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Apr 14, 2024
When it comes to power fantasy in anime, it has historically been dominated by two genres. The isekai and the shounen. Nowadays, the landscape is a bit different. Isekai is a dead genre mainly consisting of completely unwatchable sludge and resurrected corpses of once good shows. Shounen went through what I would describe as a little renaissance a few years back and so it's in a much better place than isekai, with several shows that I would consider to be watchable and a few I might even call good. Sadly, that happened a few years ago, and they are already driving it into the fucking ...
Mar 24, 2024
Undead Unluck (Anime) add
A few years ago, David production were working on a new shounen title called Fire force. Long story short, it was a decent watch dragged down to mediocrity by one major flaw, the fanservice. The show couldn't resist shoving tits and ass right in your face every few minutes, even in the most inopportune of times, like the middle of a fight. It honestly amazes me just how much damage this decision managed to do. It's a damn shame, since the rest of Fire force was solid, but this single decision managed to change my rating from very good to above average. So how is ...
Feb 6, 2024
FunnyFunny
“'What do you want?'
'I want...
I want a chance to do it all again. To do it... right.' Tears showed in the Old Man's eyes. 'How ever did it go so wrong, Temple? I had so many advantages. So many opportunities. All squandered. All slipped away like sand through a glass. So many disappointments...'
'Most of them you brought on yourself'
'Of course.' Cosca gave a ragged sigh. 'But they're the ones that hurt the worst.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Red Country

Think about the biggest mistake you ever made, your biggest regret that you can never fix no matter how hard you try, the one fuckup that completely derailed your ...
Jan 28, 2024
Jin-Rou (Anime) add
Jin-Roh is a movie best known for its art design. The beautifully animated shootout scenes have made their way into many a YouTube edit and the iconic armor design has laid the foundation for the modern 'technofascist' aesthetic. You can see it referenced in countless works, with the most obvious examples being Killzone and the modern Wolfenstein games. The design has been so influential that it has completely overshadowed the rest of the movie. I have personally recommended Jin-Roh to several of my friends and while none of them had ever heard about it, most of them recognized the armor. This, combined with the very ...
Jan 23, 2024
Hellsing (Anime) add
Hellsing is like the textbook definition of style over substance. It doesn't even attempt to bore you with a story, deep characters or any of the other boring stuff. You are here to watch the coolest, most edgy shit you have ever seen and that it very much delivers. Or at least it did a quarter of a century ago. You see, all of these style over substance shows suffer from the exact same problem, one generations cool and edgy is another one's safe and cringy, and so they all age like milk. Hellsing does hold up better than most, but what can I say? ...
Jan 12, 2024
Dororo (Anime) add
Dororo starts out promising. The story of a silent monster slayer followed by a comedic relief sidekick isn't exactly groundbreaking, but when done well, it can work. Hyakkimaru, in particular, had a lot of potential for growth, both as a character and as a fighter, thanks to the whole body part gimmick. And while I am usually not a fan of comedic side characters, Dororo is likable enough, or to be more precise, he doesn't make me want to kill myself, unlike the kid from Claymore, so that is a definitive plus. The presentation does leave a lot to be desired, both in terms of ...
Jan 2, 2024
With the change of studio also came a change of direction and I really don't like it. The changes are overwhelmingly bad and some downright bizarre. Of course, what they were trying to accomplish with these changes became apparent almost immediately. They tried to turn Goblin slayer into a much less edgy, more generic and family friendly fantasy without realizing that those qualities were what made the first season good.

The first and most obvious change would be in the artstyle. Most of the character went through a completely unnecessary redesign. I don't think that a single character looks better, most are about on par and ...
Dec 28, 2023
Mixed Feelings
If you could go two or three years back in time and ask me what I think about the future of shonen my answer would probably be pretty excited. Ufotable had their hands full working on demon slayer, MAPPA managed to get their hands on both Chainsaw man and Jigokuraku, completeing the "dark trio". There was fire force, JoJo, Dr Stone, Black Clover and many others. To put it bluntly, it was an exciting time. Sadly, most of these projects didn't exactly turn out all that well. Chainsaw man came out to a lukewarm reception in the west but massively underperformed in Japan and the ...
Oct 25, 2023
Preliminary (9/12 eps)
Another show that got hyped into the stratosphere. This time, the big secret is a classic trick that all creatives consider at some point called "put your best foot forward". Even if the rest of your work is completely worthless, as long as the beginning can hold people, your success becomes almost guaranteed (sunken cost fallacy and all that). I am a bit ashamed of myself, but even I am not immune to this trick and so, after finishing this mess, I can safely say that ZOM 100 is a very strong contender for the worst show that I have actually finished. It's a bit ...
Oct 3, 2023
The ending of the first season left the story in a really awkward place. With two of our three protagonists getting deleted from the story and Rudeus turning into a bit of a doomer, there was always going to be some weirdness to the transition. While I do think that they could have handled it much better and there are problems that really didn't need to be there (mostly concerning Rudeus), the end of the third episode left me hopeful for what was to come. Sure, Sara is no substitute for Eris and Soldat didn't exactly put his best foot forward, but I could see ...


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