This is just about the easiest series in the world to write about. It's three and a half minutes an episode and set to be one cour long. Like the last anime adaptation of a Comic Yuri Hime manga, Yuru [...]
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The OP Nagi no Asukara’s second cour (which Hannah is four episodes from completing) does a fine job eloquently and efficiently sets the quiet, bittersweet mood and portrays the gorgeous, somewhat [...]
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One cour series certainly have a unique set of problems to worry about.I'm still solidly of the opinion that Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii is better served when it's not too heavily focused on [...]
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Light novel series “魔法科高校の劣等生” written by Satou Tsutomu, which has already spawned several manga adaptations and even a Playstation Vita game, gets a two cour anime adaptation that recently started. [...]
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Also known as “Magica Wars”, this franchise which originally spawned from a variety show and already has several related game adaptations, gets the anime treatment with a two cour series of four [...]
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「囀る 貝」 (Saezuru Kai) "The Warbling Sea Shell" Has there been another multi-cour anime as consistent as Mushishi? It may not be in a class by itself, but it sure doesn't take long to call [...]
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Another wonderful episode of Mushishi.  Is that the sun setting in the west I see?Has there been another multi-cour anime as consistent as Mushishi?  It may not be in a class by itself, but it [...]
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This is an idol anime. I’ve been watching Aikatsu, Sunrise’s multimedia ploy to part elementary school girls with their lunch money. With more than 60 episodes, it’s become my full-length, four-cour [...]
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If you haven’t opened up Google Maps yet on your iOS or Android device, then you’re probably missing out on the Pokemon Event. What Pokemon event, you ask? One where you scour the world to capture 150 [...]
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Space Dandy finishes its first season pretty much where I expected it to back when it all started.There were definitely some peaks and valleys in the first cour of Space Dandy, which are inherent [...]
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Here we are, with the last week of the winter 2014 anime season. Pretty much all of the shows that are one-cour have now ended or will end by this week. I’ll keep this week brief in terms of number of [...]
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Let the torture begin.In today's anime reality one-cour series are the norm, but sports manga adaptations are a different animal.  They're a throwback in that way - a series like Daiya no A [...]
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I’ll give the series credit for doing a great job building up quickly towards what should be an impressive final episode. Whether it will actually go split cour is uncertain, but at the very least [...]
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One cour anime shows with an episode count less than the typical 12 or 13 often raises a red flag in my selection of 2D fare to consume. A (misinformed) snap judgement is that occurs due to poor [...]
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Nagi no Asukara has updated its second cour key visual now that Manaka has finally come back – not only can we get a clear view of the characters’ feelings, but it also gives hints at the show’s [...]
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Check this out, it looks great. Now I wonder if this can do the manga justice. Slated for 12 ep anime cour this coming April.
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Now that the new season is temporarily dealt with, the films are all scanned, and DMM decided to finally start wiping the gaijins out of the admiralty, I found myself some time to catch up on the [...]
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MSN Japan says the producers of Gatchaman Crowds are hoping for a sequel, and not just another cour of episodes, but a complete film - with the ending of the anime, that would be a welcomed [...]
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After two weeks of grinding through backlogs and checking all the new stuff I think it’s finally time for this again. A surprising number of shows went on a second cour and as such I had to work the [...]
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Studio: SHAFT Genres: Comedy, Romance, Slice of Life Episodes: 2 cour (20 episodes?) OP: ”CLICK” by ClariS Summary: As a child, Raku Ichijo made a secret promise with his childhood sweetheart, keeping [...]
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