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Juuni Taisen – 12 [The One Wish That Must Be Granted, and the Ninety-nine...
This last episode of Juuni Taisen centres on Rat pondering around, deciding on his ultimate wish after winning the Zodiac War. In a way, Rat is the perfect protagonist to explore the nature of...
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Girls’ Last Tour – 12 [Collection – Friends]
I am glad that this little dark moe show that mostly flies under the radar in this Fall 2017 ended in a high note, and Girls’ Last Tour has been really consistently solid to begin with. This is a...
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Houseki no Kuni – 12 [New Work]
And this phenomenal anime has come to an end, at least for now. This finale is pretty much a calm before the big arc coming up, and further solidify the extend Phos has been growing so far. Well,...
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Juuni Taisen (Fall 2017) Review – 72/100
With a battle royale concept about 12 Chinese Zodiac warriors fighting against each other for a grand wish and penned by Nisio Isin, Junni Taisen had a lot of high expectation from the anime fandom....
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The Night is Short, Walk On Girl (2017) Movie Review – 92.5/100
“How many decades have passed since our drinking contest?” “It hasn’t been that long. It was only a few hours ago, this very night!” That gap in time perceiving plays a significant role in Night is...
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Girls’ Last Tour (Fall 2017) Review – 86/100
Girls’ Last Tour falls within my favorite new trend that emerging the anime medium over the last decade: a dark moe anime. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where the human race has almost extinct, our...
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Houseki no Kuni (Fall 2017) Review – 92/100
Make no mistake, Houseki no Kuni is the most ambitious anime project of the year. Not only because it’s an entirely CG project (and make a damn good use of it, mind you), or because of its narrative...
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In This Corner of the World (2016) Movie Review – 90/100
In this Corner of the World (for the purpose of this review, I’ll refer it as “Corner”), is the truest slice of life drama if you ever encounter one, in that it’s a slice into an ordinary life of an...
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Some Quick First Impressions: Koi wa Ameagari no You ni, Miira no Kaikata,...
Koi wa Ameagari no You ni Short Synopsis: A young highschool student falls for her middle-aged, single father manager. Lenlo’s Review: I am rarely a fan of romance anime, generally preferring a good...
View ArticleWinter 2018 Anime Coverage
It’s this time again. After painfully * sat through almost all the first episodes this Winter 2018 has to offer. Here’s what our team decide to blog for this coming season: Aidan: DARLING in the...
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A Place Further than the Universe – 02 [Kabukicho Fremantle]
I’m glad that this second episode addresses straight out all my worries from the first episode: the actual implementation to make that trip a reality, because boy, it’s no simple matter. Universe...
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A Place Further than the Universe – 03 [The Follow Backs Don’t Stop]
“I could just die right now” That line, spoken by our new member, Yuzuki, bookends this week’s Universe. It marks the shift in the new girl’s character growth. Last week, the Expedition girls...
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Violet Evergarden – 02 [Never Coming Back]
I’m thankful that this second episode plays out much quieter and more subtle than the first, because I’m not a fan at all with the grandeur approach of the first episode. This makes the second week of...
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After the Rain – 02 [Rain Drops on Green Leaves]
It has been exactly a year since I last blogged you, noitaminA shows, and this time again it’s another romance drama. Unlike Scum’s Wish last year, however, Ameagari has one simple premise, but it...
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A Place Further than the Universe – 04 [Four Caterpillars]
Universe takes another firm step towards the Antarctica trip, this time more about the actual preparation: parents’ approval, training and the likes. We’re still far away from the final destination,...
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Violet Evergarden – 03 [May You Be an Exemplary Auto-Memoir Doll]
Well, we have another original anime-material this week and I consider this episode slightly stronger than last week, although its main shortcomings still remain. The biggest improvement in terms of...
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The Versus Show: Boku dake ga Inai Machi (ERASED) vs. Ano Hi Mita Hana no...
Erased 04 Anohana 05 Erased 08 Anohana 02 Erased 03 Anohana 01 It has been quite a while since the last time we had this, right? Now, game on for some new match-ups. This time I pick 2 shows from...
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After the Rain – 03 [Raindrops]
Gosh, the romance tension sure escalated quickly, which for my money is for the better. This week we have Tachibana in both her lowest and highest (AKA entirely in her unstable mood), the 45-year-old...
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A Place Further than the Universe – 05 [Dear my friend]
When you embark on a new adventure, you leave behind all the things normally tie you down. It’s one of the central theme of Universe’s this week episode. Bravos to Universe who manages to scratch an...
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Violet Evergarden – 04 [You Won’t Be a Tool, but a Person Worthy of That Name]
Slowly and gradually, Violet Evergarden keeps getting more powerful. This episode’s main success has to be the fact that it gives a proper emotional story to the characters around Violet. Iris takes...
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