Category: Anime

Blu-ray Review – Tsukipro – The Animation

So again this is a series I feel like it needs a primer. Tsukipro – The Animation is part of a multimedia franchise that goes back to 2012. This is a franchise that started with Tsukiuta, and involves a series of Japanese pop groups in various forms including dramas, super groups, etc. This is not…


Blu-ray Review – Iroduku – The World in Colors – Sentai Filmworks

Iroduku – The World in Colors, I will be up front this series destroyed me by the end (no spoilers). The series has a simple premise. The year is 2078, and Hitomi lives in a magical world, but she can only experience it in monochrome. This dreary existence is bringing her down everyday. Hitomi’s grandmother…


Blu-ray Review – Getter Robo Arc – Sentai Filmworks

I guess for “Getter Robo Arc” a short primer is in order (though if you do end up picking up this Blu-ray you will get one as an extra feature.). So once upon a time, mecha anime wasn’t such a huge deal in the world of anime, and on top of that combining robots weren’t…


Blu-ray Review – Infinite Stratos – Complete Collection – Sentai Filmworks

Infinite Stratos is a 2011 anime series that has already had a Blu-ray release about a decade ago, followed by a sequel series. A third series is now on the horizon (8 years after the 2nd), and I assume that is the reason for this timely re-release. Infinite Stratos is based off a light novel…


Blu-ray Review – Somali and the Forest Spirits

Somali and the Forest Spirit is a series that I had some minor expectations for having heard somethings over the last year or so from friends. But I try not to be swayed by the court of public opinion (although everything I heard was very positive), so I went into this not viewing a frame….


Samurai Girls/Samurai Bride Complete Series [Sentai Filmworks Blu-ray] Review

Our anime-loving friends at Sentai Filmworks brings us a new complete collection release of Samurai Girls and its second season Samurai Bride. They had previously been released in separate older releases that are now out of print which is good news for anyone craving some super ecchi samurai harem action! Yagyuu Muneakira is the new…


Taisho Baseball Girls [Sentai Filmworks Blu-ray] Review

Sentai Filmworks has re-issued their out-of-print blu-ray release of Taisho Baseball Girls with new cover art just in time for baseball season. Batter up! The year is 1925 and Japan is in the midst of change. Women are on the verge of asserting themselves more in a culture that has historically viewed them as subservient…


Ane Log: Complete Collection [Sentai Filmworks Blu-ray] Review

Sentai Filmworks brings to blu-ray a treatise on self-actualization via the process of transubstantiation of the mind to obtain ultimate enlightenment. Nah, I’m just kiddin’. Let’s dive into this super pervy 3-part OVA! Akira is Mayoko’s younger brother. Ever since a casual statement from Akira when they were kids that he wanted to marry Mayoko…


Kakegurui XX (Season Two) [Sentai Filmworks Blu-ray]

Sentai Filmworks bets it all on a new blu-ray of the second season of Kakegurui. Did it payoff or did they sacrifice all their votes on a bluff? Let’s dig in and find out! Hyakkaou Private Academy is a weird place where social status is determined by gambling skill and the school is populated by…


Is the Order a Rabbit? BLOOM [Sentai Filmworks Blu-ray] Review

Earlier this month, Sentai Filmworks released upon the world the latest season of the light, quirky slice-of-life anime Is the Order a Rabbit? to blu-ray. How does this cute and silly workplace comedy stack up? Let’s dig in to find out! If you’re just tuning in, BLOOM is the third season of the story of…