Dropkick on my Devil! episode 7 Today I bore witness to a sneaky snek eating a halo and going super saiyan for a brief moment. The rest of the episode had its sweet parts too.
Holmes of Kyoto episode 7 The series now has a primary antagonist which is interesting. This was a better episode than last week, more in the vein of the first couple.
Kakuriyo -Bed & Breakfast for spirits- episode 21 Seeing a nicer side to Nene and Hideyoshi was pleasant, plus another nice moment for Aoi and Odanna.
Phantom in the Twilight episode 7 Friends are reunited as it really hits the fan towards the end.
Steins;Gate Zero (Dub) episode 16 Some
Great VA performances again this week as the tension hits a boiling point.
Parasyte -The Maxim- episodes 19-24 (Complete. An engaging story about alien possession and the subsequent problems it causes to the innocents around them as well as MC Shinichi who finds himself in between both species. Though I did find the final confrontation less engaging than the climax that came before, overall this was one of those recommended popular anime I should have seen sooner.) 4/5
Pom Poko (Film) An inventive and visually impressive outing from Studio Ghibli. The imagery and creativity helped to make a relatively simple story more engaging, and despite being one of the longer Ghibli films the pacing was still solid (even if it did feel a tad longer than it needed to be.)
I never did get used to the whole expanding testicle business though... All in all this is one of the hidden gems in their filmography for me, even if it does retread some of the man-destroying-nature themes that recurred in Ghibli titles. 3.5/5
