Category: Television
Television show reviews
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Let This Grieving Soul Retire
So, I may have briefly forgotten what I’m doing here. Not in some kind of cringe amnesia type way but in a “I’m just staring at the blank screen without the words that I definitely wanted to write about this show coming to me” kind of way. I think we can work through this together… Read more
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Summer Time Rendering
Watched: Dub This is an anime that I think went a little overlooked due to it only releasing on Hulu and then only dubbed, with the former being a bigger reason. I think that’s a shame, as it’s pretty good. The story revolves around Shinpei, who learns that people on his home island are being… Read more
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Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
Note: Mild spoilers for the first three episodes. We have to go back in time to talk about this show to understand what it is. Originally announced as Spider-Man: Freshman Year, the show was meant to basically explain how MCU Spider-Man came to be. Now given the rehashings of Spider-Man’s origin story so many times… Read more
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Violet Evergarden
Watched: Sub Covers: Show, OVA, and both movies This show had been on my watchlist for a while. I don’t know how I first became aware of it or what drew me to it. I do think part of it was misunderstanding the premise and thinking this was a steampunk anime with our MC being… Read more
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I Have a Crush at Work
Watched: Sub Also known as: Can You Keep a Secret? Many romance anime take place in high school. Maybe it’s because so many focus on your first love or it’s a bigger deal when you’re young. But there are those with an adult cast, sometimes even out in the working world rather than college to… Read more
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Okitsura
Alright the full title for this one is, “Fell in Love with an Okinawan Girl, but I Just Wish I Know What She’s Saying” and so for obvious reasons I’m just going with the shortened version of the Japanese title, Okitsura. Now I don’t know that I’d even be able to distinguish Japanese dialects, but… Read more
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I’m Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class
Watched: Sub It feels a little weird having this anime so soon after Ranma 1/2 given its similar premise. In this case our leads, Akane and Saito, have already known each other for a while before their marriage is arranged, as opposed to meeting and having it arranged. This also means there’s a history of… Read more
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The Owl House
Disney has given us some great works in terms of cartoon shows on TV, but since I’m not generally the primary target audience it’s not something I generally seek out. Luckily there are others like Michael who are aware of other happenings, and since he often recommended this show I decided to finally give it… Read more
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Dead Boy Detectives
The Dead Boy Detective agency is here to help you go from purgatory to the afterlife by resolving your unfinished business, however they couldn’t solve their own unfinished business as Netflix cancelled them after one season. Read more
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Your Lie in April
Your Lie in April is genuinely a wonderful messy show and depicts the horrible truths of loss while showing the characters becoming who they are because of it. Read more