Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 4 "The Prince and the Sage" is quite the heartwarming episode after the melancholy of the previous one. I would best describe this latest episode as the breaking dawn after the long night. After you watch this episode, I think that might be your opinion as well. Especially when
Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 3 "The War and the Young Lady" deviates from the anime's usual formula in some very interesting ways. The previous two episodes have been a delightful mix of slice of life comedy and dark fantasy thriller. This third episode still has slice of life comedy in it, but there's no
Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 2 "A First Job and a Partner" gives us more of the slice of life fantasy comedy that attracted me to the anime in the first place. However, this episode also gives us a surprising amount of paramilitary fantasy action as well. I mean, what else do you call it when Sasaki's
Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 1 "Real Life and Fantasy" is an anime that keeps giving you unexpected twists and turns. I came into this anime thinking that it was just a comedic take on an isekai fantasy anime. To be fair, that's what this anime adaptation of the novels of the same by Buncololi starts out
Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement sounds like yet another word salad title isekai anime story. However, its stereotypically lengthy titles hides one of the most unique premises for an isekai story I've ever seen. Not only is this one of the rare isekai anime that stars a female
Amphibia season 2 is when the story finally kicks into high gear, and I mean that both literally and figuratively. Literally because of the fun road trip Anne and the Plantars go on. Figuratively because this is when the story starts getting really good. Man, even the key art for this season looks
DC Studios is branching out. Instead of following the normal comic-book movie playbook, we're getting a movie based on the Batman villain, Clayface. Clayface is an interesting look at what we can do when a comic-book villain gets humanized a bit. The film stars Tom Rhys Harries as Matt Hagen, an
"The Debut" turns a comedy that pokes fun at the sincerity of the local stage and elevates it to a fascinating character study of a woman on the edge. While still being hilarious.
The 2026 reboot of Magic Knight Rayearth shows us that friendship is quite powerful in the magic department in Ep. 4 "Our Battle". It's a lesson from My Little Pony, but it's quite applicable to this anime too. Our trio of heroines will need that power, since this is their bloodiest battle to date.