B: The Beginning is a weird name for an anime. I mean, sure it makes sense part-way through the first episode, but it’s still odd. It’s a good thing the anime itself is damn good. In B: The Beginning, the Royal Investigation Service of the Kingdom of Cremona get caught up in the usual hardline […]
When Arata Miyako shows up for his first day at his new job at the Shinjuku Ward’s Nocturnal Community Relations Division, he quickly discovers that it’s not your average office job when he is tasked with taking care of the many supernatural beings that make Shinjuku their home. Shown the ropes by his co-workers Theo […]
Following the defeat of the powerful espers of the 7th Division of the criminal organisation Claw, Mob is tackling his biggest challenge of all – self-improvement. When he’s not working as an assistant to con-man Reigen Arataka at the Spirits and Such Consultation Office, Mob is running for student council president, training with the Body […]
Bungo Stray Dogs Season 3 continues the story of the Yokohama Armed Detective Agency and Port Mafia in a similar style to its previous season, by splitting its season into two narratives. The first offers another glimpse into the past of Dazai and the Port Mafia, adapting the Bungo Stray Dogs light novel Dazai, Chuya, […]
A mysterious fog descends upon Yokohama, disappearing a majority of the city’s population and having strange effects on those with supernatural abilities who have remained behind. The Armed Detective Agency springs into action to locate the cause of the fog – a man named Shibusawa who is using it to collect the supernatural abilities of […]
As Chise settles into her life as Elias’ apprentice and possibly his future bride, magical beings continue to meddle in her affairs. Drawn to her magic as a ‘Sleigh Beggy’, Chise must contend with creatures that would try to use her, and an innate magical talent that drains her each time she uses her powers. […]
Having been rejected by her family and ostracised due to her ability to see strange creatures, Chise Hatori has lost all meaning and purpose in her life and sells herself at an auction house to the highest bidder. Interestingly, the highest bidder is a mysterious mage by the name of Elias Ainsworth, an imposing humanoid figure […]
The Armed Detective Agency finds itself assailed from all sides as Nakajima Atsushi, Osamu Dazai and the gang are engulfed in a turf war between the local Port Mafia and an American organisation called the Guild. With each group made up of members with supernatural abilities, the stakes intensify as new and dangerous ability users […]
Fresh from being kicked out of his childhood orphanage, Nakajima Atsushi just can’t catch a break. Menaced a by a large white tiger that seems to follow him wherever he goes, Atsushi runs into Dazai and Kunikida, members of the Armed Detective Agency who happen to be tracking the creature. After some bribery, Atsushi agrees […]
Shigeo Kageyama, nicknamed Mob, is a high schooler with immense psychic powers. To keep his powers in check, Mob works as an assistant for con man and self-proclaimed psychic master Reigen Arataka, performing odd jobs for a variety of clientele whose issues range from true hauntings to blemishes on photos that are supposedly evil spirits. […]