Category: Anime
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Haikyuu!!: To the Top episode 1 anime review
Read More →: Haikyuu!!: To the Top episode 1 anime reviewIt’s been four long years but finally, the majestic Haikyuu!!, one of the best sports anime of the last decade, returns for its fourth season.
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ID – Invaded episode 1 anime review
Read More →: ID – Invaded episode 1 anime reviewID – Invaded is caught between two worlds. One, an awesomely weird dreamscape modeled after Inception and Minority Report; the other, an overly-wordy police procedural.
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Pet episode 1 anime review
Read More →: Pet episode 1 anime reviewPet is a low budget, vaguely homoerotic supernatural thriller that recalls the pulpy late-night anime of the Noughties. As such, it won’t win praise for its subtly, but is still a pretty good time.
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Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! episode 1 anime review
Read More →: Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! episode 1 anime reviewKeep Your Hands Off Eizouken! is a love-letter to anime and, more broadly, the boundless potential of animation. It’s also really fun.
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Somali and the Forest Spirit episode 1 anime review
Read More →: Somali and the Forest Spirit episode 1 anime reviewSomali and the Forest Spirit was a surprise: an evocative fairy-tale anime told from a new Dad’s perspective.
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The End of Vinland Saga: An Inevitable Tragedy
Read More →: The End of Vinland Saga: An Inevitable TragedySet during Danish Prince Canute’s (King Cnut the Great) rise to the English throne, Vinland Saga begins in 1013 AD as the Vikings pillage their way across a beleaguered England. In their midst is the Icelandic boy-warrior Thorfinn, a precocious child hell-bent on exacting revenge on the man that murdered his father: Askeladd.
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Hype for Blade of the Immortal
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Read More →: Hype for Blade of the ImmortalTo use modern parlance: Blade of the Immortal is problematic, but that’s fine. I don’t read manga or watch anime to feel clean and like everything’s okay. Quite frankly, I’d much rather be dragged through the mud by a story, and with a guy like Hiroshi Hamasaki at the helm, I wouldn’t expect any less.
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The False End of Attack on Titan: “Eren will reach the sea for me!”
Read More →: The False End of Attack on Titan: “Eren will reach the sea for me!”Nothing is ever as great as you imagine. When a dream becomes real, it inevitably loses some of its magic.
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Destroying her identity: the timeless, terrifying world of Kaiba
Read More →: Destroying her identity: the timeless, terrifying world of KaibaI have dreams. I want to do something with my life. I want to be remembered. In my own little world, everything revolves around me. Isn’t it terrifying then to imagine a world where all of those important feelings, the very things that make you what you are, can be compressed into a memory ‘chip’…