Jan 9, 2025
Hanamonogatari
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Definitely more dialogue based than others which is not a bad thing, and then we are also taking a pit stop on Kanbarus character, which I liked, I think it is fine to deviate a little and build up one of the side characters. The dialogue was well done and the story around it was interesting enough. I think the main takeaway from this is the dialogue and relationship between Kanbaru and Numachi, its engaging and fun to listen to, and the story as it comes to the conclusion is pretty sweet. Then we get a little bit of the usual antics. Its a shorter
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Dec 27, 2024
Ranma ½ (2024)
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My first introduction to anything Ranma or anything Rumiko Takahashi, so while I can't compare it to any of the original material I thought it was quite good. It has everything a good action romcom needs and it excels in those departments the most. The relationship while still in the beginning is convincing and well written. Good cast of characters and the art is very beautiful, color pallet is really nice to look at and the combat is well animated when needed, no thanks to Mappa. I will be continuing with season 2 and maybe checking out the original anime or manga.
Dec 27, 2024
They are cooking with this one. Its a pretty amazing adaption, visually its amazing, the colors they have dedicated to each new alien or yokai are really cool, the effects and animation style is beautiful overall. Really happy for one of my favorite series to be getting such a good adaptation like this. Still wish it was 24 episodes to really be able to get into the meaty arcs but what we got was done well. Episode 7 in particular was beautiful and hit the emotional beats so well. I'm really excited for season 2 and hope its just as good.
Nov 24, 2024
Nekomonogatari: Kuro
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Short little mini season but it really is packed to the brim. We get some of the good aspects from Bakemonogatari back like the pacing and structure, and then also the quirkiness of Nisemonogatari kind of resulting in its own thing. Nice to finally see the events of Golden Week that had been referenced so much before, and its conclusion being a fitting end/beginning. Black Hanekawa is a good character and with the whole season revolving around her and Tsubasa it really gave that chance to shine, final episode being my favorite. Overall I enjoyed this and am already getting into Nekomonogatari White.
Nov 14, 2024
Gyo: Ugomeku Bukimi
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Despite only a score of 7 I quite liked this manga. It's different from the other 2 Ito manga I've read, Uzumaki and Tomie, in the sense that it manages to be more weird. The death stench and the leg machines are a really unique concept that I certainly couldn't have come up with and then fused together to make some of the most interesting horror/body horror I've seen. Really amazing drawings here albeit disgusting at times. While the main characters were nothing great and the main story lacking besides the main premise, its a really interesting sort of experiment on what can be done
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Nov 14, 2024
NieR:Automata Ver1.1a Part 2
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I'll be honest right off the bat an admit I didn't pay the greatest of attention while watching this anime so yea that might have impacted my opinion somewhat but anyways. The first season just felt a bit underwhelming to me, I feel like going from a 40+ hour game to a short series like this kind of throws of a bit of the balance and attachment we're to feel for some of the characters. Season 2 mostly felt the same way, the animation is up to standard which is good, the main story and even some of the side content is adapted and
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Nov 14, 2024
Mushishi Zoku Shou 2nd Season
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This will be a review for both halves of the second season as well as just overall for the OVA's and movies. While I can't say this was 100% as good as the first it still a great anime. It carries the same themes and episodic structure the first season did and just continues to be an enjoyable, sometimes depressing, break from the usual content of most anime. Mushishi is really distinct in that manner, there are a lot of anime that employ the episodic structure but none seem to take it as far as Mushishi with having no overarching plot at all which I
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Nov 14, 2024
This is probably the most disappointed I've been by an anime in a while. If not for the hype prior to release as "the first good Junji Ito adaptation" I may not have been as let down, but here we are. Can't go anywhere without talking about the animation, even after the first trailers I was already skeptical about the use of CGI, yes its possible for it to look good, and episode one I would say is once of the better uses of CGI in anime I have seen, it still wasn't right. For going as far to be black and white to be
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Nov 14, 2024
Boku no Hero Academia 7th Season
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Coming off of the greatness we had in season 6, this is partly lackluster but still good. The pacing felt a bit off, partly due to being split between so many different locations and groups of people but when it really zeroed in a a certain moment was when it really shined. And there were lots of really great moments in this season with many different characters, giving them all time to shine and have their moments it really does feel like its drawing close to the culmination, I was almost surprised we're still getting another full season. I am very excited to see how
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Nov 3, 2024
Nisemonogatari
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Hmm so I can see why people would hate or love this. I thought it was pretty good on its own but it was lacking in comparison to Bakemonogatari. Some of the vibes are still here but a lot of them are missing. The editing was pretty much simplified to normal but it keeps a lot of the mannerisms and environments. The story revolving around the sisters was good, different structurally to the shorter stories in Bake but they were good. I don't have complaints about anything else per say but it was just less impactful than the entry before it still a good watch
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