#akiba yuri

[manekinekocake]

[terriblewomanyuri]

knocked the pixels out of her...

[ladyloveandjustice]

My Top Seven Anime I Watched in 2022

Here are the best of the best, alongside a few bonus good, good anime. Please note that I’m only including premieres I actually watched in 2022, and there are a few ones I haven’t gotten to yet. I only started watching Bocchi the Rock! this month (and I’m enjoying it) and I’ve heard good things about Raven of the Inner Palace, so I’m planning on checking that out.

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury

Suletta Mercury arrives at her new school with a mech named Aerial and a checklist of friendship milestones she wants to achieve after being homeschooled for years- only to immediately get involved in giant robot duels and engaged to a prickly heiress. Unbeknownst to Suletta, she’s a tool in her mother’s revenge scheme against the terrible corporation that destroyed their family, and things will only get more complicated. Sometimes a fun romp, sometimes an action-filled thriller, and saving its best twist for the very end, this might just be the anime of the year for me. The romance between the two girls at the heart of the series always has you rooting for it, it introduces you to some great kids (and a ton of cool ladies) and as a bonus, it’s wonderfully inclusive. The only think holding me back is the fact it’s not over yet! I’m praying the second season keeps up the good work.

Read my full review here.

Spy x Family

The smash hit about a spy dad, assassin mom, and telepath child who all form a ‘fake’ family- but will they develop real familial feelings? Cute, funny, nicely animated and full of wacky fights and missions, it needs no introduction. It’s just a good time! The second season isn’t quite as strong as the first, but it’s fun to watch throughout and there’s more good material coming!

Read my full reviews here and here.

Akiba Maid War

A fun genre mashup that depicts early 2000’s maid cafes engaged in violent battles over territory (similar to yakuza movies). Features a lot of outrageous comedy and the world’s most loveable terrifying murder maid in Ranko. One of my favorites of the year.

Read my full review here.

Kaguya-sama: Love is War Season 3

The romantic comedy offers some slick animation and bombastic humor as always, while featuring some truly satisfying relationship development.

Read my full review here.

Mob Psycho 100 Season 3

The final season of one of the best anime of the last decade, it offers a perfect resolution to the offbeat relationship of young psychic Mob and his con-man mentor Reigen, while making a strong final statement on the series’ themes of power, identity, self-acceptance and deception.

Read my full review here.

The Executioner and Her Way of Life

In Menou’s world, kids dropping in from Japan and gaining incredible superpowers is a common occurrence. This rarely ends well, so it’s Menou’s job to murder these teens before they can become threats. But her latest target, Akari, has powers that make her unkillable- and she has feelings for Menou! What’s an assassin to do? A darker take on the isekai formula, the show is uneven in parts, but it’s a fun ride and most importantly, full of flawed, murderous women getting in cool fights and having romantic attention for each other. I gotta love it. The world has a ton of potential, so I hope this yuri action romp will get a follow up someday.

Read my full review here.

Birdie Wing: Golf Girls’ Story

A tough teenager is embroiled in an illegal golf ring run by the mafia- you heard me- and while navigating ridiculous obstacles and dirty tactics, she becomes smitten with a rival Japanese golfer named Aoi and wants nothing more than to see her again…

I debated on whether to include this because the second season is really going to dictate how I feel about it, but it made a hell of an impression, so I had to. After all, in the first episode alone, Eve hits a golf ball through a moving train while up against someone in a clown mask. A gloriously stupid and ludicrous take on golf that only anime could do, Birdie Wing makes the most of its low budget to give a unforgettable experience. Just please don’t do a “Eve and Aoi are secretly sisters” twist in Season 2.

Read my full review here.

Bonus anime I really enjoyed:

Aharen-san wa Hakaranai (Aharen is Impossible to Understand) is a very adorable, funny anime about two ridiculous kids finding each other and has a nice trans-positive treatment of one character,

 Shikimori’s not Just a Cutie (review here) is a cute anime about a soft-hearted boy and a very cool girl who date,

Ya Boy Kongming! is an anime about famous military strategist from the Three Kingdoms era suddenly finding himself in modern Japan. He comes across a talented but unknown singer and decided to put his gift for strategy to use in managing her singing career and helping her to the top. This is just plain fun, and has a really sweet (and shippable) female friendship at it’s core by the end.

And finally, Sasaki and Miyano (review here) is a slow paced but sweet romance between two boys.

[euniexenoblade]

Hi! I recently watched Akiba Maid War and played Maid RPG and dressed as a maid, so now the maid brain rot is so high, you can't even imagine. May I ask, could you give me some recommendations for Maid animes?

Bonus maid pic!

awwww youre so cute!!!!!!!!!

if you've already seen akiba maid war, the next big anime title (imo) is Emma: A Victorian Romance. There's actually a lot of maid anime I haven't seen yet. My big idea after I finished the show I'm currently watching was I wanted to try and watch as many maid shows as I could so I could have a real answer for something like this. But, in the mean time, if you like visual novels, plz play Blackberry Honey, it's victorian maid yuri and I love it. If you get it on steam, be sure to go to the creator's site and get the nsfw patch cuz that games is hot as hell.

[lilyeon]

went to akiba, spent too much money

Our Yuri Started With Me Getting Rejected In A Dream 1-2 + melonbooks set tokuten

The Race I Want To See With You by kuwabara tamotsu. more honses

A Love Yet To Bloom 1 by fukaumi kon

Koharu and Minato by hyaluron and daruma

New Game! Complete Edition 1 with the animate acrylic stand tokuten

hell yeah. oh god my wallet

[conflagrate]

These were a few of my favourite things - 2022 edition

Fave Anime of 2022: Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi o Suru

They’re so pure and so honest and soooo blueballing ahhhhhh

Best of the Rest Summer Time Render

Attack of the Shadow Clones

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

REBECCA DESERVED MORE (I don’t even remember liking this show that much lol)

SPY x FAMILY

Fake families are the best families!

Ryman’s Club

Move over Salarymen, the Badarymen are bringing down da house!

Fave eps Summer Time Render 15

Glorious, truly glorious episode from start to finish.

Yofukashi no Uta 11

The show suddenly turned cool with the aid of Sawashiro Miyuki

Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yukaku-hen 10

Lights! Fire! Action!

Akiba Maid Sensou 01

Moe Moe Kyun! Too bad the rest of the show generally sucked

Best girl of 2022: Marin (Kisekoi)

She’s so KIRAKIRA

Best boy of 2022: Aki (Chainsaw Man)

I like cool, smart boys and Aki just about shaded Ayanokoji for me this year

Most Improved Character: Karuizawa Kei (Yojitsu S2)

How on earth did she become best girl when I detested her soooo much in S1. Novel readers KNOWWWW

Most Disappointing Character: Lucy (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners)

How did someone who started off so cool end up being so lame...?

