As an ancient evil awakens from its slumber, the Kingdom of Piena looks to the Goddess of Fate to appoint six heroes who can counter the threat. Young Adlet Mayer, the self-proclaimed ‘strongest man in the world’ attempts to draw the goddess’ attention by crashing a sacred tournament and wiping out its contestants — something the royal family isn’t exactly happy about.
A 30-something JSDF soldier goes about his day job to support his true passion: he’s a total otaku that loves fantasy anime and games. The two collide in the worst way when a gate opens in Tokyo and an army of fantasy monsters and soldiers attempts an invasion. With the initial attack quelled, our hero joins an expedition through the gate to see what’s on the other side.
In the future, gifted students have been gathered as a special tech development wing of a megacorporation. After wasting ridiculous amounts of money trying to rescue their new classmate, it seems changes are in store.
Taking place in the crime-ridden city of Ergastulum, Worick and Nicolas are two “handymen” who are often hired to do the dirty work of the police and mafia.
Yu Otosaka has the power to possess any other person for up to five seconds. Using this ability to ogle girls, exact revenge and cheat his way into a prestigious high school, he quickly grows into an insufferable asshole. However, his life of luxury quickly turns sour when the student council catches wind of his chicanery and transfers Yu away to the neighboring Hoshinoumi Academy, a school for superpowered teens such as himself.
When a grisly murder takes place at his middle school, Kobayashi meets the infamous detective Akechi and volunteers to be his assistant.
Our heroes move on with their lives after the Holy Grail War, and we move on with our lives after watching 25 episodes of this show.
The big day is finally here. With tensions high, Reina and Kumiko continue to support each other in reaching their goal.
Yamada does whatever it takes to unite the seven witches and makes his wish.
If you go about doing a season preview, it is only obvious you also close off on a season review. In The Wrap-Up, all of our contributors get to shine a spotlight on the show they thought to be the very best of the past few weeks, as well as reflect back on the preview to see which shows let us down the most. When you watch currently airing anime or tokusatsu, eventually the question will rise which of these shows can rank amongst the medium’s true classics. Regardless of who covered what, this is where we single out the cream of the crop, and decide which shows from the past season deserve to stand the test of time.
Say goodbye to the spring season as we say goodbye to SNAFU and Plastic Memories. It won’t be pretty. But hey, at least the good shows are continuing!
Nira and the newly-evolved Brain use their power within the police to discredit the Special Crimes Unit and accuse Shinnosuke of being the Roidmude leader. When Shinnosuke escapes arrest and attempts to clear his name, things quickly go from bad to worse.
Part 3 of our Summer 2015 Anime Guide is basically a formality for me to talk about my most anticipated show of the season, Gatchaman Crowds Inisght. Hopefully the surreal, colorful look at life in the Social Media Age will be the sequel we never knew we needed. As for the rest of it, well, despite what Gee tells me about Prison School I can’t say we saved the best for last. But, who knows? Maybe Bikini Warriors and Pillow Boys will turn out to be new anime classics! Take a look and let us know what you think looks watchable.
With Reina’s drama over, Kumiko focuses back on herself. Despite her experience, she is finding the high level parts of the piece difficult to master. After being taken out from a particularly tough section, she finds the strength to play in Reina’s indomitable drive. Jel swears it’s a metaphor for lesbianism.
22 episodes later and we’re saying goodbye to this year’s most tentacled teacher.
Jel delivers his eulogy for Mikagura School Suite and says sayonara to Ninja Slayer, but sadly not Plastic Memories. Meanwhile just about every other show is going for the Baker’s Dozen on episode count or continuing to next season, so it seems reports of the Summer 2015 Roundup’s demise were premature.
Start your movie! Kamen Riders Gaim and Drive cross over for a epic battle against the Bor– err, the Cyberme– No, wait, the ‘Megahex’. But first, both Riders get to show off in their own segments. Aqua talks about the epilogue to Gaim, while Zigg looks into what might be Drive’s best adventure yet.
A hundred years later, it’s time to settle the Joestar family’s feud with Dio and his mysterious Stand: The World.
Yamada’s life is falling apart in the aftermath of the Seventh Witch’s power, but he’s determined to do whatever it takes to reverse it. Concerned that he is getting too close to the true secret about the witches, the Student Council starts taking drastic measures to stop him.
White recalls growing up in a house of Casters as the only one who can’t use magic. With her memories of her family driving her, she works with Black to capture Leo and harness his power.
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