What a tumultuous week this was, with the release of multiple highly-anticipated conclusions to some very prominent anime shows. With Megalobox 2: NOMAD, ODDTAXI, Shadows House, Higehiro, Fruits Basket and Wonder Egg Priority giving us endings wildly variable in quality, suffice to say I have a lot to talk about this time. You can find Part 1 of this season’s postmortem here, if you want to … Read more
The Spring 2021 anime season is almost over, and I can say with confidence that this has been the strongest season in a long time. It will be hard for me to rank so many great shows in order of preference, so this time I’ll write about the shows that have already concluded, and I’ll … Read more
Spring 2021’s anime continues to overwhelm not just in terms of sheer quantity, but also unprecedented quality. There’s such a variety of excellent shows at the moment that surely even the most picky anime fan should find something to enjoy. Last time, I covered Funimation’s current roster, but today is Crunchyroll’s turn. I’ve watched no less … Read more
After last season’s insanely packed roster, I swore that this time I’d reduce my anime burden significantly for Spring. That… didn’t exactly work out. I covered 23 shows last time, and so far I’m up to 19 for this season… Hence the reason I’m splitting my usual midseason article in two again. There’s just too … Read more
This article is a part of AniTAY’s Spring 2021 Early Impressions series, where our authors offer their initial thoughts on the new, prominent, and exciting anime from this season! Taking thematic cues from 1971 period drama Upstairs, Downstairs but moving the setting to a survival horror mansion and infusing its atmosphere with existential, Lovecraftian dread, Cloverworks’ Shadows House is a very … Read more
This article is a part of AniTAY’s Spring 2021 Early Impressions series, where our authors offer their initial thoughts on the new, prominent, and exciting anime from this season! The oddly named Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song is essentially: What if Arnold Swarzenegger’s Terminator was a teddy bear who travelled back in time to prevent Westworld by recruiting Key the Metal Idol? This is the most anime … Read more