I’ve addressed the controversy surrounding the first episode of Goblin Slayer. I’ve also seen (as likely you have) plenty of articles that speak about the status of women in the series. “Rotten Chivalry: The Role of Women in Goblin Slayer” at UEM struck me as one of the best. But the articles also ignore the…
Category: Anime Reviews
How Not to Summon a Demon Lord – Anime Review
When it comes to ecchi anime, the characters all need to be having fun. Although I dislike ecchi, even I know this. Too often the genre falls into exploitation, and female characters yelling “no” all the time. How Not to Summon a Demon Lord avoids this for the most part, but it goes too far in…
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
Along with Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Senpai, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime surprised me. I expected another run-of-the-mill isekai. Instead, I found a slow-paced, even thoughtful story with heart. Satoku Mikami dies and finds himself reincarnated as a slime (the title says it all, right?) Well, he wakes up in a cave full of rare…
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai – First Impressions
When I saw the title Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai and the advertisement of an anime girl dressed as a Playboy bunny, I groaned. It looked bad. Like exploitative-of-women-and-badly-stereotyped-dense-devoid-of-personality-guy bad. But because I write for JP, I decided to endure an episode or two. At the least it could offer more fodder…
Bleach – The Netflix Live Action Movie
When the live-action Bleach movie popped up on my Netflix feed, I rolled my eyes. Live action adaptions of manga tend to hurt. Fullmetal Alchemist hurt with its CG. The live action Tokyo Ghoul had me telling the characters to get up instead of just crawling on the ground. The acting was over-the-top too. So…
Recovery of an MMO Junkie and the Dichotomy of Offline and Online Life
When I first saw Recovery of an MMO Junkie on Crunchyroll’s list, I wasn’t terribly excited. MMORPG-focused stories have become a genre to themselves ever since Sword Art Online became huge. However, Recovery pleasantly surprised me as a slice-of-life story that followed a 30-year-old woman who had enough of corporate life. The story itself isn’t…