Coming in on the heels of the two original Love Live! series and movie telling the tales of the girls of μ’s, this franchise is a legitimate phenomenon and Love Live! Sunshine!! had a hell of a legacy to live up to. After telling the story of a group Tokyo girls who made Akihabara their […]
Sailor Moon Crystal Set 3 sees the Sailor Moon reboot continue into my favourite saga – Death Busters/Infinity/Sailor Moon S – which I continue to lovingly gush about whenever I have the chance (such as here and here). As much as I enjoyed the previous releases of Sailor Moon Crystal, it was with a mixture […]
A couple of things to preface this review: First, School-Live! isn’t an idol anime – It’s ‘live’ as in ‘living’. Yay English! And second, it’s impossible to talk about this series without spoiling the premise and the first episode entirely. Ye be warned!
Yoko Nishikawa is a former rich girl now living the pauper’s life – but you’d never know it from her mannerisms. When two of her classmates stumble upon her eating a bag of 50-yen bread crusts for lunch in a quiet spot of the school gardens, the ojou-sama illusion is well and truly shattered, but […]
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (previously reviewed here) was easily one of the best romantic comedy anime series in recent memory (provided you ignore most of the floundering second season), with a great cast and touching story. Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions: Rikka Version takes the first season and promises to retell it through Rikka’s eyes […]
I reviewed part one of Charlotte back in September, noting that it ended on a fairly dark note and I was curious to see how it played out from there. In volume two, the stakes are raised significantly, and the already strange world of superpowered kids takes on a whole new level of crazy. It’s […]
May as well be upfront here – To call Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid ‘lewd’ is just about the understatement of the decade. This show is basically a hair’s-breadth away from being a full-blown hentai series at any given moment, and fully deserving of the R18+ rating that adorns the cover. Consider yourself warned. The yuri-tastic series […]
Charlotte takes place in an alternate reality where a small percentage of children gain superhuman abilities at the onset of puberty, with the catch that the power will disappear as the child ages. The story follows protagonist Yuu Otosaka, who has the ability to possess anyone in his line of sight for five seconds, while his […]
Seiyu’s Life’s premise is refreshingly interesting – self-referencial seiyu career drama/slice of life/coming of age-character based story with a big emphasis on the nitty gritty quirks of working in Japan’s highly-competitive and internationally recognised voice talent industry. As a long-time fanboy why wouldn’t I jump at the chance to check it out? Seiyu’s Life follows […]
Amagi Brilliant Park throws an egotistical and talented high school student into the shoes of a manager set to achieve impossible attendance figures at an ailing theme park. It’s certainly one of the more unique settings I’ve seen in years if nothing else, but the suffusion of supernatural magic ensures you’re still in for an […]