Much as I ve been loving
Those Snow White Notes, I ll admit I was getting worried that it was becoming reliant on formula, building each episode around a new shamisen performance and letting its story ride on those exquisite sequences rather than putting in the legwork for a full story. Thankfully this week proves the show can break formula without losing steam, both by eschewing a central performance and delivering a brand new opening!
Yep, somehow 6 episodes in we ve been given a new OP in both song and visuals, seemingly to mark this new part of Setsu s musical journey. While I will miss “Blizzard” and its wonderful mix of modern rock with shamisen spark, “Ginsekai” is still a banger courtesy of
With our introductory arc concluded, it s time for
Those Snow White Notes to dig into that most classic of anime premises: the school club! Last week our high school cast agreed to formally join the club, but of course that only accounts for 4 members, and every anime knows you need 5 to form a school club! So it s time to spend an episode or two recruiting a new member to- wait, what s that? Rai from last episode goes to their school? And he just joins immediately because he s been established enough that we don t need to convince him to join as an introduction? Well then. Say what you will about this show s expedient pacing, it doesn t waste your time.
The best shows as rated by ANN s critics in the Preview Guide. We watched everything available to stream and these are the series that rose to the top!
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The Best Crunchyroll Spring 2021 Anime Series
by Lynzee Loveridge,
Apr 29th 2021
Every three months close to 40 new anime series are released into the wild in hopes of finding their audience. This season is
packed with stellar anime vying for your attention. The Spring 2021 Preview Guide was proof enough with multiple series garnering near-perfect scores. If you re like me, there just isn t enough time in the week to watch absolutely everything and its
We ve all had some piece of art that spoke to us, pulled some emotion out of us that we maybe didn t entirely understand; whether it be music, illustration, writing, or anything else in the wide world of human creativity. And that s where this series has proven to be magical.