Dan Da Dan is a wild ride so far (ep 4)

I have to say that Dan Da Dan is so far a really stand-out anime this season! I've so far watched though episode 4 and it's been a great story with some great characters, humor and excellent animation so far.

The anime is a story about a boy named Orarun who believes in UFOs, UMAs and similar things but denies that Ghosts and Spirits exist and a girl named Momo who believes in Ghosts and Spirits but denies  that UFOs and similar things exit. They both end up with believing that UFOs, Spirits, Ghosts and similar things are real as face adventures against said entities. There is a lot of great character interaction, humor and action as the two face their adventures together.

Besides Crunchyroll this show is available on Hulu

Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything with Low-Level Spells

I’ve been reading the light novel version of “Failure Frame” for some time and have grown to appreciate its story. Naturally, I was excited when the anime adaptation was announced. The anime is produced by Seven Arcs, a studio that, while not a powerhouse, has created some decent anime that I’ve enjoyed.

Overall, I thought the anime wasn’t bad. However, the first five episodes had a distracting tendency to switch back and forth between 2D and 3D character animation during conversation scenes. They also used 3D heavily for the monsters, but that wasn’t nearly as irritating. After the week break following episode 5, they stopped using 3D for simple scenes, and the overall quality seemed to improve.

The story isn’t groundbreaking, but it has enough twists on familiar Isekai tropes to keep it interesting, is essentially it's Touka's story of revenge against the goddess that thew him away.  I’m hoping it will get a second season, as that’s where the story really starts to shine.