Fuuka: Season 1/ Episode 12 “Fair Winds” [Series Finale] – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Fuuka ends its meandering storyline as you’d expect and thus ends a show which had promise but then lost its path.
In this sub-category, you’ll find TV series that are generally Japanese anime, but also animation from across the world.
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In this sub-category, you’ll find TV series that are generally Japanese anime, but also animation from across the world.
Kuzu no Honkai (Scum’s Wish): Season 1/ Episode 11 “A Kind God” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Kuzu no Honkai continues to focus on the growth and development of Akane and delivers quite a storyline. Though, it does leave you to wonder, how will things end for the two young lovers we begun this journey with?
Youjo Senki (Saga of Tanya the Evil): Season 1/ Episode 10 “The Path to Victory” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
As with the majority of the show, there isn’t much hardship for Tanya as multiple operations kick off. However, it seems the easy days maybe over as Anson Sioux reintroduces himself.
Fuuka: Season 1/ Episode 11 “Band” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
While the show takes a slight step back with the inclusion of more ecchi than seen in recent memory [note]there are ass shots galore[/note], it makes a lot of hasty moves so it can wrap up the story.
Kuzu no Honkai (Scum’s Wish): Season 1/ Episode 10 “Fragile and Empty” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
In an episode which largely is focused on understanding Akame, you also begin to understand Mugi past his likable façade.
Youjo Senki (Saga of Tanya the Evil): Season 1/ Episode 9 “Preparations for Advance” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
With the end of the season coming upon us, so comes the question of how this war may end? Much less, with it being awhile since Being X has been around, but it reviving and speaking to Anson Sioux, you have to wonder what will come of Tanya? Will the devil of the Rhine be…
Fuuka: Season 1/ Episode 10 “Fate” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Fuuka continues to be such an aggravating show as Fuuka deals with her emotional immaturity, a selective memory, a life or death experience, and we get the type of cliffhanger which really tests your patience.
Kuzu no Honkai (Scum’s Wish): Season 1/ Episode 9 “Butterfly Swimmer” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
One more memory. That seems to have become the theme of the latest episodes. Just one last moment with your eternal crush before you realize you have to let them go. In this episode, it’s Ecchan’s turn.
Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale is perhaps the ideal movie for those who have followed the series since 2012. It features past characters, introduces a handful of new ones who easily integrate into the overall story, and it ends without pleasing for a sequel. It is simply the send off you wish more…
Youjo Senki (Saga of Tanya the Evil): Season 1/ Episode 8 “Trial By Fire” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
As Tanya continues to exhibit why she is called The Devil of the Rhine, it seems Being X may have found a demon slayer.
Kuzu no Honkai (Scum’s Wish): Season 1/ Episode 8 “Sweet Refrain” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
The time to confess, and likely be rejected, has come.
Steins;Gate the Movie: Loading Area of Déjà vu – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Being a fan of the original Chaos;Head and Steins;Gate series, I was waiting a long time for this OVA to be released. The original, though originally just a silly anime, got serious and made me cry tears. And, the OVA did as well, for while there were stronger episodes in the series than the OVA is…
Youjo Senki (Saga of Tanya the Evil): Season 1/ Episode 7 “Battle of the Fjord” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview/ Review (with Spoilers) After a recap episode, and two commentators thoroughly breaking down what has gone on, Youjo Senki is seen with new eyes and understanding as it picks up where it left off.
Fuuka: Season 1/ Epiosde 9 “Date!” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview/ Review (with Spoilers) With Hisashi setting up a gig for The Fallen Moon, and Fuuka wanting to have an original song for their debut, she is forced to address her suppressed feelings in order to write.
Kuzu no Honkai (Scum’s Wish): Season 1/ Episode 7 “Lots of Love” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview/ Review (with Spoilers) This episode strongly focuses on Noriko and Mugi’s date and while she has only been seen as a brat and an annoyance thus far, in this episode you’ll genuinely connect with her. Especially if you ever fell in love with one of your friends.
Gantz:O – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview/ Review (with Spoilers) For a little more than a year, between the new versions of Sailor Moon and Digimon, featuring the 1st season’s Digi-Destined, it seemed cashing in on nostalgia was a good thing. But then came Gantz:O.
Fuuka: Season 1/ Episode 8 “Top” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview/ Review (with Spoilers) With the show firmly shifting Fuuka’s storyline toward making this a show about music and seeming ending Yuu’s harem and just making it about him and Koyuki, I almost feel like I need to reevaluate the show. It’s no longer what it once was and I don’t know if that is…
Kuzu no Honkai (Scum’s Wish): Season 1/ Episode 6 “Welcome to the X Dimension” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview/ Review (with Spoilers) In an episode which deals with filling that emptiness inside, we watch as people settle with being a second choice or give into their dark insecurities for some form of love’s methadone.
Death Parade: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Death Seven Darts” [Series Premiere] – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview In a bar, people play games which decide their fate. Which could be heaven, hell, the void, or reincarnation. Review (with Spoilers) – Below
Youjo Senki (Saga of Tanya the Evil): Season 1/ Episode 6 “Beginning of Madness” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview/ Review (with Spoilers) At this point, as cool as the action scenes are and as Being X makes it seem that it’ll, one way or another, inspire true faith in Tanya, it all means very little if we are to never learn why the Empire is at war.
Fuuka: Season 1/ Episode 7 “Blown Up” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview/ Review (with Spoilers) As if Yuu wasn’t nervous enough about his first public performance, Koyuki reveals he is the guy who inspired all of her biggest songs.
