Sunday, December 18, 2016

The Great Passage

The Great Passage is about a bunch of boring people doing the most boring thing in the world: Making a dictionary. The main character's biggest hobby (other than making a dictionary) is staring at people taking the escalator. He eventually falls in love with his land lady's granddaughter for no reason other than "she lives in the same building." After writing a 10 page love letter (half in Chinese) they decide to get married. I guess even though the woman knew she was way better and way more interesting than him she decided to settle because the dating scene was too hard. The eye-catch of each episode is a bunch of dictionaries talking to the audience. It completely destroys the mood and adds nothing to the show. Apparently dictionaries across the Pacific all have names and different words in them unlike ours which are all just called "The Dictionary" and simply have all the words in them.

Sunday, December 4, 2016

Cheating Craft

Cheating Craft is one of many Chinese cartoons inexplicably showing up in the Fall 2016 season. And, like everything else made in China, it's a poorly made pile of poo. This Chinese anime epitomizes the Chinese signature design of ripping off something else while making sure it makes no sense. It's like someone over in China saw a battle shonen and decided to try to make their own. If you enjoy building with Legu bricks and eating Laye's potato chips then you'll love Cheating Craft.

Sunday, November 13, 2016

Nyanbo!

The Nyanbo!s are not cats, they're space aliens! Tora and his extraterrestrial friends have one and only one mission here on Earth: Get the hell off this rock. Stranded on this backwater world, Tora, Shiro, Kuro, Mike, and Kotora search the junkyards for any salvageable machinery that could possibly power their spaceship. If they have to spend just one more minute on this terrible place alongside the evil residents known as "cats," the Nyanbo!s may just go insane.

Sunday, October 30, 2016

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

Saiki K stars as the all-powerful psychic in The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.. As a psychic, it's Saiki's duty to rid the world of all evil fruits. The evilest of all is Life's Lemon. He releases his tangy juices right in your face as you pucker up and swallow a squirt. Will Saiki be able make lemonade out of this sinister citrus or will the world be forced to suck a lemon?

Sunday, October 16, 2016

Long Riders!


Long Riders! is all about the sport that Bakuon!! made fun of. Cycling! Wanna waste thousands of dollars on a mode of transportation that's as inconvenient as it is slow? Want to throw your hard-earned (or perhaps ill-gotten) spending cash out the window instead of purchasing a reasonably-priced automobile? Then Alpaca Cycle is your store! Come visit us this weekend for our newest special: a mid-level bicycle for the same price as a Toyota! That's a good deal if you know anything about cycling.

Sunday, September 18, 2016

Love Live! Sunshine!!

The Love Lives return with Love Live! Sunshine!!. Taking place roughly five years after the original Love Live and after the fall of the u's empire. u's's shadow haunts the show and the nine girls who star in it, collectively known as Aquors. The girls are on a mission to hunt down u's. For what reason, we do not know. Aquors has one lead: The Love Live. They enter the idol contest in an attempt to draw out u's, but what they uncover is something darker.

Sunday, September 4, 2016

Fafner Exodus

Why did Fafner of all things get another season? Don't bother asking me what this was about. I have no idea.

Sunday, August 21, 2016

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable

Jojo's grandfather Jojo cheated on his wife and now has an illegitimate child named Jojo. Now Jojo has to team up with his uncle Jojo with help from grandpa Jojo in order to stop a murderer, a ghost, a couple of magical rats, a wacky chef, and a crazy lady with crazy hair. Will the Jojos be able to bring peace to the small town of Morioh? Find out in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable.

Sunday, August 7, 2016

Tonkatsu DJ Agetaro


Agetaro works at a Tonkatsu restaurant. Agetaro loves the dance scene. Agetaro wants to become the very first Tonkatsu DJ in Tonkatsu DJ Agetaro. With his sick beats and hot food, Agetaro pushes his way to the night life as a rookie DJ. Will he be able to ~chill out~ the crowd and become the best Tonkatsu DJ of all time? Or will his music fizzle out like cold pork?

Sunday, July 24, 2016

Food Wars!

Food Wars! serves up your need for a battle shonen with all the fighting taking place in the kitchen. These high schoolers give it their all in this life-or-death fight for the best dish. If your customers haven't climaxed then you have no right to call yourself the best chef. Will Soma Yukihira be able to achieve his dream of making the best weirdest food out there? Find out in Food Wars!.

Sunday, July 10, 2016

Macross Delta

A group of teen idol magical girls fight on the frontlines of a galactic civil war in Macross Delta. Backed by the paramilitaristic Delta Squad and their jet planes with legs, the idol group Walkure uses their songs in the fight against the insurrectionists of Windermere and their androgynous boy-king. You can't get more anime than that.

Sunday, June 26, 2016

Three Leaves, Three Colors

Three Leaves, Three Colors is about down-on-her-luck Yoko Nishikawa and her moronic friends. Yoko used to be a billionaire but all her savings were in the British Pound. After the exit from the European Union and the collapse of the English currency, Yoko finds herself living on the street and eating breadcrusts. Watch as she and two friends try to swindle the neighborhood kids out of their quarters so they can go buy the one thing that they love the most: jawbreakers.

