Anime

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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Tokyo Ghoul: Season 1/ Episode 4 “Supper” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview As our knowledge of the ghoul community expands, so does the number of threats Kaneki may face. Review (with Spoilers) With every ghoul introduced you are forced to wonder if they are friend or foe for, as we learned with Rize, the friendliest of ghouls can have the vilest intentions. But questions about who…

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Tokyo Ghoul: Season 1/ Episode 3 “Dove” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview As our knowledge of the ghoul community grows, so does the threat to their existence. Review (with Spoilers) By the end of the episode, there is one question which lingered in my thoughts: How does one become a ghoul? With Kaneki the process was getting Rize’s organs, but how did an elderly man and…

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Tokyo Ghoul: Season 1/ Episode 2 “Incubation” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview As Kaneki continues to try to fight being a ghoul/ Rize’s encouragement, he almost starves himself to madness. Review (with Spoilers) With this being only the 2nd episode, we still are in the introductory phase of getting to know the main characters. And while there seems to be something brooding in the background, I…

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Tokyo Ghoul: Season 1/ Episode 1 "Tragedy" [Series Premiere] – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview In a less twisted than expected first episode, we meet Kaneki and learn about the ghoul epidemic. Trigger Warning(s): Body Mutilation Review (with Spoilers) Every season there is at least one twisted looking anime which comes out. But unlike horror movies from America, twisted animes usually have a good plot and have something to…

Shuumatsu no Izetta (Izetta: The Last Witch): Season 1/ Episode 4 "The Secret of the Witch" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview A council of sorts is created to debate how can Izetta play a role in the war at hand, much less if she is as capable as they need her to be. Review (with Spoilers) Perhaps one of the few positive things about the switch to WordPress is that there is a certain community…

Zankyou no Terror (Terror in Resonance): Season 1/ Episode 11 "VON" [Series Finale] – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview In what feels like the final episode, almost everything is resolved with a blast, a bullet, and one look toward the sky. Review (with Spoilers) I have mixed feelings about this possible ending, if just because it seems so quickly wrapped up that it leaves little in the way of closure. For while it…

Zankyou no Terror (Terror in Resonance): Season 1/ Episode 10 "Helter Skelter" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Five finally gets a face to face with Kokonoe after he turns himself in. Review (with Spoilers) With Kokonoe turning himself in, a very surprising move, it helps keep the series interesting. Especially since, after many episodes of her trying to get a moment alone with Kokonoe, Five finally gets what she seemingly wanted…

Zankyou no Terror (Terror in Resonance): Season 1/ Episode 9 "Highs & Lows" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview As Nine (Kokonoe) rushes to finish the final attack and Twelve (Hisami) tries to save Lisa from Five, Shibazaki gives us almost all the information you could want about the Athena Plan. Review (with Spoilers) Assuming Zankyou no Terror goes on for 12 episodes, I think we seriously need one episode dedicated to the…

Zankyou no Terror (Terror in Resonance): Season 1/ Episode 8 "My Fair Lady" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview With Shibazaki damn near getting fired, Hisami wanting to tap out, and then Five still trying to draw the boys out, the beginning of the end is here. Review (with Spoilers) As retribution for Shibazaki’s interference in the investigation, he is put on an indefinite suspension. However, with him having this insatiable thirst for…

Zankyou no Terror (Terror in Resonance): Season 1/ Episode 7 "Deuce" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview As Nine (Kokonoe) and Five play a possibly deadly game of chess, Lisa is introduced as Sphinx #3.   Review (with Spoilers) Things are getting really interesting as Five starts to take on the villain role in the show. But, with her becoming the villain, there is a need to questions her motives. After…

Zankyou no Terror (Terror in Resonance): Season 1/ Episode 6 "Ready or Not" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview As Five seeks to draw out her old friends, there is a slight fear she may do so by any means necessary. Review (with Spoilers) Needless to say, Five’s inclusion in the series gives it new life as she becomes a definitive villain which not only brings a new challenge to the members of…

