The new year is officially here and the winter 2021 anime lineup had so many amazing series to offer to satiate our otaku hearts. In fact, this season I am trying to surpass my limit and I ended up preparing to watch 40 anime series this time and upon writing this first impression review, I […]
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The Kings Avatar Season 2 Anime Review: The Preparation for War
Team building, preparing resources, and a whole lot more; The Kings Avatar Season 2 had brought us so much fun and excitement in 2020 as one of the biggest and most anticipated Chinese anime of the year. It’s preparation and declaration of war for Ye Xiu as he pushes forward for his goal of coming […]
Swallowed Star Is A Must-Watch Sci-Fi Donghua from 2020
I had always been familiar with cultivation and martial arts donghua set in Ancient China, or in a fantasy world where magical beasts and immortals roam around; that is why Swallowed Star from Sparkly Key and Axis Studio had caught my attention upon the first time I gazed at it. It is a cultivation Chinese […]
50 of the Best Anime of 2020 – My Year-End Review
The year that was 2020 had been an exhilarating moment in human history, albeit in quite a terrible way. We had the global pandemic put the world at standstill and after several months, things are not back to normal yet. For the anime community, for the people who love anime, it may have been a […]
The Fall 2020 Anime Lineup – My Final Impression Review
It’s the time of the season again to wrap everything up. Yes, the fall 2020 anime season is finally over and it has been an amazing experience for me and I do hope that the same is the case for you. Here, I would like to share my final impression review for the anime lineup […]
Beyond the Boundary: On Loneliness, Bearing One’s Cross and Finding Refuge
Do I look like a normal person to you? Kyoukai no Kanata or also known as Beyond the Boundary was a 2015 anime from Kyoto Animation and had been a fantastic experience for me as a viewer and someone who was touched by the story on a personal level. I have watched it to write a Kyoukai no Kanata review […]
Summer 2020 Anime Lineup – My Final Impression Review
The summer 2020 anime seasonal lineup officially concluded and now, it’s about time to wrap the whole season for us as we gave you our final impression review. In this post, I have summarized my final thoughts on my top 20 anime of summer 2020; what makes them special, their respective strengths and weaknesses and […]
Martial Universe Season 2 Donghua Review: On Defying Gravity, and Excellent Luck
Lin Dong had returned for the Martial Universe Season 2 this 2020 and it has been a fantastic experience for all the viewers who had been following his journey since 2019 and all the fans of cultivation donghua out there. I must say that the whole experience of watching Martial Universe Season 2 had been […]
Stellar Transformations Season 2 Donghua Review: On Redeeming Family’s Honor, and Delving Into the Cultivation World
Hey guys, I have finished Stellar Transformations Season 2 yesterday, also known as the Legend of Immortal, a donghua adaptation of the popular web novel of the same title by the author I Eat Tomatoes (also wrote Swallowed Star and Snow Eagle Lord). Just like any other 3D Chinese anime out there, Stellar Transformations […]
Manual of Hundred Demons (Bai Yao Pu) Anime Review: On Fleeting Emotions, Eternal Memories
One of the Chinese anime that captivated me the most this 2020 is Bai Yao Pu also known as the Manual of Hundred Demons, or Hundred Demons Spectrum. It was one of bilibili’s lineup of Chinese anime projects for 2020 and was animated by Haoliners Animation League. The Manual of Hundred Demons premiered on April […]
Antidote (Jie Yao) Donghua Review: On Boys Love, Post-Traumatic Experience, Friendship, Et Al
It’s been ages since the last time I have been fully satisfied by a boys-love anime story. I have watched given last year and it’s a whole lot different from a dramatic boys-love story while Banana Fish was also a personal favorite of mine but there’s a huge gap in its approach. That is […]
Planting Manual Donghua Review: On Tales of Fairies, Tragic Past & Conspiracies
Fairies and isekai stuff aren’t new to anime viewers anymore, however planting some seeds and producing fairies from it, I think that’s quite new. Yes, we have here this Chinese anime Planting Manual (Yao Jing Zhong Zhi Shou Ce) which is based on the novel Demon Spirit Seed Manual and was one of Tencent’s donghua […]
My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising Movie Review – Teamwork’s Impact & What it Means to be a Hero…
Once again, My Hero Academia has proven that it is the king of the new era of shounen anime genre. From the first time it glimpse the anime community in 2015, My Hero Academia had gained a cult following and has been consistent in delivering great narration and amazing character development despite how generic its […]
The Furious Yama Anime Review: The Adorable & Hilarious Queen of the Underworld
If you think that only Japanese animation could produce something crazy and surpassed everyone’s expectation, then why not take a peek at the rising Chinese animation industry. Aside from its rich cultivation and xianxia story, Chinese anime also had some of the most hilarious and obviously crazy anime set up I had seen so […]
Crystal Sky of Yesterday Anime Review: A Tale of Teenage Dreams, Romance & Drama
Hey guys, I am back for another review and this time I will share my thoughts on Crystal Sky of Yesterday, one of my favorite Chinese anime movies that were released last 2018. The film’s original title is Zuo ri qing kong or Crystal Sky of Yesterday in English. It reminds me of Makoto Shinkai’s works especially with […]
