Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc Ep. 9 "Mist Hashira Muichiro Tokito" reveals that the titular Hashira is quite the burn artist. It's also pretty fitting, considering who he's fighting against. After all, Gyokko considers himself to be an artist. Thus, someone who's capable
When The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2 Ep. 9 "Conscience does make cowards of us all. I" kicks the plot into gear, it kicks it into high gear indeed. Honestly, if the plot of season 2 was moving a bit slow for you, then this episode will change your mind faster than you can blink. It really makes
If you are the type of person who finds slice-of-life feel-good stories boring, then worry not about The Ancient Magus' Bride season 2 Ep. 8 "Slow and sure. II". For at last, the dark fantasy horror the anime promises has finally arrived. Complete with a good amount of magical action for those
Muichirō Tokitō is truly the star of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc Ep. 8 "The Mu in Muichiro". In fact, he's such a star in this episode that Tanjiro is nowhere to be seen at all. Which makes sense since this is the episode where we finally find out Muichirō's
The Ancient Magus' Bride season 2 Ep. 7 "Slow and sure. I" finally gives Chise a grand day out with her school friends, with it being a grand day in too. Complete with indoor rock climbing, camping, and some bonding time with her new friends and classmates. It's a nice relaxing slice-of-life
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc Ep. 7 "Awful Villain" gives us a pretty rare thing in anime. Heck, it's pretty rare in fiction in general. This whole episode is basically a deconstruction of the Protagonist-Centric Morality trope. as demonstrated by the newest Hantengu's
After the supernatural drama of the previous episode, The Ancient Magus' Bride season 2 Ep. 6 "Better bend than break." feels like a nice break from that. Especially since Chise gets to invite a friend over for a nice relaxing sleepover. Complete with them discussing their mutual love woes. The
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc Ep. 6 "Aren't You Going to Become a Hashira?" finally turns the story's spotlight on Genya Shinazugawa. Specifically: it gives us a look into Genya's past/backstory for the first time in the anime. And oh boy, not only is he just as
The Sheep Detectives is a towering testament of how powerful animated stories can be when done right. A genuine crowdpleaser, the film is sure to warm and break your heart, wrestling with richly textured explorations of death and grief, lost and found families, and the necessity of memory.
Though marital arts action cinema is vast and varied, it is rare for one to elevate the genre and push it forward. There have been few recently - The Raid comes to mind, and while not technically "martial arts" I'd argue John Wick counts - that feel as if something new and special is happening.
Daemons of the Shadow Realm has Yuru and his Daemons turn the table on his pursuers in Ep. 4 "Jin and Yuru". It's pretty clearly a case of the hunters becoming the hunted here, and in a very action-packed way to boot. Now we wait and see if this is a good thing for Yuru, or if he has bitten off
