All Things Anime

Anime reviews, top lists, and other anime related articles.

Note – ABC Reviews listed based on show title so they weren’t all under “A.”

#/A

• 3 Anime for Valentine’s Day – Romance is in the Air!
• 5 Anime Films That Non-Anime Fans Can Enjoy
• 5 Anime Just in Time for Back-to-School
• 5 Anime You Can Watch Right Now! (Hulu Edition)
• 5 Anime You Can Watch Right Now! (Netflix Version)
• 5 Lesser Known Anime You May Have Missed
• 5 Underrated Anime
• 5 (More) Underrated Anime
• 7 Seeds – Mini Review
• 7 Seeds Part 2 – It’s Like Two Different Teams Worked on This Series
• 9 μ’sings about Love Live! School Idol Project
• 10 Anime to get You into the Halloween Spirit
• 15 Anime that Obliterate the 3 Episode Rule
• 30 Day Anime Challenge, The
• 91 Days – Gangsters & Revenge
• A Sister’s All You Need – Not What You Think
• A Certain Scientific Accelerator
• After School Dice Club – Mini Review
• After the Rain – Exploring Age Gap Relationships (but Actually Learning to Follow Your Dreams)
• Ajin Season 1 Review – The Full 3D CG Anime Experience
• Ajin Season 2 – Mini Review
• ‘Akira’ Classic Film Review
• Ancient Magus’ Bride, The – A Flash in the Pan (Full Series Review)
• Ancient Magus’ Bride, The – Breathtaking Magic (Midpoint Impressions)
• And the Girls Keep on Rolling, a Character Study for The Rolling Girls
• Angels of Death – Mini Review Part 1 of 2 (Episodes 1-12)
• Angels of Death – Mini Review Part 2 of 2 (Episodes 13-16)
• Anime ABC’s – A is for Anohana The Flower We Saw That Day
• Anime Fans & Children’s Media – A Look at Muteking the Dancing Hero
• Another Review
• Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest – Finalizing the Production Discussion
• Ascendance of a Bookworm – Overcoming Adversity
• Astra Lost in Space – Best of Season

B

• B: The Beginning – Heard You Like Psycho-Pass…
• Anime ABC’s – B is for Baccano!
• Barakamon, Sweetness & Lightning, and Usagi Drop – What’s the Appeal?
• Beautiful Bones – Heard You Like Hyouka…
• Ben-To – Taking Things too Far
• Best in Season – Spring 2021
• Big Finale! – Saying Goodbye to #AnitTwitWatches (Featuring Big Order)
• Black Bullet – Mini Review
• Black Fox – Mini Review
• Blood Blockade Battle Front & Beyond – Still Nothing New in the Big Apple
• Boogiepop Never Laughs – Better Than the 2000’s Version?
• Box of Goblins – Life is Like a…
• Btooom! & Problematic Protagonists

C

• Caligula – Mini Review
• Cannon Busters – It Was a Show
• Cells at Work! – Platelet Appreciation (Also a Review… I Guess)
• CG in Anime – A Brief History & Discussion
• Children of the Whales – Another Stop on the Netflix Journey
• Chio’s School Road – Mini Review
• Classroom of the Elite – Philosophical Ramblings Amongst a Myriad of Fanservice
• Anime ABC’s – C is for Code Geass
• Confessions of a Charlotte Fan (April Fool’s Day Post featuring ChatGPT)
• Talking Controversy – #Controversed Issue 1 & Announcement
• Finding Balance – #Controversed Issue 2
• Looking for Meaning – #Controversed Issue 3
• Picking Your Battles – #Controversed Issue 4
• Cop Craft – This Deserved Better
• Corpse Party Tortured Souls Guest Review Featuring Mirrorpurple
• Anime ABC’s Q is(n’t) for Cowboy Bebop
• Cowboy Bebop: The Movie – Perfect for Old & New Fans Alike
• Creating 20 Original Anime Valentine’s Cards
• Critique ≠ Being Critical – A General Discussion on Reviews & Analytical Works

