In the name of the moon, you will be nostalgic!
I’m working to catch up after the long weekend, so here’s your second trio of the day. This bunch has one shiny remake, one riveting original, and one icky adaptation. Well, two for three ain’t bad.
Premiere Reviews below the jump!
We’re diving in!
Summer Premiere Week is upon us, and that means it’s time to pan the simulcasting stream for gold. Here’s hoping we find more than a few old boots along the way.
In the interest of NOT clogging you tumblr feeds with a 15-page post, I’m going to be doing the premiere posts in trios, plus any notes about sequels if they’re airing but I’m not watching them. I’ll get at least one of these posts out per day, and in some cases more, in order to keep up with the deluge.
So let’s get right to it! The first round of meet ‘n’ greets is below the jump.
Summer Premiere Week is upon us, meaning I’ll soon be hard at work panning the simulcasting stream for gold nuggets. But before we turn our eyes ahead, let’s take a quick look back at the Spring season and see how it held up.
Oh, and this is a spoiler-free zone, so please read through and keep your eyes peeled for a series that catches your eye.
Conflicted Josei is conflicted.
This week’s episodes saw a heavy focus on romance, and those tend to be the moments when I enjoy Sailor Moon the least.
Celebrate good times~ come on! ♪
Here There Be (Mild) Spoilers: Remember, these posts look at some of the common trends and threads in the currently streaming anime that I’m watching (full list is on the sidebar). I keep things vague but if you’re a plot purist, you may want to skim past.
The week’s highs and lows below the jump.
Alas, dear readers, we’ve come to the end of the week! Dry those tears, though, because I’m capping off the Seven Days of Summer with an absolute monster of a series, perfect for all you hardcore marathon watchers out there. And, as with Rose of Versailles, I’m encouraging you to watch this one with me, as I’m “only” 60 episodes in and rushing to catch up.
And so, ladies and gents, I leave you with the sprawling tale of…
You’ll have to forgive me if I over-hype a bit today, because we’ve come to the shortest series in the Seven Days and possibly my favorite of the bunch, a lovely little ghost story known as…
In the game of crystals, you win or you die. Er, sort of.
A lot of Stuff happened this week and I went a little wild on the recaps, so I’m going to skip the usual opening retrospective and just jump straight to the episodes. H’okay? H’okay.
Today we dive deep into the stream to uncover an old treasure only recently licensed stateside, the classic historical romance:
The Seven Days of Summer are halfway through! And if you were worried there wouldn’t be any action-packed anime on the list, I’ve come to ease your fears with a show that is technically a prequel but works fantastically as a stand-alone, the epic (SO EPIC) and beautifully animated…
The Josei Next Door 