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The final three episodes of Apocalypse Hotel are pretty representative of this quirky little original anime as a whole. The story goes all over the place and spans the genres from murder mystery to calm walking simulator to dramatic (mostly) space opera. And yet, throughout it all, the one constant
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Apocalypse Hotel Ep. 9 "Bookmark Today's Page in Our Guests' Lives" is a very strange episode. On one hand, it's a deeply tragic episode involving the death of a major member of the cast and its aftermath. On the other hand, it's also a heartfelt episode about Ponko and her love life. Alas, it's
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Apocalypse Hotel Ep. 8 "Discipline with a Fist! Reconcile with a High Five!" actually gives us a resolution to the cliffhanger of the previous episode. Yes, Yachiyo returns from her involuntary stay in space. However, she finds that so much has changed since she was in space that she basically
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Apocalypse Hotel Ep. 7 "Bow Down Deep But Always Aim High" presents a truly monumental problem for Hotel Gingarou to overcome. That problem is how to advertise the hotel while also being able to defend it at the same time? As it turns out: the solution lies not on Planet Earth, but in the stars
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Apocalypse Hotel Ep. 6 "Our Only Vice Is Service" gives us one of the most unexpected conflicts of the anime thus far. Yes, even amidst the rash of alien visitors that Hotel Gingarou has been getting in the centuries since humanity's end. All because this episode turns into a romance story between
Apocalypse Hotel Ep. 5 "Provide Unlimited Hospitality in Limited Time" has the robots and tanukis team up against a most unconventional foe this time. That foe is now the ability to have a good drink. Specifically: whiskey. It's a most unusual foe to overcome, but it's all worth it to provide that
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Apocalypse Hotel Ep. 4 "Food and Etiquette Are Mainstays of Culture" now have robot and tanuki work together for a change. This time, it's to overcome the food woes they've been having. However, their food woes end up getting a bit more serious than acquiring new menu choices. Mostly because
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Apocalypse Hotel Ep. 3 "A Smile Is the Ultimate Ambiance" pits our robot concierge and her robot staff against what initially looks to be the ultimate in bad human guests. However, once you take a slightly closer look, you realize why they're acting like that. After all, tanukis are not known for
Let’s talk Practical Magic 2! I didn’t watch the original film until a couple of years ago, so my nostalgia bar is very low. That said, I’m a huge fan of Sandra Bullock, so I was SHOCKED that this film never crossed my TV screen until the 2024 Halloween season. I truly enjoyed the witchy
For better or for worse, the Cold War action-comedy lives! 35 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein have meshed the longstanding Odd Couple road trip with Iron Curtain hijinks and modern action sensibilities for a surprisingly solid but conceptually
Daemons of the Shadow Realm reveals the depths a certain hunter named Ivan has in Ep. 20 "The Hunted and the Hunter". It's very bloody and dark depths, but it does show that Ivan will likely be a major recurring villain in the story, and will play a major role in that story somehow. As well as
