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Nov 4, 2025
Once in a few years, a great anime with gorgeous animation, beautiful story and complex, multi-dimensional characters will appear and take the world by storm. But even rarer, just sometimes, barely even, you will witness a story that is so simple, so mundane yet charming, funny and heart-warming. Such is the strange case of Food Court de, Mata Ashita or See You Tomorrow at the Food Court.

If you ever see the concept of this anime on paper, you would swear up and down that it will never work. Just 2 girls talking about anything happening throughout their days and that's it. Yet someway, somehow, Japan ...
Nov 3, 2025
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth, a tragic and inspirational tale about human's desire in seeking truth.

I've just finished Orb and wow... just wow, I'm speechless. Of course, we all have learnt history and heard of the harsh reality of the scholars who believed in heliocentrism in ancient past. But to see it's presented as a real story totally changes my perspective. It was really a war, a crusade that human willing push through in order to seek the truth.

Now one of the thing I love most about Orb is the way it blended reality and fiction to tell a story. That's also the ...
Jun 7, 2025
\Continue from the end of season 1, this time we follow Sakiko as the story slowly reveals the reasons she has to leave CRYCHIC in the first place and her own journey with Ave Mujica.

While I do find this anime is not as good as the first season, the story is a bit convoluted at times (I'm looking at you, Uika, Mutsumi - jk, I love you both) and I would like more screen times for Umiri to shine. Also, the tone shift at around ep 8 - 9 is a bit rushed and not completely satisfying like how MYGO! completely nailed that part.

But overall, ...
May 25, 2025
The story follows Clay, a strong adventurer fighting in the dungeon to find her father who went missing there years ago. While fighting, she is shocked to find out that the monsters can talk and the dungeon is run by a young girl named Belle.

Got hired by Belle, she starts to learn more about the mysterious case of her father as well as the exciting new life in the dungeon.

As you can see from the synopsis above, Dungeon People is mainly a slice of life show. It has a bit of comedy, bit of action but most of all, a very well thought ...
Feb 17, 2025
Mou Ippon! (Anime) add
Mou Ippon! at its core is a coming-of-age story. Through the foolishness, stubbornness and love of adolescence, 4 friends embark on the journey of discovering themselves through the sport of Judo.

After a disappointing end in their last Judo tournament in their middle school lives, Sonoda Michi and her friend Sanae Takigawa planned to stop pursuing Judo and would just enjoy their highschool life to the fullest. But fate won't just have it, in their new school, they once again meet Towa Hiura, the last girl who beats Michi and a very passionate Judo practitioner. With a new burning passion in her heart, Michi along ...
Jan 27, 2025
Mixed Feelings
Great world building and interesting premiere, I always love it when there's an anime which tries to do something different, the idea of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic world interests me a lot.

But imo, the story is poorly executed, the characters' motivations don't make any sense and the side characters are very flat. There's too many elements involving time travel and mystery that feel like they're made up along the way. And the biggest mystery is explained like a powerpoint presentation then the anime just goes downhill from there.

What I like about Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction though is the relationship of the 2 main ...
Jan 26, 2025
I couldn't imagine when I added Hibike! Euphonium in my top ten 10 years ago, that it would hold up so well and keep getting better with each and every season after. Kyoto Animation did such a great job with this anime and I'm forever grateful for it.

So our journey with Kumiko and Reina finally have come to an end, in this season, they're third years highschool students now and the burden of leading the Kitauji band to earn gold at the National is heavily put on their shoulders. Could they finally achieve theirs and their senpai's dreams after so many tears and hard ...
Jan 13, 2025
It broke my heart to see my beloved series, the one that made my childhood, is nothing more than a soulless cash-grab nowadays. Nobita's Earth Symphony (like many other 'new' movies before) is an average, boring mess that fail to understand what makes Doraemon great in the first place.

Fujio F. Fujiko is not just an iconic mangaka, he's also a great story-teller. The stories he drew is adventurous, imaginative and larger than life. He's often inspired by adventure stories like One Thousand and One Nights, Treasure Island, Momotaro or Jules Verne's books, etc... As a kid, I wanted to be a part ...
Jan 11, 2025
It's mundane, repetitious but it's life and sometimes you can't help but appreciate the beauty of it. Such is the case of Gimai Seikatsu or 'Days with my stepsister', my pick for the best coming-of-age anime of 2024.

The story begins when Yuuta Asamura suddenly got a new step-sister after his dad remarries. Ayase Saki. With such a big change to both their lives, the story follows how they adapts into their new situations and all the emotions arising from deep within their hearts.

Studio Deen is never known for great animation qualities and Gimai Seikatsu is not an exception. I dislikes how they never draws characters' ...
Oct 22, 2024
I'm genuinely surprised by the quality of this One Piece's special episode. The animation, and characters designs are all on point. Props to Toei Animation.

A refreshingly humane look at the wonderful world of One Piece, in this episode, you get to look at the 'normal' people that live there. What are their feelings and thoughts on the 'larger than life' Straw Hat? How to live in the world of super human when you're just everyday ordinary folks? Find out yourself since the special is only 25 mins long.

I would love a series out of this concept. I love One Piece and I welcome this ...


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