Hello everybody, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. I’ve sadly got a pretty quick Week in Review for you all this week, as I didn’t actually get around to too many films. On the other hand, my house did push through a fair amount of anime, even beyond our continuing voyage through One Piece. I’m still keeping up with My Hero Academia, even if it seems like the world at large has moved through several Next Big Things since then, and we also made a final push through the last peaks of Bleach’s adaptation. Shonen series have basically consumed all the time slots I was previously dedicating to exploring western cartoons and prestige dramas, so while I feel a little guilty that The Wire and The Sopranos and whatnot have to wait, I simply cannot imagine I would be having more fun with them than the Straw Hats at the moment. You guys will get your turn, I just gotta see what Luffy does over the next seven hundred episodes first. In the meantime, here are my scattered weekly thoughts!
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Spring 2021 Season Preview
Oh my god, what the fuck, what week is it? Week eleven of the winter season? Jesus fuck, these preview articles are supposed to go out on week nine, what am I even previewing at this point. The shows aren’t actually out yet, right? Okay, good, we’ve got some time. Great. I’m slipping, but we’ve got some time. We can work with this.
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today, we’ll be turning our eyes towards the spring anime season, as I highlight the productions that most caught my interest. I am admittedly not that much of a seasonal anime watcher at this point – it basically takes something of Wonder Egg Priority’s caliber to truly demand my attention, so I’m not expecting to keep up with all these weekly. What I’m instead pinning down here is simply potential – shows that, through their source material or staff pedigree, seem like they might appeal to someone like me. If you’re looking for the full list of shows and synopses, you can check out anichart for all of that – this list comes pre-narrowed, and will mostly just cover what about each show stuck out to me. Without further ado, let’s preview the god dang spring season!
My Hero Academia, Volume 22 – Review
My reviews of the My Hero Academia manga continue today, though I’m personally far more occupied dealing with the final challenges of preview week. To be honest, I’m mostly linking this review here as an excuse for a general check-in; it’s currently looking like new premieres will be more or less concluded by Sunday, so you can expect my Virtually Every First Episode Retrospective the Monday after that. That’s right, I am TIMELY motherfuckers, and will be back on the Current Projects circuit right after that. In the meantime, this volume of My Hero Academia was great, and I hope you enjoy my review!
Why It Works: Who Defines Justice in My Hero Academia?
This week’s Crunchyroll article returns us to My Hero Academia, as I explore the central question presented by Gentle Criminal’s addition to the narrative. Gentle’s actions aren’t legal, but they’re clearly pursuing a specific ideal of justice – so are heroes ultimately just super-powered shock troopers for the police, or genuine, independent heroes of the people? It’s a question that cape comics have explored all throughout comic history, and I’m delighted to see My Hero Academia expanding its moral scope through the defiantly ambiguous Gentle. Here’s the piece!
Who Defines Justice in My Hero Academia?
Winter 2020 – Week 8 in Review
Hello folks, and welcome back to the Week in Review! I worked through a solid pile of fresh films this week, including a mix of anime tie-ins, strong genre features, and one of 2019’s fan favorites, and I’ve got plenty of thoughts to share with you all. Incidentally, I’d like to thank you all for accepting this season’s shift in Week in Review structure, as from my perspective, it’s been very rewarding to simply write about whatever recent art has actually inspired me, rather than limiting myself to the scope of the current anime season. Anime’s great, but there’s an infinite horizon of art out there, and I plan to explore as much of it as I can. Let’s get to it!
Why It Works: My Hero Academia’s Most Terrifying Team-Ups!
Today I’ve got a pretty silly Why It Works feature, mostly prompted by how much fun the new My Hero Academia movie was. Inspired by that film’s generous spread of 1-A combinations, I took a crack at building my own My Hero Academia teams, along with some light commentary on the general fun of the hero team concept. Here’s the piece!
My Hero Academia’s Most Terrifying Team-Ups!
Why It Works: Not Born to Be a Hero: My Hero Academia and the Road to Greatness
Today I’ve got a fresh My Hero Academia article for you all, largely inspired by the show’s recent provisional license retakes, as well as Mirio and Nighteye’s additions to the story. One of the things that I feel sets MHA apart as a shonen is that in terms of temperament, Midoriya is far removed from the default “shonen protagonist,” who’s generally someone a lot more like Mirio or Yoarashi. Midoriya has to actually work to come off as inspiring, and that plays naturally into My Hero Academia’s framing of heroism itself as a source of inspiration. Anyway, here’s the piece!
Not Born to Be a Hero: My Hero Academia and the Road to Greatness
Why It Works: Let’s Explore the Fundamentals of a Great School Festival Arc!
This week’s Why It Works column is pretty self-explanatory, as I use the convenient approach of My Hero Academia’s school festival arc to talk about why these festivals show up so often in anime, and what they offer to a narrative in a dramatic sense. To someone who’s watched far too much anime like me, school festival arcs are an inherently soothing experience, a comfort zone within the riling experiences of high school. But they serve more of a dramatic purpose than that, and, uh, that’s what this article is about. Here’s my piece!
Let’s Explore the Fundamentals of a Great School Festival Arc!
Fall 2019 – Week 10 in Review
Well folks, it’s just about that time again. Wednesday has arrived once more, and though I’m currently buried under a variety of end-of-year lists and other assorted projects, the ongoing anime season still demands a moment of reflection. The anime was quite good this week, on the whole – My Hero Academia seems to finally be realizing the dramatic potential of the Overhaul arc, while Stars Align and Vinland Saga remained as reliably excellent as ever. There’s plenty to discuss and never enough time, so let’s jump right into another Week in Review!
Fall 2019 – Week 9 in Review
Hello all, and welcome back for another Week in Review! The year’s winding down at this point, meaning I’m grappling with a variety of year-end summaries and lists and whatnot, and am happy to report it’s been a pretty solid year in anime. I believe Mob Psycho 100, Carole & Tuesday, and Stars Align are currently wrestling for the top of my annual listings, but there’s a fair number of other fine contenders as well, and I still need to find the time to finish off overlooked shows like O Maidens. Meanwhile, this season’s own airing anime continued in its reliable fashion, as My Hero Academia at last entered the punchy part of its new arc, as Vinland Saga put the breaks on its own relative punchiness. There’s plenty to discuss and never enough time to do it, so let’s dive into another Week in Anime!