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When the all suffering Iruma is spirited away to the world of demons, he expects to be eaten or tortured as any normal human being would. Instead he is invited to be a grandson to Sullivan who dotes on him. But his misadventures don’t ceasre there but culminate in him attending this school whose schoolContinue reading “Welcome to Demon School Iruma-kun (2019)”

After watching Nightow’s masterpiece come to life in Gungrave, I must say I am really underwhelmed by Trigun though that maybe a problem with adaptation. Set in a desert planet remunscent of Mad Max’s post-apocalyptic world, Trigun depicts the adventures of a team of insurance agents Milly and Meryl trying to prevent the notorious gunslingerContinue reading “Trigun(1998)”

I would have to say that IBO was a massive letdown considering the high standards set by MSG:080. While the seconnd season was a marginal improvement over the first, it is still not worth spending 24 episodes on. Set in the aftermath of a global war put to an end by a paramilitary organization; theContinue reading “Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans (2015)”

What started off as a RahXephon clone with all the attendant artiness soon turned to an impressive work which leveraged excellent characterization. Set in a neutral Senten Island located in the Far East, Akiyuki lives with his amically divorced parents with Haru and Furichi completing the doomed love triangle. But when he is transformed intoContinue reading “Xammd: Lost Memories(2008)”

Aldermanin on the Sky is a classic case of how bad direction screws up an interesting premise. Set in the context of a Thucydides’s trap being reiterated in the context of a declining Katjavarna Empire fighting the Kioka Republic, Alderamin doesn’t pull punches in the plot department. When a cynical Ikta Solork is stranded onContinue reading “Alderamin on the Sky(2016)”

Blue Exorcist is a low-fantasy anime which combines Christian and Buddhist concepts and symbols to depict the travails of Rin Okumura who discovers that he is the son of the king of Gehenna Satan. Thrown into a world full of demons and demon swords, he must become the Blue Exorcist who fights the good fight.Continue reading “Blue Exorcist(2016)”

Set immediately after the events of Noragami, with Hiyori on the cusp of starting high school, this series builds on the tension between Bishamon and Yato while throwing light on Yato’s past hinted at it in the first season. The artwork is brilliant and the character development in the middle and later parts of theContinue reading “Noragami Aragato(2016)”

“The Stray God” depicts how a likeable enough teenage girl Hiyori Iki gets pulled into the low fantasy world filled with gods, their acoytles and phantoms when she tries to rescue a hobo from a bus only to find herself reduced to a semi-phathom state in the presence of Yato. Unusually for a shonen theContinue reading “Noragami(2014)”

Log Horizon II picks up from the beginning of a plot by the mysterious Westlandia Empire against the Free Cities and the Round Table. While the first arc has some solid storytelling, the juniors traveling arc turns out to be a bit too reminiscent of the Journey  arcs in shounen like Naruto. While the plotContinue reading “Log Horizon(2015)”

The culprit responsible for the isekai craze that continues to keep anime in its clutches Log Horizon has stunning visuals and plot that will keep you hooked. However the dialogue does taper off a but in some parts and the comedy is sophomoric. When the players of a MMORPG are inserted into the world withoutContinue reading “Log Horizon(2013)”