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Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill Season 2 ‒ SEASON PREMIERE
This anime continues to cook up some damn good comfort food as its new season's opening episodes play out like a savory three-course meal.
With You, Our Love Will Make it Through ‒ SEASON PREMIERE
You know, I was wondering when we were going to get a show that was somehow hornier than BEASTARS.
GINTAMA - Mr. Ginpachi's Zany Class ‒ SEASON PREMIERE
This might not be Gintama proper, but if the show can find better ways of leaning into its premise, it could make for a pretty funny substitute.
Isekai Quartet 3 ‒ SEASON PREMIERE
"Dragon. Goddess. Witch. X. You won’t have your way with this world, too."
One Piece ‒ Episode 1146
I only wish the elders stood out more to better match this importance.
Ranma ½ ‒ SEASON PREMIERE
Besides the introduction of two new characters, this arc also represents an important shift in dynamics for the cast, in that the whole school now knows about Ranma's curse.
Pass the Monster Meat, Milady! ‒ SEASON PREMIERE
It’s Delicious in Dungeon and the villainess anime of your choice, blended together in a food processor, and poured generously over a romance between misfits.
Dusk Beyond the End of the World ‒ SEASON PREMIERE
How many of you voted for this series because you’re enjoying it so far, versus to watch a clown be forced to dance to the weird tune of having to review an pseudo-incest anime.
The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity ‒ Episodes 7-8
Other shows may tell us over and over again how the main couple is perfect for each other. The Fragrant Flower that Blooms With Dignity lets us see that for ourselves.
The Fated Magical Princess: Who Made Me a Princess ‒ SEASON PREMIERE
I promise not to spend these reviews talking about the differences between the webtoon and the anime, but indulge me for a moment, because this really is important.
My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON ‒ SEASON PREMIERE
He doesn't see anybody else as genuine people or obstacles. He sees them as minor inconveniences that shouldn't distract him from his major goals, and yet here he is, battered and bruised.
DIGIMON BEATBREAK ‒ SEASON PREMIERE
Even with some high expectations, I'm impressed with just how well Digimon Beatbreak has started, and if it can maintain that momentum, it could end up as one of the franchise's strongest anime entries to date.
One Punch Man Season 3 ‒ SEASON PREMIERE
That first season of One Punch Man knew it was ridiculous, even as every aspect of its production was deeply impressive. Season three of One Punch Man feels sad and like it's chasing its glory days.
My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's ‒ SEASON PREMIERE
If it weren't for the pacing issues, this would be my favorite fantasy anime of the season—especially with its "90s big-budget OVA" art style
Mechanical Marie ‒ SEASON PREMIERE
If only we can be like Mechanical Marie, and pretend to be emotionless clankers, then maybe our new, heartless algorithmic overlords will permit us to survive.
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider ‒ SEASON PREMIERE
On a thematic level, this anime is about the power of fiction.
Gachiakuta ‒ Episode 15
"Clash!” gives us exactly what it promises on the tin: A big, burly brawl between the Raiders and the Cleaners that is a hell of a lot of fun to behold.
Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray Season 2 ‒ SEASON PREMIERE
Uma Musume has always strived to make its goofy-ass conceptual world feel whole and cohesive, and the mind paid to the intersecting competitive stories and the international inclusions speaks to that.
To Your Eternity Season 3 ‒ SEASON PREMIERE
All of these old and humbled souls have been given the chance to start over, but Hayase is stuck in the same old story.
Touring After the Apocalypse ‒ SERIES PREMIERE
Touring After the Apocalypse’s tone varies wildly from bright, fun road trip to dark, existential dread.
Gnosia ‒ SEASON PREMIERE
If there's anything I enjoy more than a ludicrous science-fiction murder mystery, it's a ludicrous science-fiction murder mystery procedural where everyone is stuck in a time loop.