Fav Raburabu Bakappuru: Suletta x Miorine (Gundam: Suisei no Majo)

OHHHH I can’t believe I’m shipping a yuri couple in a GUNDAM series in 2022. Slap meeeeee

Honorary Mention: ChisaTaki (Lycoris Recoil)

The show lost me about halfway through with the villain whose name I don’t even remember any more, but damn when ChisaTaki were on fire early on they were FAIYAAAAAH

And 2022 was yet another year where I read zero manga. Yay me =__=

Bonus: Favourite TV series: Severance

This show screwed my mind up 60,000 ways...like HOLY SHIT. How can they end with that ending??? Season 2 ASAP pleaseeeee

Favourite ship: Kacy (NCIS: Hawai’i)

I am just this dumb sucker for height difference trope and I fear this is a black hole I’ll never get out of (unless the show gets cancelled, haahhahaha *sweatdrop)

[atelierpenny]

My Manga/Game Translation Wishlist

I'm gonna keep this to my 6 most wanted, and also try to keep it to less-mentioned ones. I don't think I'm unearthing anything crazy or whatever, but I don't just wanna reiterate "Oh I really hope Boku No Natsuyasumi gets a fan translation!" Like, yeah, everyone wants it and it is already getting one. Anyway: Super Wrestle Angels

I think there's a PC98 version that is more polished, but I came across this one first. Its like Princess Maker but the stats are way more systems-heavy. The art is so cute! They finally made sports franchise sims but for women. God Bless. Catcher in the Rhyme

Only the first two of thirty chapters are translated, by akiba detectives too, and god did I fall in love. Classic CGDCT but the cute things is fuckin battle rap. Also its yuri and has a canon trans character. I want to read this so fucking badly but no one wants to translate it on account of all the rhyming and puns that turn it into a nightmare. Power Dolls Series

The first game by some miracle actually did make it to america, but almost no one cares about it so none of the sequels ever did. Very crunchy Super Robot Wars inspired gameplay with cute girls and cool mechs (many of which designs inspired Xenoblade) Keep the end just a little longer

This mangaka is, I think, one of the most impressive up and coming talent. Only one chapter of her anthology is translated and I read it like 5 times just because the art is so mind blowing. It has gay robots and lush overgrown cities. I need more of it! Dracula Detective

I have a soft spot for stanky FMV games, and this one is about a time travelling vampire detective who kills nazis. whats not to love Mansou Futou no Distopia

I read the mangaka's Vampires after the Doomsday and I adored it. I checked out if she has anything else and she has an action fantasy sci fi manga where its all lesbians who kiss each other to fuckin fuse their powers. its not just fanservice its also because they love each other. If I get this i will extend my lifespan by double

[someawesomeamvs]

Warning: Violence, spoilers, flashing lights

Title: Counting Stars

Editor: Sota

Song: Counting Stars

Artist: OneRepublic

Anime: Violet Evergarden Sasami-san @ ganbaranai, Princess Connect! Re:Dive, Magia Record, Akudama Drive, Kimetsu no Yaiba, Yuru Yuri, Kara no Kyoukai, Monogatari Series, Bungou Stray Dogs, Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Bofuri, One Piece, Megalo Box, Tamako Market, Uzaki-chan, Dumbbell nan kilo moteru?, Sword Art Online, Konosuba, "Sentouin, Hakenshimasu", Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight, Hibike! Euphonium, Koutetsujou no Kabaneri, K-On, Clannad, Akebi-chan no Sailor Fuku, Grand Blue, Hanebado, Sirius The Jaeger, Shingeki no Kyojin, Link Click, Kimi no Na Wa (film), God Eater, Owari no Seraph, Sekai Saikou no Ansatsusha, Senran Kagura, Touhou, Fate Heaven's Feel (film trilogy), Danganronpa series, Jujutsu Kaisen, Majo no Tabitabi, Prison School, Kakegurui, Date A Live, Tokyo Ghoul, Plastic Memories, Fate Babylonia, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Blood-C, Black Rock Shooter, Sukasuka, To aru Majutsu no Index, Takt Op Destiny, Gleipnir, Peach Boy Riverside, Darling In The FranXX, Danmachi, Chainsaw Man, Mushoku Tensei, Haifuri, Touken Ranbu, B The Beginning, Oda Nobuna no Yabou, K Project, Mob Psycho 100, Flip Flappers, One Punch Man, Akame ga Kill, Mirai Nikki, Fate Unlimited Blade Works, Vivy Fluorite Eyes Song, Gakusen Toshi Asterisk, Sword Art Online Progressive (film), Angel Beats, Hyouka, 5cm per second (film),Komi-san Can't Communicate, Teasing Master Tagaki-san, Eromanga Sensei, Classroom of the Elite, Hinako Note, Guilty Crown, Dororo, Cyberpunk Edgerunners, Bocchi The Rock!, Engage Kiss (mixed media), Higurashi no Naku Koro ni series, Kore wa Zombie Desu Ka?, Summer Time Rendering, Amagami, Charlotte, Wonder Egg Priority, Scissor Seven, Vinland Saga, Tsukihime Remake (PV), Pretty Derby Uma Musume, Honkai Impact 3rd (game), Lycoris Recoil, Strike The Blood, Noragami, Taboo Tattoo, Princess Mononoke (film), Boku no Hero Academia, Inazuma Eleven, Fate Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya, Nichijou, Black Lagoon, Amagi Brilliant Park, Zombieland Saga, Fugou Keiji Balance Unlimited, Tejina-senpai, Kishuku Gakkou no Juliet, Enen no Shouboutai, Baccano, ArpieL (game), Ega Daisuki Pompo-san (film), Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryouko, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Sword Of The Stranger (film), Kyoukai no Kanata, Black Fox, Dragon Ball, Daily Lives of Highschool Boys, Weathering with You (film), Rolling Girls, Line (PV), Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry, Musaigen no Phantom World, Kimi to Nami ni Noretara, Akiba Maid War, Hidan no Aria, Trinity Seven, Mahou Shoujo Site, Darwin's Game

Category: Action

[gloop898]

2023 Media Thread - Master Post

Anime / TV

X - Witch From Mercury Season One

X - Akiba Maid War

X - Bocchi the Rock!

X - Chainsaw Man

X - The Legend of Vox Machina Season One & Two

X - Symphogear

X - Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn

X - Yuru Camp

X - Symphogear G

X - Kill la Kill

X - Onimai: I’m Now Your Sister!

