We hear those sleigh bells ringing. Did Santa bring us wonderous gifts or a sack full of isekai coal. Aniki hotakes are here! Running down the Anichart.net listings from least to most popular, they help you sort what shouldn’t be missed, what might be ok, and what you should probably avoid. What shows are you […] Read this post in its entirety at SP: Winter 2022 Anime Season Preview

Aniki is set adrift into the multiverse with the summer 2021 psychological mystery dark horse series: Sonny Boy. A group of middle-schoolers find themselves and their whole school building transported into a pitch-black void. To their surprise and amusement, they also discover that each of them has been given a superpower. With the clashing of […] Read this post in its entirety at 137: Thises World Class (Sonny Boy)

Aniki finds an interesting yet ecchi and transgressive take on your typical shounen with The Idaten Deities Only Know Peace. Following both a group of gods, or Idaten, and a nation run by demons, this series explores alternative ideas on what it means to be a super powered creature who must protect humanity and pushes […] Read this post in its entirety at 136: Demon Slayer (The Idaten Deities Only Know Peace)

Aniki finishes their sojourn into the world of Netflix’s Castlevania series and question whether or not the drink was worth the long walk. In the final season, all the various stories come together and wrap up one by one. Carmilla’s ambition grows immeasurably, Lenore learns a dark secret, Hector seeks revenge, Isaac seeks change, Alucard […] Read this post in its entirety at 135: Dracula is Backula (Castlevania 4)

The Aniki brothers take a trip to Gifu prefecture and watch cute girls make pottery with Let’s Make A Mug Too. In this short series, Himeno and her father move to Tajimi City where her mother grew up as a pottery prodigy. Finding that she shares in the interest of sculpting clay to her will, […] Read this post in its entirety at 134: To Shards You Say (Let’s Make A Mug Too)

The leaves are changing and the air is chilly. What anime should you bring to the campfire for a good time this fall? Aniki hotakes are here! Running down the Anichart.net listings from least to most popular, they help you sort what shouldn’t be missed, what might be ok, and what you should probably avoid. […] Read this post in its entirety at SP: Fall 2021 Anime Season Preview

Androids can dream of electric sheep, but can neural networks make you cry? The Aniki brothers find out with To Your Eternity. A simple immortal sphere capable of learning about its surroundings is deposited on the Earth by an mysterious entity. It’s job? Remember and grow. And also defeat nasty flesh beasts that want to […] Read this post in its entirety at 133: John Carpenter’s Guide to Neural Networks (To Your Eternity)

The Aniki brothers get back into the ring with “Gearless Joe” and the rest of the gang with Megalobox 2: Nomad. Taking place 5 years after the events of the first season, Nomad takes the show in a different tonal direction. Not everything ended up as nicely as you might hope. Tackling darker subjects such […] Read this post in its entirety at 132: NoMad, YesSad (Megalobox 2: Nomad)

The Aniki brothers take a backseat drive through the city and meet all kinds of interesting animal-folk in the breakout series ODDTAXI. The taix driver, Odakawa, who is a walrus, picks up and converses with all sorts of characters in his job. From a manzai group, to yakuza, internet stars, doctors, and even the occasional […] Read this post in its entirety at 131: Taxidermy (ODDTAXI)

The Aniki brothers step right up to get their spirits stepped on by the surprisingly wholesome Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san. This romcom follows Senpai, a second year loner in high school, and his constant teasing perpetrated by the freshman girl, Nagatoro. After she finds out that he’s drawing manga and acting like a wimp, she makes it […] Read this post in its entirety at 130: Bully Pulpit (Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san)