Reviews

Shoushimin: How to Become Ordinary is a slower paced show that sees two intelligent yet quirky high school students solve mysteries ranging from the mundane to outright attempted murder all while they tell themselves it is important for them to abandon the things that make them unique in an effort to fit in and become ordinary.

Girls Band Cry combines great character writing, surprisingly expressive CGI, and some standout on-stage rock n roll sequences to find its own solid place in the sometimes crowded anime band genre.

Akebi’s Sailor Uniform is a fun, good-natured show that allows its energetic lead to become the glue that binds her entire junior high class together.

Kill la Kill is a silly, awesome, way over the top anime in which high school student Ryuko Matoi fights super powered battles against her school's student council in order to determine who killed her father. And then it gets crazy.

Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song- is a time skipping sci-fi adventure that follows AI songstress Diva as she attempts to save humanity from a deadly future while she, at the same time, struggles to learn how to truly sing from her heart.

The Revue Starlight Movie pulls off a surprising, well founded continuation of the anime series that is spectacularly theatric from beginning to end.

Astra Lost in Space is a well-paced sci-fi adventure with great characters, solid science fiction, plenty of humor, and a surprising amount of well-earned emotion, and drama.

Just a handful of anime suggestions for those who already have a great watchlist.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica's delightful take on the classic Magical Girl genre makes it one of my favorite anime of all time.

Spice and Wolf somehow manages to combine great characters and conversations with explorations of medieval trade in a way that’s actually interesting and engaging.