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Gakkou Gurashi is a slice of life, horror anime from studio Lerche and is based off of a manga with the same name. It follows four highschool girls Yuki, Miki, Kurumi, and Yuuri who along with their teacher, Sakura, are members of the School Living club which, as the name suggests, is a club whose members live in the school and are not allowed to leave the school grounds. Yuki absolutely loves the school and the club but is unaware of the harsh reality behind its creation. So, slice of life and horror, these are two genres which are pretty difficult to combine and thus tend to result in disappointments but at the same time, if executed well, can make a show highly entertaining. Thankfully in this case the genres are combined pretty well, the plot is unique and no matter how ridiculous it may seem at first glance, it works. The plot develops into a really enjoyable and immersive story, the slick animations and pleasant background score ensure a good time for the viewers. But th...

Sword art online: Alicization is the newest installment in the sword art online anime franchise. I guess everyone is well aware of this series, so I will not spend anytime giving a summary of it. SAO is one of the most debated shows in anime history, tons of people hate it while a good amount also love it. As far as my opinion is concerned, you can say that I stand on the side of those who hate it. Now, I am not gonna lie, I really liked the initial few episodes of the first season but then the anime just went downhill for me. I was actually thinking about skipping the new season but was convinced by the tweets of  @AlwaysLethargic and decided to give it a go, and to be honest I thought that the first episode, although not perfect was pretty good. The animations were once again really well done, and mixed with some pretty impressive visuals, the first episode was a treat for the eyes. As of now I have only seen one episode of the show and so I have only been graced with o...

Goblin slayer is a dark fantasy anime from White Fox studio. It follows a young adventurer who has just signed up with the guild and is ready to embark on her adventure. I am not going to say anything more than that and it might seem that it was the worst summary ever but I don't want to give away any spoilers for the first episode whatsoever.  I am going to say this right of the bat, if you have not seen it yet, go ahead and give it a go. Now, of course this is a dark fantasy so it might not be for someone who hates to see anything which is dark themed but for everyone else this is a must watch, atleast with respect to the quality of the first episode. The episode was grim, brutal and edgy (edgy in the good way ), so basically everything that you would want from a dark fantasy anime.  And the first episode was not good just because it had a dark theme, it had tons of other plus points like the structuring. The episode was structured really well, it had some fores...

When the first episode of Hanebado aired , I very confidently declared it to be a contender for the anime of the season. Now that the show is seven episodes in , I don't think of it to be anything more than average. Today I will be sharing my views on Hanebado and what in my opinion is the reason the show's quality declined over the span of seven weeks. Before going into this , I just want to point out that as I have already talked about the series before , I am not going to be giving any brief summary for the story of the anime in this blog. So , if you guys want to be filled in , you can check my previous blog here .  Now , let's rewind the clock back to the first episode. The reason why I liked that episode so much was because the show presented it's story as to be focussed around Nagisa and also included the mystery of Hanesaki's past. But after the second episode , the show did this weird thing where it pushed Nagisa onto the sidelines and switched...

Welcome everyone to the weekly anime roundup , here I will be talking about stuff that took place in the anime industry over the past week. I will not be covering every little thing that happened over the week , but things that I feel to be substantial and worth mentioning. UNSHŌ ISHIZUKA PASSES AWAY AT 67 Unshō Ishizuka , who has voiced many iconic characters like Jet Black from Cowboy Bebop and Mr. Satan from Dragon Ball Super passes away at the age of 67. This person has been a major part of my anime fandom because of his brilliant voice acting in some of my favourite shows and I will always remember him for his contributions in the anime industry. It is also extremely heartbreaking to see some people memeing his death. I understand that there will be people who are not familiar with his work and thus might not care about this news but still joking about someone's death is just insensitive and distasteful. So , yeah check out some stuff that he has contributed in an...

Welcome everyone to the Doujinshi corner , here I will be talking about any Doujinshi manga that have caught my eye. For anyone unaware , Doujinshi manga are those which are not serialised in any magazines but are individually published by the author. Today , I will be taking a look at " Dear My Teacher" , a romance , shoujo ai manga written and drawn by Ajiichi . As the name suggests , the manga follows a teacher , Kaoru , and her student , Isechi , who end up falling for each other. So , naturally this relationship is pretty conflicted , after all the two involved are a teacher and  a student. The mangaka does a fine job of showcasing this conflict through the perspective of both the people involved , this conflicted relationship that the manga presents in the first few chapters managed to get me immersed and invested in the story. The art and character designs are also pretty imressive and add to the appeal of the manga. But , this does not mean that it does not h...