D

• Danganronpa Anime Review
• Demon Slayer – Production Values Only Take You so Far…
• Anime ABC’s – D is for The Devil is a Part-Timer
• The Diary of Tortov Roddle – A Moving Painting
• Didn’t I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! – Be Careful What You Wish For…
• Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? – Or Mom Isekai for Short
• Don’t Sleep on High-Rise Invasion
• Domestic Girlfriend – The Right Kind of “Trashy”
• Dr. Stone – It’s The Little Things
• Dubbed VS Subbed Anime Discussion

E

• Edogawa Rampo – How Rampo Kitan Inspired Me to Read a Japanese Classic
• Engaged to the Unidentified – Mini Review
• Enter the Anime – Mini Review
• Anime ABC’s – E is for Erased
• Eromanga Sensei

F

• Fall Anime 2017 Impressions – I’m Actually Doing One of These?!?
• Fall 2019 – 3 Disappointments
• Fate/Apocrypha Extra Route 1 – Fate’s Battle Royale
• Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya Extra Route 2 – Time to Collect the Clo-, I mean Class Cards!
• Fate/stay night Movie: Heaven’s Feel (1-3) Route 2 – The Best Mainline Fate Since Zero
• Fate/Stay Night (2006) & UBW Route 1 – My Fate Journey Begins…
• Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Bladeworks (2014) Route 1 Alternative – Should You Start Here?
• Fate/Zero Route 0 – Where it all Began…
• Fire Force
• Fire Force & Fanservice
• Anime ABC’s – F is for Flowers of Evil
• Found in Translation – A Discussion on Accessibility in Media
• From The New World Review
• Full Course Anime – Hosted by Jon Spencer Reviews

G

• Gamers! – Misunderstandings Abound
• Ghost in the Shell (2017) Film Review (Live-Action)
• Ghost Stories Review (Sort of)
• Girls’ Last Tour – Thoughts for a Dying World
• Girls und Panzer – Anime’s Variety with CGDCT (Cute Girls Driving Cool Tanks)
• Goblin Slayer – Failing to Deliver on a Promise
• Gosick’s Most Interesting Story & Why it’s NOT Victorique and Kujos’
• Granbelm – Mini Review
• Grave of the Fireflies Review – Guest Post by The Fullmetal Narcissist
• Great Pretender – International Crime Capers
• Anime ABC’s – G is for Gunslinger Girl (S1 & 2 + OVA’s)
• Gun X Sword Review

H

• Anime ABC’s – H is for Hai to Gensou no Grimgar
• Happy Sugar Life
• Haven’t You Heard? I’m Sakamoto – Mini Review
• Hero Mask – Heard You Like B: The Beginning…
• Hero Mask Part 2 – The King Returns!
• High-Rise Invasion
• High School Fleet – Mini Review
• Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (Season 1) – Wait, What’s Going on?
• Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai (Season 2) – Some Much Deserved Answers
• Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei (Season 3) – The Perfect End?
• Hikaru no Go – A Rare Kind of Show
• Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu – Mini Review
• The House of Small Cubes – A Lot Packed Into Just 12 Minutes
• How Reviews & Recommendations Work
• How To Introduce Others To Anime
• Hunter x Hunter (2011)
• Hyouka – A Legitimate Mystery Series

I

• Anime ABC’s – I is for I Can’t Understand What My Husband is Saying
• If It’s for My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord – Really Cute, but not Much Else
• A Certain Magical Index (All of it)
• Ingress the Animation – Mini Review
• Irozuku: The World in Colors – Mini Review
• Is Anime Jargon Necessary? – Inspired by Digi & Other Community Members
• Is Lucky Star Still Relevant for the Modern Otaku? – A Quick Review & Discussion With The Anime Blogging Party
• Island – Time Travel, Lolis, and Controversy, Oh My!
• It’s a Terrible Day for Rain – Exploring the Storyteller’s Kit

J

• Anime ABC’s – J is for Joker Game
• Jon’s Bizarre Adventure – A JoJo Retrospective in Preparation for Stone Ocean
  • Jon’s Bizarre Adventure – Disappointed in Stone Ocean
• Juuni Taisen – A Nihilistic Battle Royale

K

• Kaguya-sama: Love is War – Mini Review
• Kaiji: Against All Rules Season 2 – Mini Review
• Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor (Season 1) Review – Gambling is Serious Business
• Kakushigoto – How to Write a B Plot
• Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san – Mini Review
• Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san Season 2 – Mini Review
• Key in Transition – Kanon (2006) Review & Discussion
• Anime ABC’s – K is for Kimi no Na wa
• King’s Game & The 7 Stages of Grief
• Kiznaiver – Mini Review
• Koi Kaze – This is Controversial?

