Garo – Vanishing Line: Season 1/ Episode 21 “Cause and Effort” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
At long last, we see King’s true form and… he kind of looks inspired by an Axolotl.
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Citrus: Season 1/ Episode 9 “Love Is” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Matsuri and Mei have their final battle and Yuzu ends up being the deciding factor.
Garo – Vanishing Line: Season 1/ Episode 20 “Utopia” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Sword and Sophie seemingly will only be in El Dorado for just this episode, but what happens seems to be part of the show’s redemption mission.
The Ancient Magus’ Bride: Season 1/ Episode 20 “You Can’t Make An Omelet Without Breaking A Few Eggs” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
As usual, as Chise commits an act of sacrifice to protect or help someone, she ends up making things terribly worse for herself. Something Elias is growing tired of.
Citrus: Season 1/ Episode 8 “War of Love” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
As Matsuri takes in what she is dealing with, when it comes to Mei, Yuzu tries to explain Matsuri’s relationship to her.
The Ancient Magus’ Bride: Season 1/ Episode 19 “Any Port In A Storm” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
As Joseph haunts his acquaintances, Renfred gathers allies to stop an auction of a dragon.
Citrus: Season 1/ Episode 7 “Love or Lies!” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
As Mei continues to be very hot and cold, she is presented with a challenger in the form of Matsuri.
Garo – Vanishing Line: Season 1/ Episode 18 “Illusion” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
You know how people will swear, “It gets better” when talking about a show? It seems Garo – Vanishing Line, is trying to convince us the filler is over.
The Ancient Magus’ Bride: Season 1/ Episode 18 “Forgive and Forget” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Elias’ insecurities get the best of him and lead him to be a bit abusive. Meanwhile, Joseph is back and up to something.
Citrus: Season 1/ Episode 6 “Out of Love” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Despite ecchi elements surely turning some people off, Citrus reminds us that love is a complicated thing and so is figuring out how to handle your attractions/affection for someone.
Garo – Vanishing Line: Season 1/ Episode 17 “The Slant Lined” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
We’re still nowhere near El Dorado, but Bishop and Christopher decide to try to kidnap Sophie and kill Sword. That’s something right?
The Ancient Magus’ Bride: Season 1/ Episode 17 “Look Before You Leap” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Ashen Eye returns to wreak havoc while reminding us how useful Chise’s powers can be.
Citrus: Season 1/ Episode 5 “Under Lover” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Yuzu has come to the point in realizing that she may have to put her feelings aside, especially as she comes to realize who Shou is to Mei and the damage his absence has done.
Garo – Vanishing Line: Season 1/ Episode 16 “Chance Meeting” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Sword and co. still aren’t in El Dorado, likely won’t be until episode 18 at the earliest, but we do follow up on his younger sibling and his reason for wanting to go to El Dorado.
The Ancient Magus’ Bride: Season 1/ Episode 16 “God’s Mill Grinds Slow But Sure” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
It’s Christmas time and in the spirit of giving, Chise receives a certified friend and maybe a blast from her past.
Citrus: Season 1/ Episode 4 “Love Me Do” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
As Himeko makes her significance in Mei’s life known, it throws whatever Yuzu was building towards into chaos.
Garo – Vanishing Line: Season 1/ Episode 15 “El Dorado” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Rather than follow our well-established heroes, King’s right hand and left hand, Bishop, and Queen, are under the spotlight.
GATE: Season 1 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri, or simply Gate, slowly turns from something which seems like a silly ecchi filled anime to something which really holds clout in terms of presenting fantasy, action, and character development.
The Ancient Magus’ Bride: Season 1/ Episode 15 “There Is No Place Like Home” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Despite you thinking the episode would be about Chise’s recovery, it ends up being about Silky’s backstory – which causes some tears.
Citrus: Season 1/ Episode 3 “Sisterly Love” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Yuzu is ensnared in Mei’s games and finds it difficult to know whether her burgeoning feelings are/ can be reciprocated or if Mei is just toying with her?
Garo – Vanishing Line: Season 1/ Episode 14 “Relic” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
In what maybe the last filler episode before the aptly named “El Dorado” episode, Luke gets a cosmetic change.
The Ancient Magus’ Bride: Season 1/ Episode 14 “Looks Breed Love” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
As Chise makes her first demand of Elias, it seemingly might be her last.
Citrus: Season 1/ Episode 2 “One’s First Love” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
As Chairman Aihara becomes aware of his new granddaughter, he questions who will influence who and makes some preemptive moves.
Garo – Vanishing Line: Season 1/ Episode 13 “God’s Will” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Gina opens herself up to us a little bit as the show makes it clear that we won’t see El Dorado anytime soon.
Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Play Ball” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
While Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens may not leave you squealing like a pig for more, it presents enough intrigue for you to want to know where this show might be going.
The Ancient Magus’ Bride: Season 1/ Episode 13 “East, West, Home’s Best” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Chise and Elias finally get to have a real conversation about their respective pasts, and of course, that moment gets ruined by the episode’s ending.
Citrus: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Love Affair?!” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Consider this a full-length, perhaps better written, Netsuzou Trap or the Yuri anime you’ve always wanted.
Junji Ito Collection: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Untitled” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Even in the dark of night, all alone, the first episode of Junji Ito Collection doesn’t sell you that this is the horror series to watch. Much less that this is adapted from the work of a famous Japanese horror manga artist.
Hai to Gensou no Grimgar (Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash): Season 1 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
A complete [All 12 Episodes] recap/ review (with Spoilers) of the first season of Hai to Gensou no Grimgar (Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash).
Juni Taisen (Zodiac War): Season 1 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Juni Taisen (Zodiac War) is the ultimate showing of a program peaking too soon and then nose-diving off a cliff.
The Ancient Magus’ Bride: Season 1/ Episode 12 “Better to ask the way than go astray” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
It’s a bit of an emotional episode as we hit the halfway point of the season. One in which Chise begins moving on from her past.
Garo – Vanishing Line: Season 1/ Episode 12 “Family” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
“Family” is another episode which gives one noteworthy detail while the rest feels like filler.
Juni Taisen (Zodiac War): Season 1/ Episode 12 “The One Wish That Must Be Granted, and the Ninety-nine That Can Be Done Without” [Season Finale] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
And so Juni Taisen ends and just as most of the season has been anti-climatic, so is Nezumi’s wish.
The Ancient Magus’ Bride: Season 1/ Episode 11 “Lovers Ever Run Before The Clock” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Lindel continues to try to peel away Chise’s rose-colored glasses, but perhaps to no avail.
Garo – Vanishing Line: Season 1/ Episode 11 “Kidnap” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
We still have yet to reach El Dorado with Sophie and Sword, but we do meet the contact who will be joining them on the journey
Juni Taisen (Zodiac War): Season 1/ Episode 11 “To Treat a Man to Beef From His Own Cow” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
To some surprise, we won’t have to wait until the finale to learn who wins the 12th Juni Taisen – it’s in this episode.
The Ancient Magus’ Bride: Season 1/ Episode 10 “We Live and Learn” – Recap/ Review (With Spoilers)
Lindel begins to reveal Elias’ past to us, alongside a bit of his own, and it seems we’re at the good before the horror.
Garo – Vanishing Line: Season 1/ Episode 10 “Rebirth” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
We dig deeper into the past we saw in “Intricacy,” in terms of learning about Luke’s mom and dad.
Juni Taisen (Zodiac War): Season 1/ Episode 10 “A Tiger May Die, But It Leaves It’s Skin” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Juni Taisen tries to go deeper, bring about some emotion and really make a death count. But is it too little too late?
