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My Home Hero ep 12 (complete)
Watching over her.
A really intense thriller at times with salaryman v the Yakuza. His use of certain techniques to get through situations were explained by the fact he was a crime novel nut, but as clever as they were some were a bit far fetched. I didn't think the ending was the best either, definitely felt like there should have been more to it, but overall the story was very interesting.
Art and animation weren't the best though. Still
7/10

Golden Kamuy
s4 e12
Unique detective technique!

Skip and Loafer ep 12 (complete)
Final act.
This was a pretty straight SoL rather than the romance I thought it might be, the furthest we got were feelings (inner monologue only) and a kinda-sorta date. But the characters were all quite likable especially Mitsumi, our lead, so it was still very enjoyable.
The art was fairly unique and the animation pretty good.
8/10

The Ancient Magus' Bride
s2 e12 (complete)
Sealed.
This arc introduces a ton of new characters with seemingly interesting backstories, and relationships, etc, but I felt none of them were fully explored. The story also didn't seem to flow very well with scenes jumping to different locations without explanation on occasion. I feel like I have no idea of what is happening, especially big picture, bar they're supposed to be at school, but random bad stuff keeps happening to them. The directorship/series composition was by a first timer.
I will say it was hard to tell from an art and animation point of view that there had been a change in studio/director though.
6/10
 
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Birdie Wing -Golf Girls' Story- Season 2 episode 25 Wait. (Complete. After the first season proved a surprising highlight, this continued to deliver for both main characters.) 4/5

Mashle: Magic and Muscles
episode 11 Hooray.

Otaku Elf episode 12 Aim. (Complete. Likely to be overlooked this season but a nice little watch.) 3/5

Rokudo’s Bad Girls
episode 12 Final play. (Complete. Some aspects of this worked quite well but it took a while to get to the more entertaining climax.) 3/5

Too Cute Crisis
episode 12 Visit. (Complete. I’m not sure where this sits with me, it wasn’t bad but wasn’t all that good either, and the premise wore thin.) 2.5/5

TONIKAWA: Over the Moon For You 2nd Season
episode 25 A better fit. (Complete. Though this continues to be a cute series I have to admit the story is becoming repetitive for me.) 3.5/5

Blast of Tempest
episodes 1-21
 
Revolutionary Girl Utena eps 1-8

What a strange and fascinating show this is! I'm very much enjoying the experience so far! I'll save my thoughts for until I've watched more, but let me just say right now that ED is one of the all time best ever! The song might be favourite EVER anime closing song, at the very least it's top 3 of all time ever, what an absolute banger, can't get enough of it! The show will at least be a 9/10 from me based on this alone!

 
Birdie Wing -Golf Girls' Story- Season 2 Episode 25 Postpone. (Complete. Out of the very few sports animes I've ever watched, this has definitely been the best ones I've seen so far.) 4/5

My One-Hit Kill Sister Episode 12 Slimey situation. (Complete. Despite how generic this was - for me I found this to be a rather monotonous series overall.) 2/5

Otaku Elf
Episode 12 Aim. (Complete. An enjoyable series for a friday night watch.) 3/5

Rokudo's Bad Girls
Episode 12 Final bout. (Complete. Although ending on a climactic finale this took it's time getting there after it's initial episodes felt dragged out imo.) 3/5

The Café Terrace and It's Goddesses
Episode 12 Responsible. (Complete. Seo kouji's latest rom-com adaption that made for a decent watch for which I will definitely be looking forward to the second season.) 3.5/5

TONIKAWA: Over the Moon for You 2nd Season
Episode 25 (Complete. A fine second outing from this charming series, I'll definitely be checking out the recently announced ONA next.) 3.5/5

Too Cute Crisis
Episode 12 Excursion. (Complete. For me this might not have been the best anime from this season, but it certainly wasn't the worst either.)  2.5/5
 
Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Season 2
Episodes 9-11
FIGHT

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S
Episodes 10+11

Will save the final episodes for a special night.
 
