Oblivion Battery – Episode 1
If I had a nickel for every anime MAPPA made about a promising middle school athlete starting high school with amnesia, I’d have two nickels. That’s not a lot, but it’s weird that it’s happened twice.
If I had a nickel for every anime MAPPA made about a promising middle school athlete starting high school with amnesia, I’d have two nickels. That’s not a lot, but it’s weird that it’s happened twice.
An isekai protagonist who’s actively anti-slavery! We’ve cleared the lowest bar!
Strap in, everyone, because we have a lot to unpack here.
Sometimes, it’s good to remember that humor is cultural….but boy, was this still a dull slog.
Will Astro Note stand on its own, or will the classic Takahashi Rumiko romance it loves to homage cast too long a shadow?
A Condition Called Love has some promise, although it remains to be seen whether it’ll live up to that.
I liked Bartender: Glass of God well enough, but its lofty claims gave it an air of pretension that I couldn’t really get past.
If it were a more competent production, I might feel slightly conflicted about how to respond to it. Luckily, it’s the kind of piss-poor execution that could ruin even the most brilliant, creative idea, so I can just kind of point and laugh.
Studio Apartment, Good Lighting, Angel Included is a magical girlfriend anime with absolutely no thoughts in its head.
The way this writer, a member of the dubbing team, talked about the show and his inability or refusal to unpack even its most basic themes spoke to the sort of misogyny that pervades critical analysis, in which female characters and creators don’t get even the slightest grace for being messy, imperfect beings.
BUCCHIGIRI!?! has so much going on that it’s hard to really nail down anything except that I had a ton of fun watching the first episode, and I can’t wait to see more, problematic or not.
Cherry Magic is a sweet, low-key little BL romance that I’m interested in exploring more of.
A promising start with a fantastic heroine if somewhat lackluster visual presentation.
It lacks a lot of the underlying bitterness or petty meanness of most “kicked out of the hero’s party” series. This made it a considerably more pleasant watch than its brethren.
Much like how the dragon turned Rentt into a skeleton, this turned me into the Joker.
Despite all the factors that should have made it a winner, Sasaki and Peeps is really, really boring.
Delicious in Dungeon may be first and foremost about eating monsters, but in a way, it’s also a story about the importance of self-care even in dire situations.
Fluffy Paradise is… fluffy. This isn’t even remotely uncommon in isekai, but generally that subtype doesn’t start with God giving the protagonist the mission to determine whether humanity is unsalvageably racist.
It isn’t the worst show this season by a long shot, but dull as it is, I doubt it will survive on many watchlists.
A mid-tier but enjoyably (e)sports anime with a few rough edges.