Sunday, June 5, 2016

Aikatsu Stars!

Aikatsu! gets re-imagined with the new show Aikatsu Stars!. Bandai Namco realized that Ichigo Jr. was ruining the original Aikatsu! and that PriPara was the superior little girl idol show so they rebooted the series as Aikatsu Stars!. Yume Nijino has the dream of being one of the four top sluts of Aikatsu Academy. Will she be able to spread her wings (and her legs) to achieve her dreams? Or will new bitch Laura Sakuraba usurp her and become the ultimate Queen Bitch? Watch every week as Yume and her blossoming friends step ever closer to their Aikatsu goals!

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Usakame

Everyone's favorite sports anime returns with a new spinoff called Usakame. The show follows four girls who attend Usakame, a rival school of Teekyu gals. The TQ girls (including our favorite alpaca-lover Marimo "Panty Eater" Bando) make a cameo appearance for a practice match against the RabbitTurtles. After all, they need to stay in fighting condition for the next season of Teekyu (which we all hope is soon!).

Sunday, May 8, 2016

Bungo Stray Dogs

Bungo Stray Dogs is all about re-interpretations of famous Japanese authors. So that means you'll be lucky to have heard of any of them. Taking these writers' stories and turning them into superpowers (like an Atsushi Nakajima who turns into a tiger or a Kenji Miyazawa who is Not Defeated By Rain when he's hungry) the show definitely seems to try too hard to be clever. But it can't be too bad since there's this guy with ridiculous sunglasses and scarf holding a lemon. Maybe I need to brush up on my Japanese authors, since I don't remember coming across any lemon-wielding wordsmiths.

Sunday, April 24, 2016

Shonen Ashibe: Go! Go! Goma-chan

I'm Goma knock you out! Momma gonna knock you out! Shonen Ashibe: Go! Go! Goma-chan is about Ashibe (a shonen) and his pet Goma (a goma). Ashibe's family adopts this adorable little seal after finding him in the middle of the road and they decide to name him Goma (how original). Goma enjoys water, ice-pops, and causing mischief. See this suave seal steal the hearts of all those around him. Go! Go! Goma-chan!

Sunday, April 10, 2016

PriPara

PriPara is the show so good it gets two entries! Cotton Candy was once a human male. He gave up his humanity and became an alpaca in order to join the girls-only Pripara. He now serves the dark despot Lady Sophie as her personal chauffeur. Lady Sophie has joined forces with upcoming idols Laala and Mireille in order to start a revolution in Pripara and position themselves as the only idols.

Sunday, March 27, 2016

Takamiya Nasuno!: Teekyu Spin-off

The Teekyu train just keeps barrelling down the tracks! With seven seasons so far and a couple of spinoffs this show will never be canceled! The Nasuna Teekyu Spin-off features the rich girl, Nasuno Takamiya and her butler, name not important. The spin-off keeps the long standing tradition of focusing on the sport of tennis and the girls that play it. Of course our panty-eating, alpaca-loving friend appears in the spinoff. It's just not Teekyu without her.

Sunday, March 13, 2016

Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun

Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun is about Nozaki and his numerous girlfriends. And, of course, their monthly visits from Aunt Flo. With all his girlfriends in proximity of each other, mother nature decides to sync up for all of them. This leaves Nozaki with one hellish week out of every month. The show follows him and his guy friends as each month they try desperately to escape this nightmare. One month they try flying to Hawaii. It doesn't work out as planned.

Sunday, February 28, 2016

Sekko Boys

The Sekko Boys star in their very own anime! Also know as The Rockies, the idol group Sekko Boys consists of Saint George, Mars, Hermes, and Medici. Can rookie manager Miki Ishimoto hold together this rock idol group? Or will St. George's terrible puns be the downfall of the group?

Sunday, February 7, 2016

my LOVE story!!

my LOVE story!! stars big guy Takeo Goda and little girl Rinko Yamato as they develop what some people refer to as "feelings" for each other. Standing at an astoundingly unheard of 6'4", Takeo saves the tiny Rinko from a train molester. And then from falling girder. And from a building fire. And from a bunch of other things. Rinko eventually develops stockholm syndrome and falls in love with the guy. Takeo, however, is super gay for his best friend Sunakawa so things start to get really weird.

Sunday, January 17, 2016

Wakako-zake

Wakako-zake is about a freaky face Miyuki Sawashiro talking about food. She talks down to plebs who don't know how to eat correctly while stuffing her face with beer, squid, fried chicken, and whatever else Japan considers "bar food".

Sunday, January 3, 2016

Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei Herz!

Fate Over Kaleid Liner Prisma Star Illya Twowei Herz! is about underage girl Illyasviel von Einzbern and her underage girlfriends Miyu Edelfelt and Black Illyasviel von Einzbern as they go on a magical adventure through puberty. All three girls begin to discover their feelings and sexuality while fighting evil as magical girls. Actually, they just fight cards. The whole show is just a made-up card game that's used to get underage girls to kiss each other.