L

• Last Exile Anime Review (Season 1)
• Last Exile: Fam, The Silver Wing -Part 1 The Review-
• Last Exile: Fam, The Silver Wing -Part 2 The Discussion-
• Le Portrait de Petite Cossette – Beauty Effects us in Mysterious Ways
• Anime ABC’s L is for Little Witch Academia
• Lost Song – Straight Forward Children’s Fare?
• Lost Village – Mini Review
• Lostorage Conflated WIXOSS Collaboration – Episodic Reviews & Series Reiew
• Lostorage Incited WIXOSS – First Look (Ep 1-5)
• Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!: Take on Me – The Perfect End?
• Love Live! School Idol Project
• Love Live! Sunshine!! – Chasing the Past
• Lucky Star Review & Discussion With The Anime Blogging Party

M

• Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story – I Didn’t Know I Wanted This
• Magical Girl Site – Mini Review
• Manglobe Is No More
• Mary and the Witch’s Flower – A Fine Film but a Terrible Experience
• Megalo Box – Mini Review
• Mirai – Mini Review
• #Animexchange – Mo Dao Zu Shi
• Anime ABC’s M is for Mob Psycho 100
• Mob Psycho 100 II – You are the Protagonist of Your Own Life
• #Animexchange – Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun
• Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues – Mini Review
• Muteking the Dancing Hero
• My 4 Year Journey with Hunter x Hunter (2011)
• My 5 Favorite Anime Memes – Just Something Fun
• My Anime Music Playlist – A Response to Apprentice Mages Lounge (Nearly a Year Later)
• My Hero Academia the Movie: Two Heroes – Mini Review
• My Top 10 Favorite Anime (2015 Version)
• My Top 20 Anime of The Decade

N

• Nadia: Secret of Blue Water – 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea… in SPACE!
• Napping Princess – Mini Review
• Neo Yokio Review – It DOES Deserve the Big Toblerone
• Neo Yokio Christmas Special – Mini Review
• Anime ABC’s N is for NHK ni Youkoso!
• No Guns Life
• Null & Peta – Mini Review

O

• One Punch Man – Mini Review
• One Punch Man Season 2 – Mini Review
• The Ones Within – Mini Review
• Oreimo
• Our Love has always Been 10 cm Apart – Short & Simple
• Anime ABC’s O is for Ouran High School Host Club
• Overlord Series Retrospective (Seasons 1-3) – Bad Guy Isekai

P

• The Perfect Insider – A Locked Room Murder Mystery
• Pet’s Commitment to Presentation
• Pet Shop of Horrors – Selling Hopes & Dreams?
• Persona 4 The Animation Review
• Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom – A Near Perfect Adaptation
• Planetarian – ONA’s Done Right
• Planetarian: Hoshi no Hito – There Was a Sequel Film the Whole Time?!?
• The Price of Smiles – Mini Review
• The Princess and the Pilot – Mini Review
• Princess Jellyfish Review
• Project Raildex – Worth a Watch for Modern Fans?
• The Promised Neverland – Mini Review
• Anime ABC’s P is for Psycho-Pass

Q

R

• RahXephon – To Binge or Not to Binge
• A Certain Scientific Railgun (All of it)
• Edogawa Rampo – How Rampo Kitan Inspired Me to Read a Japanese Classic
• Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai – Mini Review
• Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl – An Overindulgent Conclusion
• Re:Creators – Mini Review
• Rec – Supporting Each Other
• Recovery of an MMO Junkie – A Charming (Yet Predictable) Experience
• Red Garden – Mini Review
• Re-Kan! – Mini Review
• Re:Zero – Mini Review
• RightStuf Holiday Sale Buying Guide 2015: Top 35 Picks
• Rightstuf Holiday Sale Buying Guide 2016 – Top 26-ish Picks
• Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne – The Times are Always Changing
• The Rising of the Shield Hero – Finding Something Worth Fighting For
• The Rolling Girls
• Anime ABC’s R is for Run with the Wind

