Aquarion Myth of Emotions: Anime Review

I watched some of the original Aquarion series back when it first aired before streaming services were a thing, and if you were watching anime as it came out you were watching it fan-subbed. It was semi-infamous among fandom circles as the show where the pilots’ orgasm when the mechs combine. Having fallen off on most of the subsequent series, the new installment, Aquarion: Myth of Emotions had enough of a gap from the last that this felt like a decent place to jump on.

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I Have A Crush At Work: Anime Review

So, in the interest of full disclosure – this is me reviewing a show that isn’t actually officially licensed for a US release yet, so I’m not going to make any comments about the quality of the translation on here (not just due to my lack of fluency). In this case, I’m taking a look at one of the more comedic the romantic comedies of this season – I Have A Crush At Work.

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Zenshu: Anime Review

Zenshu, as an anime series, very easily could have been the most self-indulgent of the isekai anime to come out in a while – an anime series about an animator who dies and is sent to another world where their cheat skill is related to animation. However, the show manages to stick the landing, serving as something of a love-letter to classic anime films.

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Sakamoto Days: Anime Review

There’s something of a genre of anime and manga that’s started in the wake of Spy X Family – the Domestic Action Series – a series about characters who are balancing a relaxing domestic life with also working (or having worked) in fields that require them to be spectacularly good at carrying out violence. In the case of this year’s Sakamoto Days, it’s a case of an assassin who had gotten out of the game and settled down for domestic life – but unlike (say) John Wick his family is still very much alive.

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Anime Explorations Episode 30: Toradora

It’s March, and it’s time for White Day—and with it, time to cover a romantic comedy, or in this case, a romantic dramedy, with ToraDora.

Episode 30: Toradora

It’s March, and it’s time for White Day-and with it, time to cover a romantic comedy, or in this case, a romantic dramedy, with ToraDora. We mmention the Toradora light novels on the podcast, which are available through (Affiliate Links): Amazon: https://amzn.to/4hBq7YZ Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/98607/9781626927957 Libro.fm (Not affilate): https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9798893735741 Next month, we’re watching the Helpful Fox Senko-San, which is available to stream on Crunchyroll.

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