An American Writer's Thoughts on Japanese Animation

The Perils of Purgatory – Angel Beats Spoiler Review

Happy Boxing Day everybody! It’s time to talk about a favorite few topics this time of year: Heaven, “Feel Good” material, and Animes that I personally have some degree of spite towards. Every year, somewhere around the Winter Solstice and that other regional holiday I’m sure nobody celebrates, I take a look at at least one show that really grinds my gears. This year, that show is Angel Beats.

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The Cutest Battlebots – Angelic Layer Spoiler Review

I’ll be honest, fighting games have never exactly been my scene. I’ve played a fair bit of Smash Bros., and that’s about it. I can see the appeal, I’m just no good at them. On the other hand, at least as a spectator, I was big into Battlebots at one point, so I can appreciate the idea of sending custom rigs into a sort of competitive combat.

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Summary x Criticism – Spy x Family (Season 1) Spoiler Review

At times I have a… complex relationship with shows that get a lot of hype. On one hand, where there’s smoke there is often fire, and while I don’t find every heavily hyped show to be a winner, they do probably have something to them more often than shows that didn’t get much attention. On the other hand, the hype can also be hard for a show to live up to. Yeah, it’s good, but if it’s been built up as the best thing since sliced bread it’s going to be inevitably somewhat disappointing when it’s… just kind of nice. Back to the first side, though, not every show that gets a lot of attention gets unmetered praise above and beyond what it actually deserves.

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