Yatagarasu’s focus on the women themselves grants them a little narrative autonomy even if the system itself reduces them to political pawns being gracefully moved around a precarious board.
If I had a nickel for every anime MAPPA made about a promising middle school athlete starting high school with amnesia, I’d have two nickels. That’s not a lot, but it’s weird that it’s happened twice.
An isekai protagonist who’s actively anti-slavery! We’ve cleared the lowest bar!
It’s okay, but so far the leads’ chemistry isn’t terribly convincing.
Viral Hit is a show about frustrations with the medical system and exploitation when working online—something that’s sadly relatable across cultures.
Strap in, everyone, because we have a lot to unpack here.
There are plenty of stories that sound sketchy but come out on top thanks to thoughtful execution. But I’m not sure from this first episode whether it has the chops to sell its romance convincingly.
Sumireko is fantastic, but the show is being strangled by obtrusive fanservice.
Sometimes, it’s good to remember that humor is cultural….but boy, was this still a dull slog.
Despite leaning hard into the absurdity of its premise, Go! Go! Loser Ranger! feels like it has some earnest regard for the genre it’s parodying. Plus kick-ass action direction.
Its leads are good kids, but your interest will depend on your feelings about het crossdressing stories and tolerance for limited animation.
I would love to be able to recommend this show as a fantasy of domestic life for queer people, but it doesn’t even really function as that. Its portrait of queer domestic life has all of the depth of a Hallmark greeting card.
This coming-of-age drama is easily the stand-out of the season so far, barring a couple significant stumbles.
This definitely isn’t going to be a smash hit like Spy x Family, but if nothing else it’s a fun popcorn show.
Head to the course with Tonbo and Igarashi, a child golf prodigy and a man down on his luck who happen to meet when the latter leaves traditional society for quiet, island life. Too bad Amazon is who licensed this.
What a lovely and laid-back show about building community.
Likely to fall into obscurity on Disney+, Unless the casual young anime viewer has been secretly champing at the bit for tongue-in-cheek deadpan homage to the aesthetics of 70s hitman manga.
Will Astro Note stand on its own, or will the classic Takahashi Rumiko romance it loves to homage cast too long a shadow?
A Condition Called Love has some promise, although it remains to be seen whether it’ll live up to that.
The entire episode felt like I accidentally stumbled onto a random NASCAR race on TV with no context as to who these characters are.
