Anime Review: Call of the Night Season 2

Call of the Night Season 2 Promotional Art

While the first season of Call of the Night was a series that was heavy on vibes and less on horror, the second season of the series does delve a little more into Vampire society – and also is something that really gets that while our little low-fi Camarillia is generally very chill, vampires are monsters – and even if the group that Ko is around doesn’t act like monsters, other Vampires can be monstrous.

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Anime Review: My Dress-Up Darling Season 2

My Dress-Up Darling was one of the first shows we did for Anime Explorations, and it was a show we generally really enjoyed. Yes, it was a somewhat horny-on-main romantic comedy anime, but it was tonally light, and didn’t feel leering in the way that other fanservicey series did, combined with a romance between Gojo and Marin that was very sweet, so I’ve been looking forward to a second season, and was quite pleased when we finally got one this year. I already had some high expectations, but this season blew those right out of the water.

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Anime Explorations Episode 36: Gankutsuou

This month we’re watching the anime adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo.

Episode 36: Gankutsuou

This month we’re watching the anime adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo. Matt Alt’s article on the connections between protest and anime: https://substack.com/home/post/p-174206122 Next month, we’re covering Miruko-Chan, which is available for streaming on Crunchyroll.

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