It’s Winter! That means anime actually pulls its thumb out its ass for once and we get a slurry of decent shows. In fact, this may just be the best season we’ve ever reviewed… Including; Dorohedoro ID: Invaded Nekopara Isekai Quartet 2 RikeKoi Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! Somali and the Forest Spirit …
It’s time once again to take masturbatory and solipsistic review of the year 2019 and all of the anime we subjected ourselves to. Highlights, lowlights and lives in the gutter. Enjoy! You can also fight us on; Vince (@sequencepod), Kym (@kymcattys) and Ben (@benstonick). Editing by Josh Scalf (@jwscalf) of the podcast Sugoi Corp! Drop us an email …
When it comes to fantasy, it has inevitable hangers-on, specific ideas, certain character archetypes that spring to mind. Our imagination fills up with magic, swords, dragons, and, of course, heroes. The monomyth that won’t quit that plucks the one person from humble beginnings, calls them the chosen one, and sends them on their way. The …
Following an untimely and embarrassing death, Kazuma, a Japanese teenager shut-in NEET, meets a goddess named Aqua, who offers to reincarnate him in a parallel world with MMORPG elements, where he can go on adventures and battle monsters. Despite being offered a superpowered item or ability to use in this new world, Kazuma, following some …
In 1972, Misaki, a popular student of Yomiyama North Middle School’s class 3-3, suddenly died partway through the school year. Devastated by the loss, the students and teacher behaved like Misaki was still alive, leading to a strange presence on the graduation photo. In Spring 1998, Kōichi Sakakibara transfers into Yomiyama’s class 3-3, where he …
One thousand years have passed since the Seven Days of Fire, an apocalyptic war that destroyed civilization and created the vast Toxic Jungle, a poisonous forest swarming with giant mutant insects. In the kingdom of the Valley of the Wind, a prophecy predicts a saviour “clothed in blue robes, descending onto a golden field”. Nausicaä, …
Toua Tokuchi continues playing for the Lyacons against the Bugaboos and their new coach, the dastardly Shirooka, and his new star bunter Johnson. Claiming that Johnson is the fastest man on the baseball pitch, Shirooka directly calls out Toua, claiming that statistics states that he can never defeat Johnson when he steals home plate. OR …
The Saitama Lycaons are the weakest team in the Japanese league. Kojima runs into trouble by participating in the “One Outs” game, where a pitcher and batter duel 1-on-1 with money on the line. Toua Tokuchi, who appears to have no special pitching skills, but defeats Kojima easily and causes Kojima ego death. In a …
Koizumi-san transferred into Class B shrouded in mystery – nobody even knows her first name. Her classmate, Yuu Osawa, is smitten by her beauty, but her friends are more reluctant about becoming close to someone who seems very unsociable. Yuu, however, makes an attempt to befriend her through a chance meeting at a ramen shop. …
It’s our quarterly review of all the big current shows! And boy lemme tell ya there are some stinkers this summer. Here’s a look at some of the series we chat about: Given Are you Lost? To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Astra Lost in Space If It’s for My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon …