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Winter 2024 What-I’m-Watching Summary – Week 11

Hey all! Apologies for the delay on this. Can’t lie, I’ve been caught up playing Dragon’s Dogma 2 plus some grad school work. Hopefully things will relax around…

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Black Lagoon – 21/22 [Two Father’s Little Soldier Girls/The Dark Tower] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to what may be the best pair of Black Lagoon episodes… Ever, really. I love so much about these episodes, and they are so intertwined with…

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Winter 2024 What-I’m-Watching Summary – Week 10

Thanks for the well wishes after last weeks post everyone. Can’t say things are great, in fact I’d say they are falling apart, but this is a nice…

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Black Lagoon – 19/20 [Fujiyama Gangsta Paradise/The Succession] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to another 2 episodes of Black Lagoon! This week kicks of the final arc of the series, taking us to a land we haven’t visited since…

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Guest Post: Unearthed Treasure with Firechick – The Yuzuki Family’s Four Sons (80/100)

Alright, let’s get the elephant out of the room, the only reason anyone even heard of The Yuzuki Family’s Four Sons is because of the fact that for…

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Winter 2024 What-I’m-Watching Summary – Week 9

Hey all, wanted to let you know real quick here at the top that posts this next week may be late or skipped entirely. Had a death in…

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Black Lagoon – 17/18 [The Roanapur Freakshow Circus/Mr. Benny’s Good Fortune] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome back, to another week of Black Lagoon! I have another pair of episodes for you, these two wrapping up the Jane arc with just as much fun…

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Spring 2024 Season Preview

Lenlo: Welcome all, to the early days of the Spring season! Boy time sure does fly. And I still haven’t caught up on a lot of my projects.…

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Winter 2024 What-I’m-Watching Summary – Week 8

Undead Unluck – 21 [Memento Mori] It’s simultaneously fantastic and depressing just how good Undead Unluck is when it’s not poorly paced. Seriously, this episode was brilliant. Spending…

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Black Lagoon – 15/16 [Swan Song at Dawn/Greenback Jane] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to another slightly late week of Black Lagoon! Turns out implementing Deep Q-Learning and then trying to teach it to play Snake is harder than I…

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Winter 2024 What-I’m-Watching Summary – Week 7

Hey all! Real quick, I am aware that I am ludicrously late on both the 2023 Anime of the Year awards and the preview for the next season…

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Guest Post: Unearthed Treasure with Firechick – Grimm’s Fairy Tale Classics (77/100)

(This review covers both seasons, not just the first one) Fairy tales have always been a staple in our lives, whether because our parents read them to us,…

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Black Lagoon – 13/14 [The Vampire Twins Comen/Bloodsport Fairytale] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to another week of Black Lagoon! This week marks the halfway point of this watch, as well as the beginning of a new season for Black…

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Winter 2024 What-I’m-Watching Summary – Week 6

This was a good week for the season. I don’t think there was a single bad episode, from any show, across the board. Some were better than others…

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Black Lagoon – 11/12 [Lock’n Load Revolution/Guerrillas in the Jungle] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to a late week of Black Lagoon! This has been a busy few days for me, so apologies for the delay and shortness of the post.…

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Winter 2024 What-I’m-Watching Summary – Week 5

Bucchigiri – 4 [Stop the War! Sometimes You Gotta Eat the Goya Chanpuru] Bucchigiri is, once again, great. The over the top gang drama is just fun, I…

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Black Lagoon – 9/10 [Maid to Kill/The Unstoppable Chambermaid] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to another week of Black Lagoon! We’re almost done with the first season, only two episodes left. That means shit’s starting to go down, and I…

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Guest Post: Unearthed Garbage with Firechick – Prima Doll (50/100)

I normally don’t try to review an anime before it ends, as I prefer to watch it all the way through before sorting out my thoughts on it.…

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Winter 2024 What-I’m-Watching Summary – Week 4

Bucchigiri – 3 [Love at First fight! The One and Only Quail in the World] Bucchigiri continues to be stupid fun mixed with an evolving and escalating gang-war…

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Black Lagoon – 7/8 [Calm Down, Two Men/Rasta Blasta] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to another week of Throwback Thursday! This was a great week for Black Lagoon, I enjoyed both episodes quite a bit and I like where the…

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Winter 2024 What-I’m-Watching Summary – Week 3

Everything is in a loose order this week, so consider this to be my current standings for the season, barring Aidan’s Sengoku Youko! Bucchigiri – 2 [Wanna Take…

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Black Lagoon – 5/6 [Eagle Hunting and Hunting Eagles/Moonlit Hunting Grounds] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to week 3 of Black Lagoon! This weeks is the conclusion of the Nazi painting story, filled with blood, anthems, and Revy being a bit upset…

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Winter 2024 What-I’m-Watching Summary – Week 2

Hello everyone! Apologies for the delay on this, I’ve been playing a lot of Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising. I made it to A4! Woo! Anyways, this is a…

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Black Lagoon – 3/4 [Ring-Ding Ship Chase/Die Rückkehr des Adlers] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to the 2nd week of Black Lagoon! This week we start to explore the wider world, expanding the setting and learning what kind of lives our…

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Guest Post: Unearthed Treasure with Firechick – Natsume’s Book of Friends Seasons 1-4 (95/100)

(This review will cover seasons 1-4, and as of this writing, I still haven’t seen seasons 5 and 6, along with the movie and some of the OVAs.…

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Winter 2024 First Episode Awards

And that’s it everyone! That’s the premiers of the season! We waded through a lot of mediocre crap to get here, but we  finally made it. So, was…

