Lupin III: The First is available to rent for streaming from YouTube, Google Play, and Apple TV, among other services. Lupin III: The...
TV & Film
[Keywords] Haruhi Suzumiya and Change
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is available to stream on Funimation. If you're watching it for the first time, I strongly recommend...
[Keywords] Super Cub and The Mountain
Normally Super Cub isn’t much to think about. But sometimes a story lingers far, far longer than the writers may have intended.
[Keywords] Ride Your Wave and Shared Delight
Ride Your Wave is available to stream on HBO Max, or via rental from many other services. I'm not always convinced by how anime rom-coms...
[Keywords] “Read Or Die” and Secondhand Fandom
R.O.D - Read Or Die is available on Crunchyroll until May 28th. Read Or Die is one of those series I think is fantastic, but that I didn't...
[Keywords] Kamen Rider Fourze and Enthusiasm
Kamen Rider Fourze is not currently available for streaming on major services in North America.Scrapped Princess is currently available on...
[Keywords] Non Non Biyori and Scenic Nowhere
Non Non Biyori is famously a “nothing happens” show. But more than anything else, it’s positively inseparable from its background art.
[Keywords] Horimiya and Vulnerability
Horimiya thrives on its characters’ vulnerability – and that’s exactly why I’ve never once felt uncomfortable on their behalf.
[Keywords] Yuru Camp and Hobbyism
Few things blend pure enthusiasm for a subject with a light fiction to tie it together nearly so well as Yuru Camp.
[Keywords] “The Day I Became A God” and Slow Starts
I almost didn’t finish The Day I Became A God, which is really weird for me. But sometimes these things just take a while.
[Keywords] Silver Spoon and Home Turf
Man does anime love to geek out over oddly-specific stuff. That can be a real trip when, like Silver Spoon, it hits on something personal.
[Keywords] Guilty Crown, Supercell, and Showcases
I appreciate Guilty Crown quite a lot. I am also acutely aware that Guilty Crown is not a good show. But that doesn’t mean it didn’t have a lot to give.