TV Reviews8.3/10
Rent-a-Girlfriend’s rented-romance premise holds up across a long run
A review of Rent-a-Girlfriend, the 60-episode anime about Kazuya, Chizuru, and a fake relationship built on a rental app.
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TV Reviews8.3/10
Uzaki-chan’s teasing dynamic carries a thin gag anime
Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! review: 25 episodes, two seasons, one relentless sophomore and a very tired senior who never really wants her gone.
TV Reviews10/10
Steins;Gate Still Makes the Case That Time Travel Stories Are Really About Grief
Steins;Gate review: White Fox's 2011 time-travel anime turns a microwave into a time machine and makes Okabe pay for every D-mail. A 10/10.
TV Reviews8.5/10
Violet Evergarden Review: Kyoto Animation’s 2018 Series Earns Its 8.5
Violet Evergarden review: Kyoto Animation's 2018 series about a child soldier learning to write letters and feel again. Score: 8.5/10.
TV Reviews8.6/10
Kamisama Kiss Still Earns Its Devoted Following 14 Years On
Kamisama Kiss review: Nanami Momozono becomes a Land God, kisses a fox familiar, and the shrine romance earns its friction. 8.6/10.
TV Reviews8.3/10
Vengeance Fantasy Redo of Healer Turns Its Cruelty Into the Point
Redo of Healer: Keyaru's time-rewind revenge, Flare's transformation into Freia, TNK's 2021 anime, cast, and why the dark premise lands.
TV Reviews7.9/10
Fairy Tail’s guild-as-family formula, 17 years on
Fairy Tail ran 328 episodes over eight seasons. A review of Hiro Mashima's wizard guild anime, from Sirius Island to the Igneel reveal, rated 7.9/10.
TV Reviews8.4/10
Kengan Ashura’s Fights Hit Hard and the Show Never Pretends Otherwise
Kengan Ashura review: Netflix's 52-episode gladiator tournament anime, from Ohma Tokita's Niko Style to salaryman Kazuo Yamashita's unlikely arc.
TV Reviews8.3/10
Another (2012): A 12-Episode Horror Anime That Turns Silence Into Dread
Another, the 2012 anime about a class hiding a deadly secret from transfer student Kouichi, reviewed: 12 episodes, one season, an 8.3 score.
TV Reviews8.4/10
Overlord Is a War Movie That Turns Into a Monster Movie, and It Knows Exactly When to Flip
Overlord review: Madhouse's isekai ran 4 seasons and 52 episodes. A skeleton king, a dead game, and the smartest bet the genre ever made.
TV Reviews8.5/10
Horimiya Lets Its Couple Be Ordinary, and That’s the Point
Horimiya review: the 2021 romance anime from CloverWorks, its 13-episode run, cast, and the 2023 sequel The Missing Pieces, scored 8.5 of 10.
TV Reviews8.6/10
A pianist who can’t hear his own playing finds a violinist who won’t let him quit
Your Lie in April: a piano prodigy who can't hear his own playing, a violinist who drags him back, and the lie that ends it. Review of the 2014 anime.