Critic and Review
Game 10 / 10
Split Fiction
Mio and Zoe are contrasting writers – one writes sci-fi and the other writes fantasy – who become trapped in their own stories after being hooked up to a machine
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Anime 9 / 10
To Your Eternity
A mysterious immortal being named Fushi possesses the ability to take the form of beings that have passed away. This story chronicles his existence and his encounters and partings with various people.
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Anime 9 / 10
Jujutsu Kaisen
Yuji Itadori, a high schooler blessed with extraordinary physical strength, lives an ordinary life until he swallows the cursed finger of Ryomen Sukuna to save his classmates, becoming the host to a powerful curse...
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Anime 8 / 10
Weathering with You
In the summer of 2021, high school freshman Hodaka Morishima runs away from his remote home on Kozushima island to Tokyo. Struggling to make ends meet, he finally lands a job writing for an eccentric occult magazine, where rumors of a '100% sunshine girl' soon lead him to Hina Amano.
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Anime 8 / 10
Persona 5
In the spring of his second year of high school, Ren Amamiya transfers to Shujin Academy in Tokyo. After awakening to his 'Persona' through an incident, Ren forms the 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts' with newfound allies, stealing the distorted desires of corrupt adults to reform them...
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Anime 9 / 10
Natsume's Book of Friends
High schooler Takashi Natsume has the ability to see spirits that others cannot. After inheriting his grandmother Reiko's 'Book of Friends,' spirits of all shapes and sizes begin visiting him day and night, seeking to reclaim their names.
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Anime 9 / 10
Cardcaptor Sakura
Set in the fictional town of Tomoeda, elementary schooler Sakura Kinomoto accidentally opens an ancient book in her father's study, releasing the magical Clow Cards. Tasked by the Guardian of the Seal, Cerberus, Sakura must become the Cardcaptor and retrieve the scattered cards before they cause catastrophe.
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Anime 8 / 10
Re:Zero Starting Life in Another World
Subaru Natsuki, a reclusive shut-in, is suddenly transported to a fantasy world on his walk home from a convenience store. Without any special powers, he is brutally killed alongside a mysterious girl—only to awaken in the past. Realizing he has acquired 'Return by Death,' he endures despair and repeated deaths to save the people he cares about.
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Anime 8 / 10
Poco's Udon World
Souta Tawara, a Tokyo web designer visiting his family's rural udon restaurant in Kagawa, discovers a strange child sleeping in a pot. The child turns out to be a shape-shifting tanuki whom Souta names Poco, beginning their heartwarming life together in Kagawa Prefecture.
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Anime 9 / 10
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash
A group of strangers awaken from a dark underground with no memories other than their own names, thrust into the unforgiving, game-like world of Grimgar. Having no other choice, they enlist as trainee volunteer soldiers in the fortress city of Ortana, struggling desperately to survive on the perilous frontier of the Arabakia Kingdom.
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Anime 8 / 10
Karneval
Holding only an abandoned bracelet as a clue, Nai sets out on a journey to find someone important to him. He crosses paths with Gareki, a thief who robs criminals. Wrongfully framed for a crime, the two find themselves on the run from security forces, eventually encountering Circus, a shadowy defense agency.
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Anime 8 / 10
Beyond the Boundary
Akihito Kanbara, a high schooler who is half-human and half-youmu with immortality, encounters Mirai Kuriyama, an eccentric spirit hunter wielding blood-manipulating abilities, embroiling them in conflicts involving the powerful Nase clan.
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Anime 9 / 10
Wolf Children
College student Hana falls in love with a wolf-man and gives birth to two half-wolf children, Yuki and Ame. After her partner tragically dies, Hana moves to a secluded countryside house to raise her wild children in peace as they struggle to choose between living as humans or wolves.
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Anime 9 / 10
×××HOLiC
Kimihiro Watanuki, plagued by the ability to see spirits, stumbles into a mysterious wish-granting shop owned by dimensional witch Yuko Ichihara. In exchange for granting his wish to be rid of the spirits, Yuko requires Watanuki to work as her shop assistant until the debt is paid.
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Anime 8 / 10
07-GHOST
Teito Klein and his close friend Mikage are star students at the Barsburg Empire's military academy. Preparing for graduation, Teito's suppressed memories of his destroyed homeland violently resurface upon seeing Chief of Staff Ayanami, forcing him on the run.
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