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Apocalypse Hotel – 05
To have an anime I've come to love geek out hard over whisky production is almost too much - a definite "my cup runneth over" development.
Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals – 05
As you get deeper into Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals, you recognize that diminished expectations are a powerful recurring theme.
Aharen-san wa Hakarenai Season 2 – 05
Remember, you can't spell "speedo" without the "o" in "Raidou" (even if you wish you could).
Patron Pick Spring 2025: Witch Watch – 05
Congratulations to Witch Watch for winning this season's Patron Pick poll.
Kuroshitsuji: Midori no Majo-hen – 05
There are times when Toboso-sensei rubs it in our faces so hard it's impossible to ignore.
Kowloon Generic Romance – 05
Let's talk about goldfish.
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (The Apothecary Diaries) – 41
When it comes to The Apothecary Diaries, Chekov's gun is an entire artillery brigade.
Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals – 04
This ep was kind of a distilled essence of what makes Illegals so damn good.
Aharen-san wa Hakarenai Season 2 – 04
Matsuboshi's imagination is one of animanga's great comedic superpowers.
Kuroshitsuji: Midori no Majo-hen – 04
It's hard to beat "Book of Circus" as a premise for sheer pathos and emotional heft, but this one carries a sense of real import to it.
Kowloon Generic Romance – 04
With apologies to disappointed manga readers (of whose number I have often been one), this is still great.
Spring 2025 Check-in
Bigger isn't necessarily better with anime schedules, but it does have its upsides.
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (The Apothecary Diaries) – 40
This show is usually better when the stuff that's happening matters.
Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals – 03
Leave the apocalypse to the guys with endorsement deals - there's plenty else threatening society that someone has to deal with.
My Taste is Better Than Yours Episode 31 – Rurouni Kenshin Tokyo Arc
Rurouni Kenshin is truly one of shounen's - and Shounen Jump's - greatest stories ever told.
Aharen-san wa Hakarenai Season 2 – 03
Here's my question - why was that old dude putting a surfboard on his car?
LiA Bespoke Project: The Music Never Stopped – Anime’s Top Soundtracks
What a subject to tackle.
Anne Shirley – 03
Ann(e) Shirley has to learn to control her temper.
Kowloon Generic Romance – 03
A sense of nostalgia for a place I've never been, indeed.
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (The Apothecary Diaries) – 39
This has to be complicated for Loumen (though not only Loumen).
Second Impressions – Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
The sheer crassness of this series stacks up with the most cynical anime productions of all-time.
Second Impressions – Apocalypse Hotel
There's a ton of interesting stuff going on with this show on multiple levels.
Second Impressions – Zatsu Tabi: That’s Journey
I could expound endlessly on the pluses and minus of solo travel as opposed to pair or group.
Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals – 02
Are thes the "heroes" hero society needs, or the ones it deserves?
Second Impressions – Lazarus
If Watanabe doesn't care that much, I don't see why any of us should either.
Second Impressions Digest – Shin Samurai-den Yaiba, Witch Watch, Shoushimin Series 2nd Season
Two of three anime recommend oni for good mental hygiene.
SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary, SHOSHIMIN: How to become Ordinary Season 2, WITCH WATCH
Second Impressions – Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de (The Dinner Table Detective)
This show seems to get better the more absurd it gets.
Kowloon Generic Romance – 02
What does all this add up to? It's hard to say.
Kuroshitsuji: Midori no Majo-hen – 02
Simply put, this is possibly the funniest scene in Kuroshitsuji.
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (The Apothecary Diaries) – 38
One of the strengths of The Apothecary Diaries is that it doesn't seem to have extended troughs.
First Impressions – Uchuujin MuuMuu (Me and the Alien MuMu)
Cats, aliens, introversion - check.
First (and Second) Impressions – Moonrise
I can only vouch for where the story is after two episodes, but I'm interested.
First Impressions – Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
I think the modus operandi of Gundam at this point is "sell the sizzle, not the steak".
First Impressions – Apocalypse Hotel
It's a bit of a cliche, but I'm not sure what I just watched.
First Impressions – Zatsu Tabi: That’s Journey
This series just broadcasts on my frequency.
My Taste is Better Than Yours Episode 30 – Hunter X Hunter Chimera Ant Arc (Part II)
"Chimera Ant's" brilliance speaks for itself, but we're not letting that stop us.
Aharen-san wa Hakarenai Season 2 – 01
This premiere was a reminder of everything I love about this series. And everything that frustrates me about it, unfortunately.
First Impressions – Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals
It's glorious to see Vigilante on the screen at long last, in Bones' supremely capable hands.
First Impressions – Lazarus
Watanabe Shinichirou sits on a different shelf than most everything else in anime.
First Impressions – Kuroshitsuji: Midori no Majo-hen
As long as Kuroshitsuji and Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun want to play GFantasy tag team with the anime schedule, that works for me.
Black Butler: Emerald Witch Arc, Toilet-bound Hanako-kun, Black Butler
First Impressions – Anne Shirley
Do we really need another Anne-ime in 2025? Well, I don't see the harm in it.
First Impressions – Kowloon Generic Romance
There are a couple of reasons to be cautious but boy, one couldn't ask for a much better premiere than that.
First Impressions – Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de (The Dinner Table Detective)
This show has all the hallmarks of a successful old-school comedy-first mystery.
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (The Apothecary Diaries) – 37
A new season, a new OP and ED for Kusuriya no Hitorigoto.
First Impressions Digest – Ballpark de Tsukamaete! (The Catcher in the Ballpark!), Your Forma
Ballpark de Tsukamaete! – 01 Ballpark de Tsukamaete! was literally the last show in the season preview (though the “Modestly Interested” pack could have been shuffled any old…
First Impressions – Kijin Gentoushou (Sword of the Demon Slayer)
As this is where the story proper begins, it would be dangerous to read too much into the first two episodes.