Spy X Family: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Mission 1: Operation Strix” [Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
With a nearly perfect balance of comedy, action, and emotional moments, Spy x Family is more than meets the eye.
Anime
In this sub-category, you’ll find TV series that are generally Japanese anime, but also animation from across the world.
Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road: Season 1/ Episode 2 “The Lost One” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
With Menue’s next target being far more difficult than the last, it pushes her to spend time with Akari, who may make Menue question her role as an executioner.
Tomodachi Game: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Huh? Yuichi-kun Suspects His Friends?” [Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Tomodachi Game is likely to be the show you will clamor for the next episode of and wish it was available to be binge-watched.
The Rising Of The Shield Hero: Season 2/ Episode 1 “A New Roar” [Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Naofumi and his crew return after a nearly three-year hiatus, and he finds himself with a whole new evil to face, that is a threat to the Melromarc kingdom.
Tokyo 24th Ward: Season 1/ Episode 12 “Youth 24th Ward” [Finale] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
In its finale, Tokyo 24th Ward brings us an emotional experience that may compensate for the partly lackluster journey we had.
Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road: Season 1/ Episode 1 “The Executioner” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road focuses not on the special individual from our world but the person who is tasked with killing them.
Tokyo 24th Ward: Season 1/ Episode 11 “Additive Color Mixture” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
A notable reveal regarding Asumi’s death is brought to Shuta, as he finds himself with a trolley dilemma that calls for him to reunite RGB.
Tokyo 24th Ward: Season 1/ Episode 10 “Confession From a Mask” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
As we approach the referendum over whether the Kanae system will continue, the boys struggle with the part they can play in its survival or destruction.
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation: Season 1/ Episode 24 “OVA: Eris the Goblin Slayer” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
In this bonus episode, Cliff is introduced as we learn what Eris was doing while Rudy reunited with his father.
Tokyo 24th Ward: Season 1/ Episode 9 “Silver Salt” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
In perhaps one of the best episodes of the season, we get the background of the majority of the adults we’ve met thus far.
Tokyo 24th Ward: Season 1/ Episode 8 “Black Mist” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
A new Trolley dilemma leads to the reveal of who is Carneades, as well as why 0th has returned to the 24th ward.
Tokyo 24th Ward: Season 1/ Episode 6 “Under the Green Flower” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
As Koki wrestles with what he did, so comes the question of how absolute his sense of justice will remain as his father introduces him to the next Hazard Cast system.
Tokyo 24th Ward: Season 1/ Episode 5 “Red Line” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
With different priorities once more, can RGB get it together to prevent another death, or will someone die due to their lack of cohesiveness?
Tokyo 24th Ward: Season 1/ Episode 4 “Silver City” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
As RGB mourns their mentor, they all find themselves in the Shantytown, where a new drug is starting to emerge as a serious problem.
Tokyo 24th Ward: Season 1/ Episode 3 “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
After taking an episode off, the boys are once again called upon to handle a life or death situation. But will RGB work together to save everyone once again?
Tokyo 24th Ward: Season 1/ Episode 2 “Sepia Graffiti” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Who is Asumi, and what impact did she have on everyone? That is the focus of episode 2, “Sepia Graffiti.”
Tokyo Twenty Fourth Ward: Season 1/ Episode 1 “RGB” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
With the rare 40+ minute pilot, Tokyo 24th Ward seems to want to set a difficult precedent for other anime to follow in 2022.
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation: Season 1 (Part 2) – Summary/ Review (with Spoilers)
Jobless Reincarnation is the epitome of a show being so good, you’ll excuse the one thing that would tank any other show.
The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated In Another World As An Aristocrat: Season 1 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Despite its obnoxiously long title, The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated In Another World As An Aristocrat stands out amongst the reincarnated shows we’ve seen by presenting someone who isn’t out of their element but still has much to learn.
The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated In Another World As An Aristocrat: Season 1/ Episode 12 “Battle of Assassin” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
We’ve come to the end of The World’s Finest Assassin, with his life threatened by the man who surely has to be the hero due to the way he is presented.