Welcome everyone to the weekly anime roundup , here I will be talking about stuff that took place in the anime industry over the past week. I will not be covering every little thing that happened over the week , but things that I feel to be substantial and worth mentioning. VINLAND SAGA ANIME TO PREMIERE IN JANUARY 2019 What a month January is turning out to be for anime. Vinland Saga adds to the list of my highly anticipated anime that are coming out in January. Makoto Yukimura's Vinland Saga is probably the best historical manga I have read to date and I am really hyped for the anime adaptation. If you have not checked out the manga yet then I highly recommend you to do so. SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION SET TO PREMIERE ON SEPTEMBER 15 Aniplex of America have announced a September 15 premiere for the SAO alicization arc. The show will be available on Japanese TV in October. Until a few weeks ago , I was thinking about skipping this one as I didn't really...

Pokémon sun and moon is the newest installment in the Pokémon anime franchise. Before starting , I just want to point out that I have only watched the anime up until the second generation and the same goes for the game. The reason why I stopped watching Pokémon is that as I grew older , I started to feel that Pokémon has no value as an anime other than the nostalgia factor. I rewatched the first generation anime and if you remove the nostalgia factor , I did not enjoy the experience at all. As for why I dropped the game , well I just got bored with them. So , when sun and moon came out , I dismissed it as another installment in the long running saga of boring Pokémon shows , but I recently heard from a lot of people that this season has a more slice of life feel to it. This made me want to watch the anime as firstly , I like slice of lives and secondly , I thought that it might be a nice change from the original boring style of story telling where Ash and his friends travel for ag...

Today I will be briefly giving my opinions on the overlord franchise. I will talk about all the seasons separately and try to justify the amount of praise or hate that they received. Basically I  will just be talking about how I feel about the series as a whole. Overlord is without a doubt one of the most popular anime in recent times , back when it's first season came out in 2015 , it instantly charmed its audience with incredible writing , brilliant character designs and arguably the best soundtrack in anime history. The way it presented it's story to the audience was very gripping and one of the main reasons why I feel that it stood out in a sea of isekai anime is that it's main protagonist felt very real and his character was believable. The protagonist was supposed to be an office worker in real life and the way he interacted in the fantasy world of overlord sold that point really well. Another great thing about the anime was it's unique style of world bu...

Let's play is a romance , comedy webtoon from Mongie. It follows Sam , a socially awkward indie game developer. After her first ever game is poorly reviewed by a famous YouTuber , she starts receiving a lot of hate comments from the fans of the YouTuber which throws her life into a disarray. Further complications occur when that very YouTuber moves to her apartment and that too , the room next to hers. First and foremost , the webtoon is really well written. The author herself follows a lot of "let's play YouTubers" , so she knows how tough their job can be and manages to show this aspect really well. At the same time she , being in the creative field , also understands how hate comments can affect a creators life. This allows her to do justice to both sides of the coin and she is able to justify all the actions that each of these characters take. This strong writing mixed with some brilliant art ensures a great time for the readers. The webtoon also has a fa...

Sweetness and lightning is a slice of life anime from TMS Entertainment. It is an adaptation of a manga of the same name and is written and drawn by Gido Amagakure. It follows a teacher , Inuzuka who , after his wife's death has been taking care of his daughter Tsumugi on his own. As he is not good at cooking , he and Tsumugi usually eat packaged , ready made meals from the supermarket. A certain turn of events result in him visiting one of his student's restaurant. The student's parents have been divorced and as her mother is really busy with work , she tends to eat dinner at her place all by herself. After learning this , Inuzuka and Tsumugi start visiting her restaurant and cooking food together.  The anime is really enjoyable and gives a lot of "feel good" vibes , it has well executed animations along with some pretty good writing. The soundtrack is also really good and matches well with the setting. It is an absolute treat to watch , but only up unti...

