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Oooku – 07
"Episode 7" Kasuga couldn't have picked two more complete opposites in personality
Oooku – 04
"Episode 4" Kyoto vs. Edo
Oooku – 09
Kasuga is lucky that Arikoto is as kind as he is, but that applies to pretty much everybody. Read more
Oooku – 03
Oooku's vision of how the country would change under these circumstances is very believable. Read more
Oooku – 04
I'm starting to wonder if Oooku isn't at heart a clever means of circumventing the Chrysanthemum Taboo. Read more
Oooku – 08
"Episode 8" The times they are a-changing
Oooku – 02
This version is effectively an extended teaser trailer for the manga. Read more
Oooku – 03
"Episode 3" Politics and sustaining a nation are truly a dog-eat-dog world.
Oooku – 09
"Episode 9" How ironic that Arikoto is the one to take care of Kasuga
Oooku – 02
"Episode 2" The prologue over, we now start with an unexpected beginning
Oooku – 08
One of the things that stands out to me about Oooku is how much is plays like a historical reenactment. Read more
Oooku – 06
"Episode 06" Oooku raises the question of "What is gender?"
Oooku – 01
"Episode 1" Through the looking glass
Oooku – 05
"Episode 5" At heart, this is a tale about identity
Oooku – 10
"Episode 10" Japanese society as presented in this final episode is in a transition state in the process of evolving from the old creature it was into a new…
Oooku – 05-06
Oooku blurs the line between victim and victimizer quite intentionally, because that's what the sort if world it depicts does. Read more
First Impressions – Oooku
Anyone complaining about Netflix' role in the anime industry is barking up the wrong tree. Read more
Oooku – 10 (End) and Series Review
As good fantasy often does, Oooku uses the pretext of its premise to shed light on reality in ways a less fanciful series would struggle to do. Read…
Episode 818: Don’t Toy with Oooku, Miss Chambers
This week on Anime Pulse we got a long walk, no news, and inner chambers. Up First Joseph went for a long ass walk and talks about the…
Ranking summary for the weeks of 2020 07/06, 07/ 13, 07/20, 07/27
Ranking summary for the weeks of 2020 07/06, 07/ 13, 07/20, 07/27 The following rankings have been updated to reflect the available data through the weeks mentioned above.…
Pet – 07
If you're looking for a story that espouses the idea that at their core people are decent, keep shopping. Read more The post Pet – 07 appeared first…
SSSS.Dynazenon – 07
The formula of an original series in the hands of a really good writer is a hard one to top - everything seems to fit in a way…
SK∞ – 07
Often when shows like this go serious it takes them too far out of their comfort zone, but this pretty much worked for me. Read more
Plunderer – 07
「美味かったよ」 (Umakattayo) "It was Delicious" It might be best not to get on Hina's bad side.
Listeners – 07
「Ikari no Hi」 (怒りの日 (problems)) "Day of Rage" I'm not exactly sure what's going on. But I guess you could say I'm enjoying myself.
Noblesse – 07
None of these doofuses is in the remotest capable of giving advice to a lovestruck teenager. Read more
Mononogatari – 07
I get why everyone is so obsessed with Botan. Read more
Overtake! – 07
「露出アンダー -What I really feel...-」 (Roshutsu Under: What I Really Feel...) "Underexposure -What I really feel...-" "Like a picture, I was overexposed."
Gleipnir – 07
「変形」 (Henkei) "Metamorphosis" "I'm not a player, I just crush a lot."
Beastars – 07
This episode more than any so far had me feeling like the cigar is sometimes just a cigar. Read more The post Beastars – 07 appeared first on…
Beastars – 07
The post Beastars – 07 appeared first on Star Crossed Anime.
Overtake! – 07
Kouya's backstory is quite complicated and dark, and it's well-integrated with the sports side (effectively Haruka's arc).
Helck – 07
「人間の王」 (Ningen no Ou) "The Human King" Did someone order Kingdom of Heaven?
Horimiya – 07
「君がいて、僕がいて。」 (Kimi ga ite, boku ga ite.) "You're Here, I'm Here" Controversial opinion time.
Pluto – 07
I only just realized it, but there's something just a bit childlike in all the great robots of Pluto as Urasawa writes them.
Deaimon – 07
「秋色に舞う」 (Shūshoku ni Mau) "Dancing in Autumn Colors" Don’t let other’s people perceptions of you subside your potential.
Jigokuraku – 07
「花と贄」 (Hana to Nie) "Flowers and Offerings" In accordance with my usual policy of not burying the headline, that was by far, far the best episode of Jigokuraku so far…
Ousama Ranking – 07
How things have changed in so little time - a reminder that they could turn again just as quickly. Read more
Heike Monogatari – 07
The burning of Kofukuji and Todaiji Temples in Nara was in many ways the single most important event of the entire Genpei War, so I hope you didn't…
Scarlet Nexus – 07
「追跡、ナギ」 (Tsuiseki, Nagi) "The Hunt for Nagi" Talk less; smile more; don’t let them know what you’re against or what you’re for.
Kingdom 4 – 07
This should be a good test of Kingdom's plot armor, if nothing else. Read more
Appare-Ranman! – 07
Just when I was resigning myself to dropping a series it comes out with a really decent episode. Read more
Kyokou Suiri – 07
Creating a compelling piece of fiction is a complicated alchemy, requiring the skillful blending of many ingredients, and it's not easy to get right. Read more The post…
SSSS.DYNAZENON Episode #07
Well look what we have here, it appears that Bullbind is getting wrecked by Gridknight as both Onija and Mujina couldn’t believe that their kaiju is gonna lose.
Lycoris Recoil – 07
"Time will tell" That sure was a faceful, Takina.
Mushoku Tensei – 07
「努力の先にあるもの」 (Doryoku no Saki ni Aru Mono) "What Lies Beyond Effort" Swordplay is dancing with extra steps.
Ryman’s Club – 07
「オルタナティブ」 (Orutanatibu) "Alternative" You may leave badminton for a while, but it never really leaves you.