild exists to manage job requests and dungeons left behind by a lost, more powerful predecessor civilization. Alina isn’t an adventurer, though, or at least not officially; she opted instead to become a guild receptionist, partly on the recommendation ofContinue reading “Review: I May Be a Guild Receptionist,but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time”
SERIES REVIEW: Magic Maker: How to Make Magic in Another World
I was not originally planning to give a separate review for this series as a whole, but this is easily the most underrated and underappreciated series I saw in the Winter 2025 season, so I’m doing this review in part to call attention to the merits of a series which is more unconventional than itContinue reading “SERIES REVIEW: Magic Maker: How to Make Magic in Another World”
Special: A Look at Non-Japanese Isekai
Over the past several months I’ve started looking into current isekai stories from non-Japanese sources. That trends in this genre outside of Japan closely mirror what’s going on in Japan is no surprise, though some of these works ape the construction and signature characteristics of current Narou-influenced isekai more than others. Before we get intoContinue reading “Special: A Look at Non-Japanese Isekai”
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V episode 15 (season finale)
Rating: A DanMachi may not always be the best-looking or most flawlessly-animated series, but it has rarely fallen short on dramatic presentation and does better than most when it comes to delivering on its biggest moments. That is no less true for this season finale, which brings to a conclusion the anime’s adaptation of novelsContinue reading “Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V episode 15 (season finale)”
The Apothecary Diaries, episode 32
Rating: B+ Last episode’s mystery with the shrine provide a glimpse into the setting’s broader history. This episode, by contrast, looks at the closer history of the setting by starting to expand on Jinshi’s dream sequence from the beginning of last episode. (In the manga version, that dream sequence comes immediately before the content ofContinue reading “The Apothecary Diaries, episode 32”
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V episode 14
Rating: A- Appropriately titled “The Warriors of the Goddess,” episode 14 features a lot of dramatic action scenes involving said warriors, but despite the War Games winding down to its final stages, that’s not the main focus or point of the episode at all. Instead, the focus is much more on what motivates those warriors,Continue reading “Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V episode 14”
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V episodes 12 and 13
While both episodes are covered together here, I felt I had enough to say specifically about each to write each one up separately. Rating – Episode 12: A Though its animation effort may have its flaws, DanMachi has always excelled above most other fantasy series in the dramatic staging of its fights and the emotionsContinue reading “Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V episodes 12 and 13”
2024 in Review: The Best and Strangest of the Year
As we say good-bye to 2024, it’s time to take a look at the highlights of the year as a whole, rather than just individual seasons. 2024 may have set a new record for anime debuts, with roughly 200 full or half-length non-kiddie titles debuting over the course of the year. Included amongst those wereContinue reading “2024 in Review: The Best and Strangest of the Year”
Winter 2025 Preview Guide
Final Update: 3:37 p.m. EST 1/12/25 Welcome to my seasonal Guide! (The debut schedule can be found here.) One series – Solo Leveling s2 – previously debuted in a theatrical release. A write-up on that one can be seen here, so it will not be revisited in this Guide. Season 2 of The Apothecary DiariesContinue reading “Winter 2025 Preview Guide”
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