House of Five Leaves 2 - 4.5/5 Still really enjoying this, it’s relaxing to watch, interesting characters, enjoyable background music. Uraboku 2 - 3.5/5 Still enjoying emo bishieness. Uraboku 3 - 5/5 Renewed excitement, Zess <3. Senko no Night Raid 2 - 1.5/5 Rapidly losing interest, either this picks up or I drop it. Senko no Night Raid 3 - 1/5 I want more [...]
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Senko no Night Raid’s approach came as a surprise to me. For a topic as sensitive as the Second Sino-Japanese War (WWII), I certainly didn’t expect them to slap in supernatural powers, which doubtlessly shattered half of any historical authenticity they might have had. Yet at the same time, Senko seems to be seeking some [...]
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There were several people up in arms over the prospect of an anime based around 1930 China/Japan ‘relations’ at at [...]
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Scamp alerted me through his season preview about a certain anime. One that got my attention. Why? Because of this: Syn­op­sis: The story is set in Shang­hai in 1931, when the Imper­ial Japan­ese Army has been dis­patched to main­land China due to the rel­at­ively recent First Sino-Japanese War, Russo-Japanese War, and World War I. In this [...]
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