Ah yes, the setup episode. A key component in driving a story forward, the setup episode can at times feel boring, unnecessary or even tangential to the overall story. More often than not, h...
This show gets real too fast. Honestly, the last time I saw an anime that wasn't afraid to push character interacts hard was Kuzu no Honkai.
As we delve deeper into whatever Shingeki no Kyojin's endgame is, I feel myself growing more and more detached and disappointed. There's a clear and marked step down in terms of quality, not...
I’m really not sure how to feel about this one. If it didn’t end on a creepy note, I might have actually been really angry at this episode. It was legitimately leaning on a ‘lesson’ ...
This was another comfortable episode. Definitely got what I was hoping for with Rin and Nadeshiko getting to spend some time together. It wasn’t technically camping, but nothing wrong with...
Even a relatively weaker episode from Re:Zero 2, is still leagues ahead of everything else. That really is the position that this show is in (for me), where I end up comparing it to itself m...
Now this is more like it. This week's episode, the sixth episode in the final season, is what fans like myself were expecting to see seven weeks ago. Bombastic action, interesting political ...
High schoolers won't hesitate to wonder what others think of them. That's incredibly more difficult if you're living in a society like Japan.
Well I’d say our main character is having some ups and downs when it comes to her new life. But that’s about how it would go. Sometimes she gets to really embrace the joy of success and ...
An announcement was made for a new anime Pride of Orange which will be arriving in the Fall 2021 anime season. For anyone that happens to be both a fan of anime and hockey, this was a pretty...
It has been a long wait, but a new movie for the Prisma Illya franchise has been announced. The fourth season of the franchise aired back in 2016 with the Oath Under Snow movie airing in 201...
An absolute tragedy struck the anime industry last night. As reported by NHK (Japan’s national news agency) and later by Anime News Network, a fire was set at Kyoto Animation’s 1st Studi...
Fans of Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy was Machigatteiru (or My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong, as I expected - in the west) were in for a real surprise and treat today. Word came way by ...
Good and bad news for Attack on Titan fans. The exact air date, April 28th 2019, has been revealed for the show, but with it comes word of the actual episode count for the second part of Shi...
The DanMachi (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?) franchise seems to be making a big return in 2019. This month (February) saw the release of the franchise’s first movie...
A big development came via the official Crunchyroll Forums regarding Legal Anime Streaming in the west. In a forum post written by Crunchyroll CEO shinji, it has been revealed that the catal...
Fans of Attack on Titan were met with quite an interesting ending this past weekend when the first part of Season 3 concluded. With a major event looming in the story, and a big tease in end...
Exciting news for fans of Gochuumon wa Usagi Desku Ka? (Is the order a rabbit?) We’ve got a new OVA coming out sometime in 2019 and also confirmation of a 3rd season coming out in 2020. Th...
Ah yes, the setup episode. A key component in driving a story forward, the setup episode can at times feel boring, unnecessary or even tangential to the overall story. More often than not, h...
This show gets real too fast. Honestly, the last time I saw an anime that wasn't afraid to push character interacts hard was Kuzu no Honkai.
As we delve deeper into whatever Shingeki no Kyojin's endgame is, I feel myself growing more and more detached and disappointed. There's a clear and marked step down in terms of quality, not...
I’m really not sure how to feel about this one. If it didn’t end on a creepy note, I might have actually been really angry at this episode. It was legitimately leaning on a ‘lesson’ ...
This was another comfortable episode. Definitely got what I was hoping for with Rin and Nadeshiko getting to spend some time together. It wasn’t technically camping, but nothing wrong with...
Even a relatively weaker episode from Re:Zero 2, is still leagues ahead of everything else. That really is the position that this show is in (for me), where I end up comparing it to itself m...
Now this is more like it. This week's episode, the sixth episode in the final season, is what fans like myself were expecting to see seven weeks ago. Bombastic action, interesting political ...
High schoolers won't hesitate to wonder what others think of them. That's incredibly more difficult if you're living in a society like Japan.
Well I’d say our main character is having some ups and downs when it comes to her new life. But that’s about how it would go. Sometimes she gets to really embrace the joy of success and ...
So we reach the end of 2020. To say this has been a ride would be putting it lightly. But, it is a good time to reflect on something positive like the top anime of the year! It is honestly a...
So we head into 2021 and hopefully that’s a better year in general. At least the winter season looks pretty good from an early glance. It has a few shows I’ve been looking forward to for...
Another anime newscast from your pals Setsuken and Guardian Enzo. Our main focus this week (not counting Enzo’s double entendres) is Netflix (a recurrent theme for us). There’s a...
When the legacy of American television comes to mind, some of us may imagine hackneyed comedies spawning from an inbred think-tank of writers who had to make episodic television audiences wo...
The evolution of Notaku continues! The first of what will be many elements of the new Notaku: the Anime Newscast. Enzo and Setsuken look at NoitaminA’s 2021 schedule, a spare of rumors...
Yeah, it’s our longest podcast ever – but this is a special occasion. This marks the end of our first cour, a real accomplishment. Not only that, this is the show where we discus...
It’s that time of year, when all the ghouls dance merrily through the land spreading terror. Election season? No, silly – Halloween! And while you won’t be trick-or-treating or partyin...
Anime on TV may be in a rough patch creatively, but what about in the cinema? The pandemic has wreaked havoc on the theatrical film industry, but anime movies are thriving artistically in ...
Notaku 2.0 reaches double-digits this week, as Guardian Enzo hosts a wide-ranging episode with a deep dive on anime’s most influential series. It’s a new season, so Setsuken and Guardian...
There are times you hope a show can live up to your expectations even knowing that doesn’t happen very often. Thankfully Bloom lived up to everything I could have hoped for. It was exactly...
Following up on a truly great season after many years is hard. That is the challenge that To Aru Kagaku no Railgun T had to take on. The positive thing however is that it still managed to be...
Sometimes you need something fun and a bit silly in your life. Princess Connect! Re:Dive more than delivered on that front. Considering this was an adaptation of a mobile game that itself wa...
There are some shows you just hope live up to your expectations for them. I knew mostly what to expect when the Babylonia arc in Fate/Grand Order was chosen to be adapted into an anime. And ...
It is interesting to see which shows you love right out of the gate and which ones grow on you as they go along. 'Shinchou Yuusha' or rather 'The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious', is...
The space adventure seems like a forgotten type of show. Maybe it is just the part of me that grew up on different incarnations of Star Trek. But the universe is such a big place that it see...
After a near franchise debilitating To Aru Majutsu no Index III, the ToAru/RailDex franchise is back with another spinoff, this time featuring none other than anti-hero Accelerator. And whil...
This is a case where a show really surprised me by being far more creative and interesting than I ever expected. With Endro I fully expected a cute show about a female cast at adventurer’s...
There are shows that just pull you in from the start and somehow still manage to keep getting better as they go along. Kaguya-sama is one of those shows. It started off strong and yet still ...