X - The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady

X - The Muppets Mayhem

X - the muppets. (2015 tv series)

X - Yuri is My Job!

X - Witch From Mercury Season Two

X - Loki

X - Adventure Time

X - Adventure Time: Distant Lands

X - Fionna and Cake Season One

Games

X - Lonely Mountains Downhill

X - Splatoon 3

X - Hi-Fi Rush

X - Tunic

X - Prey (2017)

X - The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

X - Cruelty Squad

X - Kirby’s Dream Land

X - VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action

X - Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

X - Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope

X - Carrion

X - Metroid Prime Remastered

X - Star Wars: Episode 1 - Racer

X - Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk...

X - Pikmin 4

X - Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

X - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

X - Lethal Company

Movies

X - Puss In Boots The Last Wish

X - The Shape of Water

X - Nope

X - The Super Mario Bros. Movie

X - Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

X - Get Out

X - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

X - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

X - Sunshine (2007)

X - The Grand Budapest Hotel

X - American Psycho

X - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 + Vol 3

X - Godzilla Minus One

X - Jingle All the Way

Yuri Manga

X - Onimai: I’m Now Your Sister! Ch1-Ch70

X - Eyeshield 21

X - New Game!

X - Futari Escape

X - Slow Start

X - Don’t Become An Otaku, Shinozaki!

X - 2DK, G-pen, Alarm Clock

X - Ohana Holoholo

X - Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon

X - Kami Eshi JK to OL Fujoshi

X - I want to be a cute anime girl Ch1-Ch314

X - Ouji-sama Nante Iranai

X - Sougou Tovarisch

X - Mimi Mix

X - Poor Poor Lips

X - Tonari no Robot

X - Opapagoto

X - A Timid Woman Longing For Her Delivery Girl

X - Let’s Love Girlfriends and Secrets

X - Hana and Hina After School

X - Adachi to Shimamura (2016 Manga)

X - Blue Friend

X - Skip and Loafer Ch1-Ch53

X - YuruYuri Ch1-Ch198

X - Yoru to Umi

X - An Easy Introduction to Love Triangles (To Pass the Exam!)

X - The Witch’s Marriage

X - Hino-san no Baka

X - There’s Weird Voices Coming from the Room Next Door!

X - What Does the Fox Say?

X - Shoujo Manga Protagonist X Rival-San

X - The Sheep Princess in Wolf’s Clothing

X - I Won 300 Million Yen, so I Started Raising a Freeloader Pretty Girl

X - About a College Girl Who Gets Picked Up at a Mixer by an Older Girl

X - Gabriel DropOut Ch1-Ch97

X - Vampeerz

X - Oshi V ga Oshiego de Watashi ga Mama de!?

X - Uta-kata, and Minus Literacy

X - Yume Miru Prima Girl!

X - Yuunagi Marbled, and Ami-chan’s Diary

X - I Wanna Quit Being a Hitman!

X - Love/Death, and Nicochuu

X - Goblin Is Very Strong

X - Soulmate

X - Sakura Trick

X - Kimi to Shiranai Natsu ni Naru

X - I Love Amy

X - Senpai, Does It Taste Good?

X - Ms. Vampire Who Lives In my Neighborhood

X - Sekai de Ichiban Oppai ga Suki!

X - Ayaka-chan wa Hiroko-senpai ni Koishiteru

X - The Model & The Plain Manager

X - Haru Tsuzuru, Sakura Saku Kono Heya de

X - Catulus Syndrome

X - The Nuisance Daily Life of Robot-dependent Girl

X - KiLa KiLa, Steps, and Game;

X - Omoino-Kakera, Itoshi Koishi, and An Absurd Relationship

X - Kashimashi ~Girl Meets Girl~

X - Netsuzou Trap - NTR

X - All of Humanity Is Yuri Except for Me

X - Our Teachers are Dating!

X - An Aside Told to You

X - Mononoke Sharing

X - Chasing After Aoi Koshiba

X - Yurigurashi

X - Inside Mari

X - Sexual Education 120%

X - Hana to Hoshi

X - Todo no Tsumari no Uchouten & Ame Demo Hare Demo

X - Holy Girl Paradigm

X - Sorairo Girlfriend

X - Iono the Fanatics

X - The Girls' Arcadia

X - Stella☆Record

X - Bad Thinking Diary

X - Ibara no Namida

X - Fragtime

X - Ghosts of Greywoods

X - Sadistic Beauty: Side Story A

X - Oddman 11

X - Atashi no Senpai

X - Blooming Sequence

X - Girl in the Birdcage

X - The Ends of a Dream

X - Rock it, GiRL!!

X - Kitanai Kimi ga Ichiban Kawaii

X - Shino to Ren

X - Asumi-chan is Interested in Lesbian Brothels

X - Yuri is My Job

Other Manga

X - Chainsaw Man Ch1-Ch97

X - Musuko ga Kawaikute Shikataganai Mazoku no Hahaoya

X - Kimi to Pico-Pico

X - Welcome Back, Alice

X - Dungeon Meshi

X - Himegoto - Juukyuusai no Seifuku

X - So I'm a Spider, So What? Ch1 - Ch66.1

X - Jahy-sama wa Kujikenai! Ch1 - Ch85

X - My childhood friend MUST become a girl!

Other

X - Infect Your Friends And Loved Ones

X - I'm Glad My Mom Died

[lycorid]

Wow, a yuri with adult characters! And they’re both 35!

Years ago, when I spent a lot more of my free time reading manga, I would often come across a scanlator group called the Sexy Akiba Detectives. Their name came to stick in my mind because of how often I saw it in their custom credits, accompanied by whatever comments they had about the chapter. I learned from reading those notes that they were a yuri focused group that occasionally did other genres as commissions. Years later, tonight actually, their name popped up in my mind and I went and looked through the list of manga they’ve scanlated, looking for something to read. This manga stood out to me, so I gave it a shot.

I read the available chapters Mangadex has, then I went looking for the rest; the next site I found only had up to chapter 30, so I’ll have to find another. All in all, I’m really enjoying it. I don’t agree with the last line of the description calling the characters “some awful human beings” however, as I feel like it just glazes over why the characters act the way they do and how the people around them influence it to instead just boil it down to them being “terrible people.” I haven’t finished the manga yet though so maybe the two main characters become serial killers or something.

The big plot twist is revealed chapter one and acts as the catalyst for everything else, so I don’t feel a particular need to add a spoiler, but some people do care so as always; thar be spoilers below.

