Another trio of “mini-reviews” of things I sadly missed out of giving proper time to over the past few months, this time a trio of anime! Admittedly as much as I enjoyed the eye candy that was Jujutsu Kaisen’s Culling Game season I doubt my overall review would’ve been that much longer really, given it’s all-action approach…
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So here we are at the end of My Hero Academia’s Final Arc. Due to a lot of the side plots being covered in the previous chunk of episodes this review isn’t going to be super long, especially the pre-spoiler bit, but hey-ho! Let’s take a look at the finale of one of the bigger hits for Shonen Jump in some time.
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While everyone is gearing up for the big final season of My Hero Academia in the autumn Toei decided to drop a new series in the meantime with Vigilantes, which was a spin-off prequel manga than ran alongside the main manga for a lot of its run so it’s not something they pulled out of nowhere, more odd that they chose now to start adapting it right before the main show ends. I wasn’t sure what to make of it at first, the humour was spot on as were some of the comic book caricatures / parodies, but a lot of its run time was very “of the week” which did affect the pace somewhat. Let’s take a closer look!
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We’ve reached the final story arc in My Hero Academia, but due to its length we’re only getting the first half this year, which is fine. Beats the olds ways of filler, anyway! Due to this being a final battle though there isn’t going to be a lot of plot to talk about, instead a lot of action. There are two good dives into the heads of long-recurring villains though, so that’s always fun. Let’s take a look!
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I’m not sure what’s weirder, putting up a review of a currently-airing series just five episodes in or the fact that those five episodes officially include two “story arcs”, but there you go. My Her Academia’s seventh season has kept its strong ties to the manga source material and got to the start of the final arc in record time, which at least means this review won’t take long to write! Let’s take a look…
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My Hero Academia’s sixth season comes to an end with a more laser-focused arc putting the spotlight mainly on our lead protagonist Deku and how the wider world (of Japan) has lost all faith in heroes. It’s a classic heroes journey story but done very well, so let’s take a look.
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The “Paranormal Liberation Arc” (which must sound so weird to those who don’t follow the series…) is where the you-know-what really hits the fan and sets the series on course for its grand finale. You know the heroes journey, things must get really bad in order for their re-rise to be entertaining to follow, and it’s safe to say that at the end of this arc the Japanese super hero community is due for quite the re-rise… Let’s take a look!
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Time to take a look at the just-finished-airing second half of My Hero Academia’s fifth season, adapting the Endeavour Training and Meta Liberation Army arcs. While the first arc had some good moments it’s the latter that really shone, casting light on our lead antagonists and not actually featuring the protagonists at all. “My Villain Academia” indeed! … Let’s take a look!
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After being delayed what seems like 100 times now (I seriously wrote this back in June, I believe…) my review of the Blu-Ray release of My Hero Academia Season 4 Part 2 can be viewed by clicking HERE.
Even the more gentle, comedic arcs have a lot of story value!
Time for my first contemporary My Hero Academia review! Not quite sure why I didn’t cover the previous year’s two stories… maybe I knew I’d be covering the Blu-Ray releases for Anime UK News (which I’m sure I will as well when this season comes around…)? … Well, anyway, “Season 5” kicked off by animating the Joint Training Arc from the Manga, which also features a fair amount of new plot for our main protagonist. Let’s take a look!
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