Just a quick reminder before I dive into this post, the key reason why I’m watching this anime is because it has some of my favourite seiyuu!! Mai Nakahara ~ she played Nagisa in Strawberry Panic!! She plays Zakuro here – the main character (long hair with bows) Aki Toyosaki ~ it’s Yui from K-ON! [...]
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This odd mix of Japanese folklore, alternate historical fiction, and shoujo romance caught my eye almost immediately during the Fall season previews.  I can enjoy something from just about any genre, provided it's well-written and has interesting characters, but I'm especially fond of unique sociological settings.  However, I was curbing my enthusiasm to the best [...]
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  Prepare to be Bewitched! This episode starts out with a group of young fox girls that seem to be singing and killing off some sort of demon, one of them tells the demon they are welcome. After...
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Minnie: This is Minnie again with another first episode. Otome wasn’t too high on my watch list. The only reason why I wanted to try it was because JC Staff was animating it and I like myself some shoujo just to see. I am pleasantly surprised though. It’s typical shoujo stuff, BUT I think… I [...]
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Otome Yokai Zakuro Studio: JC Staff Premiere Date: 10/3 Available via Crunchyroll First Impression: It’s cute but what does this remind me of? Oh right, everything. Good and the Bad Finally we come to the last episode the JC Staff has premiering this week. A romantic [...]
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Oh hi there shojo anime. I was wondering when you’d show up this season. I’d forgotten Otome Yokai Zakuro was [...]
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Episode 01 – Now, Prepare to be Bewitched – いざ、妖々と (Iza, Youyou to) Well well, color me surprised. I actually wasn’t expecting much at all from this JC staff production, but this episode was surprisingly fun to watch. I ended up cracking up several times thorough the entire episode, mainly at the interactions between our [...]
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