Spy×Family Season 3 ‒ SEASON PREMIERE
These episodes about Loid’s past are important. You can’t know where you’re going if you don’t know where you’ve been, and forgetting the past comes with a cost.
SANDA ‒ SERIES PREMIERE
Sanda opens with some big ideas steeped in some of the most complicated cultural issues of our age, and I am so curious to see its thesis take shape in the episodes ahead.
May I Ask for One Final Thing? ‒ SERIES PREMIERE
Even if the show might not ever look quite as good as it did in that premiere again, I have faith that the Bloodstained Lady will bring the pain and the entertainment in equal measure throughout the coming weeks.
This Monster Wants to Eat Me ‒ SERIES PREMIERE
Slow and sad are the operative adjectives for these first three episodes. If you want to enjoy them, you have to be willing to wallow.
A Star Brighter Than the Sun ‒ SERIES PREMIERE
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a shoujo romance must feature two characters who don’t realize that their crush is mutual.
Gachiakuta ‒ Episodes 13-14
The decision to depict Amo’s childhood from the girl’s own warped, subjective lens is as brilliant as it is cruel.
The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity ‒ Episode 6
In Subaru’s mind, she may be ripping off the band-aid of losing her best friend, something she believes will happen no matter what, somewhere deep inside of her.
Witch Watch ‒ SEASON FINALE
While this was a less dramatic season finale than I was hoping for, it does at least provide a few good jokes in the meantime.
Secrets of the Silent Witch ‒ SEASON FINALE
Despite the festival being saved, her night out with Felix, and her finding a copy of her father’s research, this season of Secrets of the Silent Witch ends on a bittersweet note.
Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra ‒ Episode 13
Mynoghra is a cool, original spin on a familiar concept, but bogged down by lackluster visuals, poor writing, and an unwillingness or inability to push itself further.
Sword of the Demon Hunter ‒ SEASON FINALE
Taken as an "ordinary" episode, this is passable, albeit thin and unconvincing. Taken as a season finale, it's next to nothing.
One Piece ‒ Episode 1145
The monstrous haki that the elders are giving off creates a dazzling light display that the Toei team has rendered in all its ominous, resplendent glory.
The Summer Hikaru Died ‒ SEASON FINALE
The bulk of this finale feels like a cathartic splash in the ocean that nevertheless leaves you shivering—a bittersweet respite from oppressive summer heat.
Gachiakuta ‒ Episode 12
This stinky little toon about a gang of literal Garbage Pail Kids has utterly blown me away.
Ruri Rocks ‒ SEASON FINALE
It's the finer details of that dirt and the process of discovering them that is the important part. And in that respect, this ending for the anime does feel special in its own way.
Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus ‒ SEASON FINALE
Sometimes, you just need someone—anyone—to tell you it's going to be okay.
CITY The Animation ‒ SEASON FINALE
CITY the Animation is nothing short of an achievement in the medium of animation and is packed with the exact kind of informed optimism that I think the world needs more of right now.
Secrets of the Silent Witch ‒ Episode 12
Monica is a bundle of tightly wound social anxiety. Meanwhile, Felix is a fount of superficiality.
Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 ‒ Episode 23
Mina popping giant monsters with a mega-sniper emplacement is legitimately very cool, there’s no two ways about it.
The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity ‒ Episode 5
With all of the heaviness in the main plot, Usami is something of a godsend.
Anne Shirley ‒ SEASON FINALE
It’s Anne’s world summed up: the fantasy of romance with the romance of real life, wound together like ribbons on a bouquet.
Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE ‒ SEASON FINALE
Not bad for a squeaky little melon-headed moe-blob.
The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 ‒ SEASON FINALE
I desperately tried to find something to emotionally grasp and get me invested, but every time, it's like the show slapped me in the face for giving it that chance.
One Piece ‒ Episode 1144
Luffy’s Gear 5 form needs serious opposition to be under any real threat - and this episode makes it clear that the five elders are up to the challenge.
