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":
Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 9 "Executions and Negotiations" gives us a political thriller and economics thriller all in a single episode. We even get some isekai hijinks in the bargain. All in all, this is a perfect episode in terms of story, and certainly not one you would expect from a comedy isekai
Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 8 "Suspicions and Sightseeing" continues the amazing story from the previous episode. It's always amazing when any isekai story explores back and forth travel between the worlds. All because it allows for some of the best of crossover stories to happen. In this case: via Elsa
We've known since the beginning that this anime is partially a medieval fantasy political thriller, but Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 7 "Martial and Political Force" takes those genres and runs away with them. All with an isekai flavor that's a surprise to us in more ways than one. With little Elsa Mueller
Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 6 "Interview and Wine and Dine" an introduction to two things Sasaki probably never thought he would ever see. The first thing is promotion, and a very rapid promotion on top of that. The second is the local black market, with the introduction coming from the last person he
Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 5 "A Magical Man and a Third World" starts off with a relatively straightforward plotline. That plotline quickly devolves into what I can only describe as a Standoff of magical proportions. Wow, Sasaki's job just keeps getting harder and harder. Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 5 "A
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