Weekly Anime Round-Up (June 14th – June 20th, 2021): Jon Spencer’s Showcase, A review of Children of the Sea, and the Top 5 Time Travel Anime

Ruka from Children of the Sea Scott over at mechanical anime reviews promotes Jon Spencer's Showcase for June 2021. If you never heard of the showcase, it's an event according to Jack Scheibelein over at Animated Observations is "an event held once a month where creators of all kinds and sizes are invited to submit … Continue reading Weekly Anime Round-Up (June 14th – June 20th, 2021): Jon Spencer’s Showcase, A review of Children of the Sea, and the Top 5 Time Travel Anime

Weekly Anime Round-Up (June 7th – June 13th, 2021): Race and Power in the Great Pretender, Elitist anime, and Candy Flurry

Great Pretender advertisement Great Pretender's animation looks good but I haven't been able to get into it. A "crime comedy" anime produced by Wit Studio, Great Pretender follows Makoto "Edamame" Edamura as he enters a life of crime. When he swindles a swindler (Laurent Thierry) his life changes for the worst. Beata over at Anime … Continue reading Weekly Anime Round-Up (June 7th – June 13th, 2021): Race and Power in the Great Pretender, Elitist anime, and Candy Flurry

Weekly Anime Round-Up (May 23th – May 29th): A Review of Castle In The Sky, Popularity, and Quality in Anime, and the Top 5 Anime Kitsune

Laputa: Castle in the sky - image of characters flying away from danger. In this week's edition of Weekly Anime Round-up, the Traditional Catholic Weeb (TCW) reviews the Studio Ghibli film, Laputa – Castle In The Sky. Studio Ghibli is renowned for its high quality and innovative anime film's. Personally, I've never heard of this … Continue reading Weekly Anime Round-Up (May 23th – May 29th): A Review of Castle In The Sky, Popularity, and Quality in Anime, and the Top 5 Anime Kitsune

Weekly Anime Round-Up (May 17th – May 23th): Nami remains weak, The Dystopian Deca-Dence, and an Interview with studio Tonton

Kid saves Nami from Big Mom In One Piece, Nami has always been weak. Oda seems to have deemed the comic relief or fanservice. It not that One Piece doesn't have strong females characters either (Big Mom, Hancock), so I just don't get why he kept her so weak. Redgeek in his post, "Welp, At … Continue reading Weekly Anime Round-Up (May 17th – May 23th): Nami remains weak, The Dystopian Deca-Dence, and an Interview with studio Tonton

Weekly Anime Round-Up (May 10th – May 16th): Simping for Snipers, Battle shonen’s male-centrism, and Anime’s relationship with media

Redgeek reviewed chapter 311 of My Hero Academia. The shocking ending of the last chapter revealed that Deku is being hunted by a woman with a sniper Quirk. She also has Overhaul with her. The villain isn't conscience and doesn't seem dangerous, not to mention that Shigaraki and Mr. Compress destroyed his arms. Redgeek speculates … Continue reading Weekly Anime Round-Up (May 10th – May 16th): Simping for Snipers, Battle shonen’s male-centrism, and Anime’s relationship with media

Weekly Anime Round-Up (May 3rd – May 9th, 2021): Top 5 Zombie Anime, Digimon Movie review, and MHA

Irina over at the Drunkenanimeblog explores her Top 5 Zombie Anime. I've never seen the first three, but the last two are familiar. I never considered Tokyo Ghoul to be a "zombie" anime, but it does have a lot of eating of living and dead humans, so. I loved the series, well the first season. … Continue reading Weekly Anime Round-Up (May 3rd – May 9th, 2021): Top 5 Zombie Anime, Digimon Movie review, and MHA