Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure is an original magical girl series directed by Koji Ogawa. It is produced by Toei Animation (which uses the “Izumi Todo” pen name for studio’s producers as series creator), a studio founded in January 1948. It’s known for over 240 anime, including Cutie Honey, Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon, Smile PreCure!, and […]
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The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess Spoiler-Filled Review
The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess, also known as Hikikomari Kyūketsu Hime no Monmon, is an adventure fantasy anime. It’s based on a Japanese light novel series written by Kotei Kobayashi and illustrated by Riichu. Currently, ten volumes of the light novel have been published, along with two manga volumes. As a warning, there […]
Stardust Telepath Spoiler-Filled Review
Stardust Telepath, also known as Hoshikuzu Terepasu or Hoshikuzu Telepath, is a sci-fi yuri series. It’s based on a three-volume manga illustrated and written by Rasuko Ōkuma. Kaori directed the series. She supervised the show’s script with Natsuko Takahashi. Studio Gokumi produced the series. Umika Konohoshi (voiced by Yurie Funato) is a girl, who like […]
Yuri and Beyond: LGBTQ+ Representation in Animation in 2023
2023 began with a bang, with the premiere of the yuri anime The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady a.k.a. MagiRevo on January 5th, Velma on January 12th, The Legend of Vox Machina on January 20th, and Princess Power on January 30th. It went far beyond those which premiered last year, […]
Kizuna no Allele Season 2 Spoiler-Filled Review
Kizuna no Allele is an idolish music series directed by Kenichiro Komaya. Wit Studio and Signal.MD produce the series. Deko Akao wrote the show’s scripts. The first season/cour aired from April to June 2023. The twelve-episode second season/cour begins with a lively opening. It continues to center around five individuals: Miracle (voiced by Ayumi Hinohara), […]
I’m in Love with the Villainess Spoiler-Filled Review
I’m in Love with the Villainess, also known as ILTV, Watashi, or Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijō, is a yuri isekai and romantic comedy anime. It’s based on a Japanese light novel series by Inori and illustrated by Hanagata, serialized between 2018 and 2021. It was later adapted into an ongoing manga, novel series, and […]
Burkely’s Top Twenty Anime TV Shows of 2023
In my last post, I chose ten (Western) animated series which I felt were the best of 2023. However, of the over 40 reviews I wrote in the past year, 14 of them were anime. Originally I was planning to make this a top 10 list, but I decided that was too limiting, and added […]
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake Spoiler-Filled Review
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake is a mature animated series developed by Adam Muto. It is a spinoff of the well-known Adventure Time series. Unlike the original, it is aimed at a young adult audience. Muto, Fred Seibert, and Sam Register are executive producers. Debora Arroyo is another producer. Frederator Studios and Cartoon Network Studios produced […]
Disenchantment Part 5 Spoiler-Filled Review
Disenchantment is a mature animated adventure fantasy. Well-known animation producer Matt Groening created the series and co-developed it with Josh Weinstein, who also worked on The Simpsons. Groening and Weinstein are executive producers, along with Rough Draft Studios Vice President Claudia Katz, writer Eric Horstead, writer and producer Bill Oakley, and former Writers Guild of […]
BanG Dream! It’s MyGO!!!!! Spoiler-Filled Review
BanG Dream! It’s MyGO!!!!! is an anime series adapting the band MyGO!!!!!. Its the latest adaptation of Bushiroad’s BanG Dream! music media franchise, also known as Bandori. Koudai Kakimoto is series director. Sanzigen animated the series. This series has a simple premise: a girl returning from the U.K., Anon Chihaya (voiced by Rin Tateishi), returns […]