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Winter 2016 – Week 3 Anime Review
For Week 3: gushing about the setting of Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu, questioning Satoru’s treatment of Hiromi in Boku Dake ga Inai Machi, a personality shift with a positive cause in Dimension W,...
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Winter 2016 – Week 4 Anime Review
For Week 4: adoring the transformation and westernization of the setting in Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu, the authenticity, weight, and significance of battles in Hai to Gensou no Grimgar, why the...
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Winter 2016 – Week 8 Anime Review
This week: why I detest the style of narration and extended “flashback” in Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu, captivation with the advancement in fighting in Hai to Gensou no Grimgar, powerful, simple, and...
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Winter 2016 – Week 9 Anime Review
Back during Week 9: the symbolism of clothing in Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu, questioning whether anyone else is ‘special’ in Boku Dake ga Inai Machi, praising the tsukkomis in Dagashi Kashi, and...
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Spring 2016 – Season Preview
Spring is truly a time of renaissance, a season when the world awakens from its dormant slumber of winter to period of growth and maturity. It’s a time when sunlight becomes plentiful, flowers bloom,...
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Spring 2016 – First Impressions (Part 1)
This post reviews: Uchuu Patrol Luluco, Mayoiga, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, and Boku no Hero Academia. Given the size of the season, the number of shows I am planning on watching, the order in which...
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Spring 2016 – First Impressions (Part 2)
This post reviews: Kuma Miko, Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu, Macross Delta, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096, Bakuon!!, and Hundred. With every day, I am making progress on catching up and am...
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Spring 2016 – First Impressions (Part 3)
This post reviews: Joker Game, Sousei no Onmyouji, Bungou Stray Dogs, Anne Happy, Koutetsujou no Kabaneri, Sakamoto desu ga?, and Shounen Maid. I am not sure when Part 4 of the Spring 2016 First...
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Spring 2016 – First Impressions (Part 4)
This post reviews: Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge, Kiznaiver, Hai-Furi, Flying Witch, Sansha Sanyou, Tonkatsu DJ Agetarou, Kuromukuro, and Big Order. It has taken me much longer than I expected, but I...
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Spring 2016 – Week 4 Spotlight – Understanding Pain in Kiznaiver
After three episodes, we understand that the Kizuna system is able to sense, quantify, transmit, and inflict pain in Kiznaiver. Pain is the instrument used to connect and unite these seven unfamiliar...
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Spring 2016 – Week 5 Spotlight – The Shanghai International Settlement in...
The fourth episode of Joker Game had an astonishing setting, both in terms of its historical context and for the presentation of its story. Yet, how was such a locale and situation even possible for a...
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Summer 2016 – Season Preview
Tis the season for new anime, fa la la la la la la la la la. Hopefully all the shows are okay, fa la la la la la la la la. But we know that’s not realistic, fa la la la la la la la la. Then again, I am...
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Summer 2016 – First Impressions
This post reviews: Berserk (2016), Rewrite, Orange, Tales of Zestiria the X, Amaama to Inazuma, Taboo Tattoo, New Game!, Amanchu!, 91 Days, Hitori no Shita: The Outcast, Time Travel Shoujo, Handa-kun,...
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Autumn 2016 – Season Preview
Every season has its defining features. Autumn, for example, is known for its bountiful harvests and leaves falling to the ground. Likewise, every anime season has its distinguishing characteristics...
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6 Year Anniversary and the Opportunity to Write about the Autumn 2016 Anime...
Today is a time to rejoice as we celebrate six years of Avvesione’s Anime Blog. And while I typically use this post as an excuse to post screenshots of Setsuna from Needless to write about my lessons...
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Winter 2017 – Season Recap
If you’re wondering where I’ve been, I hibernated this last winter. Seriously. Great, and now that I’ve answered all your questions, let’s dive right into… wait, the Winter 2017 anime season...
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7 Year Anniversary and… Now What?
It’s been 7 years since I started this anime blog. It originally began as a challenge for me: a way to force me to think deeply and critically about anime; to share my thoughts and appreciations of...
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10 Year Anniversary
Today marks the ten year anniversary of this anime blog. While these archives have rested silently these past three years, I still periodically return to dust off dated impressions and earnest...
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