Anime Reviews
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The Promised Neverland Review: A Near-Perfect Thriller
Season one of CloverWorks' orphanage nightmare stands among anime's tightest thrillers. Its command of dread is something the sequel sadly could not sustain.
Delicious in Dungeon Review: Fantasy's Tastiest Adventure
Studio Trigger turns a joke about cooking monsters into a warm fantasy adventure with unusually careful worldbuilding.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Review: Trigger's Neon Tragedy
Studio Trigger turned a troubled video game's megacity into ten episodes of chrome-plated heartbreak. The result is one of Netflix's best.
The Seven Deadly Sins Review: A Terrific Fantasy Opening That Later Seasons Failed to Match
A-1 Pictures made the first season a warm, quick-moving adventure through Britannia, led by framed knights and a tavern keeper with frightening hidden power. The later switch to Studio Deen turned the franchise into a famous production warning.
My Hero Academia Review: A Big-Hearted Underdog Shonen That Earns Its Plus Ultra
My Hero Academia rides Deku's underdog charm and Bones' explosive set-pieces to become the best modern gateway shonen, even as its long run picks up tournament bloat and a few later-season lulls.
DanMachi Review: The Ridiculous Title Hides a Solid Dungeon Adventure
Behind the absurd title is an earnest, carefully built dungeon adventure about a broke rookie fighting his way up from the bottom of a fantasy world run by gods. The fanservice comes with it.
Bungo Stray Dogs Review: Dead Authors, Live Ammunition, and Bones at Full Swagger
A gorgeously animated action-comedy that turns Japan's literary canon into superpowered detectives, and mostly gets away with its wild tonal swings.
Noragami Review: A Five-Yen God Worth Much More
Bones builds a sharp and tender supernatural action-comedy around a broke god with no shrine and his odd-job hustle. Its excellent central trio carries the show, but the story ends long before it feels complete.
Fire Force Review: David Production's Gorgeous, Tonally Reckless Inferno
This supernatural shonen crackles whenever a fight starts, but its clumsy comedy and uneven tone keep getting in the way.