"It's a frantic, distressing ride to the finish line, but the foundation isn't quite there to make it an epic one"
Tag: monsters
Yakusoku no Neverland Review
"If you can push away the dissonance caused by the super genius leads and other plot holes, you might just find Promised Neverland to be one of the strongest anime of the year."
Boogiepop wa Warawanai (2019) Review
"The threat to humanity is not extinction, but forced trauma that cannot be overcome, a result of refusing to overcome or cheating your way out of your own troubles - that’s an extremely powerful message"
Fall 2019 Week 4 Roundup: Kemono Michi widens its joke pool while Shinchou Yuusha strengthens its own
In the 4th week of Fall 2019's anime season, I check in with the season's leading comedy isekais.
Boogiepop Phantom Review
"This grimly lit puzzle of a show is defined by its strong attention to atmosphere"
Fairy Gone Season 1 Review
"Being an all-style action show could have been a way to shift Fairy Gone’s rather bleak storytelling component to the background, but unfortunately there’s another issue here: it’s a weak production"
BEM Premiere: Episode 1 Review
"I am honestly surprised how little BEM did with its 20 minutes"
Katsute Kami Datta Kemono-tachi e Premiere: Episode 1 Review
"It was a measured pace at first, but the final three minutes have an unfortunate amount crammed in"