In the basement of a building in the corner of a shopping street in Japan, one may find the Western restaurant Nekoya. Despite its secluded location, the restaurant enjoys regular customers who come to have a taste of the chef’s cooking. However, every Saturday, he closes the restaurant to his Japanese customers, not because he… Read More First Impressions: Restaurant to Another World
Based on a 4-koma web manga, Tsuredure (Tsurezure) Children follows several different high school couples as they navigate relationships. Each episode is only 15 minutes long, with episode one spending several minutes each on a couple. Wikipedia explains that the series is ultimately about “how hard it is to say ‘I love you.’” I think… Read More First Impression: Tsuredure Children
Yukari Nejima is about to turn sixteen. He’s in love with his classmate, Misaki Takazaki. Unfortunately, a confession leading to happily ever after seems highly unlikely. Not only is the gulf between the awkward Neji and popular Takazaki wide, the two live in an alternate future when at age sixteen, you are assigned a spouse.… Read More First Impression: Koi to Uso
This season, the Beneath the Tangles team decided to do something a little differently. Instead of asking every staff member for a number of detailed reviews, we are asking each staff member who watched new anime during the Spring 2017 two questions: What was the biggest surprise of this season for you? What was your… Read More Spring 2017 Anime Thoughts
The “Great Holy Grail War” is about to begin as masters and servants come together in episode one of Fate/Apocrypha. While the stakes remain high as ever, Fate/Apocrypha trails in a direction different from other Fate series, pitting two teams against one another, the Masters of Red v. The Masters of Black, the latter representing… Read More First Impressions: Fate/Apocrypha
Happy Independence Day, all! When I was a kid, I absolutely loved the 4th of July. The spectacle of it all, and my budding patriotism, stirred such excitement in me! That sense of delight has waned over the years, but I want to instill in my own children the thrill associated with the holiday. We’ll… Read More Happy Independence Day!
Elegant Yokai Apartment Life (Youkai Apato no Yuuga na Nichijou) is a new anime series this summer based on a light novel series of the same name. The story follows Yushi Inaba, a teenager entering into high school. After his parents passed away when he was in middle school following a vehicle accident, Inaba moved in… Read More First Impressions: Elegant Yokai Apartment Life
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