Isekai Quartet 2

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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Ascendance of a Bookworm

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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One Year Later

Has it really been a year since I started I Watched an Anime? It doesn’t quite feel like it’s been that long. A year ago today, I acted upon a whim and decided that I wanted a way to really remember the anime I was watching. I discovered that for some anime, I knew it…

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Fire Force

There are not many anime that compare to the crazy ride that is Fire Force. While I cannot say that it deserves top spot as an Anime of the Season or Anime of the Year, it is worth an honorable mention. It ticks a lot of important boxes for a memorable anime. It’s certainly popular,…

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Teasing Master Takagi-san 2

You can find a lot of anime that exploits the awkwardness of young love for the entertainment of the audience. There’s something very nostalgic about the innocence and purity of these stories. Teasing Master Takagi-san 2 (and season 1) focuses on the more lighthearted side of young love. After all, sometimes it’s easier to relentlessly…

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Promare

In all the anime I’ve seen (which I admit is relatively small), there are not many that match Promare’s visual aesthetic. It’s an odd blend of the traditional with the abstract, choosing a more polygonal approach than organic. Honestly, it’s fairly reminiscent of some modern day western cartoons, choosing rough simplicity over detailed elegance. From…

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