A gorgeous and fresh experience with masterfully crafted music and visuals and strong emotional elements.
Land of the Lustrous
The Garden of Sinners (Kara no Kyoukai)
For having the same writer, composer, and animation studio that brings us Fate/Zero and the Heaven's Feel movies, Garden of Sinners has stellar animation and music for a boring, unconvincing story.
Serial Experiments Lain
The unsettling lovechild of The Matrix and Donnie Darko, Lain is an existential ride that is hauntingly more relevant today than when it aired 22 years ago.
Zoku Owarimonogatari
A good wrap-up for some lingering characters while being a fitting inclusion to the series.
Owarimonogatari (2nd Season)
A great wrap-up for the series ... satisfyingly rooted in a sense of reality and introspection the way a good spiritual supernatural story should be.
Kizumonogatari Trilogy
Part of the Monogatari Series - Prequel to Nekomonogatari Kuro (Black) Genre(s): Seinen, Supernatural, Action, Mystery Age-Appropriateness: 17+ (Violence, Gore, Profanity – more than series) Platforms: None Episodes: 3 One-hour movies TheAwersome Rating: 8.9 / 10 (Very Different, Stellar) Premise: During Koyomi Araragi's second year at Naoetsu Private High School, he has a chance encounter... Continue Reading →
Owarimonogatari (1st Season)
Part of the Monogatari Series - Sequel to Tsukimonogatari Genre(s): Seinen, Supernatural, Mystery, Psychological Age-Appropriateness: 17+ (Violence, Profanity) Platforms: Crunchyroll Episodes: 12 TheAwersome Rating: 8.3 / 10 (Here’s good stuff) Premise: During October of his third year in high school, Koyomi Araragi is introduced to a transfer student named Ougi Oshino by his underclassman Suruga... Continue Reading →
Sword Oratoria: Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? -On the Side-
A spin-off of Season 1 of DanMachi Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Medium Ecchi Age-Appropriateness: 15+ (Violence, profanity, Many Suggestive Themes) Platforms: Amazon Prime Episodes: 12 TheAwersome Rating: 7.5 / 10 (If you liked the original, you’ll like this) Premise: Follow the Sword Princess Aiz Wallenstein and the novice mage Lefiya Viridis of the Loki... Continue Reading →
Tsukimonogatari
Part of the Monogatari Series - Sequel to Monogatari Series: Second Season Genre(s): Seinen, Supernatural, Ecchi, Mystery, Psychological Age-Appropriateness: 16+ (Violence, Profanity, Partial Nudity) Platforms: Crunchyroll Episodes: 4 (Presented as one piece) TheAwersome Rating: 7.1 / 10 (back to eye rolling) Premise: Koyomi Araragi is studying hard in preparation for his college entrance exams when... Continue Reading →
Hanamonogatari
Part of the Monogatari Series - Sequel to Monogatari Series: Second Season Genre(s): Seinen, Supernatural, Psychological, Mystery, Ecchi Age-Appropriatenes: 16+ (Violence, Profanity, partial nudity) Platforms: Crunchyroll, Hulu Episodes: 5 (Presented as one piece) TheAwersome Rating: 8.3 / 10 (Quality Monogatari) Premise: Now that Koyomi Araragi and Hitagi Senjougahara have graduated, very few familiar faces remain... Continue Reading →
