From decent to appalling. Mugen no Juunin: Immortal/Blade of the Immortal Mugen no Juunin is not your typical samurai anime – at least, not for the year 2019. For one, while obviously having an updated art style, it reminds me quite strongly of those super gritty, darkly subdued OVAs produced in the 80s and 90s […]
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Assassins Pride
Episodes: 12 Summary: Against the savage monsters that lurk outside the glass walls of Flandore, the last remnants of humanity have only one defense: the mana magic wielded…
Assassins Pride
This anime is essentially an adaptation of four volumes of a light novel series. What’s strange is that it isn’t an adaptation of the first four. Rather, it…
Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 06
There's no accounting for genius. Read more The post Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 06 appeared first on Lost in Anime.
Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 12
Revenge has its bloody fingerprints all over the best anime of 2019. Read more The post Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 12 appeared first on Lost in Anime.
Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 11
It strikes me that at heart Immortal is a pretty straightforward (though effective) story thematically. It's really the direction that's making it high art. Read more The post…
Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 23
Immortal is a seinen that seemingly has a shounen ending, and I rather prefer the other way around. Read more The post Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 23…
Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 10
This week might have been the first time I felt sensory overload. Read more The post Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 10 appeared first on Lost in Anime.
Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 07
There's a palpable sense this week that we've passed into a new stage of the story. Read more The post Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 07 appeared first…
Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 05
It's easy to see why this story has proved so appealing for live-action creators. Read more The post Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 05 appeared first on Lost…
Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 16
All feels very divorced from the rest of the story. Read more The post Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 16 appeared first on Lost in Anime.
Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 15
I confess that with current arc some of this series' charm has worn off for me. Read more The post Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 15 appeared first…
Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 20
That gave new meaning to the term "slice of life". Read more The post Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 20 appeared first on Lost in Anime.
Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 08
Well, that was dark. Read more The post Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 08 appeared first on Lost in Anime.
Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 09
That was a masterpiece of simplicity. Read more The post Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 09 appeared first on Lost in Anime.
Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 21
It's only when this series really slows down that Hamasaki-sensei"s brilliance fully shines through. Read more The post Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 21 appeared first on Lost…
Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 13
We may finally have landed on our big bad in Mugen no Juunin: Immortal. Read more The post Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 13 appeared first on Lost…
Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 22
Honestly, reflecting on this episode all I really take away is a bunch of heads getting chopped off. Read more The post Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 22…
Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 17
This episode got very silly sometimes, but it still felt like it was shaking off the ponderous weight of the dreary run of eps leading up to it.…
Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 18
Mugen no Juunin: Immortal is a series of contrasts to be sure. Read more The post Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 18 appeared first on Lost in Anime.
Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 14
This is one of those cases where you have to put your trust in the author (or at the very least for the director) and hope for the…
Mugen no Juunin: Immortal – 19
That too much is going to be happening in any given episode of Mugen no Juunin: Immortal at this point, so it probably makes sense to just hope…
Mugen no Juunin – Bakumatsu no Shou
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Anime Taste Testing: SSSS.Dynazenon and Mashiro no Oto
One show is about transforming dinosaur-like robots, the other is about the art of the shamisen. The former is the subtle one.
Assassins Pride – 06
「灰色の魔女」 (Haiiro no Majo) "The Gray Witch" Pillow fights are so last year. The post Assassins Pride – 06 appeared first on Random Curiosity.
Assassins Pride – 11
「死神の使いたち」 (Shinigami no Tsukai-tachi) "Messengers of Death" Got to love it when a plan comes together.
Assassins Pride – 08
「ある骸骨の遺言」 (Aru Gaikotsu no Yuigon) "The Last Testament of a Certain Skeleton" It's all coming up vampire. The post Assassins Pride – 08 appeared first on Random Curiosity.
Assassins Pride – 03
「臨界点の彼方に」 (Rinkai ten no Kanata ni) "Beyond the Critical Point" Who said Saiyans could be the only ones with hair changing transformations? The post Assassins Pride – 03 appeared first on…
Assassins Pride – 07
「上も下も標はなく」 (Ue mo shita mo hyou wa naku) "No Guidance Above nor Below" Date night has never been more lively. The post Assassins Pride – 07 appeared first on Random Curiosity.
Anime Taste Testing: Kami no Tou
Color me confused. I’ll get to my main issue right off the bat – I have no clue what’s happening, why it’s happening, or why I should care…
Anime Taste Testing: Ooku and Horimiya
The summer 2023 anime season might not stand out in terms of quantity (yes, I realize that’s a pretty big understatement given the line-up), but it does dish…
Anime Taste Testing: Given and Bem
Last but not least, two shows that immediately popped up on my radar for very different reasons. Given My expectations going into this were decidedly low – not…
Anime Taste Testing: Kabukichou Sherlock and Hoshiai no Sora
And the winner for most outlandish premiere of the season goes to… Kabukichou Sherlock/Case File nº221: Kabukicho The biggest problem (and really the only one I could focus…
Anime Taste Testing: ID:Invaded
Finally, the detective anime we didn’t know we needed (but that we definitely deserved). You’d be forgiven for wanting to give up on the anime detective/mystery genre entirely…
Anime Taste Testing: Kakushigoto
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Anime Taste Testing: Overtake!
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Anime Taste Testing: Gibiate
This one’s gonna be quick and dirty, because to be honest, I didn’t even make it through the whole first episode.
Anime Taste Testing: Horimiya
Aside from the creepy teacher, this series is actually pretty okay.
Anime Taste Testing: Gibiate
This one’s gonna be quick and dirty, because to be honest, I didn’t even make it through the whole first episode.
Anime Taste Testing: Arte
I’d say I love period pieces, but that would be a lie. I love accurate period pieces. I wish to god this title had just been set in…
Anime Taste Testing: Pet
An adult anime for teenage edgelords. It seems that nearly every time I see a psychological genre anime marketed explicitly towards the seinen crowd, it feels exactly like…
Anime Taste Testing: Noblesse
I just realized I still don’t know if these guys are meant to be vampires. However, they do seem to drink plenty of tea – maybe there’s blood…
Anime Taste Testing: Noblesse
I just realized I still don’t know if these guys are meant to be vampires. However, they do seem to drink plenty of tea – maybe there’s blood…
Anime Taste Testing: SK∞
Fast and Furious: Okinawa Drift.
Anime Taste Testing: Dorohedoro
Strap yourself in, this is one wild trip. And a trip Dorehedoro most certainly is. Whether it’s one you can stomach or not largely depends on your tolerance…
Anime Taste Testing: Listeners
So Liverpool and Manchester finally united, and then the apocalypse happened. Sounds about right. I’ll get this out of the way right off the bat: I’m an unapologetic…
Anime Taste Testing: Fumetsu no Anata e
My final and favorite premiere of the season.
Assassins Pride – 04, 05
「鎖城に集う、乙女と乙女 / 黄金の姫と、白銀の姫」 (Kusari-jou ni Tsudou, Otome to Otome / Kogane no Hime to, Hakugin no Hime) "Two Young Ladies Assemble at the Chained Castle / The Golden Princess…
Assassins Pride – 09, 10
「悠久の契約 / 迷宮図書館」 (Yuukyuu no Keiyaku / Meikyuu Toshokan) "An Eternal Pact / Labyrinth Library" Hitting second base running.