The Promised Neverland S2 Anime Review: Welcome to the Demon World…
…where everything sucks, including all attempts at complex characters and a suspenseful plot.
Horimiya Anime Review: A Super Wholesome Romance
Horimiya is a romance anime that is 13 episodes of slice-of-life wholesomeness.
Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1 Anime Thoughts: The Highlight of Winter 2021
Watching Attack on Titan, the Final Season Part 1, has been the highlight of my Sundays this entire winter anime season. I love this series so much and this season did not disappoint!
Alice in Borderland TV Show Review: All the great things about a psychotic anime, but live action!
Alice in Borderland is a Japanese TV Show on Netflix about an alternate universe where the entire population of the world has disappeared and the few remaining humans are required to win death-defying games in order to stay alive.
Whisper of the Heart Movie Review: A Peaceful Escape
Whisper of the Heart is a slice-of-life Studio Ghibli film that fills me with a sense of calm and happiness.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Anime Review: A Crowd Pleaser
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba is a 2019 anime that is set in Taisho era Japan and filled with adventure, monsters, and really pretty animation.
Haikyuu!! Season 4 Anime Review: Playing into the Big Leagues (Spoiler Alert 🏐)
Haikyuu!! is an anime that tops my list in terms of story, character growth, feels, and addictiveness. And Season 4 keeps the fun going!
Erased Anime Review: A Really Addicting Murder Mystery!
Erased is a thriller anime that tells the story of a man, Satoru, who finds himself mysteriously time-traveling back to his life as a 6th grader.
Fruits Basket S2 Anime Review: Needs More Tohru and Kyo
Fruits Basket Season 2 is a slice-of-life season - very much focused on character development and school life, with not as much romantic development as I had hoped for.
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day Anime Review: A Cult Classic Slice of Life
Anohana is a 2011 slice-of-life anime (currently on Netflix), and the premise is that a group of 5 high schoolers are reconnecting over the trauma of losing their friend, Menma, when she got into an accident a few years ago.
The Promised Neverland S1 Anime Review: Perfect Amount of Creepy and Thrilling
The Promised Neverland is a 2019 anime (currently on Netflix) about a group of children living in a seemingly utopian orphanage, but soon discover that something much darker and more sinister is going on.
Aggretsuko Season 2 Anime Review: This Show Speaks to My Soul
Aggretsuko Season 2 is back at it again with the high quality writing, humor, and character relatability. Retsuko is a 25-year-old red panda who leads a normal life as an accountant, and this show explores how she deals with her daily grievances like an overbearing mom, crazy coworkers, and figuring out how to be happy.
Aggretsuko Season 3 Anime Review: Bite-Sized Episodes of Awesomeness
Aggretsuko is a Netflix show that looks deceptively simple on the outside, but it’s AMAZING. In easy-to-digest 15 minute episodes, Aggretsuko is about this red panda named Retsuko who is a shy, Japanese office worker on the surface, but has a hidden side to her that loves screaming death metal.
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea Anime Review: When Unrequited Love Becomes a Shitty Plot Device
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea (or Nagi no Asukara) is a 2013 romance, slice-of-life anime about two separate but connected worlds - a society that is able to live and breathe under the sea, and a society that can only live on land (like normal humans).
Your Lie in April Anime Review: Objectively, it’s great! Subjectively…meh.
One of the greatest things about animation is that you don’t have to watch real life actors/actresses butcher the act of fake-playing a musical instrument (I bet all you musicians out there can relate LOL). Your Lie in April is a 22 episode slice-of-life anime (currently on Netflix) about middle schoolers who bond over music.