All tagged fall 2020

Kamitachi ni Hirowareta Otoko (By the Grace of the Gods) Review – An Above-Average Isekai with a Big Heart

When overworked and beaten down salaryman Ryouma Takebayashi unexpectedly perishes in his own home, he finds himself sitting at a tea table with the three gods of the universe. Because he suffered so much in his previous life, they decide to reincarnate him as a young boy in a peaceful fantasy world so he can relax and enjoy himself to his heart’s content. And thus, Ryouma begins his new path – raising different types of slimes, making friends with a local duke’s family, starting a laundry service, and generally having a much better time than he was before. It’s certainly a charming premise for an iyashikei isekai anime, but how does By the Grace of the Gods actually hold up as a complete show? Let’s gather our slimes and take a closer look!

Best Anime of Fall 2020 - Mystery, Fantasy, Action, and Romance!

As another season of anime draws to a close, we must briefly hold back the hype train for the next season to discuss the best shows from this one. Fall 2020 was pretty stacked with stellar anime, from long-anticipated sequels to adaptations of rising star manga series to fresh original shows that kept us guessing at every turn. So, please join us as we take a look back at the best anime of Fall 2020!

[Isekai Battle!] Ryouma (By the Grace of the Gods) vs Genzou (Kemono Michi: Rise Up!) - Who Improved Their Fantasy World the Most?

Not all isekai protagonists have to depose tyrannical kings or rescue royals in order to have a positive impact on the fantasy world they’re transported to – some folks just open a useful shop or introduce a few key elements from modern society that make life easier. Such is the case with Ryouma Takebayashi from Fall 2020’s By the Grace of the Gods and Genzou Shibata from Fall 2019’s Kemono Michi! Rise Up, both of whom take a peaceful and (mostly) well thought out approach to spreading happiness in their respective isekai worlds. But who improved their new home the most? Let’s take a closer look at their strategies and see who the biggest benefactor to Generic JRPG-Topia really is!

5 Underrated 2020 Anime You May Have Missed

Considering everything that’s happened this year to put us in a constant state of mind-numbing dissociative stress, you can’t be blamed for missing out on some new anime – especially since the lockdowns in early spring caused many delays and cancellations that threw the seasonal schedules out of whack. So here are some of our favorite 2020 anime that you may have missed the first time around. They’re sure to provide some much-needed escapism so you can momentarily forget about the real life grimdark storyline we’re existing in right now!

3 Post-Apocalyptic Anime Better Than Gibiate

Summer 2020’s Gibiate is a fetid pile of month-old fish skeletons and rotten eggs, as anyone who sacrificed even a moment of their life watching it already knows painfully well. It’s the lowest ranked full length anime series on MyAnimeList.net with a whopping 3.94 out of 10 at time of writing, which is especially heinous because the minds behind this project consisted of such luminaries as Yuzo Koshiro (composer for the Streets of Rage series, among others), the Yoshida Brothers (world-renowned shamisen players), and even Yoshitaka Amano (character designer/illustrator for the Final Fantasy series).

6 Anime Like Munou na Nana (Talentless Nana)

Fall 2020’s underdog hit Talentless Nana is a dark deconstruction of the superhero/magical school genre, particularly lasering its sights on My Hero Academia with its art style and worldbuilding. It takes place at a school on a secluded island, where teens with genetic superpowers called Talents are trained to fight against the mysterious “enemies of humanity” – little do they know, though, that they’ve actually been sent to the island to be covertly killed by an undercover agent named Nana Hiiragi before they can potentially wreak havoc on the Talentless masses.