The dream girl isn't just a dream girl: Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!
Kazuhiro Kitase's dreams have always been unusual. He travels to a fantasy world, where he can see amazing things and meet interesting people, including Mariabelle, an elf sorceress. Then he discovers that he can take Mariabelle with him when he wakes up. She discovers a world of technology and flavor that she's never imagined.

Reverse isekai has been done, but I've never seen it be so adorable.

Not the usual fast draw: Zenshu
Natsuko Hirose set her course from a single experience: the anime A Tale of Perishing. It wasn't very popular, and it's implied that it was one of those stories where all the heroes die, but it didn't matter to her. What mattered was that for the first time, she realized that people created anime.

Her first film is a success, her second has become a struggle. Then she eats some bad clams and collapses on the studio floor. When she wakes up, she's in the middle of A Tale of Perishing. She knows the plot, and she desperately wants to change it...at which point she discovers her isekai cheat power is to animate something that can save the day, doing three days of work in roughly thirty seconds.

I'm in for Natsuko's experience, which I suspect will give her the inspiration she needs for her second film, but when I notice that the artwork is impressive, that's saying something. And I think the artwork here is impressive.

I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time

No joking summary for this one, because the title says it all.

Alina Clover wants a steady paycheck, a good night's sleep in her own bed, and a solid retirement plan more than anything. Unfortunately, every time a boss monster isn't taken down promptly, it generates mana that spawns more monsters, and if they aren't eliminated in short order...well. It just snowballs, and the Adventurer's Guild paperwork piles up, turning Alina's life into overtime hell.

And that's when the mysterious adventurer who has been dubbed "The Executioner" shows up, kills the boss monster to death, and vanishes into the night. Alina doesn't know anything about this, of course. Really.

I haven't noticed whether the animation is anything special in the episodes, but that's because the opening credits are so stunning, I wonder where they found the budget for it.

Dead or alive, you're staying in this hotel: Tasokare Hotel

Tasokare Hotel exists in the twilight between life and death. Its guests arrive with lost memories, and must search the room they are given to find clues to who they were. Eventually, they decide if they're alive or dead, and leave the hotel.

Tsukahara Neko is the latest arrival, an idol fan who decides that helping the guests is more intriguing than finding her memories are. The guests' stories are intriguing, as is Neko's curious past.

In a real-world oddity, it's available on YouTube.

So, what're you watching?

Peter Eng
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