TV Reviews8.7/10
Fighting Spirit Review: 126 Episodes of an Ordinary Kid Learning to Box
Fighting Spirit ran 126 episodes across three seasons. A review of the boxing anime about an ordinary kid who builds everything from nothing.
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TV Reviews8.2/10
Akame ga Kill! Review: A Ruthless 24-Episode War on Corruption
A review of Akame ga Kill!, the 2014 White Fox anime about corruption, Night Raid, and Teigu. 24 episodes, 8.2/10.
TV Reviews8.5/10
A Decade On, ‘Erased’ Still Can’t Decide Whether Its Hero Deserves a Do-Over
Erased (Boku dake ga Inai Machi) ran 12 episodes on Fuji TV's Noitamina in 2016, adapting Kei Sanbe's manga about a man sent back 18 years to save a classmate.
TV Reviews10/10
Why The Promised Neverland’s First Season Still Works as a Closed Story
The Promised Neverland review: Grace Field House hides a demon farm, and Emma, Norman and Ray plan an escape. 23 episodes, two seasons, score 10/10.
TV Reviews8.5/10
Bunny Girl Senpai’s Title Is a Joke. The Show Isn’t.
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai uses a silly title to tell a sharp story about teens whose feelings turn physical. It holds at 8.5/10.
TV Reviews8.4/10
Tokyo Revengers Turns a Time-Travel Gimmick Into a Study of How Revenge Corrupts the Avenger
Tokyo Revengers review: Takemichi's 12-year time jump, Mikey, Draken, and Kisaki — why the time-travel anime's moral weight beats its messy pacing.
TV Reviews9.4/10
BEASTARS: A Wolf, a Rabbit, and the Appetite That Won’t Be Defeated
BEASTARS ends after three seasons and 48 episodes — a sincere, strange saga about appetite, law and shame. Review: 9.4 of 10.
TV Reviews8.5/10
2019’s Dororo Turns a Boy With No Limbs Into a Weapon Against the Demons His Father Bargained With
Dororo's 2019 anime turns Tezuka's revenge tale into a story about staying human, with the Mio arc and the Kagemitsu family as its best hours.
TV Reviews8.5/10
Mob Psycho 100 Is About a Boy Who Could Level a City and Mostly Wants to Be Normal
Mob Psycho 100 review: Bones' anime of One's manga ran three seasons, 2016-2022, and makes a psychic power fantasy about feelings instead of spectacle.
TV Reviews8.1/10
BAKI Review: Netflix’s 2018 Fighting Anime Picks the Fight and Wins
BAKI, the 2018 Netflix anime from TMS Entertainment, runs 39 episodes across two seasons following Baki Hanma's fight to surpass his father.
TV Reviews8.3/10
Parasyte -the maxim- Turns Body Horror Into a Coming-of-Age Story
Parasyte -the maxim- review: Shinichi and Migi share one body in a 24-episode anime that turns body horror into a sharp study of identity and survival.
TV Reviews8.3/10
Elfen Lied at 22: A Flawed, Genuinely Transgressive Series That Still Lands
Elfen Lied ran 13 episodes in 2004 and still sparks debate 22 years later. A review of its split Lucy/Nyuu core, cast, manga ending, and violence.