Anime

In this sub-category, you’ll find TV series that are generally Japanese anime, but also animation from across the world.

Tokyo Ghoul: Season 1/ Episode 6 “Cloudburst” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview With Tsukiyama taken down, the doves and Jason return to prominence. Review (with Spoilers) The relationship between Hinami and Ryoko is the primary focus after Toka and Tsukiyama face off. Driving the idea that while ghouls can be fearsome and dangerous creatures, they at the same time are more than capable of creating families,…

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Tokyo Ghoul: Season 1/ Episode 5 “Scar” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Though Kaneki appears free, Tsukiyama lurks in the shadows waiting on his delectable prey. Review (with Spoilers) Tsukiyama is such a great villain, but I do feel censorship ruins the episode for all the blood and gore gets blurred out. But, to compensate for the gory bits being censored, we do get quite a…

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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…