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Kaiseki Anime Ep. 120 — Youkai

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A lot of anime about youkai this season!

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 02:08 The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague
  • 09:20 Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari
  • 15:36 In/Spectre 2
  • 24:10 Outro

Music Credits

  • “Clover 3” by Vibe Mountain
  • The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague OP: “Frozen Midnight” by Takao Sakuma
  • “Seasons” by roljui

Kaiseki Anime Ep. 119 — Fire Hunter and Kaina of the Great Snow Sea

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We are enjoying both of these, although they haven’t quite lived up to initial hopes.

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 02:00 The Fire Hunter
  • 11:50 Kaina of the Great Snow Sea
  • 25:34 GIANT BEASTS OF ARS 25:55 Outro

Music Credits

  • “Clover 3” by Vibe Mountain
  • Kaina of the Great Snow Sea OP: “Telepath” by Yorushika
  • “Seasons” by roljui

Kaiseki Anime Ep. 118 — Tsunderes

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The dog in campfire cooking is clearly a tsundere too.

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 01:55 Campfire Cooking in Another World with my Absurd Skill
  • 09:07 Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte
  • 22:05 Other isekai of the season
  • 27:15 Outro

Music Credits

  • “Clover 3” by Vibe Mountain
  • Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte OP: “Distorted Words” by Dazbee
  • “Seasons” by roljui

My Favorite Anime 2023 Addendum

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I last updated my list of favorites in 2014. I always thought it was mostly a futile exercise: how am I supposed to compare things that are so radically different, aside from sharing a common medium? Every time you’d ask me you’d get a different answer.

So instead of updating the list, this time I’m just going to tell you all a bunch of my favorite anime since then. Most of them are in alphabetical order— but I did make an attempt at ranking the top 15. Enjoy! And please share what you think I left out!

Click the links for more details about each show.

ACCA
I don’t even know how to explain this. A corrupt cop eats bread and saves the country?? It is wild while having a relaxed tone, and some fascinating characters. I need to rewatch this.

Aho Girl
So stupid and so funny. Just a really well made comedy. Kanojo mo Kanojo by the same author was great too but Aho Girl had the perfect adaptation.

Akiba Maid War
It was when the main character was tied to a chair, being drowned by a rival maid in a tub of tomato juice, when her rival threw a live goat at her, that I truly fell in love with Akiba Maid Wars. Continue reading My Favorite Anime 2023 Addendum →