I haven’t quite had time to sort my feelings about this manga into more coherent thoughts, so a lot of this will be just me rambling. A lot of this manga is more feelings for me anyway, so it isn’t that off anyway.

The way homophobia is presented in this feels very refreshing, though it feels odd to put it that way. Relatable may be a less… inciting word. It isn’t loud and violent, it isn’t in hushed whispers, it’s subtle; it’s baked into the words and actions of the characters in a way that feels natural. It’s a hidden poison.

Fairly early in the manga, Ayano comes out to her husband, and later his family, that she had an affair with another woman. These are the panels that stuck out to me specifically.

I cropped out parts that weren’t relevant to my point. I do wonder if I’m looking too far into it, and the mother is just reacting that way not because she kissed a woman, but because kissing was as far as it went.

This is the kind I’m use to seeing and experiencing, the kind that even well-meaning or seemingly decent people display. They don’t even notice it. Violence is in your face, you have to at least pretend to disavow it. But this is so baked into people’s beliefs that questioning it would have everyone in the room look at you like you’re crazy. If you put homosexual and heterosexual relationships on a scale, the former would have no chance of touching the ground.

This kind of language exists when you see lesbianism as a transitional period or a phase in a woman’s life. You can play around while you’re in school, but once you graduate then marrying a man and having his children is where you will always end up.

Ayano as a character is also really interesting to me. She is a great example of a passive character; she constantly moves forward in life without any real will or want, at least until she meets Akari. She married her husband because she thought he’d be an okay person to marry, she agreed to wanting children but left it to something that will come when it’s time; more and more, it becomes apparent that she doesn’t want these things because now that shes taken something for herself, she can’t stop. She admits almost immediately to her husband that she had an affair, shes completely open about it to his family, like she wants them to push her away, to initiate everything, because she can’t do it herself. She makes no attempt to hide her feelings and openly admits to him that shes texting the woman she had an affair with. She wants to want, to take, to not be passive, but she doesn’t know how and still needs someone else to give her the push.

It feels a little unfair to write so little about this manga in comparison to Tomorrow, I Will Be Somebody’s Girlfriend when I have comparable feelings to both, but the latter is so much easier to write about because there’s so much going on, so many characters (and it’s longer!) while the former is more of a nebulous feeling in my chest that brings hazy memories of my own to mind.

[pizzakaiju-and-friends]

Days 1

Deadman wonderland 3

Food wars 16 serie 3

Frieren 16 (pausa 5 gennaio)

Gekkan shoujo nozaki-kun 9😀😀

Goblin slayer 2 s2😀

Hajime no ippo 18 s2😃

Ken shiro 12

Kiseiju 1😀

Kiyo in kyoto 6😀

Migi e Dali 10😀

Mushishi 3

My little monster 3

My roommate is a cat 1😀

Natsume 10 s6😀

Overtake 1😀

Paranoia agent 4😀

Restaurant to another world 8s2😀😀

Space brothers 4

The apothecary diaries 12

To your eternity 1😀

Usagi drop 3😀

Ushio e tora 5

Violet evergarden 2😀😀

Vita da Slime ova2 s1

Yowamushi pedal 26

Yuru camp 9😀

Zankyou no terror 8

Zom 100 10😀

29 totali

Serie A

Hajime no ippo😀

Kiyo in kyoto😀

Natsume😀

Goblin slayer😀

Paranoia Agent😀

Migi e Dali😀

Restaurant to another world😀😀

Finiti:

Blue lock 24⛔

Boku no hero ova, serie 6⛔

Buddie daddy 12⛔

Campfire cooking 12⛔

Chainsaw man 12⛔

Conan 26⛔

Cyberpunk edgerunner 10

Dorohedoro ova s1⛔

Demon slayer 11 s3

Farming life in another world 12⛔

Galaxy Express

Haikyu 25 serie 4⛔

Heavenly delusion 13⛔

Hell's paradise 13⛔

How to keep your mummy 12⛔

Insomniacs after school 13

Itou junji 12⛔

Kotaro ⛔

Junji ito: maniac 12⛔

Mashle 12⛔

Mob 12 serie 3⛔

My Love Story with Yamada-kun 13⛔

Nana ⛔

Nier automata

Noragami s2 1 ova

One punch man ova 6, serie2⛔

Oshi no ko 11

Ping pong ⛔

Pokemon: mezase Pokemon Master 11

Samurai Champloo 26⛔

Sk8

Skip and loafer 12⛔

Serial Experiments lain

Spriggan ⛔

The tatami galaxy ⛔

Trigun 12⛔

The tatami machine blues ⛔

Urusei yatsura 23⛔

Yuri on ice 12⛔

Tomo-chan is a girl (serie 1)

Reborn as a vending machine (serie 1)

My unique skill makes me OP (serie 1).

My happy marriage 12 s1

Horimiya serie The missing pieces

Link click serie 2

The masterful cat is depressed serie 1

Dororo 3

Heidi

Play it cool guys serie 1

Beastars serie 2

Children of the wales serie 1

Run with the wind serie 1

N°6 1

Made in abyss serie 3

Erased serie 1

The yuzuki family serie 1

Pluto Serie 1

My new boss is gufy Serie 1

Wonder egg serie 1, special

Tokyo revengers 13 s3

Spy x family 12 s2

Troncati:

Baki

Bleach

Naruto

Summertime rendering

Street fighter

Inuyasha

Akiba maid war

Kill la kill

Kobayashi-san chi no maid dragon

Ace attorney

Claymore

Trigun anni 90

Mix

Berserk

Tokyo ghoul

Gundam

Caro Fratello

Cowboy bebop

Hello spank

Bungou stray dog

Nanà supergirl

One piece

Love rice

FLCL

Shaman king

Ranma

Orange road

Aot

Sailor moon crystal

Full metal alchemist

Sakura

Golden kamui

Gundam unicorn

Pokemon serie 2017

Gundam: the witch from mercury

Devilman

Banana fish

Michiko to Hatchin

Kuroko no basket🤔

Kenshin vecchio

Sasaki to miyano

Elfen lied

Jujutsu kaisen

Tokyo mew mew

Sweet reincarnation🤔

Cat's eye

Gundam: TUTTI.

