All tagged spring 2020
The long-awaited reboot of Fruits Basket has finally moved on from retelling the opening arcs in a more manga-faithful fashion to adapting material that’s never before been seen outside the pages of Natsuki Takaya’s classic shoujo manga. The second season recently finished its first cour, so let’s check in on what’s been happening in the world of Fruits Basket!
This largely overlooked Spring 2020 anime follows fictionalized versions of Meiji-era poet Takuboku Ishikawa and his long-suffering linguist friend Kyousuke Kindaichi as they solve mysteries together and get along like two toxic boyfriends who have nobody else to bother but each other. The jazzy OP is a certified slapper and the pastel animation is consistently charming, but what about the story itself? Let’s see if this literature-infused mystery show deserves more attention than it got.
Tower of God represents a shift in the anime landscape – it’s the first big-budget, heavily-promoted anime to adapt a Korean manhua, in this case, a webcomic from the popular site WEBTOON. We’ve had foreign co-productions before (such as Radiant from France) and China has its own small animation scene, but Tower of God wants to prove to the world that anime isn’t just “Japanese cartoons” anymore. So, did this show achieve the lofty goals it set out for itself? Let’s find out!
The Spring 2020 slice-of-life comedy/occasional heartbreaking drama Kakushigoto is all about miscommunication and keeping secrets. It’s right there in the OP’s lyrics: “The only thing we awkwardly have in common is that we can’t be honest with each other.” Hence, this show is packed with scenes where the characters think they’re discussing the same topic, but actually have entirely different subjects in mind (such as when Kakushi talks about how cute his daughter Hime is to her teacher, who thinks he’s trying to flirt with her). Let’s talk about the art of the anti-conversation in Kakushigoto!
As much as we all like to joke about “Truck-kun” sending every isekai protagonist on their magical reincarnation journey with one convenient crash, the reality of the situation is that an innocent person tragically died at a young age. While they’re busy having the time of their life as an overpowered protagonist in a fantasy world, their friends and family are left to mourn their death without so much as a goodbye. Most isekai anime just flat out ignore this aspect or say that the protagonist was a shut-in nerd with no friends, but we’re here today to discuss one of the few shows that actually do address the world left behind – Spring 2020’s My Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom. Let’s get started!
Spring 2020 is filled with excellent anime, and luckily, many of them are available in both sub and dub on Funimation’s website. Let’s check out some of the best shows from this season that you can easily watch with just a few clicks and a Funimation subscription!
