My Personal Reviews on Anime
Mastery of a skill takes a lifetime of effort and discipline. Even to reach the rank of Expert requires an element of unwavering dedication, and the gulf between Expert and Master is usually wider than the gulf between Beginner and Expert. To be a Master is to be at the apex, with almost nothing left…
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Only god (and the manga readers, I suppose) could have seen it coming. This absolute powerhouse of an anime quickly rose right to the top of the charts. The reactions to the pilot were absolutely astonishing. In a matter of hours, all anime discussion on the internet turned into nothing but advertisements for My Dress-Up…
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If this anime were candy, it would be the gold standard for sweetness that begets happiness. It’s almost sickeningly sweet, like those lovey-dovey couples you see in a constant state of bliss, reveling in each other’s most mundane traits; nothing can stop them because almost nothing else can distract them from one another. I realize…
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I‘ve often debated with my friends which story element should come first: the characters or the plot. As with anything, it will ultimately come down to personal preference, but, at least to me, there seems to be an easy way to gauge the impact media will have based on how strongly the audience can identify…
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The rise of the popularity of movies like The Hunger Games sparked an entire wave of imitators, ranging from Minecraft mods to the entire battle royale genre of video games (Fortnite, PUBG, and even CoD’s latest offering). Each one tries to add a little spice to the soup, but the core idea is much the…
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The first season of Isekai Quartet was easily a surprise highlight of the 2019 year of anime for me. It took a genre that I shamelessly seem to be drawn to and went even deeper down the rabbit hole by taking characters who had already been isekai’d, and isekai’d them again (along with the rest…
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After the long delay that is typical for most anime movies that premiere in the US, the new Violet Evergarden side story, Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll, has finally reached US Netflix. As the Violet Evergarden series might be my favorite anime of all time, you can imagine my excitement to see…
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Every once in a while, I’ll read a description for an anime that makes me go “Huh…that actually might work.” It’s usually something that sounds either super outlandish (such as Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai) or so mundane that I’m not sure how it will be entertaining (such as The Great Passage).…
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The isekai pot has been boiling over for a long time in anime. High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even In Another World is yet another long winded entry into the sea of other anime with similarly long titles. Because the market is so saturated, you have to do a lot to make your story…
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I know, I know. I’m late to the party. You don’t realize how quickly holiday travel can mess up your posting schedule until you actually try to post stuff during the holidays. To be honest, I haven’t even finished like half of the anime from fall 2019, so that retrospective is going to be a…
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I Watched an Anime 