Creamy mami

Yu hakusho

My dress-up darling

Love live

Jojo

The ancient magus bride

Ultraman

Cowboy bebop

Hunter x hunter

Maison ikkoku

Why raeliana enden up

Ai yori aoshi

The girl I like forgot her glasses

Denpa Kyoushi

Sabage-bu

Dragonball

Saint seya 2

Ryu 2

Black lagoon

Kyoukai no kanata

Neroi no one piece

The kingdom of ruin

Rurouni Kenshin

Tsurune special 1

Given 8

The yakuza's guide of babysitting 2

Anna dai capelli rossi 1

Undead unluck 2

Visual prison 1

Free 9

Undead murder face 2

Cagaster of an insect cave

Trapped in a dating sim

Monster 11

City hunter

Hanatora

Hyouka

Ron kamonohadhi's forbidden deductions

Vinland saga 12

A boy and her guard boy 6

Bastard 20

Gakuen babysitter 2

Attack number 1 20

Eyeshield 21 5

Ace of Diamond 12

Ao ashi 5

Pokemon horizons 1

Gintama 3

Bocchi the rock 4

Shirokuma cafè

A galaxy next door 5

Kuma miko 1

Cinderella chef 3

Non non biyori

Scott pilgrim 2

Noein

Atom the beginning

Ge ge ge kitaro 3

Monogatari 3

Dr stone 10

Fate/series 0

Outlaw star 1

Salaryman's club 4

Ai tenchi muyo 1

Ransie la strega 2

Digimon adventure 1

Violet evergarden 2

[terriblewomanyuri]

ranko and zoya can communicate without even speaking... this truly is yuri...

also is it just me or do zoya's shoulders look broader in the maid outift? transgender, even? perhaps? and with her whole plotline about not being able to accept her true self, about thinking she couldnt possibly be considered cute, until she meets someone like her who DOES think shes cute... yessss...

[sulan1809]

Ralf Jones - Tudo o que ele diz em The King of Fighters

Quando a SNK trouxe The King of Fighters ao público em 1994, o crossover de lutas mais badalado de todos os tempos se tornou um fenômeno que rendeu continuações ainda melhores. O primeiro elenco de personagens consistia de Kyo Kusanagi, Benimaru Nikkaido e Goro Daimon(Japan Team); King, Yuri Sakazaki e Mai Shiranui(Women Team); Terry Bogard, Andy Bogard e Joe Higashi(Fatal Fury Team); Ryo Sakazaki, Takuma Sakazaki e Robert Garcia(Art of Fighting Team); Ralf Jones, Clark Still e Heidern(Ikari Warriors Team); Athena Asamiya, Sie Kensou e Chin Gentsai(Psycho Soldiers Team); Kim Kaphwan, Chang Koehan e Chou Bounge(South Korea Team); e por fim Heavy D!, Lucky Glauber e Brian Battler(USA Team). Rugal Bernstein é o anfitrião do torneio e chefe final. Mas afinal, o que Ralf Jones diz em The King of Fighters?! Vale lembrar que o personagem é americano, mas tudo o que ele diz está em japonês então, sem delongas, vamos começar.

Em The King of Fighters '94 e '95, nas introduções, Ralf não diz nada; Em the King of Fighters '96 e diante, porém, ele tem uma frase:

Rah!! Tottoto Kakatte Koi!!(ら���！とっととかかってこい!!) -

Trad.: Venha me pegar!!

Em The King of Fighters 2000, 2001 e 2002, durante as introduções com Leona, Clark, Whip, e até ele mesmo, Ralf diz isso:

Shaa!! Kakutō gokko demo hajimeru ka

シャ一!! 格闘ごっこ でも始めるか

Trad.: Bora!! vamos brincar de lutar o ou o quê?

Quando Ralf provoca os oponentes, ele diz:

Yoshi, Todome Iku ka?(よし、とどめいくか?)

Trad: Ok, podemos acabar logo com isso?!

Quando Ralf se desvia do oponente, ele diz

Otto!!(おっと!!) Opa!!

Quando Ralf cai não chão, mas se recupera, ele diz:

Mada Mada!!(まだまだ!!) - Ainda Não!!

Ralf executa um agarrão simples no oponente e ele diz:

Nōzan Raito Bomu Da!!(ノ一ザン・ライト・ボム・だ!!)

Northern Lights Bomber!!

Chute giratório

Ralf Kick!! (ラルフキック!!)

Nota: O chute rotativo de Ralf é uma referência clássica a uma série de tokusatsu muito popular da década de 1980, Kamen Rider Black RX... Parece que o pessoal da SNK gosta muito de tokusatsu...

Agarrão de comando

Irasshai!! (いらっしゃい!!)

Nota: Essa frase significa "bem vindo" em estabelecimentos comerciais japoneses, no entanto, parece que ao falar esta frase, Ralf está tirando sarro dos oponentes dele...

Em The King of Fighters '94, Ralf tem um movimento especial no qual ele inflige diversos socos no oponente, no entanto ele não diz nada; Em The King of Fighters '95 e 96 ele tem uma frase:

Fire!!(ファイア!!)

De The King of Fighters '97 a 2001, ele tem uma frase adicional:

Fire!!(ファイア!!) Hakairyoku(破壊力!!)

Hakairyoku significa "Poder Destrutivo".

Em The King of Fighters 2002, ele tem uma frase diferente:

La vou eu!!(行くぜ!!) Dokkan!!(どっかん!!)

Em The King of Fighters '97, Ralf recebeu um novo especial, com o qual ele derruba os oponentes ao chão e inflige uma cadeira de socos, e finaliza com um soco mais forte. Ele diz:

Esse é especial(とっておきだぜ!!) Mais um!!(もう一丁!!)

Em The King of Fighter '99, a frase tem uma entonação diferente quando se quebra a barra de especial, então Ralf Diz:

Esse é especial!!

(とっておきだぜ!!)

Depois do mano a mano, seremos amigos!!

(タイマン張ったらダチじゃ!!)

Nota: Essa frase que Ralf diz não parece ter muito sentido, no entanto, essa frase parece ter vindo de um mangá dos anos 1980, Let's Dachi Kou, um mangá sobre estudantes que resolvem muita coisa na pancadaria. O personagem principal Shun Akiba, segue uma filosofia de "Taiman Hattara Dachi Ja, que traduzindo para o ocidente, quer dizer: "Depois do Mano a Mano, seremos amigos"...

No KOF 2002, Ralf tem a mesma frase, no entanto, ele executa um golpe secreto, no qual ele derruba o oponente ao chão, dá um soco bem forte que leva o oponente aos ares, então ele diz:

Esse é Especial!!(とっておきだぜ!!)

Ainda não acabei!!(まだまだ!!)

Em The King of Fighters '97, Ralf recebeu um novo movimento especial chamado Galactica Phantom, um soco muito poderoso que causa danos elevados, em alguns casos levando a um K.O. completo caso o oponente use um especial.

GALACTICA PHANTOM(ギャラクティカファントム!!)

DOKKAN!!(どっかん!!)

