Following a three-month wait for a finale that was half-recap and half-nonsense, Wonder Egg Priority will go down in anime history as yet another promising passion project that was stymied by poor …
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After the death of her best and only friend, Ai Ohto became a shut in. One night while on a walk, she is convinced by a mysterious entity…
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The Kunihiko Ikuhara school for teachers (why Wonder Egg Priority’s Sawaki is bad actually)
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TV Anime, A Deadly Landscape Even For High Profile Productions: SK8 And Wonder Egg Priority’s Struggles
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You know what Wonder Egg Priority reminded me of? Interviews with Monster Girls. Let me tell you why. The deal with the demi-human girls of Interviews is that…
Wonder Egg Priority
A beautifully sad parade of personalities.
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Wonder Egg Priority was one of the most promising anime of the winter 2021 season. At least until it crashed and burned.
Wonder Egg Priority
A beautiful, raw, rattling ride focusing on human trauma in a non-pandering way. For about 70% of the way, then has a disappointing finish.
Wonder Egg Priority: Trauma and Tribulations
While the beautiful animation and staggering ambition of the series cannot be understated, the truly most impactful thing about Wonder Egg is the sobering honesty with which the…
Wonder Egg Priority – 02 [The Terms of Friendship]
Frankly, I have never felt this immersed in an anime premiere since… Sarazanmai back in 2019, and if I look further down the line, it was Flip Flappers…
Wonder Egg Priority – 11
「おとなのこども」 (Otona no Kodomo) "An Adult Child" Well, the plot certainly didn’t move in a direction that I expected.
Wonder Egg Priority – 04
「カラフル・ガールズ」 (Karafuru Gaaruzu) "Colorful Girls" I didn't think Wonder Egg Priority could get any better. Yet here we are.
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Wonder Egg Priority – 02
「友達の条件」 (Tomodachi no Jouken) "The Terms of Friendship" Some of the novelty might have worn off since the first episode. But Wonder Egg Priority remains every bit as intriguing.
Wonder Egg Priority – 01
「子供の領分」 (Kodomo no Ryoubun) "The Domain of Children" "Break the egg and change the world".
Wonder Egg Priority – 07
「14才の放課後」 (Juuyon-sai no Houkago) "After School at 14" It impresses me how Wonder Egg Priority doesn't shy away from exploring heavy concepts like self-harm and suicide, by handling these subjects…
Wonder Egg Priority – 09
「誰も知らない物語」 (Dare mo Shiranai Monogatari) "A Story No One Knows" I think we all need a moment to digest what happened in that episode.
Wonder Egg Priority – 12
「負けざる戦士」 (Makezaru Senshi) "An Unvanquished Warrior" I don't think we can call that a real ending. But Wonder Egg Priority has still been an incredible journey.
Wonder Egg Priority – 03
「裸のナイフ」 (Hadaka no Naifu) "A Bare Knife" Wow. I can't even begin to imagine living with that kind of crushing guilt.
Wonder Egg Priority – 05
「笛を吹く少女」 (Fue o Fuku Shoujo) "The Girl Flautist" Something tells me those mannequins aren't engaging with the girls in good faith.
Wonder Egg Priority – 10
「告白」 (Kokuhaku) "Confession" Panic, nooooo!
Wonder Egg Priority – 06
「パンチドランク・デー」 (Panchi Doranku Dee) "Punch Drunk Day" I feel like we can't trust the adult men in this show - be it mannequins or guidance counselors.
Flowers for Rika Kawai and notes on flower language in Wonder Egg Priority Episode 6-7
While the garden of Aca and Ura-Aca places the four leads of Wonder Egg Priority against various floral backdrops to hint at their moods and personalities, Rika Kawai’s…
Wonder Egg Priority Episode 6: Strange Egg
Sums up my thoughts on this episode.
Wonder Egg Priority Episode 2: Brutal Egg
Now that we know what kind of show we’re looking at here let’s see where it goes next, shall we?
(REVIEW) The Long Road Home and The WONDER EGG PRIORITY
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Wonder Egg Priority, Episode 11: “The Temptation of Death”?
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Wonder Egg Priority Episode 1: Silent Egg Zone
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Wonder Egg Priority Episode 5: Hard Boiled Egg
Everyone (rightfully) gushed over Ai and Rika. They’re great girls. However, I waited patiently for one to get the spotlight. At long last her time had come.
Wonder Egg Priority Episode 9: Scrapped Egg Brains
As mentioned in the previous Gekidol episode WEP 8 was a recap. Since we got Rika’s character episode last time it made sense one of Ai’s other two…
Wonder Egg Priority | Episode 11 and 12 Review
Episode Eleven and Twelve Thoughts So what you’re telling me is that these two mannequin figures created an AI ‘daughter-like’ figure. What can go wrong with that? It’s…
Wonder Egg Priority | Episode 3 and 4 Review
Episode three thoughts Insert Rika Kawai an interesting character. She seems to be someone who is carefree, she has a tomboy-esk vibe, and seems to be very full…
Wonder Egg Priority | Episode 5 and 6 Review
Episode five and SIX thoughts Episode five was almost like a mixed bag for me. It was neither a bad episode or a bad episode, it was in-between.…
Wonder Egg Priority | Episode 7 and 8 Review
One thing this anime does deserve credit for is how amazing the art and animation has been. Each episode has been absolutely stunning. While each episode has been…
Wonder Egg Priority | Episode 1 and 2 Review
Episode one thoughts Just wow. The first episode was absolutely crazy. There’s a lot for me to unravel here and I do not know where to start. Episode…
Wonder Egg Priority | Episodes 9 and 10 Review
Episode Nine and Ten thoughts OHHHHHH. What is this! How are these mannequins Acca and Ura-Acca once human and founders of the “Japan Plati”. Why’d they become mannequins…
Wonder Egg Priority (Season One)
When her best friend committed suicide at school, Ai Ooto stopped going. Then, one night she was guided by a strange voice to an underground mall where she…
Wonder Egg Priority – 07 – Oyakodon
“Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.”—The Dread Pirate Roberts It’s Rika’s birthday. On one level, that’s a good thing: a cause t…
Wonder Egg Priority – 02 – Poached
Episode one was such a feast of beautiful and weird imagery and sound, twisting time and space, and unblinking glimpses of hard truths that we as the audience…
Wonder Egg Priority – 13 (END)
You know what. Let's pretend that final episode never happened.
Wonder Egg Priority – Episode 7
[CW: Discussions of self-harm. Big Rika episode ahead!] What did Ai mean by her flight out of home, and her announcement that she’d be going back to school?…
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Looks like both Rika Kawai and Ai Ohto are really mad towards Acca and Ura-Acca as they want to know why they’re in cahoots with Misaki Tanabe. Turns…
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Wonder Egg Priority #13 — …What
At this point, one has to wonder if they're tanking the show on purpose. Impressions: So, we have a double length episode. That's almost as much time…
Wonder Egg Priority Episode #11
Well everyone, here’s the penultimate episode of Wonder Egg Priority where despite learning the harsh truth and the risk involve when dealing with Frill, Ai Ohto continues to…
Wonder Egg Priority Episode 5
The four girls hang out in the real world and begin to question their mission, while Neiru remembers some of the girls she’s met on her journeys into…