The Great Yugioh Retrospective Part 4: Yugioh Zexal

*deep breath* Oh boy, here we go. After the less than stellar reception of the second/final season of Yugioh 5D's, Studio Gallop seemingly decided that for 2011, their new series would be a bit of a change of pace. Yugioh Zexal would harken back to the GX season 1 days where it starts off being …

The Great Yugioh Retrospective Part 3: Yugioh 5D’s

All this time I thought it was 5Ds. spoilers ahead With a link to the hub out of the way, let's start with some backstory and expectations. I remember Cartoon Network airing some episodes of season 1 back in 2009 back when I was eagerly watching the small Saturday morning anime block the channel had …

The Great Yugioh Retrospective Part 2: Yugioh GX

Ah, Yugioh GX: the original black sheep of the franchise. Even now with it being vindicated by the far more negative (or at least more divisive) reputation of all Yugioh shows Zexal onwards, this is still regularly seen as the weakest of the main timeline, so to speak. Turns out Duel Monsters, GX, and 5Ds …

The Great Yugioh Retrospective Part 1: Duel Monsters

Welcome to the first part of my Yugioh Retrospective, where I look at a franchise from my childhood to see how familiar entries hold up upon revisit, and how the shows I've never seen from it stack up to a first and only viewing. This is...a long process that will undoubtedly take years, especially since …

The Great Yugioh Retrospective: Hub

Ah, nostalgia: the ultimate double-edged sword. It's a bittersweet memory of a cherished past, of places we used to visit, people from long ago, and our favorite pieces of media. Yugioh Duel Monsters is certainly a tremendous piece of nostalgia for millions of late 90s and 2000s kids who grew up with the infamous 4Kids …

The Great Arifureta Rewrite Part 3: The End of Arifureta

Oh my god, it's been several months but now we're here. Welcome to the rewrite of the final two episodes of Arifureta! I'm skipping episode 11 of the anime, so episodes 12 and 13 are going to become episodes 10-12 here thanks to a few alterations and omissions from the last part. Excluding some ideas …

The Great Arifureta Rewrite Part 2: Episodes 6-9

Oh god, we're doing this, huh? I think this section of the rewrite, more than anything else, is going to have the most significant changes. While there wasn't anything to ridiculously different from the original anime in theory last time, there are going to be significant alterations to storylines, including the removal of certain characters. …

Irresponsible Captain Tylor (Musekinin Kanchou Tylor) Liner Notes

For several years now, I've been a fan of Tatsunoko Production's Irresponsible Captain Tylor. Back in 2016 when I bought the complete series DVD set released by Nozomi Entertainment in 2013, I barely had a clue as to how hilarious and captivating the show would be. After I finished a batch of episodes on one …

The Great Arifureta Rewrite Part 1: The first 5 episodes

Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's strongest, actually had some potential. Yes, I know, some of you are probably gawking right now, but it's true. The show is a dumpster fire, I know. I did an entire review covering this monstrosity and calling it the worst anime of 2019.  However, part of what made it so …

Being Overpowered is Not the Problem

So, upon glancing some of the negative reviews for Slime, I got to thinking: when exactly is it a bad thing for a main protagonist to be overpowered. I started thinking about this ever since I saw the negative reviews for The King's Avatar back in 2017, which criticized the MC for not developing and …