Nota: O termo Galactica Phantom refere-se ao golpe que Kaoru Hanayama usou contra Spec no anime Baki the Grappler, mas também pode ser referir ao golpe que o personagem Jun Kenzaki utiliza no anime e mangá Ring Ni Kakero...

Em the King of Fighters '99, Ralf diz uma coisa diferente, quando a barra de life dele está piscando:

GALACTICA PHANTOM(ギャラクティカファントム!!)

OTOKO NO IPPATSU DA!! KORA!!(男 の 一発 だ!! コラ!!)

Este é o soco de um homem de verdade!! Pivete!!

Nota: Em The King of Fighters 2001, Ralf diz a mesma coisa ao fazer esse movimento, no entanto, em KOF 2002, ele solta um grito. Note que o poderoso Galactica Phantom foi nerfado drasticamente...

Poses de vitória

Yay!!(イェイ!!) - Yeah!! Aê!!

Yay!! Ninmyou Kanryou!!(イェイ!! 任務完了!!)

Aê!! Missão Cumprida!!

Shaa!! Utsuwa Janee nda kora!!(シャ一!!器じゃねえんだコラ!!)

Ha!! Você não leva jeito pra isso, pivete!!

Keta ga chigau ze!!(ケタが違うぜ!!)

Você não se compara comigo!!

Na pose de derrota, Ralf costuma gritar, no entanto, em The King of Fighters '95 ele tem uma frase:

Kuso!!(くそ!!) - Droga!!

Rene, Youtuber do canal Rene o que, é especializado em fazer traduções sobre as falas dos personagens dos games...

[historyhermann]

Skip and Loafer Spoiler-Filled Review

Skip and Loafer is romantic comedy and slice-of-life anime, written and directed by Kotomi Deai. It is based on an ongoing manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Misaki Takamatsu. This animated series was produced by P.A. Works, known for series such as Canaan, Kuromukuro, Akiba Maid War, and Aquatope on the White Sand.

Reprinted from Pop Culture Maniacs and Wayback Machine. This was the fortieth article I wrote for Pop Culture Maniacs. This post was originally published on July 16, 2023.

This series has a simple storyline. A girl named Mitsumi Iwakura (voiced by Tomoyo Kurosawa) goes to Tsubame West High School, a school in Tokyo, with the goal of becoming a rural planner in her hometown. She leaves her friends, such as Fumino "Fumi" Toyama (voiced by Sumire Morohoshi), behind. While walking to school, Mitsumi believes everything is going her way, but gets lost. She is helped by another student, Sōsuke Shima (voiced by Akinori Egoshi). Somehow, they both get to the opening ceremony just in time, allowing her to give a speech to the incoming class. However, thanks to their fast running, she throws up onto her teacher, earning her the nickname of "barf girl". And that's only the first episode.

Admittedly, I had not originally planned to watch Skip and Loafer. Reading Alex Henderson's review of the first episode for Anime Feminist, convinced me otherwise. This view was reinforced by the spring premiere digest on the same site. It described the series as a "sweet coming-of-age story" with an anxious, driven, and endearing female protagonist. The review also said the series had a "positively depicted trans guardian" named Nao (voiced by Mitsuki Saiga). After watching all twelve episodes of the first season, I have to agree with their assessment. However, there is a lot more to the show than the assessment by these reviewers.

There are hilarious moments in each episode. This is especially the case when it comes to Mitsumi's antics, or when the reality of people is hidden. This humor is not based off any tropes or common stereotypes. Even so, it makes you empathize with the characters, endear them you, and make you interested in learning more about them as people.

Unlike other anime I've reviewed this year, Skip and Loafer gives its characters depth. In the fourth episode, Mitsumi is told by slacker teacher Hanazono that student council treasurer Tokiko Takamine (voiced by Minami Tsuda) is an organized person. She is impressed and connects with her almost instantly, seeing her as a senpai. Takamine even tells her how to use her time more efficiently.

However, Takamine has anxiety hidden below the surface. She is barely holding it together and even has nightmares about missing the bus or train. I liked that Takamine learns from Mitsumi to not panic if things don't go her way, to accept what is around her, and not be tense all the time. This is something which many people can resonate with.

Somehow, Mitsumi inadvertently causes Takamine's nightmares to disappear. She even influences her to admit that everyone should have their own path and way to use their time. Overall, Takamine is very relatable, as she is generally very organized. In some ways, she reminds me of my own personal organizational habits.

The interactions between Mitsumi and Sōsuke are at the center of Skip and Loafer. They learn more about each other and cheer up one another, if one of them feels down. While there are some romantic feelings between them, they are undoubtedly good friends who support each other, even if times get tough. That is part of the great storytelling in this anime.

I further liked the series because it isn't as dramatic like Kaguya-sama: Love Is War or Yuri is My Job!. Nor is it idolish like Alice Gear Aegis Expansion and Kizuna no Allele. Instead, it has a similar same pace, and feel, to Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear or iyashikei series like Adachi and Shimamura and Laid-Back Camp. It reminds me a bit of K-On! and My Roommate Is a Cat for the same reason. However, it isn't an iyashikei series. There is a focus on the plot, characters, and worldbuilding. But there isn't an immersive visual setting, meaning that it does not fit the definition of this anime sub-genre.

Slice-of-life series are some of my favorite anime. I still remember fondly watching, apart from those already named, Azumanga Daioh, Squid Girl, YuruYuri, Kin-iro Mosaic, and Teasing Master Takagi-san. However, Skip and Loafer isn't exactly like those anime. Not is it like Let's Make a Mug Too, Akebi's Sailor Uniform, Sasaki and Miyano, Gabriel DropOut, or Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop. In some ways, this series gives me the same vibes as the first cour of The Aquatope on White Sand, a series also produced by P.A. Works. The second cour of that series had a different tone, as it showed the brutal reality of the workplace and how it can wear you down to nothing.

Skip and Loafer stands out because of the casual queerness shown in the series. This is especially exemplified by Mitsumi's aunt, Nao. I hadn't picked up that she was trans, because it is relatively subtle, until reading some articles about it. After that, I could recognize it being mentioned throughout the series. Nao appears to be accepted and no one bats an eye about it.

The fact that Nao is trans is as subtle, in some ways, as May Marigold stating openly that she is trans in a Volume 8 episode of RWBY, without specifically using the word "trans". There is some danger in subtlety, as everyone may not recognize it. Some series have done it better than others. I would say that Skip and Loafer does a good job of this, although it would be great to have additional LGBTQ characters.

