What Bungo Stray Dogs Gets Right About Abusive Parental Figures

Bungo Stray Dogs tells the story of a group of individuals known as the “gifted” who possess supernatural abilities. Though we follow a number of individuals and organizations, the story is largely viewed from the eyes of protagonist Atsushi Nakajima, a boy who at beginning of this story is kicked out of the orphanage he … Read more

Saying Goodbye To Hunter x Hunter

All good things must come to an end. After nearly three years, Toonami wrapped up Hunter x Hunter’s run with its 148th episode. Related: Hunter x Hunter Cast, Fans Say Goodbye To Anime Following Toonami Finale As a fellow aficionado of almost all things shonen, when I first heard that Hunter x Hunter was being added to Toonami back … Read more

Dark Aether’s Anime Highlights of Winter 2019 – A Beautiful Song

Around the time the AniTAY community began working on our seasonal Anime roundup for Winter 2019, it dawned on me I didn’t watch a ton of new shows last season. Fearing I wouldn’t have enough content, there were no plans to do another Anisong round up at the time. With the season behind us, my … Read more

Some Thoughts About Radiant (Season 1 Review)

In the world of Radiant, demons known as the Nemesis fall from the sky and begin wreaking havoc and infecting its inhabitants. Those that survive are cursed, the nature of their infection varying from person to person. A few are capable of wielding magic called Fantasia and are known as sorcerers. One of the latest … Read more

Dark Aether’s Favorite Anisongs of Fall 2018

Welcome to my last Anisong round up for 2018. Though the fall season is mostly finished outside some continuing simuldubs and Winter 2019 is already getting underway with some eagerly anticipated new shows and sequels, we had a pretty stocked fall lineup. Looking back, I watched a lot of Anime on various platforms and realized … Read more

I Can’t Stop Listening to the New Opening for Fire Emblem Heroes

So while the rest of the world is busy playing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Nintendo pushed out version 3.0 of Fire Emblem Heroes earlier this month. Okay, so I’ve also been busy with the new Smash, but I’m putting it down briefly to talk about my other recent obsession. Actually, before I say too much, … Read more

Aether’s Favorite Anisongs from Summer 2018

It’s time for another Anisong round up, a seasonal list of some of the best musical offerings featured in the latest Anime simulcasts. So earlier I had mentioned I’ve been struggling to make time to write these while trying to balance the rest of schedule. But as I started to sit down and actually write … Read more

The End is Nigh: Funimation and Crunchyroll Part Ways

The Dream Team is dead. As reported earlier by Anime News Network, Funimation and Crunchyroll announced today that their partnership will be coming to a close next month on November 9th. After that date, the VRV service will be losing FunimationNow and HIDIVE will be joining the service. You can read the full details over … Read more

Aether’s Favorite Anisongs from Spring 2018 – Extremely Late Edition

It’s hard to believe it has been about five months since I wrote my first post highlighting my favorite anisongs of last season. A lot has happened since then and have been spending most of last month catching up last season and keeping up with the latest simuldubs this season. I took a leap of … Read more

Aether’s Favorite Anime Soundtracks from Winter 2018

While I’m currently playing catch up on some shows I missed several episodes in the last few weeks, now is a good time to revisit some of them before I fully transition over to my Spring Anime backlog. Lately, I’ve hit something of a writer’s block in my creativity. I come up with an idea, … Read more