Sasaki and Peeps gives us plots galore being brewed up, as you might expect from Ep. 15 "Concealment and Infiltration" with that title. Complete with both the faking of a death and an undercover operation to investigate the death game faction. It's all great ingredients for some serious political
Sasaki and Peeps brings us one big magical SNAFU in Ep. 14 "Death Games and Demons", complete with a bloody fight and civilian deaths. As you might imagine, this is as huge a problem as the title suggests. And yet, it still falls short of a true action-packed episode due to the lack of action
Sasaki and Peeps begins the new second season by making the story increasingly creepy in Ep. 13 "Mother and Child". It's creepy in some good ways, but a lot of the creepiness is in bad ways too. With a lot of the creepiness occuring because of Sasaki's teenaged neighbor, who gets a disturbing
Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 12 "Real Life, Fantasy, and the Fourth World" ends the season with a bookend, bringing the circle to a close with a scene not unlike the scenes in the first episode. Even the title lampshades it. Then suddenly, it pulls the rug out from under us, and gives us a lovely sequel
Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 11 "Imagination and Counters" is a series of emergencies one right after the other. All involving some psychic shenanigans of epic proportions. It looks very much like our salaryman and his pet bird from another world won't be getting rest for quite some time. Sasaki and Peeps
Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 10 "Value and Dignity" gives us the most political thriller episode of this anime to date. What else do you call it when basically the entire episode consists of tense negotiations? Negotiations that Sasaki both expects...and not. Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 10 "Value and Dignity":
Magic Knight Rayearth gives our heroine trio a stroll through some noticeably magical woods in Ep. 3 "All in the Same Boat". Fantasy fans will be fully aware of the fact that magical woods are a staple in such stories. What this episode does though is use a trip through the magical woods to help
Once in a generation, a film comes along that redefines how we think about movies. Something so incisive, so singular, it can only be understood from the moment it is consumed rather than informed by anything previously accomplished. You Can See Everything is that kind of work. A masterpiece in
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.