There is more than casual queerness in Skip and Loafer. It is represented by characters that lean into "common archetypes." Nao experiences transmisogyny and Mitsumi supports her. She cares for Mitsumi deeply. She goes undercover as an "uncle", and is joined by Egashira (voiced by Yuka Terasaki). The latter thinks Sosuke is a "clout-chaser," during Mitsumi's date with Sosuke in the eighth episode. The reality is that Egashira has a crush on him and is jealous.

In that same episode, Mitsumi and her friends come over for a summer outing, a sleepover, allowing them to get even closer than they had before. She tells her friends that Nao is "biologically male" (i.e., trans), to not cause a panic. Thanks to Nao, she knows some make-up language, which gives her a leg up in their conversations. Later, when Egoshira tries to leave, Nao convinces her to stay, again showing her role in keeping Mitsumi's friends together.

The bond between Egashira and Nao is strong. In one Skip and Loafer episode, Egashira is sad that she can't talk to her at the school festival. This is after both, as noted earlier, bonded when they were spying on Sosuke and Mitsumi, during their date. Hopefully, a second season will expand on their friendship.

One of the most popular ships among fans is between Mitsumi's two schoolmates, Yuzuki Murashige (voiced by Maaya Uchida) and Makoto Kurume (voiced by Megumi Han), who are opposites from one another. Mitsumi brings them closer together, with fans praising their romantic "chemistry", including cute interactions.

The implied romantic feelings between Makoto and Yuzuki reaches a high point in the show's 11th episode. Yuzuki puts off a guy who is hitting on her and says that she dislikes it when people praise her art without looking at it deeply. Of course, Makoto does the opposite, praising the art, and makes Yuzuki blush in response.

While some may say their interactions are  "yuri-baiting", referring to series which show romantic relationships between girls/women without having that "relationship come to fruition," it is more fair to call it yuri subtext. For one, Makoto and Yuzuki have unresolved feelings for one another and aren't a couple. Their feelings have not been realized. Yuri subtext is all over the place in anime, from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha to Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. It differs from more directly-shown love like that between Anis and Euphie in MagiRevo or one-sided love shown in Alice Gear Aegis Expansion.

Mitsumi is a sympathetic character because she isn't good at athletics, similar to Mako's worries about athletic events. This serves as a way for Mitsumi to bond deeper with Sosuke, who accepts her for who she is. Sports, and their emphasis, are a major part of Japanese culture, like it is in the U.S. Those who don't conform to the "norm" to be ridiculed. In this series, the difference from the norm is portrayed as acceptable. It is fine to be less social, quiet, and not like sports.

One of the best parts of Skip and Loafer is how Mitsumi connects with her classmates, either Sosuke, Yuzuki, Makoto, or Mika Egashira. The latter is nervous, at first, at interactions with nasty male classmates. She even has a mental list of those who are mean to her and vows revenge on them for what they did to her.

As a result of their friendship, Egashira's attitudes change. Her crush on Sosuke strengthens, even as she feels left behind as Sosuke appears closer to Mitsumi than her. She is hiding inner conflicts and trauma, implying she has low self-worth.

Her desire to go through schooling, to help her hometown of Ikajima, is admirable. Throughout the series, she has a connection to Ikajima since her childhood friend, Fumi still lives in the town. She doesn't have many lines in the series and so few, that no one even bothered to add her to the show's Wikipedia page. She is someone that Mitsumi can vent and talk to. This all comes to a head in the ninth episode when she visits Ikajima and has a fun time with her middle school friends.

The romantic comedy themes of Skip and Loafer shine through in the show's sixth episode. Mitsumi begins believing rumors about Sosuke, thinking he is a "bad boy" who skipped school and faked being sick. After he tells her to not believe the rumors, she realizes that she is in love with him, and tells Fumi she feels the same way about Sosuke as Fumi did about her friend as well.

This plot is interlaced with Mitsumi's work in the school's student council. She becomes the student council secretary alongside Takamine. She encourages the latter to work with the new president-elect, Hiroto Kazakami (voiced by Junya Enoki), telling her that all we can do is hope it pays off some day. This is diametrically opposed to what is shown in Ippon Again!, that hard work can lead to success. This idea has been questioned in recent years.

Not everything is puppies and roses in this series. This is made clear when Ririka Saijou (voiced by Minako Kotobuki) comes out of nowhere at the end of the seventh episode. She is said to be a "childhood friend" of Sosuke. Ririka is more than that. She is a model who sneers at Mitsumi, calling her a "circus act". She even declares that he can't have a high school life because of an incident four years before in which he, apparently, showed bad judgment. In essence, she blackmails him.

This doesn't stop the growing romance between Mitsumi and Sosuke, however. In fact, in the ninth episode, she expresses her enthusiasm, and gives him three squid crackers from her hometown, because she feels bad for him. Although he feels he doesn't "deserve anything", their interaction brings a smile to his face. As such, Skip and Loafer is saying that rather than beating ourselves up over our mistakes, we should take chances instead.

The last three episodes are some of the strongest in the entire series. While the preparation for a school festival is not a new plot in anime, the play is pertinent in today's world that reactionaries are stronger than ever. It is about a person who falls in love with fascists and joins them because of romance, even turning on his own family!

Some Jewish fans have even stated that anime has a "Nazi problem" and is anti-Semitic due to Attack on Titan, Angel Cop, Fullmetal Alchemist, Hellsing, and Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, and Hetalia: Axis Powers characters. These views remain controversial, with the argument that Western viewers are misinterpreting plotlines through a distorted lens.

Back to Skip and Loafer, Sosuke's role as a friend shines through. He cheers up Mitsumi, thinking back to his bad childhood, and tries to make sure Mitsumi doesn't hurt herself. They end up talking and having a fun time together. Understandably, Mitsumi feels bad that she allowed Sosuke to be picked for the play. After all, he didn't want an acting role. Again, this shows the power of peer pressure and "need" to be socially accepted. In fact, Sosuke worries that people only see him one way and he can't do anything to "ruin" that perception.

Sosuke ends up shining through, in the 11th episode. He does an amazing performance, impressing his half-brother Keiri and his mother. He ends up enjoying himself. The series says that he should be grateful to his brother, who has been considerate of him, rather than dismissive. However, Ririka's arrival threatens to destroy it all!

The Skip and Loafer series finale brings this to a head. In an act of intimidation, Ririka falsely accuses Sosuke's mother of making Sosuke act for her again. This causes Sosuke's mother, and Keiri, to leave. Even so, Mitsumi bravely defends Sosuke from Ririke, standing between them both, like an anteater. As a result, Sosuke realizes he can act for himself, rather than doing it for others. He is comforted when he forgets his lines at the end of the school play.