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation: Season 1/ Episode 23 “Wake Up and Take a Step” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
As Rudy begins to succumb to his depression, we’re shown all the lives and people he touched up to this point.
The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated In Another World As An Aristocrat: Season 1/ Episode 11 “Choice of Betrayal” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Tasked with preventing an international incident, while protecting Dia, Lugh seemingly will follow in his father’s footsteps for love.
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation: Season 1/ Episode 22 “Dreams and Reality” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
In what is partly a recap episode, the completely unexpected happens left and right as Rudy and Eris finally make it home.
The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat: Season 1/ Episode 10 “First of Dates” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Though Lugh has proclaimed his love for Dia to his father, he gets the chance to show rather than tell as they go on a date in this episode.
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation: Season 1/ Episode 21 “Turning Point 2” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
As you might remember, the last turning point preceded the Mana Disaster utterly changing the world. So what will follow this turning point which follows Rudy meeting the Dragon God?
The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated In Another World As An Aristocrat: Season 1/ Episode 9 “Compensation of Assassination” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
As Lugh is prepping for his first assassination, without his father’s guidance, he is also tasked with tapping into his emotions and thinking about his future family.
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation: Season 1/ Episode 20 “The Birth of My Little Sister, The Maid” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Alongside seeing what led to Lilia and Aisha ending up in the Shirone Kingdom, we learn how Rudy will escape his imprisonment.
The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated In Another World As An Aristocrat: Season 1/ Episode 8 “Rites of Choice” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
With his two-year term coming to a close, Lugh is presented a notable ultimatum and he announces one of his plans for the future.
Mushoku Tensei Jobless Reincarnation: Season 1/ Episode 19 “Route Selection” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Familiar faces come back in this episode, and at least half of them aren’t people Rudy is fond of.
The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated In Another World As An Aristocrat: Season 1/ Episode 7 “Life of Falsehoods” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
As Lugh, I mean Illig, settles into his life as a merchant and naturally excels, he finds himself dealing with something he didn’t quite plan for.
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation: Season 1/ Episode 18 “Separate Journeys” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
As Rudy and the members of Dead End reach the Central Continent, Roxy makes a trip home and we learn why she left in the first place.
The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated In Another World As An Aristocrat: Season 1/ Episode 6 “Residence of Girls” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Rather than focus on Lugh’s early days as a member of the Balor family, we focus on the newest member of his crew and their traumatic origins.
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation: Season 1/ Episode 17 “Reunion” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
After a tumultuous reunion, Paul and Rudy find themselves at a bit of an impasse. However, Rudy’s memories of a past life, and an unexpected person, trigger a reunion.
The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated In Another World As An Aristocrat: Season 1/ Episode 5 “Qualifications of Assassins” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Lugh faces two notable tests required for him to become an assassin, and we get to meet the members of the Tuatha Dé family.
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation: Season 1/ Episode 16 “Family Squabble” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
It’s an emotional episode as Rudy runs into people who haven’t been on his mind, but they have long thought and worried about him.
The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated In Another World As An Aristocrat: Season 1/ Episode 4 “Plan of Goddess” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
We focus on Lugh’s life from ten to his mid-teens as he continues to prep to kill the Hero and recruits someone to help him do the job.
Luv U Cuz (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
With an FX/ Adult Swim vibe, Luv U Cuz might be one of the strangest animated shorts out of NewFest but might be one of the most memorable things we’ve seen overall.
Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut: Season 1/ Episode 4 “A Promise By The Lake” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
With her training intensifying and launch date moved up, Irina decides to open up a little bit, and Lev does the same.
Mushoku Tensei Jobless Reincarnation: Season 1/ Episode 15 “Slow Life in the Doldia Village” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Three months in the Doldia village’s rain season leads to new connections and the reveal that a few familiar faces have been in the village before.
