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…
Hidamari Sketch: Graduation OVA [Sentai Filmworks Blu-Ray] Review
Sentai Filmworks has finally completed the entire run of Hidamari Sketch with this blu-ray release of the final two OVA episodes of the series. Does everything wrap up with a nice warm feeling of fun and friendship? Let’s dive in and find out! The first episode finds the oldest student residents of Hidamari Apartments, Sae…
Blu-ray Review – Dororo – Complete Collection – Sentai Filmworks
This review took a lot longer than anticipated. Dororo is the third-ever adaptation of the manga by Osamu Tezuka. In this series a baby is born without limbs of senses, and is sent downriver to die. He is found, and fixed up and manages to survive. It turns out that his ailment was caused by…
Blu-ray Review – Rent a Girlfriend (Sentai Filmworks)
I really dig slice of life animes, they give me something to watch when I just want to chill and not really think about what I’m watching all too much. If the characters and situation are at the very least amusing, that will add to my enjoyment of the whole thing. Rent A Girlfriend falls…
Vinland Saga (Season 1) Complete Collection Blu-ray Review
On August 31, 2021, Sentai Filmworks unveiled on blu-ray the first season of the critically acclaimed viking epic Vinland Saga. Grab an axe and a pint of ale and join me on a bloody crusade of vengeance! The Plot: A young boy named Thorfinn lives his days in peace in a small village outside the…
Magical Girl Site: Complete Collection Review
The Plot: Aya Asagiri is bullied and beaten at school and abused at home by her own sociopathic brother. When she stumbles across a mysterious website promising to make her a magical girl, it provides just enough incentive to continue moving forward, especially when she finds a weird heart-shaped gun in her locker the next…
Blu-ray Review – Swordgai – The Animation – Complete Series – Sentai Filmworks
Swordgai – The Animation takes place in a world where incredibly violent and powerful weapons exist. These weapons are demonic in nature, and either possess their wielder, or begin to slowly control them. Into this world comes “Gai”, whose Mother had come into contact with one of these weapons “Shiryu” when she was pregnant, but…
Blu-ray Review – Babylon – Sentai Filmworks
Babylon is a 2019 anime series based on a novel by Nozaki Mado, which then was adapted into a manga series, and then got turned into this bizarre and amazing anime series. This is one that has been courting controversy, but since I popped the Blu-ray’s into my player last week, I was immediately hooked….
Blu-ray Review – Hero Mask – Sentai Filmworks
Hero Mask is the latest Blu-ray release to come from Sentai Filmworks that was a “Netflix Original” anime. I hate to say these have been more miss than hit, but for the most part I feel that way. This one is a Sci-Fi Actioner, with a crime plot running through it, and well it has…
Blu-ray Review – Karakuri Circus – Sentai Filmworks
Karakuri Circus is a 36 episode shonen anime that is conceptually interesting. It is based on a manga that ran for 43 volumes starting in the late 90’s, and ending in 2006. Needless to say that leaves a lot to be left on the proverbial cutting room floor even when the series runs for a…