In one of the most powerful scenes in the entire series, Sosuke stands up for himself. He says that he can't make up for what he did to Ririka. Even so, he refuses to follow the same self-destructive path as her, noting that he is enjoying school life. As an olive branch, he offers to do anything to help her move on. Predictably, Ririka is infuriated.

She lashes out, declaring that Sosuke is selfish and narcissistic, and says the same about his mother. She doesn't want him to get his life back and wants to continue manipulating him. As a result, she pushes him away, arguing that Sosuke and his mother can do what they want, but to not show his face to her again. After he thanks her, this shocks her to the core.

Although the series finale might be beginning the "redemption" of Ririka, she is not a sympathetic character. Her pity crying and admission that the scandal, and losing her job, was partially her fault (rather than Sosuke), makes her toxicity that much worse. She is an awful character who treats others poorly. Even her friend, Chris Fukunaga (voiced by Yuusuke Nagano), tells her to not guilt-trip Sosuke. He adds that it is her sole fault her grades sucked. Whether she reforms herself, takes responsibility for her actions, understands her harm, and doesn't cause any further harm, or not, hopefully she is out of Sosuke's life for good.

The Skip and Loafer series finale wraps up loose ends. President Hiroto gets more depth. He tells Takamine that he was expected to be the best from an early age. His family had high standards for success. This causes Takamine to develop a crush. As the school festival ends, there is a touching scene in which Sosuke and Mitsumi realize how much they mean to one another. Mitsumi is undoubtedly more in love with him than ever. She closes out the episode, encapsulating her story of wanting to become a government official in her hometown, and how she got there.

The show's colorful and vibrant animation really sticks with you. Some series are flat and don't have expressive animation. Skip and Loafer is the exact opposite of that and has a distinct art style. As such, the series is that much more appealing.

The same can be said for the series' voice actors. The voices of Mitsumi, Sumi, Sosuke, and Nao, who are Tomoyo Kurosawa, Sumire Morohoshi, Akinori Egoshi, and Mitsuki Saiga respectfully, are talented. Kurosawa is known for her roles in Cutie Honey Universe, Astra Lost in Space, BanG Dream!, and Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina. 

Murohoshi lent her voice to characters in series such as Princess Jellyfish, Little Witch Academia, and Violet Evergarden. Egoshi has voiced characters in Shirobako, Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World, Fruits Basket, and many others. Saiga is known for roles in Cowboy Bebop, R.O.D the TV, Maria Watches Over Us, Ouran High School Host Club, and Yurikuma Arashi.

Minami Tsuda, Yuka Terasaki, Maaya Uchida, and Megumi Han, who voice Takamine, Egashira, Yuzuki, and Makoto, have done many recognizable roles. Tsuda voiced Mei Aihara in the ever-controversial Citrus, Terasaki voiced Babel in Gargantia and Akari Hyūga in Bloom Into You, and Uchida lent her voice to Sharo Kirima in Is the Order a Rabbit?, Catarina Claes in My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, and countless others.

Han has voiced characters in series such as Komi Can't Communicate, RWBY: Ice Queendom, The Dangers in My Heart, and Oshi no Ko. Junya Enoki and Minako Kotobuki, the voices of Hiroto and Ririka, are known for roles in anime such as Heroines Run the Show, Wandering Son, and Your Lie in April.

The last frame of the final Skip and Loafer episode says, "see you tomorrow", implying a possible continuation. If a second season for the series was ordered, which is unlikely, romance between Sosuke and Mitsumi will blossom. The same may be the case for the bond between Makoto and Yuzuki, possible growing feelings that Takamine has for Hiroto, and other relationships between characters. In the process, Mitsumi's trans aunt, Nao, will likely have a significant role.

Skip and Loafer can be streamed on Crunchyroll and is available for purchase on Prime Video.

© 2023 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

[talenlee]

Story Pile: Summer Time Rendering

Story Pile: Summer Time Rendering

2022 was a kind of terrifying year for anime.

Terrifying in the scope, the variety and the general quality, mind you. It was still a year with a bunch of movies and continuations of things I don’t care about, and it was also a year in which the anime industry kept reeling after literal terrorism and the results of a pandemic slowdown. Still, the thing is, even when you take that into account and also the burnout and stress the anime producers are under, 2022 was a year with a selection of anime that would, in a less busy year, be considered the best anime released that year.

You doubt me? Well, consider that across 2022, we got heavy-hitter franchise installations Spy X Family, Demon Slayer, Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War, Bleach: The Thousand Year Blood War, Ascendance Of A Bookworm and the final season of Attack On Titan. There were also some pretty remarkable releases in the queer media space, with a mainline yuri production The Executioner And Her Way Of Life pushing into the isekai franchise space and The Witch From Mercury taking the lead of probably the venerable anime franchise machine that is Gundam. Looking at the lighter, shorter series, things that didn’t need a big backing from a big studio to get out the door, we got shows all over the genre space like Ya Boy Kongming, Shikimori’s Not Just A Cutie, My Dress Up Darling, Akiba Maid War, Fuuto PI, Cyberpunk Edgerunners, Lycoris Recoil, Call Of The Night, Bocchi The Rock, Do It Yourself, Urusei Yatsuara, and oh yeah, did I mention Chainsaw Man up top because yeah, Chainsaw Man also came out in 2022.

That’s… one year. Any of those 21 series would be an all-star excellent show to be ‘the one great one’ of the year. For comparison, in 1993, when I think I can say I started really paying attention to anime (we called it Japanimation), there were twenty four anime series made at all.

And I bring this list to your attention, the scope, and the weight of that scope and hopefully also the number of highlighted links showing that hey, yeah, these aren’t just critically praised or noteworthy shows but shows I like, where I want to tell you about the anime that gets to be 22 on that list, and may, in my opinion, be the best one.

Summer Time Rendering is a 2022 anime based on the Shonen Jump+ Digital Manga series written and illustrated by Yasuki Tanaka who at least according to wikipedia has done nothing else. The TV adaptation is by OLM, long-standing anime industry juggernauts responsible for, amongst everything else, Inazuma Eleven, Yo-Kai Watch, Beyblade, Cardfight Vanguard, and, of course, the entire run of the Pokemon anime, amongst other less kid-oriented fare like Komi Can’t Communicate and Life With An Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated Into A Total Fantasy Knockout so we can mention an isekai genderswap anime as well, for the full bingo. As to what Summer Time Rendering is at its heart, is a mystery story, which makes it kind of challenging to talk about in a way that can both illuminate its virtues without dispelling some of the tension that people like to discover themselves, especially since one major component of the story is a time loop,

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