The season finale of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc is finally upon us in the form of Ep. 11 "A Connected Bond: Daybreak and First Light". And boy, is it quite the finale. Not the least because a main character we've been waiting to hear for several arcs now can finally
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc Ep. 10 "Love Hashira Mitsuri Kanroji" really has the titular Hashira be the star of the show, to no surprise. Who then proceeds to show us just how much steel a sakura (cherry blossom) can hide. Considering that Mitsuri Kanroji is using an
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
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
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
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
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is a franchise revival that feels like it understands what made the original games so much fun. The gameplay is fast, frantic, and often delightfully violent, while the game throws a surprisingly large number of systems and mechanics at you. Thankfully, most of them feel
Who could've guessed that a film about a stinky fisherwoman and a wicker husband would end up being one of the most romantic movies of the year? For all its vulgarity and absurdity, Wicker weaves a surprisingly sincere, shockingly sweet fable of against-all-odds love and a dismantling critique of
Few studios have set such a precedent within their own genre quite like Laika Studios. With each painstakingly crafted story, they consistently find new ways to level up stop motion animation and push the limits of what can be accomplished. Stop motion is already a marvelous feat of patience and
