In this sub-category, you’ll find TV series that are generally Japanese anime, but also animation from across the world.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Overview The Germanian army thinks they are about to deal what should be the final blow before they cut the head off of the Kingdom of Eylstady, but then comes Izetta.
Overview Alongside seeing the extent of Izette’s powers, we are reminded not only how much she is loved by the people but how dire their circumstances are.
Overview See this episode as just an introduction, laying the foundation, before the show may just get good.
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…
Collected quotes from the Monogatari series.
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…
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.
Recap Things were going too well. Betelgeuse was defeated, Julius and Subaru were getting along, but it wasn’t clear what would ruin this feel good train. Well, we get our answer.
Recap With the White Whale dead, the next focus is the Witch’s Cult. But while finishing them off maybe the main goal, it seems Subaru may have to make time to fully reconcile with Julius.
Recap The battle comes to an end, but not everyone is going onto Subaru’s true mission.
Recap The battle against the White Whale is a bloody one filled with the occasional flashbacks, but let it be known: The battle doesn’t end here.
Recap Using everything he knows, and with a little luck, Subaru may finally have an answer as to how to save Emilia. With her rivals help.
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,…
Recap Imagine some of the worse things which could happen to Subaru, outside of him dying. Two of those things happen in this episode, and then something quite surprising happens.
Overview The key thing Subaru has to learn in this episode is the art of negotiation. Something he can’t do well with the aristocrats, but does awesome with when it comes to the common merchant.
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…
Overview Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce the newest villain, the leader of the Sloth sect of the Witch Cultist, Betelgeuse.
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….
Overview After quite a confrontation, Subaru is now just focused on getting stronger. That is until Rem picks up some sort of clairvoyant message from Ram.
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…
Overview Emilia is called to the capital castle and with this change of scenery comes a new arc. One which surprisingly doesn’t end with Subaru facing death.
Overview In an episode which largely focuses on the twin demons’ backstory, we learn much about them, as well as Roswaal.
Overview While Subaru awakens, hopefully setting a new checkpoint, the fight against the mabeast is far from over.
The overall goal of Wherever I Look is to fill in that space between the average fan and critic and advise you on what’s worth experiencing.