S

• Samurai Flamenco – Technically Perfect, Ultimately Lacking
• Saying Goodbye to Amazon Prime with 3 Anime Mini Reviews – Re:Creators, Irozuku: The World in Colors, & Yuki Yuna is a Hero Season 2
• School Days – “The Worst Anime Ever Made”
• School-Live! – More Than Meets The Eye
• Shigofumi: Letters From The Departed Review
• Should Rewatch Value Matter? – A Discussion
• Anime ABC’s S is for Silver Spoon
• The Skull Man – A Slow Burn Mystery
• Solty Rei – Gonzo Does Father-Daughter? Sign Me Up!
• Somali and the Forest Spirit – A Particularly Relevant Message
• #Animexchange – Sound of the Sky
• Space Patrol Luluco – Mini Review
• Special Crime Investigation Unit – Special 7
• Spirited Away -A Timeless Classic- (Film)
• SSSS.GRIDMAN & My Anime Watching Experience
• Jon’s Bizarre Adventure – Disappointed in Stone Ocean
• Sword Art Online: Alicization – Mini Review
• Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld
• Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online – How to Properly Review GGO
• Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale – My Experience & Thoughts on the Franchise (Film)

T

• Taking a Look at my Desktop Backgrounds
• That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime – Having the Time of my Slife
• The Importance of Tone – A Look at Death Parade & Little Busters!
• This Art Club Has a Problem! – Collab with Yomu
• Thoughts on the Spring 2016 Anime Season
• Thoughts On Terror In Resonance, Watanabe, & Contemporary World Issues – EDITED
• Anime ABC’s T is for Tokyo Godfathers
• Tonari no Seki-kun: The Master of Killing Time – Mini Review
• Top 10 Anime I Watched in 2017
• Top 25 Anime Openings
• Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk – A Surprising Delight
• Tower of Druaga: The Sword of Uruk – A Strong Finish
• Trese – Netflix Series
• Tsurezure Children – First Impressions (Eps. 1-5)
• Tsuritama – Perfectly Portraying Anxiety

U

• Anime ABC’s U is for Uchouten Kazoku

V

• Anime ABC’s V is for Versailles no BaraViewing Anime Alone & With Others – How do You Watch Anime?
• Violet Evergarden & Special – A Letter From the Heart
• VRV – Worth It?

W

• Wandering Son – Being Yourself
• Watching Anime on Amazon – Any Good?
• Welcome to the Ballroom – Mini Review
• Welcome to the Ballroom – My Biggest Disappointment with the 2017 Summer Anime Season
• Welcome to the NHK (Anime ABC’s Review)
• What I’m Watching – Fall 2018 Anime
• What I’m Watching – Summer 2019 Impressions
• What’s Wrong with Onii-chan? – A Look at Tsukasa Fushimi’s Work
• When an Anime Shows & Tells – A Discussion Ft. Waiting in the Summer and Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu
• When They Cry (Season 1) – Wait, What’s Going on?
• When They Cry:  Kai (Season 2) – Some Much Deserved Answers
• When They Cry:  Rei (Season 3) – The Perfect End?
• Who’s the New Higurashi For? – I Made a Video!
• Why I Love… Anime
• Anime ABC’s W is for Witch Hunter Robin
• The wordpress anime awards 2018: Ladies and Gentlemen, the results are in!
• Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop – Review in Haiku (Sort of)
• Wolf Children – My Favorite Anime Film & Why I Love it (Film)
• WorldEnd:  What do you do at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us? – Bringing More to the Table
• Worst in Season – Spring 2021
• W’z – Mini Review

X

• Anime ABC’s X is for xxxHOLiC

Y

• Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches – Body Swapping Fun?
• Yasuke & Trese’s Biggest Problems – A Continued Look at Netflix Anime
• Your Name (Film) Experience
• Your Name Film Review (Redux)
• Youth & Anime – Using Anime as a Teaching Tool
• Yuki Yuna is a Hero Season 2 – Mini Review
• Anime ABC’s Y is for Yuri!!! on ICE

Z

• Anime ABC’s Z is for Zankyou no Terror
• Zombieland Saga – Mini Review