DAN DA DAN Ep. 6 "A Dangerous Woman Arrives" has a bit of a bait and switch plot going on. All revolving around the supposed antagonist of this episode. There's quite a bit of foreshadowing around it though, so you can already guess who the true antagonist is going to be even before the switch. Oh
DAN DA DAN Ep. 5 "Like, Where Are Your Balls?!" is...not quite as odd an episode as the title implies. It's actually a pretty straightforward story. So long as you ignore the obvious stuff, and remember what had happened in the previous episodes. Oh, and with the surprise reappearance of a
DAN DA DAN Ep. 4 "Kicking Turbo Granny's Ass" kicks this anime into high gear with a boss fight against the titular Turbo Granny. However, this crabby old spirit isn't fighting alone. Apparently, she has an ally of epic proportions. All entirely historically, of course. After all, Sony did insist
Ever since DAN DA DAN started airing / streaming on Crunchyroll on October 4, 2024; the anime adaptation of manga of the same name by Yukinobu Tatsu has been a hit. A veritable hit, you might say. It's all due to the stylish action sequences, usually involving some zany animation from studio
DAN DA DAN episodes one through three gives us a look at a very odd anime. At its heart, it's basically a typical shonen romance story. However, mangaka Yukinobu Tatsu seems to be doing a pretty good job at that in the first three episodes, while also adding it some rather bonkers fantasy and
DAN DA DAN has a rather oddball story for a manga. Clearly, Yukinobu Tatsu was high on something when he came up with that bonkers story. And yet, it's because of that bonkers story that it has become so popular. So popular that Science SARU (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, Star Wars: Visions, Scott
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.