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by Lucas DeRuyter,... Shaking up their usual rollup to a new season ofAnime,anime for Spring 2024, Crunchyroll held a press-only event at their office...
.... MC'd by Crunchyroll News' Global Editor- in-in Chief, Kyle Cardine, this event offered an early...
... some of the series mainlining Crunchyroll's season;, namely Kaiju No. 8, Black Butler: Public...
... and BARTENDER Glass of God. From action-packed, to ambient, to comedic and even romantic;, this slate makes it clear that there are more kinds...
... for more kinds of people releasing now than ever before, and that there's something for everyone to check...
... and discussed in a given season. For winter 2024, that anime was Solo Leveling, and the second season of Jujutsu Kaisen was an absolute...
.... I'm here today to let you knowthat they've done it again! The first episode...
... folks expect to see in an action-shonen anime, and has a surprisingly solid score. ⏎ Set in...
... shonen contemporaries with the introduction of its protagonist, KafkaHabinoHibino. Rather than being a ionate teen following through on...
...), he's 32 years old and amember of the kaiju corpse clean-up crewmember. He tried and failed to theentry exam for the Japan Anti-Kaiju Defense Force,entry exam and laments his ineptitude even as he acknowledges that he...
... stellar animation. Mina is five years younger than Kafka, and wildly more successful than him as a famousCaptaincaptain in the Defense Force. Adding salt to this wound isthe fact that he was an older brother figure to her when...
... he sprints through a destroyed downtown city block. ⏎It's during this segment thatDuring this segment, I realized that Kaiju No. 8 is an early front- runner,runner being the best-scored anime of the season....
... opening and ending would be set to YUNGBLUD's“"Abyss”" and OneRepublic's“"Nobody,”" but this noteworthinessalso carries into the rest of the showas well. While not particularly musical, this anime dials up...
... ⏎ To stop shoveling coal into this hype train forjust a moment, Idid findfound it disappointing that we didn't get much insight into Mina as a character, despite her being central to Kafka's motivation....
... audience sees her getting out of a bath. Wedo get some heartwarming glimpses of her and Kafka's...
... on. ⏎ Here's hoping you like thisrelatively novel approach to humans vs. giant monsters anime, because you're going to be seeingll see a lot of it over the next three months....
... genuinely happy for these folks that the series is backand,, and after seeing this first episode,I now understand why it's resonated with so many...
... I think it's safe to say you're going toll love what this new season has in store. If...
... be a deliberate satire of private education and the elitismthat such an institution can foster. However, characters call...
... up. I might be taking this series too seriously, or perhaps this seemingly erroneous language is meant to draw further attention to the farcical culture at this school. Still,, but it bugged the hell out of me for the entire...
... course, should not stop anyone from watching this showand,, and if any Black Butler fans want to reach out to...
... 14. ⏎ A Condition Called Love ⏎ A tall, pretty boy brashly expresses his affection for a shortand, unassuming girl, making for what's sure to...
... of codependency, unhealthy validation sources, and dating whilesexuality and neurodivergent. I'mwas more eager to watch the rest of this anime than any other I saw at this press event, andI hope that it goes on to follow through on the...
... this rom-com are Hotaru Hinase, a less- than-than expressive girl who doesn't have much interest in romance, and Saki Hananoi, her pretty boy classmatewho she first takes notice of, whom she first notices when another girl reacts poorly togettingbeing dumped by him. Afterthe breakup, Hotaru comforts him in a nearby parkafter the breakup,, and he asks her to go out with him the next day. She says no, sothen he starts hanging out with herin an attempt to build upto build a relationship with her more slowly. ⏎ And then...
... also starts performing reckless and arguably self-harming actsin an attempt to make Hinase happy. While this isgoing onhappening, nearly 16-year-old Hinaseis reiterating constantlyconstantly reiterates to herself and others that she has no interest in love. In contrast,, while other characters comment on her cool temperament and usually standoffish...
...'s too early to tell if this anime is, in fact,in fact about a boy with self-esteem and validation issues...
... can overlook this show's economical animation and less- than-distinctivethan distinct visuals. ⏎ Rating: 4 ⏎ A Condition Called...
... Astro Note by Telecom Animation Film is firmly a comedy, with each of its characters bringing their big personalities to...
... has some surprising gaps in what should be common knowledge, and who more than likely has some connections to the...
... most comedies, this one will be hit or miss, depending on if the jokes and style of humor land...
... is some top-notch animation and artwork. Characters' usually soft and simple designs will stretch and warp wildly...
... deliberately to play around with expectations for these character tropes;, like the salaryman dad being a lush or the idol...
... edges lil freak. ⏎ That being said, Ifound myself strugglingstruggled to suspend my disbelief at parts of the episode. There are some convenient happenstances around this boarding house, even being able to hire a private chef and what feels like one or two forced miscommunications.With that beingThat said, Astro Note is distinct enough that it'...
... a community or niche interest that a piece of mediais focusingfocuses on to resonate with it? Where, on the one hand, it's cool that...
... Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier than Real Life!, where the lead pisses himself during a track and field...
... first episode focuses on two women employed by a hotelwho are trying to find a bartender to work at a high...
... trying to open. They struggle to find a candidatethat meetsmeeting their employer's expectations,and thiswhich is already where the show lost me. ⏎ If...
... one person has to miss a shift. I alsoran intoencountered a couple of cultural differences that made me bounce off...
... times in the episode. I grew up in themidwestMidwest, and a grasshopper was maybe one of the first drinks I ever had, and every time. Whenever they made one in the show, I balked at the screen and thought,“"They should be putting ice cream in that!”" ⏎ My bias is coming out in this review,...
...fueled appreciation. However, I thirst for a seriesthat focusesfocusing on the real-life intricacies of running or working at a bar, more than an animethat romanticizesromanticizing that profession. To each their own, though, and, with there being a healthy amount of intrigue surrounding the...