Looking to start a new life in the big city, high school dropout Nina bumps into Momoka Kawaragi, the guitarist of her favourite up-and-coming band. Unfortunately, the band in question has just decided to call it quits, and Momoka is preparing to give up on music entirely.
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe… Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion… I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain… Time to die.
In Japan, it is said that being a virgin at thirty will give you magic powers. Much to Kiyoshi Adachi’s shock, this oft-repeated canard turns out to be true when he discovers that thirty years of involuntary celibacy have granted him the ability to read minds. Could this power be what he needs to change his love live for the better?
In an era when superpowered individuals have ushered in unprecedented peace and prosperity, Teru Momijiyama, a.k.a. Shy, is the young costumed heroine charged with representing Japan in a global alliance against an impending alien threat. Unfortunately, as her name implies, Teru suffers from severe social anxiety and would rather not don the mask she’s been made to wear at all.
What if a girl reincarnated into an otome game fully of hot male singles ready to mingle, but she was actually gay?
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Tired of idol “mixed media projects”? Sick of generic fantasy? ¿Por qué no los dos?
Look, I didn’t want to have to write this. But what the fuck happened to Birdie Wing, man?
Branded with her grandfather’s reputation as a traitor, Lavian Winslet joins the Northern Jaegers where she’ll put her life on the line to protect her country against an invasion by the mighty Erebonian Empire.
A bold new experiment in narrative anime criticism.
This is it, folks. I have officially hit rock bottom. I’m going to be boring. I’m going to give you my five favourite shows of the year, and my thoughts on them, and that’s it. So put on your beige shirt and produce some kind of monotonous grunt to express your excitement in a respectable fashion. Here are — deep sigh — the shows of 2022 I want to shout ou— err, I mean, highlight. Boringly.
In this reimagining of 1987’s Kamen Rider Black, Japan is a state in socio-political turmoil, where discrimination of an underclass of mutated humans known as “kaijin” is commonplace. Aoi Izumi is a bright-eyed young activist waging war against this oppression, but this makes her a target for all sorts of unscrupulous actors. Only a grizzled kaijin by the name of Kotaro Minami seems to be able to protect her, but he has a traumatic past to reckon with of his own…
If you’re reading this blog, that probably means you’ve at least got a tangential interest in cartoon teenage girls saying things written by grown men who have never talked to a teenage girl before in their entire lives! Do you? Well, then I have got news for you.
Haru, Rio and Kyouka are working hard to take their idol unit TiNgS all the way to the top, but their efforts aren’t translating into audience turnouts in the slightest. When their disbandment seems imminent, the president of their talent agency decides to give them one last chance… but in order to make anything of it, the girls are going to need a manager who can do the impossible.
Urushi knows that her underclassman in the shogi club, Ayumu, is smitten with her. Much to her frustration, however, he refuses to ask her out until he’s managed to beat her in fair game. As his shogi skills leave a lot to be desired, Urushi tries to get him to confess in myriad other ways, but his impenetrable poker face is as much of an obstacle to her as Urushi’s superior play is to him.
In a world where World War II is fought against aliens instead of fascists, Major Grace Maitland Steward, who has retired from active duty after losing her magical powers, launches a proposal to motivate troops through the power of music. You probably know what happens next.
Komichi Akebi is about to start attending a prestigious girls’ junior high school, and is looking forward to wearing its signature sailor uniform like her mother used to. Unfortunately for her, however, times — and the school’s uniform policy — have changed.
Two girls go fishing. That’s it. That’s the show.
As the year draws to a close, Aqua provides an overview of the most memorable and interesting characters he got to meet during these four seasons of anime and tokusatsu.
Hey kids! Remember this feature? In my latest attempt to semi-regularly resurrect some of the semi-regular features we used to run in the past, it’s long due time to talk about the best anime music of this season again.
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