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Bakuten!! #03 – Production Notes
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First Impressions – Bakuten!!
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Bakuten!! #02 – Production Notes
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Weekly Digest 5/1/21 – Bakuten!!, Shakunetsu Kabaddi
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Spring 2021 First Impressions: Zombieland Saga: Revenge, Bakuten, The World Ends With You
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Ranking summary for the weeks of 2021 03/08, 03/15, 03/22, 03/29
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Horimiya – 03
「だから、大丈夫。」 (Dakara, daijoubu.) "That's Why It's Okay" You should see the other guy.
Baccano! – 03
Coincidence is like a cast member in Baccano, but you're never quite sure if it's telling the truth. Read more
Oooku – 03
Oooku's vision of how the country would change under these circumstances is very believable. Read more
Sakugan!! – 03
"BRAINS&HEARTS" Memenpuu and the multipurpose Tony.
BNA – 03
「Rhino Melancholy」 "That's Classified Information."
Oooku – 03
"Episode 3" Politics and sustaining a nation are truly a dog-eat-dog world.
Listeners – 03
The things that annoy me about Listeners fall more in line with execution than intent, and on balance I find that easier to tolerate. Read more The post…
ID:INVADED – 03
「SNIPED」 New week, new killer. But who is Narihisago?
Pet – 03
「仕事」 (Shigoto) "Jobs" Things aren't always as they seem. Only time will tell.
Working!!! – 03
And here’s the 3rd episode, with delay brought to you by Korokun!! You know the hardest thing about seasonal anime is the weekly thing, and tbqh, we’ve never…
Pet – 03
This world is a nasty one to be sure - even if Pet is abundantly cryptic that much is already clear. Read more The post Pet – 03…
SSSS.Dynazenon – 03
「裏切り者って、なに?」 (Uragirimono tte, nani?) "What is a Traitor?" While I genuinely love this series, it’s unusually hard to capture the reason in words.
Revenger – 03
「Fortune is Fickle and Blind」 Fortune always favours the bold.
Bucchigiri?! – 03
The almost total anonymity in which Bucchigiri seems to be operating is a bit of a mystery to me, I must say.
SSSS.Dynazenon – 03
While I genuinely love this series, it's unusually hard to capture the reason in words. Read more
Dorohedoro – 03
I think the main problem I have with Dorohedoro - the reason it's still firmly on the bubble after three episodes - is that I still haven't figured…
Overtake! – 03
Overtake is shaping up as one of the best sports anime of the year. Only it's reported length is a yellow flag at this point.
Helck – 03
There are more questions than answers with Helck at this point. Read more
Helck – 03
「未知の敵」 (Michi no Teki) "The Unknown Enemy" And you thought there wouldn't be a cliffhanger
Deaimon – 03
「夏宵囃子」 (Natsuyoi Bayashi) "A Summer Night's Accompaniment" Bonds grow stronger like the pitter-patter of passing summer rain.
Pluto – 03
It's all pretty breathtaking to be honest - the sheer weight and dexterity of the storytelling and the way it's brought to life both.
Plunderer – 03
「制服だから仕方ない」 (Seifuku da kara shikatanai) "The Unavoidable Uniform" The proof is in the pudding.
Jigokuraku – 03
Silly as it is, this is still kind of an interesting situation. Read more
Gleipnir – 03
「エレナ」 (Elena) "Elena" “Calorie Mate... Oh, the little block that looks like a cookie?”
Overtake! – 03
「表彰台まで何キロメートル? -Why?-」 (Hyoushoudai made Nan Kilometer?: Why?) "How Many Kilometers to the Winner`s Podium? Why?" You can't have two number ones.
Listeners – 03
「ユー・メイド・ミー・リアライズ」 (Yū meido mī riaraizu) "You Made Me Realise" Rookies without a path no more! These two are on their way to stardom at the rate they're going.
Pluto – 03
The decision to parse Pluto out into hour-long episodes – really movies – was an interesting one. I wonder if Maruyama actively encouraged it, or accepted an impetus…
SK∞ – 03
This is the skateboarding anime the world needed, whether it knew it or not. Read more
Revenger – 03
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Horimiya – 03
You should see the other guy. Read more
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Kingdom 5 – 03
There just aren't a lot of anime that do military epics well, and the pedigree behind this one is pretty unassailable.
Beastars 2 – 03
「そんな鉛を喉に詰まらせて」 (Son'na namari o nodo ni tsumara sete) "Changes" It almost defies belief, but Beastars is actually getting more weird, mysterious, and psychologically dark.
Princess Principal 03
If you’re going to be infiltrating an airship, I hope you brought your anti-gravity device. Oh, you did? Perfect. A parachute might still be recommended.
SSSS.DYNAZENON Episode #03
Here’s a grumpy Gauma to start this episode as it turns out that he was once part of the Kaiju Eugenicists, but Gauma decides to leave the group…
Ryman’s Club – 03
「ブレスト」 (Buresuto) "Brainstorming" Sometimes, roasting your colleagues is the best remedy.
Urusei Yatsura – 03
「トラブルは舞い降りた!! / 迷路でメロメロ」 (Trouble wa Maiorita!! / Meiro de Melomelo) "Trouble Rains Down!! / Amazed in a Maze" There is an idea of a Mendou; some kind of abstraction.
Raccoon Rascal 03
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Trigun Stampede – 03
「光よ, 闇を照らせ」 (Hikari yo, Yami o Terase) "Bright Light, Shine Through the Darkness" A Knives Out Mystery.
Appare-Ranman! – 03
That was certainly better - not that it matters for the moment. Read more