With psgels.net likely vanishing into the ether soon, some of the authors got together to say a short goodbye. Most of it has already been covered in the other posts, but here are some final thoughts as we bid adieu to psgels and hello to starcrossedanime.com! Make sure to join us at the new starcrossedanime.come Mario: Okay, where to start? I came across psgels.net around 2010 or 2011, in the midst of my movie craze (guess uni life with too much time and money does shape a person’s hobby in one way or another, huh?). This was the time where was really into KyoAni, and I would check every a ..read more

Click the image above to be taken to our new site: starcrossedanime.com! We’ll have a more formal goodbye post up here soon, but all future episode and series reviews will be posted exclusively at Star Crossed Anime. All 14 years of the site’s historical content have been ported over, as well. Lenlo, Amun, and Aidan worked their tails off setting up the new site, so head on over and give them a shout! (We anticipate that psgels.net will be inaccessible starting in early December. For more information about why we made the move, click here.) The post Psgels.net Has Moved! appeared first on Sta ..read more

Moving past the action-packed conclusion of the Gubernatorial elections case, Psycho-Pass 3 goes for a dialogue-heavy episode in preparation of whatever its decides to do for the last three episodes. There was a lot of new ideas and faces being introduced here and I had a little trouble keeping names and beliefs from jumbling altogether. Nevertheless, the main idea that Azusawa, under the guidance of Bifrost, contacts the three cult leaders for the next phase of the plan. Shinogi provides the medical drone, Auma supplies the explosives and Aschenbach brainwashes the bomber through his dru ..read more

Another week, another episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion, possibly the last one before the site move. A nice dash for finality, I think. As this week Evangelion continues to explore Shinji’s mental state, what living in this world is like, and a dash of exposition. Lets dive in! Starting off, this was the first episode of Evangelion to not wow me. Don’t get me wrong, it looked fine, but compared to the first two it was pretty static. For instance we saw the general 90’s explosions of simple circles overlaid onto the object itself. Or the same repeating image of the Angel in the fight at t ..read more

I’ve positively loved the last five episodes of Chihayafuru’s third season, so I don’t derive any pleasure from saying that I kind of hated this one. “The Storm Blasts,” in my eyes, makes an unwise narrative choice to achieve a convenient result, and creates a minefield of non-credibility for itself going forward. Though it’s this episode I’ll be criticizing here, Madhouse’s adaptation is perfectly faithful to Suetsugu-sensei’s manga, so her plotting is the thing that actually troubles me. The mechanical aspects of the anime are great, as usual, but the issue of Chihaya attending her clas ..read more

Sibyl isn’t everything but episode four has me nearly convinced with its balance of investigation, action, and social commentary that it is on par with the first season of Psycho-Pass. Wrapping up this case answers the case’s immediate questions like what makes Komina tick, but only more questions crop up like who is the First Inspector and what is Bifrost’s ultimate goal. With the season already half over, its beg the question of how they intend to wrap up all the plot points from this and previous seasons. With Yaoyi not being overbearing in her cameo appearance, the MWPSB do all the he ..read more

Ah it’s good to be back after a weeks break, as Vinland Saga gives us another fantastic episode. This week sees Thorfinn fight for Askeladd’s life. Meanwhile Canute kills the boy so that the man may live. Lot’s to talk about, so let’s dive in! Starting off, I have to comment on how Vinland Saga looked this week. It was downright fantastic, both in terms of animation and style. For the first bit we of course had Thorfinn vs Thorkell, with some Bjorn on the side. There is a lot to love here and only so much space, so lets rattle some off. There was the use of slow motion throughout the figh ..read more

Oh Fire Force.  Every episode it seems you do 5 things right…and three things wrong.  Every single one is on the verge of greatness, but very few cross over.  Let’s take a look! By the way, I’ve really enjoyed the little popup show at the front of the episodes as a means for world building.  While I think it’s a little lazy, it also allows the show to focus on the breadwinners – action and comedy. So what I liked here: First, Hibana is a treat.  I think her character has stayed consistent, and we see her clear fighting strengths…coupled with personal weakness.  The fact that this is cont ..read more

We’re here with a double header for My Hero Academia, with one pretty important episode…and one filler.  Let’s go! Important things first: MHA is at its best when All Might and Midoriya are onscreen together.  To me, my favorite dynamic is how the world (and Midoriya) is inspired by All Might, but Midoriya is one of few to inspire the Symbol of Peace to “go beyond.”  And that’s probably the strongest trait of Midoriya – he may not delight the masses, but he’s touched one, very tough hero.  I’ve said it before – MHA is something of an exploration between Japanese and American methodologie ..read more

Hello all, to this double feature of Dr.STONE, as this lazy bones plays catch up. Apologies for missing last week, but a combination of factors made getting the post up in time… difficult. Enough excuses though, onto the episodes! Starting off, since I missed two episodes, let’s talk about the production for a second. As in these two episodes we saw both what Dr.STONE does poorly, and what it does really well. For the first, the obvious answer is of course action. Quick, fluid movements, simply don’t play well with Dr.STONE’s visual style. Nor does it really fit the series itself. For as ..read more