What a freaking incredible way to start a series. Also, PALEDUSK for the OP is probably the best choice. I wasn't a soul eater fan, but Gachiakuta has me hooked from the rip.

I find myself often opening this work for a shot of inspiration quite often. The works in ANIMAtronic draw your eye and invoke imagination in ways I really didn't expect.

I grew up playing so very much Lightening Force - to the point where I wore one of my Sega Genesis controllers out. This game rips so dang hard. It's not just a "love letter to shmups of the past" - it genuinely feels like it slots right in and punches as high as the genre can go. The sprite work in this game is mindblowingly out of this world. It feels like a modernized Sega Genesis title. There is so very much love and effort poured into this and it shows. The MUSIC and SOUND. Oh my GOD. Pick this up if you love bullet hells or shmups. You will NOT, in any way, be disappointed.

17 years in the making, this scratches every single old-school itch I have. Procedurally generated, mod supported, tightly designed ASCII heaven.

I'm going to be blunt upfront - The Big O is anime batman with mechs. Still with me? Let's go. Big O was a mainstay of Toonami when it originally was broadcast stateside along a slurry of generation-defining anime. It is a series penned by Hitoshi Ariga, whom you may know from uhhh freaking MEGA MAN? Pokemon too, I guess, but its clear that Ariga has a very specific style and he flaunts it and more with The Big O. Paradigm City - a city of amnesia where every single inhabitant inexplicably lost their memory collectively 40 years before the series begins - is presented to you in a noire style that was rare when it aired and even more so today; Roger Smith provides services as a "Negotiator" alongside his butler and a robotic companion, Dorothy. Throughout his day job, he encounters giant mecha - 'megadeus' - that he has to combat with a megadeus of his own - The Big O. This show utterly rips. It was so good on its airing (between its popularity in Japan and its thunderous success in the west) that the production company was commissioned to make 13 more episodes for a total of 26 episodes of a run. Its noire style makes this series timeless; It's unquestionably and absolutely worth your time, especially if you like really deep mysteries and - of course - big ass robots fighting.

Where do I begin with this. I watched Call of the Night based solely on it being a work from Kotoyama (as I adored Dagashi Kashi.) This has been said ad-nauseum from the anime community, but Season 1 was rife with just pure vibes. The music, the colors, Linden Films did a spectacular job constructing a wonderful series based on the manga. After watching Season 1, I picked the Manga up and it sunk its teeth directly into me, absorbing me into Ko's journey throughout trying to attain his goals. While this specifically isn't a manga review, I strongly recommend it. Season 2 is shaping up to follow the same pattern and I have a strong feeling that I know where it will end, I still am just as absorbed in the series as I was while reading the manga - a mark of an incredible adaptation. Creepy Nuts utterly bangs. Every OP and ED is a never-skip for me.

This series aged shockingly well and is utterly amazing. It's writing is ironclad. Every episode is a banger that digs deeper into the world and its inhabitants. I loved the series so much that I covered my car in it. LOL.

My all time favorite anime. This series grabs me and never lets me go - its world feels like you could feasibly live in it. There's glimmers of hope scattered all across its characters, places, and events. It's a masterclass piece. GONZO popped off. It is one of the first anime created with "digimation" - a process that introduced digitization into the anime production process. It also, coincidentally, is one of the first series to use CGI and its used incredibly well.

At first this series was good. It felt like there was enough tension and I was rooting for the main character. Season 2, and most of 3 - it was like a car crash. I wanted to look away but SOMETHING compelled me to watch. The newest season follows the will-they-won't-they trope to a sickening degree and I don't think there will ever ever be a payoff. I want my time back. Ruka is best.

This OVA aged surprisingly well! It's definitely dated now but it's clear the author knows the material (guns, cars, Chicago) quite well as they're all represented strongly. Self contained story that doesn't interact with the Manga at all. Good watch!

Absolutely phenomenal record and it's good to see Architects back in the saddle. Elegy is the perfect track to kick off the album.

Case Study of Vanitas is a peculiar watch for me. I seriously enjoy the visual spectacle of the series and the subject matter parades steampunk adjacent fantasy with good mystical fiction mixed. There's an undertone of *something* going on at all times and the series pays that feeling off and then some. Ultimately, the dynamics between Noe and Vanitas are enjoyable and the quality of animation in the series is real top-shelf stuff with dazzling VFX and incredibly well composed scores. I read the manga after watching this series and - much to my surprise - it wasn't nearly as good as the anime. A rarity in the times I've done so!