Revolutionary Girl Utena eps 1-8

What a strange and fascinating show this is! I'm very much enjoying the experience so far! I'll save my thoughts for until I've watched more, but let me just say right now that ED is one of the all time best ever! The song might be favourite EVER anime closing song, at the very least it's top 3 of all time ever, what an absolute banger, can't get enough of it! The show will at least be a 9/10 from me based on this alone!

The ED for season 3 is great too.
 
Revolutionary Girl Utena eps 1-8

What a strange and fascinating show this is! I'm very much enjoying the experience so far! I'll save my thoughts for until I've watched more, but let me just say right now that ED is one of the all time best ever! The song might be favourite EVER anime closing song, at the very least it's top 3 of all time ever, what an absolute banger, can't get enough of it! The show will at least be a 9/10 from me based on this alone!

The ED for season 3 is great too.

OMG so many feels and the nostalgia (teenaged me absolutely LOVED Utena and I have the deluxe US Blu-ray boxset release!) The OST is amazing agreed, I have several RGU OST CDs! :)
 
A Galaxy Next Door Episode 12 Date. (Complete. Though nothing special and mostly laid-back this for me had a genuinely sweet romance surrounding the central pair.) 3/5

EDENS ZERO 2nd Season Episode 38 A new destination.

My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv 999 Episode 13 Confessions. (Complete. A slow burner of a rom-com that slowly builds up to it's expected conclusion.) 3/5

Summoned to Another World for a Second Time
Episode 12 Final fight. (Complete. Standard isekai anime but with a unique take on the whole "Summoned to Another World" concept. Generic but overall enjoyable.) 3.5/5
 
Hell’s Paradise episode 12 Don’t give up.

MIX: Meisei Story Season 2 episode 37 Stumble.

Blast of Tempest episodes 22-24 (Complete. I wasn’t sure what to make of this series from this viewing - maybe another is in order in the future.) 3/5

Cardcaptor Sakura (Rewatch)
episodes 1-21
 
Future Boy Conan Episodes 14-26 COMPLETE (English dubbed) - I'm glad I could finally watch this all the way through, dubbed in English, on the whole it lived up to my expectations and it's a quality classic anime :)

Transformers: The Movie (1986) - I wasn't exactly in love with this as it was a bit loud and grating sometimes BUT the visuals are actually really amazing it's like seeing a comic book brought to life on screen, and it did have it's moments, soundtrack was also very good though I'm not sure if it always matched the events on screen super well. I will likely watch it again at some point to reevaluate (I have the Blu-ray in my possession after all!) :)
 
Heavenly Delusion eps 11-13
Miracle, defiled, and rushed.
I enjoyed most of this, unfortunately the "ending" felt very rushed with massive tonal whiplash with one half of the storyline. Also once Tokio got pregnant it was pretty easy to figure out how the 2 half's related to one another with one being the past to the others present. There's also still a fair amount of unanswered questions too! I saw that where the anime ended is not too far from where the manga is, so it might be a while before we get those answers.
Art and animation were very good.
7/10
 
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KonoSuba! An Explosion on This Wonderful World! (Japanese) - Episode 11 - 12 (Complete)

With KonoSuba being my second favourite anime and Megumin being my favourite character from the series I found this great! was nice to see more of Megumin and Yunyun's friendship and all the side characters were entertaining. It does feel like it's missing something without the rest of the gang as their interactions is what makes KonoSuba so entertaining but we'll have S3 soon enough to make up for that. Overall, a really fun prequel series and though I prefer the main series, this is definitely worth checking out still if you enjoy KonoSuba imo.
 
My Clueless First Friend episode 13 Here’s to the future. (Complete. An endearing series that was also rather charming.) 3.5/5

One Piece
episode 1066 One last strike.

Cardcaptor Sakura (Rewatch) episodes 22-32, Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie (Film), 33-36
 

Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos - Episodes 13 - 16

Space Knight Tekkaman - Episodes 23 - 26 [Final]

I think the review of Tekkaman on the podcast is going to lead to some interesting discussion!

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - Episode 23


Another really good episode, I'm looking forward to the finale next week.
 
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