Hiding your humanity is a tough job when you’re surrounded by demons in a new series, now streaming on Crunchyroll.
Summer 2024 began Thursday, June 20, which also marked the launch of Anime Summer 2024, and a subsequent onslaught of shows. In the U.S., where I reside, I have subscriptions to Crunchyroll, which simulcasts many shows that debut on Japanese television networks weekly (29 are due this summer), as well as Netflix, which produces a number of its own shows and tends to drop entire seasons at once. By no means am I an expert on anime, but I am an enthusiast. What I bring here are short reviews of the first season of shows that I am sampling; I’ll leave the second seasons alone for now. A few shows will be added to my watchlist, but after 20 years of sampling, and sometimes devotedly…
Derek takes a job at a tech firm, developing an AI sex doll named Susan. As he explores the boundaries of desire, pleasure, and pain with Susan, he confronts profound questions about humanity in an uncertain future.
An apocalyptic mystery action-thriller defies. What more do you need?
Trapped between a madman seeking revenge and a skin-stealing monster, a married couple must find the strength to fight and make it out of the woods alive.
Director Tarsem Singh Dhandwar departs from his renowned visual opulence to explore a true crime story deeply rooted in the cultural fabric of Punjab in his latest cinematic venture.
A group of college friends rent an Airbnb for the biggest music festival of the year. A weekend of partying quickly takes a turn, as the group is murdered one by one, according to their sin.
Professional golf is for kids, evidently. At least one kid, in a new Netflix series adaptation of Nakaba Suzuki’s manga.
A household robot gets more loving than it should in a new comic series, now streaming on Crunchyroll.
KiKi Layne and Thomas Doherty star in writer/director Nicole Riegel’s dextrous, musically-themed film.