Author: Kila Panaretou

2022 is at an end and the first season of 2023 is about to begin – let’s look at some of the most promising anime to come out in the Winter season… NieR:Automata Ver1.1a This adaptation from the extremely popular action role-playing game needs little introduction. The anime will tell the story of a futuristic world overrun by machines through the eyes of androids, 2B, and 9S. The game is infamous for its interesting storytelling and third-wall-breaking elements so I’m doubtful whether this will hold up in an anime format but I’m intrigued to find out. Spy Classroom This anime…

It’s spooky season and what better then to curl up with some thrilling entertainment? Here are my picks of some of the best horror or horror themed anime out there that are essential viewing if you’re in the mood for something scary: 20. Hell Girl An anthology show which ran for four series, this anime follows the mysterious Hell Girl, who can enact revenge for people through the ‘Hell Correspondence’ website. This eerie and supernatural show isn’t the most action-packed but definitely is a great psychological series. 19. Portrait de petit cossette A three episode ova about a Japanese art…

It’s a new anime season and here’s some of the hot shows coming out soon you might want to keep an eye on! Chainsaw Man Likely the most anticipated show of the whole year, let alone the whole season, Chainsaw Man follows young Denji who ends up contracting with a demon which allows his body to turn into chainsaws. It’s an odd premise but the manga is dark, complex and a gut punch of emotions – in fact, you can see my own thoughts on the series in my article here. If you’re a fan of action and dark shows…

Carrying on from Part One, here are some more thoughts about the anime series airing this season. Lycoris Recoil Studio: A-1 Pictures Genre: Action Streaming: Crunchyroll In a futuristic Japan, the country relies on teen women called Lycoris from a mysterious organisation called the DA to manage their public safety, acting as assassins. Takina is disgraced as a Lycoris however and so is sent to LycoReco, a coffee shop run by other former members of the DA, and a famous Lycoris called Chisato. There she finds another way of safeguarding people – by dealing with their day-to-day problems. In the…

Welcome to the Anime round-up articles, where we’ll be looking at the opening episodes for many of the new series airing this Summer season. RWBY: Ice Queendom Studio: Shaft Genre: Actio, Fantasy Streaming: Crunchyroll The first episode of this new RWBY series is mostly just introducing all our four main girls, in some ways reminiscent of their initial character introduction videos. Shaft have pulled out all the stops for the animation as it looks gorgeous and the characters and world fits well into the anime style. Crunchyroll released the first three episode of this series together and given how the…

Hard to believe we’re about halfway through 2022 now, but it’s almost July which means it’s time for the summer season of anime to begin! Here’s your handy primer for some of the new shows coming out to look out for: The Devil is a Part-Timer! Season 2 This long anticipated second season (the original anime aired almost a decade ago back in 2013), follows a former demon King who after being transported to modern day Japan is forced to make a living working at a fast food diner. The first season was a hilarious fantasy show with a quirky…

The One That Got Away Creator: Elan Gale Starring: Betty Who Runtime: 10 Episodes Amazon’s latest American reality tv show, ‘The One That Got Away’ is a dating series which follows six contestants who have a chance to revisit their missed connections and take another shot at love. To do this, the group are put in an isolated house somewhere exotic and people from their past come to join them through a mysterious ‘Portal.’ Hosted by singer-songwriter, Betty Who, the makers of the show have come from alumni from other  dating reality shows such as The Bachelor franchise (Elan Gale),…

Welcome to the second in our Anime round-up articles, where we’ll be looking at the opening episodes for many of the new series airing in the Spring season See the first part here. A Couple of Cuckoos Studio: SynergySP, Shin-Ei Animation Genre: Romance Streaming: Crunchyroll A strong first episode from this anime, following Nagi and Erika who were accidentally swapped at birth and grew up in the wrong families. I hadn’t really been that interested in this series from the premise (the two are pushed into an arranged marriage by their parents), but I actually really enjoyed this first episode.…

Welcome to Part Four, where I tackle the next two series on my list: No. 48: Koten-bu Series (with a score of 8.67) No. 14,623: Naa-tan to Goshujin-tama (with a score of 5.41) For the first article in this series, please see here. For the last article in the series, please see here. Koten-bu Series Better known through it’s anime counterpart, Hyouka, Koten-bu Series is the original format of this series and rather then being a manga, actually consists of light novels. The series is still ongoing at the time of writing – it’s initial publication began back in 2001 and…

Welcome to our first Anime round-up article, where we’ll be looking at the opening episodes for many of the new series airing this season – see this as a quick guide to what’s worth checking out in the Spring lineup! Love after World Domination Studio: Project No. 9 Genre: Romance, Comedy Streaming: Crunchyroll This manga adaptation is an effective spoof of super sentai shows much like Power Rangers that you may have watched as a kid, with an added romance twist. We follow the leader of a group of ice cream themed super-heroes and the romance between him and one…