Zankyou no Terror (Terror in Resonance): Season 1/ Episode 5 "Hide & Seek" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Kokonoe’s (Nine) past comes to haunt him and brings some new intrigue into the show Review (with Spoilers) One constant complaint I usually have for shows is that they don’t seem to find ways to either up or maintain, the ante. They start with interesting characters, and premises, but then rely on first impressions…

Zankyou no Terror (Terror in Resonance): Season 1/ Episode 4 "Break Through" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview With a new bomb and riddle, the cat and mouse game between Sphinx and Shibaski continues as the lonely Lisa roams the streets. Review (with Spoilers) Thankfully, after the last episode, Hisami and Kokonoe are back to having a prominent role! Though what especially is interesting is that with Lisa wandering the streets, Hisami…

Zankyou no Terror (Terror in Resonance): Season 1/ Episode 3 "Search & Destroy" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview With Shibazaki living up to his legend, it further pushes you to question what Sphinx’s ultimate goal is and will they get it? Review (with Spoilers) To be honest, I found the episode dull. For with Hisami not playing a large role, nor Kokonoe, we are left with watching Shibazaki solve the latest puzzle…

Zankyou no Terror (Terror in Resonance): Season 1/ Episode 2 "Call & Response" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview As a new attack gets executed, a bit more is revealed about Lisa, Shibazaki, and hints are dropped about VON. Review (with Spoilers) Though I enjoy watching Hisami play a mad sidekick to Kokonoe, I increasingly find myself wondering what their background is and wanting to fully understand why they are terrorist. Be it…

Zankyou no Terror (Terror in Resonance): Season 1/ Episode 1 "Falling" [Series Premiere] – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Two young men, for reasons currently unknown, perform terrorist attacks. Trigger Warning(s): Terrorist Attack Review (with Spoilers) I originally was just going to watch this and not review it, but it is just too good to  comment on. For between Toji (aka Sphinx 2/ Twelve) who comes off like the Joker to me, and…

Trickster: Season 1/ Episode 1 "Mirage on D. Hill" [Series Premiere] – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview A group of eccentric people run a detective agency. The older men focus on local crime and the younger guy focuses on lost pets. Though with an old foe back in action and the kid detective finding a possible ally, expect things to get a bit more interesting in Shibuya! Trigger Warning(s): Multiple Suicide…

Re:Zero (Starting Life in Another World): Season 1/ Episode 25 “That’s All This Story Is About” [Season Finale] – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview And so it ends. It ends without some questions being answered and some plots being resolved. But we knew this wouldn’t be like Naruto or Bleach and go on way past its expiration date. Yet, there is material left to cover so maybe there just maybe a bit of a time gap between seasons…

Re:Zero (Starting Life in Another World): Season 1/ Episode 24 “The Self-Proclaimed Knight and the Greatest Knight” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview With there only being an episode left, prepare to watch Subaru quickly fix his mistakes from the last round and be sort of left indifferent because you know this story isn’t going to wrap up all he has gone through.

Re:Zero (Starting Life in Another World): Season 1/ Episode 18 “From Zero” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Recap It is often said that in order for a person to move forward, they must look back. I think Peace From Broken Pieces says it best: “[…] lives fall apart when they need to be rebuilt. Lives fall apart when the foundation upon which they were built needs to be relaid. Lives fall apart,…

Alderamin on the Sky: Season 1/ Episode 1 “A Stormy Encounter” [Series Premiere] – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview At 18 years old, were you ready to command an army? At 12 were you preparing to rule a nation at war? Well, that is what these young people are preparing for in this series. Though in the first episode they find themselves forced to end their theory training and actually participate. Rating: Stick…

91 Days: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Day 1: Night of the Murder” [Series Premiere] – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview 91 Days is perhaps the most compelling anime I’ve seen in a while. Be it because it isn’t focused on a bunch of kids or teens or isn’t in some foregone era or way in the future, If anything, it might just be because it seems like your general HBO show in animated form….

Re:Zero (Starting Life in Another World): Season 1/ Episode 13 “Self-Proclaimed Knight Natsuki Subaru” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview It has all been coming to this. Emilia being put up for selection, Subaru watching on, and then the prejudice of Lugnica rearing its ugly head. Thus leading to Subaru reacting and, well…