Ace of Diamond, also known as Diamond no Ace, appears to be just another sports anime at first glance. It contains all of the ingredients required to recreate the sports-anime recipe that every sports anime fan is already familiar with. A loud and overconfident protagonist, a quiet but powerful rival, a team full of players… Continue reading…
I honestly forgot it shared the director from Cowboy Bebop, though it was always on the tip of my tongue as Mugen’s VA is also Spike, and so I had to tell myself it was different from Bebop, and it was. To me, as someone who is deeply engrossed in Bushido and Samurai while being… Continue reading…
In some ways, this anime film was almost exactly what I expected, but the unfortunate thing was that it felt a little too closely aligned with my expectations, to the point where I didn’t really feel any particular moments that really outright impressed me at all. Almost everything about Your Name feels very tropey, putting… Continue reading…
Ganta Igarashi, a 14-year-old boy, encounters the enigmatic “red man,” who slaughters his class in front of him and inserts a crystal into Ganta’s chest before leaving Deadman Wonderland. Ganta is then accused of murdering his entire class with his bare hands (yes, you read that correctly) and is sent to Deadman Wonderland, an experimental… Continue reading…
Well, the post-apocalyptic world is one of my favorite topics to read about, and I’m very interested in what the story of Simhaesu, also known as Leviathan in English, is like, a world where everything is consumed by water and people’s only chance of survival is on the surface of their boats that serve as… Continue reading…
Ah, Demon Slayer! Probably the most popular anime in the otaku world since its release, and certainly the manga that has sold the most volumes in the last 2 years. I followed closely all the milestones that this series has achieved along its trajectory since the fateful episode 19, then when they announced the Demon… Continue reading…
I genuinely don’t understand why so many people dislike this film. Don’t get me wrong, Ao Chan isn’t reinventing the wheel, but it’s always compared to Kiss x Sis or Redo of Healer. I’m guessing I don’t get it because I’m a romance junkie. Any generic rom-com would immediately appeal to me, and I can’t… Continue reading…
