Kageki Shojo’s the kind of production that doesn’t often get greenlit in Japan, let alone earmarked for a Western release, so it’s with a great deal of excitement that we can tuck into this one. Ai Narata, expelled from her idol super group, is planning a fresh start at the prestigious all-girls musical and theatrical […]
Tag: slice of life
Review: Super Cub – The Complete Season (Blu-Ray)
Super Cub sounds like the name of an old cartoon about a cute bear being a super hero. Given this is an anime-focused site, let’s consider it in the spirit of The American Rabbit, a Toei production from the 80s I watched on repeat as a kid that probably needs a re-watch before I watch […]
Review: Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater – The Complete Season (Blu-Ray)
Having moved back to her childhood town, Hina is keen to join an afterschool club that lets her focus on her favourite hobby – crafting. However, fate has other plans when she meets Yuki, a student from her new school fishing by one of the town’s breakwaters. Following an encounter with an octopus, Hina is […]
Review: By the Grace of the Gods – The Complete Season (Blu-Ray)
Weary and overworked, middle-aged office worker Ryoma Takebayashi dies in his sleep of a brain haemorrhage, only to find himself face to face with three gods. Acknowledging the hardships he faced in his previous life, the gods offer Ryoma the opportunity to be reincarnated in another world where he can be happy. Familiar with the […]
Review: Kakushigoto – The Complete Season (Blu-Ray)
Kakushi Goto loves his ten-year-old daughter Hime more than anything else in the world. However, he’s keeping a terrible secret from her, one that Hime must never discover – that he is a lewd manga author. In his desperation to make his daughter think that he is just a regular office worker, Kakushi wears a […]
Review: Smile down the Runway – The Complete Season (Blu-Ray)
High school student Chiyuki Fujito dreams of becoming a runway model and representing her father’s company and modelling agency, Mille Neige, on the fashion runways of Paris. However, despite her beauty and professionalism, Chiyuki faces constant rejection in the world of fashion due to her short stature. Similarly, her classmate Ikuto Tsumura also dreams of […]
Review: Wave, Listen to Me! – The Complete Season (Blu-Ray)
While working her shift at the Voyager restaurant, Minare Koda hears a familiar voice on the local radio station – it’s her voice, and she’s giving a drunken rant about a recent break-up with her ex-boyfriend. Rushing to the radio station, she confronts the producer who she had vented to the previous night at a […]
Review: Asteroid in Love – The Complete Series (Blu-Ray)
Following a night of stargazing as children, newfound friends Mira and Ao make a promise to discover an asteroid together. Although parting ways after this brief childhood encounter, the two reunite upon attending high school and joining the Earth Sciences Club – a combination of the former Geology Club and Astronomy Club. Although the two […]
Review: Alice and Zoroku Complete Series (Blu-Ray)
Nicknamed “the Red Queen” due to her immense powers, Sana is a young girl with the ability to create anything that she is able to imagine. Having escaped from a secret facility where she was being housed as a test subject, Sana makes her way to Shinjuku where she runs into an elderly and disgruntled […]
Review: Orange Complete Series (Blu-Ray)
Orange Complete Series promises shoujo high school melodrama in the spirit of a classic do-over trope. While the experience that followed certainly adhered to this in part, the real strength behind this anime series lies elsewhere. Orange Complete Series centres its story around Naho Takamiya, a high schooler living in Matsumoto who receives a letter […]