Irregular Reconnaissance

Irregular Reconnaissance: Anime #46

It makes Game of Thrones look kind. This is not like any other Devilman titles you might have seen.

Murder mysteries, vampire reigns and islands that float through a sea of sand. Let's see what the scout reports make of all that.

The goal is to summarise down to a single decision - is this anime a recommendation or not?

You can use the column to research new anime to watch or do a little bit of research before committing to a few episodes.

Are there any shows you've given the thumbs up or thumbs down on recently?

We deal with the thorny issue of sexy bunny costumes as inappropriate library clothes and think back to the year 2000 era spookfest called Boogiepop.

This collection of anime range from "Avoid -- too weird" to "hit of the summer".

Some anime shows start off well but then nosedive towards nonsense or rush to get the story told before the series ends.

The genre seems to be full of great undiscovered titles, and that is a terrible shame.

It can be hard to judge animes as the opening episode does not always set the mood and the tone for what follows.