Welcome everyone to the weekly anime roundup , here I will be talking about stuff that took place in the anime industry over the past week. I will not be covering every little thing that happened over the week , but things that I feel to be substantial and worth mentioning. THE NEW CODE GEASS INSTALLMENT IS GOING TO BE A MOVIE INSTEAD OF A FULL SEASON. The much awaited third season of Code Geass will now be released in the form of a movie in February 2019 . As far as I am concerned , I don't really care if the new installment is a movie or a full season. I feel Code Geass deserves to be left alone as it provided a really good , well rounded story and a new installment would only ruin the series. So , to me it does not make a difference if they ruin the series through a movie or a season. Now , by this I don't mean that I want the movie to be bad , I really want it to blow me away , but since the new installment was announced , I can't shake off the feeling that...

Isekai is one of the most popular and loved genre of anime and has received a major boom in recent years. For anyone who is not aware , isekai anime is basically an anime where the main protagonist is transported to another world , so examples of this genre are anime like no game no life , konosuba , re zero and many more. This boom can be easily seen by the number of isekai anime that come out every season , in the past two years , almost all the studios have tried their hand at it in hopes of making a hit by riding on the genre's popularity. But recently , the decline in these anime is pretty clear. This decline is clearly due to an oversaturated market , a lot of people nowadays skip anime from this genre as they perceive them to be "just another isekai". To be very honest that is very understandable , people have watched so many isekai , good and bad that at this point everyone of them look mostly the same. All of the isekai coming out nowadays have a very si...

The world of manga has experienced a major change in recent years with the introduction of digital manga. Now you don't need to go to a bookstore to buy a physical copy , while as for me and a lot of other people who belong to countries where manga is not sold in bookstores , we don't need to order a physical copy online and wait a week for it to be shipped. We can buy digital copies of it and start reading instantly. So, in this day and age have the physical copies lost all of  their purpose? Is their no use of them anymore?  Welcome everyone , today I will be trying to provide a satisfying answer to that question , so sit back and enjoy reading. Let's start off by discussing the pros of digital manga. Digital manga is without a doubt far more convenient from its physical counterpart. I have already mentioned the  advantages that it has during the purchasing process , but another major plus point of it is , convenience during travelling. As a manga fan whe...

Welcome everyone to the weekly anime roundup , here I will be discussing stuff that took place in the anime industry last week. To make it clear , I will not be talking about every little thing that happened but only stuff that I am interested in or I feel you all would be interested in. And I know that I should be doing this roundup at the end of the week on Sunday , but Sunday is my day off and I intend to keep it that way so please bare with me on this. Now that that's out of the way , let's begin. CHARACTER DESIGNS FOR THE PROMISED NEVERLAND ANIME REVEALED The character designs for Norman , Don , Gilda and Ray have been revealed by the studio. Rumors say that the character designs are handled by Masayoshi Tanaka , who did the designs for Darling in the franxx. I think the character designs were fine in DITF for the most part so I don't have anything to complain on that front. I am very excited for this anime as I love the manga and I am looking forward to how ...

Amagi Brilliant park is a fantasy , comedy anime from Kyoto Animation , it follows a narcissistic high schooler Kanie Seiya who is invited to and asked to manage an amusement park called Amagi Brilliant by his classmate Sento Isuzu. This is a run down amusement park that has long lost its popularity , Kanie at first refuses the offer but later finds out that the employees of this park are from maple land , which is a magical place and the only reason why these maple landers are able to exist is by the energy released by the people while they are having fun. To be able to meet these energy demands the park needs to attract 500,000 visitors inside three months . Thus ,  Kanie accepts this job in order to help these maple landers. When I went into this , I was not expecting much but just after a few minutes into the first episode, I realised that this was not just another basic fantasy show. The story , that I initially thought would turn out to be boring , instantly grippe...

Shiki is a psychological horror anime from Studio Daume , it is set in a small village Sotoba. The anime starts by introducing us to Megumi Shimizu , a young girl who wants to leave the village and make a career for herself in the big city. She is obsessed with Natsuno Yuuki , a guy who has recently moved to the village from a city, but Natsuno doesn't seem to care at all about Megumi.. The story starts with a family moving into a mansion close to the village. When Megumi learns that the family has moved in from the city , she cannot stop herself from meeting with them. A day after the meeting , she catches a high fever , and suddenly bizzare incidents start taking place in the village. Before going any further , I want to warn everyone for spoilers , so if you have not watched Shiki , I highly recommend you to do so and also consider yourselves warned. For anyone who has watched it or doesn't care about spoilers , sit back and enjoy reading. So where were we , oh yeah...