We pick up with Sophie as she’s forced to appeal to the king to allow Howl not to join the war. Pretending to be his mother, she comes face to face with Howl’s teacher and antagonist Madame Sulliman, as the Witch of the Waste is proven to be far from the most dangerous enemy Howl …
We return to the world of Studio Ghibli with 2004’s award winning Howl’s Moving Castle. Sophie is an introverted hat maker whose life is turned into disarray after a chance encounter with the famed wizard Howl. A curse transforms her into a 90-year-old woman and sends her to the Moving Castle to look for a …
It’s sakura season and the anime is in full bloom! Well, some of them at least. Jennifer Cheek returns to review all the winners and losers of the season with us! Featuring Sin: The Seven Deadly Sins; Boruto; Ero-Manga Sensei; Grimoire of Zero; Berserk 2017; Girl Beats Boy; Sakurada Reset; On a Lustful Night with …
We complete our review of the wonderful and quirky Princess Jellyfish! Kuronosuke, despite his wishes, develops romantic feelings towards the hapless Tsukimi, which is further complicated by her own feelings for his brother Shuu. Shuu, meanwhile, as his own problems, being roofied and blackmailed by a malevolent property developer. All this as the lady Otakus …
We return to the vampire-infested world of Hellsing, to once-more watch Alucard, the vampire-hunting vampire, mispronounce English words while wearing sunglasses at night! Guest-starrying Nika Howard of the Drunks & Dragons podcast! Go find us on social media! We want to hear from you! Follow the official account on Twitter (@sequencepod). You can also find …
We return to mecha with a 2-part review of 2015’s Iron-Blooded Orphans! Will we see a new Relena Peacecraft to swoop in a cock-block our giant robot fights? Child soldiers Orca and Mikazuki rebel against the private military company that own them, fashioning a new outfit of young fighters: Tekkadan. Their first job is to …
The 2nd half of our Ping Pong review! This is actually an episode we recorded about 6 months ago, finally resurfacing after all this time… As Peco hits rock bottom, an encounter with former-rival Akuma galvanises Peco to train once more, with the goal of facing and defeating his friend Smile. Will the hero appear? …
We start a rather strange 2-part review of the coming-of-age table tennis anime Ping Pong! Smile is a teen with difficulties expressing and interpreting emotions. Since he was a child he admired his friend Peco, a natural at ping pong. Recently, however, Smile has been even more disconnected, as Peco lets his talent squander. After …
Holy Hanabi it’s episode one-freaking-hundred! We celebrate our centenary the only way we know how – oogling anime boys’ butts on ice. Yuri and Victor head towards the Skating Grand Prix as they compete in cups across the world. We meet a cascade of increasingly intriguing skaters, including Christophe “I think I came” Giacometti, Georgi …
It’s finally time to review the anime that took 2016 by storm, Yuri!!! On Ice! Yuri has just competed in his first Skating Gran Prix, and came dead last. Horrified and dejected, he eventually heads back home to Japan, where he decides to perform the immensely difficult routine performed by his hero Victor. Little does …