It’s crazy to actually have a Psyren episode to talk about, but here we are! This was a solid way to get into the world of Psyren. Which works both for the audience and for Ageha himself. I fully expe...

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 40: Celebrating posts from Beneath the Tangles, Confessions of an Overage Otaku, and more!

Truly this was a “Fran is definitely back” episode. Just picking right up where the last season left off and sending Fran and Teacher right into their next adventure. Nothing like a floating island fu...

What a way for Mushoku Tensei to leave us off until some time in 2027! This episode really helped bring us back to earth after the emotional beating that the previous episode provided. Rudy was right ...

Definitely a random one for me. This is a movie that came out in 2016 after the show aired in 2006. It was certainly interesting going into something “new” for Zegapain. I’d rewatched the main series ...

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 39: Celebrating posts from Anime Evo, Anime Hanabi, Annieme, and more!

The Fall Season is just about here…and honestly that means winter isn’t far off and that has me wondering where the year went! But the summer anime are just about done and that means a brand new batch...

This episode is one I might not even be done processing yet. The last episode was an incredible dialogue between two characters, but this one hit like a ton of bricks. This wasn’t a fun ride in any wa...

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 38: Posts from Anime Hanabi, Merlin's Musings, Phoenix Talks Popular Culture Japan, and more!

This show doesn’t drop the ball. This season has been near perfect and this episode just kept that going. It was a full episode with almost no other characters besides Rudeus and Old Rudeus. But it wa...

We are truly just in the final battle now. I suppose that’s been the case for a while now since everyone’s been taking their crack at Yhwach and doing the best they can against someone who has truly b...

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 37: Posts from Anime Evo, Confessions of an Overage Otaku, MIB's Instant Headache, and more!

The wait for this episode was honestly a difficult one! It just sat there waiting and wondering what on Earth was going to happen. What would be the horrible event? Would Rudy have someone trying to k...

We got a different feel this time now that the Yhwach beating everyone up show took a slight pause! It was a great showing of Uryu’s abilities, but also the ability of the various other characters in ...

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 36: Celebrating posts from Anime Evo, DoubleSama, Merlin's Musings, and more!

The mission to save Nanahoshi from a cruel death continues! Thankfully it didn’t take very long to find Kishirika and create an excuse for her to help them. From that point though, things got rather i...

In some ways this episode was even more intense than the last. But there’s no way to truly overcome how intensely emotional the end of the previous episode was. In terms of following up on such an inc...

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 35: Celebrating posts from All About Anime and Manga, Anime Evo, and more!

I definitely feel a sense of unease coming out of this episode. There is some hope and it’s not as bleak as it could’ve been. If we opened up with Nanahoshi being dead then I wouldn’t have been shocke...

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 34: Celebrating posts from The Afictionado, Anime Evo, Anime Rants, and more!

What the hell was that!? I’m sorry to open up with that, but this is one of those episodes where if every other word isn’t profanity then I’m not sure it’s accurately expressing my thoughts on the epi...

Well that sure escalated! Holy crap! Not often do episodes have me struggling to find a way to express how rattled I am. But that sure did it! My mind was more on smaller and long term issues. Like ma...

They are just letting everything happen now! The fights against everyone that isn’t Yhwach is just about wrapped up. Well I say that, but it feels like the hell for the Captains against Gerard is goin...

This definitely feels like a turning point episode. I think we can officially say the light fun and family bonding times are over. Now it isn’t as if an enemy is storming the gates. They are going for...

We’re really settling into the current fights which aren’t necessarily going great for the protagonists. But you can see how the battles are developing. The only battle that didn’t really change all t...

It feels lazy to just say this was another great episode. But it was! I didn’t think we’d see this character make a return or actually end the episode getting to see Eris again. It definitely feels li...

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 31: Celebrating posts by Anime Evo, Confessions of an Overage Otaku, D&A Anime Blog, and more!

This episode just shows how tough things are going to be. Neither Ichigo or Ishida are in a good place and their chances of winning feels remote at best. This whole arc really has been about Yhwach be...

This was a beautiful episode. Episodes like this one make me feel like I lucked out by coming back to give this show another try. It would’ve sucked to miss out on an episode that felt this good and j...

While I’m definitely going to take a break with Precure...I can’t realistically step away without first commenting on this episode! Because it really does shatter the status quo or at least my expecta...

Bleach is so very much back! We are right into it now. The final part of this return to Bleach. Of course the stakes are as high as one would expect. The fate of three dimensions are on the line, the ...

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 30: Celebrating posts from Analog Housou, GetMoreXP, Hanime on Anime, and more!

The day of the reveal has arrived! I will give full credit to Precure for managing this mystery and not giving it away through leaks or other things. They kept it close to the vest and let people spec...

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 29: Celebrating posts from Anime Evo, Arum Journal, Lit Retreat, and more!

One more week and the Eclair mystery will be over! This was the final candidate episode before things really get crazy. Usonoir is basically at his breaking point when it comes to the incompetence of ...

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 28: Celebrating posts from Anime Evo, Arum Journal, Confessions of an Overage Otaku, and more!

This show just doesn’t miss! The second episode was just as enjoyable and touching as the first episode. It’s slowly adding to the main cast and expanding Kuroe’s social circle. Still at the building ...

There are some shows that really ease into their premise and slowly build everything up. And then there’s this show! My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren’t Wicked just goes all in with its concept at al...

I was feeling good about this show going into the season and it definitely lived up to that. The story of an agent that leaves her organization to find a shred of happiness for herself gave one solid ...

This is one I can imagine being a controversial series. I just took it in as I was watching, but sitting down to write something definitely left me thinking. But I’ll be honest in saying that I had a ...

The craziest and one of the best harems ever has returned! This show truly never prepares you for how crazy it can get. You have to mentally brace yourself for anything. And this one didn’t disappoint...

Here comes the main contender for Cure Eclair! This was easily the best of the Eclair focused episodes thus far. And we’re only a couple weeks to go until the answers come out. There’s time for one mo...

Nanoha is back...a little bit...right at the end of the episode! Honestly remove the last few minutes and this was an incredibly emotional opening episode to a new franchise! A story of two sisters wh...

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 27: Celebrating posts from Anime Evo, Anime Feminist, Anime Hanabi, and more!

We are back! Maybe that’s wrong to say since I wasn’t actively covering the show while it was airing either in S1 or S2. In 2024 (wow that’s two years ago) I embarked on my binge of the entire series....

Summer has truly arrived in a big way! And I absolutely mean that with all the comedy implied! This was a fantastic first episode that lived up to all my hopes for the show going in. A romcom with a k...

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 26: Celebrating posts from Anime Feminist, Chug Tek Ming, The Land of Obscusion, and more!

So the mystery of Cure Eclair continues. Steadily the main cast are getting a better grasp on the full picture. And I’m sure it will take until the big reveal for them to fully figure it out and chart...