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Winter 2024 Impressions: BUCCHIGIRI?!, Snack Basue, Meiji Gekken: 1874

BUCCHIGIRI?! Short Synopsis (Anilist): Arajin Tomoshibi’s reunion with his old pal Matakara Asamine takes an unexpected turn when they stumble into a brawl with the toughest guys in…

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Winter 2024 What-I’m-Watching Summary – Week 1

Hello everyone! So incase you didn’t notice, this is a pretty big post! Lots of small stuff I’m watching this season that I expect to probably drop but…

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Winter 2024 Impressions: Yuuki Bakuhatsu Bang Bravern, Delusional Monthly Magazine,

Yuuki Bakuhatsu Bang Bravern Short Synopsis: Modern Military Mecha crossed with Tokusatsu, will it be serious or jokey, who knows! Bravern is… weird. It’s split between this “Modern…

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Black Lagoon – 1/2 [The Black Lagoon/Mangrove Heaven] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to the next season of Throwback Thursday and the first post of Winter 2024! As you can see, we’re covering Black Lagoon! We have a fair…

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Winter 2024 Impressions: 30 Year Old Virgin Wizard, Sengoku Youko, The Witch and the Beast

This is the second of two Impressions posts today, so scroll down for the first! 30-sai made Doutei da to Mahou Tsukai ni Nareru Rashii Short Synopsis: 30…

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Winter 2024 Impressions: Villainess Level 99, Doctor Elise, Metallic Rouge

This is the first of two Impressions posts today, so keep an eye out for the second in case you miss it! Villainess Level 99: I May Be…

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Winter 2024 Impressions: Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!, Hime-sama, “Goumon” no Jikan desu, The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil

Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable! Short Synopsis: Big town Tokyo boy moves to small Hokkaido town, immediately gets picked up by Hokkaido gyaru. Look, I need to get…

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Winter 2024 Impressions: Solo Leveling, Tales of Wedding Rings, A Sign of Affection, Tank Isekai

Solo Leveling Short Synopsis: 10 years ago portals, and those with the abilities to combat that which came out of them called hunters, appeared in the world. This…

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Winter 2024 Impressions: Sasaki and Peeps, The Demon Prince of Momochi House, The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic, Pon no Michi

Sasaki and Peeps Short Synopsis: A Japanese salaryman discovers a magic bird and starts making inter-dimensional trade deals with an isekai world before getting caught up in a…

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Winter 2024 Impressions: Delicious in Dungeon, My Instant Death Ability is Overpowered, Chained Soldier

Delicious in Dungeon Short Synopsis: An adventuring party runs out of food and has to eat the local monsters to survive. And wouldn’t you know it? They come…

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Winter 2024 Impressions: Fluffy Paradise, Gushing Over Magical Girls, Ishura

Fluffy Paradise Short Synopsis: Grown woman gets isekai’ed with the power to make non-human creatures love her. Also she’s like… 6. Disney Princess the anime. The new season…

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Guest Post: Unearthed Baubles with Firechick – Astro Boy 1980 (70/100)

On April 3rd, 1952, Osamu Tezuka started up a new manga that would later become not only one of his most iconic works, but become a staple in…

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In Praise of 2023’s Short Anime

Wooper: Happy New Year, everyone! I hope your 2023 was safe and successful. Mine was more productive than usual, thanks in part to my greatly reduced anime-watching habits.…

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Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 Review – 61/100

Lets not beat around the bush, you know what Jujutsu Kaisen is. Animated by studio MAPPA, directed by Shouta Goshozono and originally created by Gege Akutami, Jujutsu Kaisen…

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Migi & Dali Review – 86/100

Animated horror can be a pretty hard genre to nail. You know what you’re watching, so you’re expecting to be scared, and it being animated removes it from…

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The Big O Review – 84/100 – Throwback Thursday

A review of both the 1999 and the 2003 seasons of The Big O, a cult classic mecha anime from Studio Sunrise.

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Fall 2023 What-I’m-Watching Summary – Week 13

Shangri-La Frontier – 13 [Only Resentments About the End of Life Remain] We got a lore dump episode! Getting some hints as to the creation of the origins…

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Jujutsu Kaisen S2 – 23 [Shibuya Incident – Gate, Close]

Welcome all, to the finale of Jujutsu Kaisen season two! Not a whole lot to talk about this week, and I’m a bit preoccupied with all of the…

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Migi & Dali – 13 [Migi and Dali]

Welcome all, to the finale of Migi & Dali! We have a lot to talk about this week, as Migi & Dali may have just given us the…

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Dr. STONE New World P2 – 10/11 [Treasure Island/Beyond the New World]

Welcome all, to a double feature and the grand finale for this season of Dr. STONE. Neither episode really had a whole lot going on, this being an…

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Winter 2024 Season Preview

Lenlo: It’s the end of the year everyone! I hope you’re staying warm and having a happy holidays. Personally, I have a metric shit ton to write before…

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Fall 2023 What-I’m-Watching Summary – Week 12

Heads up, with some shows coming to an end I’m going to slip some tentative final scores underneath their section. These are very loose, not exact at all,…

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Jujutsu Kaisen S2 – 22 [Metamorphosis, Part 2]

Welcome all, to the penultimate episode of Jujutsu Kaisen! This is… This is a rough week for me. If you’re a fan, if you don’t like it when…

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Guest Post: Unearthed Treasure with Firechick – Pokemon Paldean Winds (78/100)

So…would Pokemaniacs kill me if I said that I was more excited for this than the announcement of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet getting DLC? Pokemon: Paldean Winds is…

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