Project #347: Darling in the FRANXX Part 1

(Nitsuj): Hello and welcome to Project Nitsuj and welcome to the main event for Studio Trigger month. Over the last few weeks we’ve gained new perspectives on their more recent works that some have been split on only to discover that despite these anime’s flaws they’re still good. (Mira and Shizuku): You’re welcome! (Nitsuj): You […]

Project #346.5: Fall Anime 2019 First Impressions

Hello. Nitsuj here and welcome to the side blogs the blogs between the blogs. It’s the middle of August which means I’m sure a lot of people are starting school and the leaves on the trees will be turning different colors to welcome fall. Which means it’s time once again for First Impressions where we […]

Project #346: SSSS.Gridman

Hello and welcome to Project Nitsuj. Welcome to the second week of the Studio Trigger arc. Growing up in the 90s I remember watching a lot of interesting shows and one of the shows that stuck with me all these years because of how interesting it was, was a show called Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad. […]

Project #345: Kiznaiver

Hello and welcome to Project Nitsuj and welcome to the Studio Trigger arc. As I said before Studio Trigger has quickly become one of the most popular anime studios in the world today. Their animes are stylish, fresh, new, and redefine what an anime is, what it should be, and what it can be. Sometimes […]

Project #344: The Rising of the Shield Hero Part 2

Hello and Project Nitsuj. Today we’re continuing our look at The Rising of the Shield Hero which has become one of the best animes to come out this year. Last time, we saw Naofumi and party get accused of a crime they didn’t commit and are now on the run from the kingdom and the […]

Project #343: The Rising of the Shield Hero Part 1

Hello and welcome to Project Nitsuj. Here’s a bit of trivia for you. What do Goku, Luffy, Guts, Kirito, Ed, Spike, Yusuke, Natsu, Kenshin, Asta, Kenshiro, Jotaro, Naruto, Mob, Saitama and me have in common? The answer, we don’t use shields. Despite a shield’s primary function being to protect people, authors refuse to give their […]

Project #341: That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime Part 1

(Nitsuj): Hello and welcome to Project Nitsuj. When you think about beginner monsters to fight at the start of a game what’s the one monster that comes to mind, slime. Yep, when it comes to video games particularly RPGs the first monster that the player usually faces is the slime monster. Which is appropriate, they’re […]

Project #340: Batman vs TMNT

Hello and welcome to Project Nitsuj. Guess what, it’s the return of Animation Bang. Man it feels like forever since I’ve done one of these. We all know Marvel has been tearing up the scene with their cinematic universe and having crossovers with their characters, but what about DC? What ambitious crossovers have they been […]

Project #339: Death March Fantasy

Hello and welcome to Project Nitsuj. Over the last few years isekai has been dominating the anime scene. I think it’s safe to say we’re in the middle of the isekai boom just like how we were in a mecha boom back in the 80s and 90s. It’s hard to say when this boom got […]