Turkey!-Time to Strike- ‒ SEASON FINALE
If you have a taste for the equally-absurd-and-heartfelt, or if you just want to watch something that’s truly unlike anything else you’ve ever seen, Turkey should be considered a must-watch.
New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT ‒ SEASON FINALE
While I expected a certain level of edging trolling in the finish for New Panty & Stocking, I also knew that they wouldn't let things wrap without spectacularly blowing their load at least once.
Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube ‒ SEASON FINALE
Turns out that setting two scary yokai against one another works wonders.
Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra ‒ Episode 12
This anime wants to be Berserk so, so badly.
Sword of the Demon Hunter ‒ Episode 23
So much for any hope of closure this season, as the series decides to go for some slack timeslip whimsy.
There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless... ‒ SEASON FINALE
Is this going to be the first-ever yuri-only poly anime I think I've ever seen?
Sakamoto Days ‒ SEASON FINALE
This episode comes off less like a season finale and more like the show simply hitting pause for the foreseeable future.
CITY The Animation ‒ Episode 12
While episode twelve of CITY the Animation does look great, anyone who reduces this episode or the broader show down to its visuals is doing the work and themselves a massive disservice.
The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity ‒ Episode 4
This episode once again combines sheer adorability with a grounded exploration of prejudice and how it affects people’s day-to-day lives, all with Kaoruko’s absolutely perfect hairstyle.
The Summer Hikaru Died ‒ Episode 11
No matter what kind of eldritch monstrosity he may metamorphose into, Hikaru will always remain a blorbo.
Gachiakuta ‒ Episode 11
On paper, “Amo's Hospitality” just shouldn't work. In practice, though? It's easily my favorite episode of Gachiakuta yet.
Call of the Night Season 2 ‒ SEASON FINALE
With Anko's arc wrapped up, the adaptation elongates its denouement with a mostly anime-original episode that allows its various creatures of the night a chance to reflect and party.
Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun Season 2 ‒ SEASON FINALE
This show can be spooky horror and goofy comedy, but the third part of its secret sauce is its tender portrayal of young love—and this finale hammers that home.
Witch Watch ‒ Episode 24
Morihito has always been more neurotic than his stoic attitude would suggest, and this is basically just 20 straight minutes of demonstrating how much of a dork he truly is.
Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus ‒ Episode 12
Up until now, we’ve been buying into an assumption—that our Santa-clad beauty was the one-and-only Touko Kirishima. But you know what they say about assumptions.
Ruri Rocks ‒ Episode 12
As appreciable in its ideas as this week's episode is, it arguably works better unburdened from thinking it's the final say on the whole arc of the season.
With You and the Rain ‒ SEASON FINALE
Anyone can be outside when water is falling from the sky, but not everyone can appreciate it as something more than mere weather.
Secrets of the Silent Witch ‒ Episode 11
All in all, this is an episode where you can see the puppets' strings clearly—taking you right out of the story.
Anne Shirley ‒ Episode 23
It’s a shame things got so far with Roy, but Anne was doing what she thought she wanted, what she had convinced herself was her romantic dream.
Bad Girl ‒ SEASON FINALE
When Bad Girl works it’s a sweet and hilarious exploration of the confusion present in young love; and the season finale was exactly that.
My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 ‒ SEASON FINALE
With the way the world is going right now, I need a show where people from different walks of life enjoy each other's company through a creative hobby. Call me simple-minded, but I REALLY need this right now.
Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 ‒ Episode 22
Classic teamwork struggles abound as the duo is forced into action before all the kinks have been worked out - and before they really know how their cooperation is going to work in the field.
The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 ‒ Episode 11
The look on Naofumi's face in the screenshot perfectly summarizes my reaction to this episode.
DAN DA DAN Season 2 ‒ SEASON FINALE
This week, DAN DA DAN's season finale delivered a showstopping battle between a rubber-suited dinosaur kaiju and a giant Buddha mecha piloted by a gang of ridiculous idiots.
Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube ‒ Episode 12
Welp, guess I like fox boys now. How do I tell my wife?
Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE ‒ Episode 23
The great thing about the scientific method is that its results are reliably reproducible by anyone, given the correct procedure.
Clevatess ‒ SEASON FINALE
“Return of the King” concludes this outstanding first season of Clevatess with bombastic spectacle, shocking violence, and enough genuine pathos to ensure that this show will stand tall as one of the year's best anime.
Turkey!-Time to Strike- ‒ Episode 11
The group is solving this potentially-fatal problem the only way they know how: bowling.
New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT ‒ Episode 11
At the best of times, it feels like the crew is simply trying to one-up each other in terms of writing and illustrating the most hilariously blunt dick jokes put to screen.
Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra ‒ Episode 11
Mynoghra just doesn’t have the guts to be gorier.
Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon Season 2 ‒ SEASON FINALE
This season finale suffers from one major problem. From a story standpoint, this is really two episodes crammed into one.
There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless... ‒ Episode 11
Did this show just end an episode by invoking a powerful emotional reaction in me?
The Summer Hikaru Died ‒ Episode 10
It doesn't feel nightmarish as much as it feels like an authentic nightmare.
Ruri Rocks ‒ Episode 11
Ruri's enjoyment of and engaging with mineralogy, like the earth itself, has a fair few layers burying it that she needs to dig through before she can commit.
One Piece ‒ Episode 1143
He’s giggling and kicking his feet, I’m giggling and kicking my feet - we’re all having a great time.
Sakamoto Days ‒ Episode 21
This is a great example of how fun Sakamoto Days can be when it hits its stride, and while a lot of it rides on sheer spectacle, sometimes that's all any good action blockbuster needs.
Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 ‒ Episode 21
It all comes together to make a great stretch of character focus for Kafka.
Call of the Night Season 2 ‒ Episode 11
After weeks of flashbacks, mysteries, action, and drama, Call of the Night returns to its roots with long nocturnal conversations about life, love, and dirty jokes.
The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity ‒ Episode 3
Suddenly, Rintaro sees her as Kaoruko, and that’s a person he can talk to.
Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun Season 2 ‒ Episode 23
Is anyone else craving pizza?
My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 ‒ Episode 23
The warm feeling that this episode left me with genuinely makes it one of my top episodes of the entire franchise.
Secrets of the Silent Witch ‒ Episode 10
Bernie is a kid with a superiority complex. Not only is he talented, but he’s been told all his life that he is special. He has taken this to heart in all the good ways and the bad.
Witch Watch ‒ Episode 23
One thing is certain: No matter what else happens, we can't escape thinking about Uron Mirage.
Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus ‒ Episode 11
Touko was the queen of the school before Mai arrived—at which point she was promptly replaced.
CITY The Animation ‒ Episode 11
I struggle to think of any other anime that’s had such a specific and unique voice, while also being so cohesive across every element of its production.
To Be Hero X ‒ SEASON FINALE
While X's impact on the world started the night he gave Cyan her first coin, the story is far more than his own personal tale—which is why we, the viewers, have been witness to it over these past 24 episodes.
Bad Girl ‒ Episode 11
Even if two thirds of this episode wasn’t my jam, the opening act is so good that I can’t help but love this episode and wish more of Bad Girl was like it.
Gachiakuta ‒ Episode 10
I don't need hours devoted to explaining every single character's abilities. Stick to a basic but consistent logic that keeps the fights feeling interesting, fresh, and cool.
With You and the Rain ‒ Episode 11
Every week, With You and the Rain gets at least one thing very right. This week? The allure of reading about bees.
Anne Shirley ‒ Episode 22
It’s the last time Diana Barry will kiss Anne. Sure, Diana Wright will, but she’s not quite the same person.
Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE ‒ Episode 22
I don’t think I’ve ever enjoyed the show quite as much as I have done since Senku and his pals reached the Amazon.
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