Kuzu no Honkai (Scum’s Wish): Season 1/ Episode 5 “Destruction Baby” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview/ Review (with Spoilers) Mugi comes back into focus and with that, you’d think things would return to how they were. However, with him reflecting on his past and questioning how Hana can fit into his present, it seems he wants something to change.
Bungo no Stray Dogs: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Fortune Is Unpredictable and Mutable” [Series Premiere] – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h0aKrV5WIo Episode Overview A young orphan learns that a rumored detective agency is real and that they may be his ticket out of poverty. Episode Rating: Stick Around Review Summary I don’t know why everything makes me think of Kekkai Sensen, but there is something about Bungou Stray Dogs which sort of fills the gap…
Fuuka: Season 1/ Episode 6 “Koyuki Hinashi” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview/ Review (with Spoilers) This episode focuses on trying to build up Koyuki’s status on the show through showing her and Yuu as kids and presenting her as a real contender for Yuu’s heart.
Youjo Senki (Saga of Tanya the Evil): Season 1/ Episode 5 “My First Battalion ” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview/ Review (with Spoilers) This is a very weird episode. If only because it sort of goes against the grain when it comes to action anime. We aren’t presented some unbeatable force which our hero, well anti-hero, has to train and get stronger to defeat. Pretty much, Tanya is given the opportunity for a blood…
Kuzu no Honkai (Scum’s Wish): Season 1/ Episode 4 “Bad Apple” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview/ Review (with Spoilers) The title of this anime has confused me a little bit for I just don’t see how the need and want to feel desired by someone makes a person scum. Yet, in this episode, we get a taste of who is actually scum and there is an argument that Hanabi is…
Chaos Dragon: Season 1/ Episode 1 "First Act: Kill One To Save Many" [Series Premiere] – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Introduction After an extended wait to find a subbed version, I finally have found access to Chaos Dragon – Sekiryuu Seneki. Which, at first, I must say didn’t feel like it was worth the wait. Granted, it has blood splatter, a seemingly insurmountable force, as well as charismatic villains, but with the Dragon in question…
Digimon Adventure tri: Part 2 – Determination [Ketsui] – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Digimon returns for another round and while there isn’t a huge amount of action or compelling fights, we do get to see the challenges which come from being a DigiDestined who still has to go to school and have a life outside of the digital world.
Digimon Adventure tri: Part 1 – Reunion [Saikai] – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Like so many kids who were born in the 90s, many of my arguments dealt with which was better and often it would be one cartoon vs. another. For me, I was a devoted Digimon fan up until the 3rd season in which I had to tap out since the quality faded. However, now…
Cross Ange (Rondo of Angel and Dragon): Season 1/ Episodes 17 to 25 [Series Finale] – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview With Salamandinay deciding it is time to rescue Aura, it presents an opportunity for Ange and Husk to return home. The question is, though, will they return home and be neutral, or perhaps fight alongside the DRAGON clans who they have fought against for so long? Topic 1: Thank Yous and Preparation – Ange…
Cross Ange (Rondo of Angel and Dragon): Season 1/ Episodes 9 to 16 – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview While hope may exist, it seems not everyone is as open minded as Momoka. Topic 1: Momma, It’s Me – Hilda Topic 2: Sylvia, It’s Me – Ange Topic 3: The Betrayal – Hilda & Ange Review (with Spoilers) – Below
Demi-chan wa Kataritai (Interviews With Monster Girls): Season 1/ Episode 4 “Takahashi Tetsuo Wants to Protect” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview/ Review (with Spoilers) While this episode takes on the issue of discrimination against Demis seriously, it’s after school special handling of it is perhaps the last straw for me.
Youjo Senki (Saga of Tanya the Evil): Season 1/ Episode 4 “Campus Life” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview/ Review (with Spoilers) As Tanya continues to try to plan an easy life far away from the front lines, she talks herself into gaining a position which would place here there.
Fuuka: Season 1/ Episode 5 "One of Us" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview/ Review (with Spoilers) As Fuuka’s band gains a member, it seems Yuu’s potential love life has gotten more complicated.
Kuzu no Honkai (Scum’s Wish): Season 1/ Episode 3 “Show Me Love (Not a Dream)” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview/ Review (with Spoilers) As we learned why Ecchan has fallen for Hanabi, it becomes clear that Hanabi’s feelings for Mugi are evolving past their original agreement.
Cross Ange: Season 1/ Episodes 1 to 8 – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Episode 1: Fallen Princess Overview A beloved princess discovers the world she thought was her oyster, was never meant for people like her. Trigger Warning(s): Uncomfortable scene dealing with clothes being ripped off and a physical exam Review (with Spoilers) When the episode begins, honestly I thought this was going to be another sci-fi/ fantasy…
Demi-chan wa Kataritai (Interviews With Monster Girls): Season 1/ Episode 3 "Succubus-san Is a Real Adult" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview/ Review (with Spoilers) Demi-chan wa Kataritai (Interviews With Monster Girls) firmly established itself as a slice of life anime featuring a few world famous monsters and while they do have some issues, they are approached in such a melancholy or indifferent way that it is hard to take and keep interest at times.
Fuuka: Season 1/ Episode 4 "Live!" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview/ Review (with Spoilers) While the majority of the episode is very aggravating and ends with an unnecessary moment featuring some ecchi, there remains this cute budding relationship which is the show’s saving grace.
Youjo Senki (Saga of Tanya the Evil): Season 1/ Episode 3 "Deus Vult" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERB_2uxzaPo Overview/ Review (with Spoilers) As we catch up to where episode one left us off, we begin to see Being X make headway with converting Tanya.