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Year in review 2021
As I sit at my desk typing up this long overdue post, I’m reflecting on all that has changed over these last 6 months. Normally this post would…
Spring 2021 in Review
This past anime season, counting holdovers from the Winter 2021 season, I watched 26 anime. Of those, I completed 22. Normally, we at the Backloggers would do an…
Winter 2021 Anime in Review
This season was interesting. It’s one of those seasons were some of the stronger and/or experimental shows from the beginning part of the season didn’t end up by…
2021 Anime Year in Review
Hi everyone I’ve returned with my regular yearly round-up! For those who are new every year, I go through all the anime and manga I consumed and discuss…
2021 in Review: Part 1
Here's Part 1 of Krystallina's Year in Review, from the Manga Boom, to Seven Seas' revision issues, and the return of Toys R' Us.
Parasites In Love (2021) review
“One of the most original romance narratives of the year.”
OTAKU YEAR IN REVIEW 2021
I cast an eye back over what I watched and read in 2021 (New and old).
Spring 2021 Season in Review
Surprise of the Season: Higehiro Overall Rating: 3.5 This is hardly a flawless series, and better series overall definitely aired during this past season. However, no series in…
In Another Language (2021) review
An enjoyable indie romance narrative that elegantly plays with the fact that lie and truth are fundamentality interwoven within a subject’s speech.
Fall 2021 Anime in Review
Ok, let’s get this post going. It’s the end of the Fall 2021 Anime season and while some shows have an episode left, I don’t want to leave…
2021 in Review: Part 2
Here's Part 2 of Krystallina's Year in Review, from Alpha Manga's launch, KADOKAWA entering the market, and the manga on Kindle problem.
Spring 2021 Anime in Review
I’m stunned by this season. A season on multiple levels of quality. Mostly on the high end on a lot of levels from what I planned to watch.…
2021 Gunpla Year in Review
This is our second Gunpla Year in Review that has taken place during a global pandemic—not a milestone I ever wanted us to reach! However, it’s been interesting…
Spring 2021 – Week 6 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. I ran through a diverse grab bag of films this week, including a few recent features, an old horror…
Blog Anniversary: 2021 Games in Review
In 2021 I played many titles that genuinely stole my heart, which made up for a lot of the bad that happened (like someone stealing parts of my…
Winter 2021 – Week 10 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Over in the hyperbolic media chamber, this was a week of projects, as I dug into games that had…
Fall 2021 – Week 13 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Apparently we’ve reached the end of another year, though with all the fires of 2020 still raging, it certainly…
Summer 2021 – Week 5 in Review
Buckle up folks, we’ve got a pile of films to get through and not much time to do it! The house was pretty darn productive this week, with…
Summer 2021 – Week 10 in Review
Buckle up everyone, we have got a pile of properties to get through and not much time to do it. This was a productive week in film-watching for…
Spring 2021 – Week 7 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. We have got a lot to get through today, and a bunch of it is actually anime-related this time!…
Fall 2021 – Week 5 in Review
Hoo boy, we watched some garbage this week, folks. It wasn’t really intentional – my housemates have learned to schedule their hate-watching outside of my hangout hours, and…
Spring 2021 – Week 4 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. I’ve once again got an oddball collection of films for you all this week, along with more reflections on…
Fall 2021 – Week 3 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. We had a fairly light week in films this time, owing to one singular cause: we finally got a…
Summer 2021 – Week 9 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to the site! How are all your weeks going? I’ve personally been working harder than ever, and actually feeling pretty good about it.…
Fall 2021 – Week 2 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. In keeping with the season, this week we tackled a variety of horror films, with decidedly mixed results. Look,…
Fall 2021 – Week 11 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome on back to Wrong Every Time. I have to admit, my film viewing hours have been diminished as of late, due to one obvious…
Spring 2021 – Week 2 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. We ran through a wild grab bag of films this week, touching on fantasy, action, comedy, and even a…
Summer 2021 – Week 12 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. This week saw us experiencing the full consequences of catching up with One Piece, as hours upon hours of…
Summer 2021 – Week 8 in Review
Jeez, the anime seasonal schedule is all kinds of messed up, huh? According to broadcast schedules, late August is somehow just two-thirds of the way through the summer…
Summer 2021 – Week 4 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to the site. With summer in full swing, I actually took a trip with my family from Monday through, uh, literally today, so…
Summer 2021 – Week 6 in Review
Hello folks, and what the heck is up. Personally, I’ve been feeling pretty good about my progress getting back into regular jogging – there were a disappointingly sedentary…
Spring 2021 – Week 3 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. I’ve got a bit of an odd selection for you all this week, as a fair amount of my…
Spring 2021 – Week 8 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to the show. I’ve got a bit of an oddball collection for you today, driven by my housemate’s tendency to essentially throw darts…
Summer 2021 Anime Season in Review
So yeah, the summer season has ended for the most part. In terms of series that have aired and ended, not everything is done yet. You know, at…
Fall 2021 – Week 9 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. I have a confession to make: I am currently typing to you from some point in the indeterminate past,…
Spring 2021 – Week 11 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. I’ve got a very old-fashioned Week in Review for you today, as this week, I basically watched nothing but…
Spring 2021 – Week 13 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. This week, as you might imagine, I watched a whole bunch of One Piece. Seriously, I say that pretty…
Summer 2021 – Week 13 in Review
Buckle up, everyone. Once again, the absence of a steady One Piece supply led us to gorge ourselves on feature films, as we feasted on a diverse array…
Summer 2021 – Week 1 in Review
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. According to the anime season-based schedule that I’m still pointlessly employing, this is technically the first week of the…
Review: Fireflies in the Sun (2021)
Fireflies in the Sun 误杀II China, 2021, colour, 2.35:1, 118 mins. Director: Dai Mo 戴墨. Rating: 6/10. Twist-laden hospital hostage drama is solidly entertaining without ever reinventing the…
Spring 2021 – Week 12 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Our house was back on the movie train this week, as we screened an unimpeachable classic, a dubious new…
Winter 2021 – Week 2 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to the Week in Review. It was a strange and bountiful week in films for my house, as we ran through ‘70s and…
Winter 2021 – Week 13 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Lately I’ve been thinking, as I often do, about just how terrible fandom can be. In the past, I…
Winter 2021 – Week 11 in Review
Hello all, and welcome on back to Wrong Every Time. I had a fairly light week in extracurricular film studies this time, as my free time was mostly…
Winter 2021 – Week 9 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. I’m pleased to report that I’ve had a delightful past week in film, running through an array of productions…
Spring 2021 – Week 1 in Review
Hey all, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. I watched a grab bag of horror movies this week, along with continuing my journey through the Ghibli catalog.…
Winter 2021 – Week 3 in Review
Hello folks, and welcome the heck back to Wrong Every Time. The winter anime season is in full swing at this point, and surprisingly enough, I’m actually watching…
Winter 2021 – Week 1 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome to 2021! Last year was an abject horror show, but things are already somewhat looking up in my country, and presumably the world doesn’t…
Winter 2021 – Week 6 in Review
Hello all, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. I’ve once again got a pretty varied grab bag of reflections for you all, including a few mismatched movies,…
Spring 2021 – Week 5 in Review
Hello everybody, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. I’ve sadly got a pretty quick Week in Review for you all this week, as I didn’t actually get…