Karen's Anime Blog
Because there's always time for more anime
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- About Downtime, Part 2
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- This Week in Anime: August 10, 2025
- Clevatess Episode Six
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Tag: fantasy
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We seem to be in the middle of a witch boom. We’ve got Witch Watch (great show by the way), Maebashi Witches and Once Upon a Witch’s Death from last season, and Secrets of the Silent Witch for summer. I’m a big fantasy reader, so this is relevant to my interests. So far, this show…
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It’s easy to write about something that’s either really good or really bad. Stories that are wonderful or terrible bring out passion, and passion makes for good writing- hopefully, anyway! So I’m sitting here with The Water Magician, which is fine but doesn’t wow me, and I’m having trouble figuring out how to talk about…
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I loved Restaurant to Another World from a while back, so I’m excited for another fantasy restaurant show. So far, Welcome to the Outcast’s Restaurant doesn’t seem very food-focused, but I’ll take what I can get; the other food show this season, Fermat no Ryouri, isn’t licensed yet. This show uses a couple of tropes…
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I’m a sucker for anything about a baby. Call it nature doing it’s thing, but whenever I see a little baby on film, animated or not, I turn into a pile of goo. However, I’m not so keen on violence and gore. What then do I do about Clevatess, an anime featuring a baby that…
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True story: I was catching up on season one of Reborn as a Vending Machine when my daughter came into the room. I thought, “Should I turn it off and put on something more kid-friendly? Nah it’s just Vending Machine, it’s not really objectionable.” Within one minute, Boxxo began selling condoms. Thanks Boxxo! I’m getting…
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Sometimes, I enjoy trashy shows that don’t appear to have much redeeming value; In fact, I may be the only person who enjoyed Astralotte’s Toy who is not on some kind of government watchlist. Because of this, I decided to give Duke’s Daughter a try, even though from all appearances it’s…well…entertainment for men who like…
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