Hello dear readers and thanks for joining me here at Shoot the Rookie! After a longer than planned break, I am glad to be back writing again and my first post of 2026 is no small undertaking. In today’s post I will be reviewing the massive anime series that is My Hero Academia. Why not join me to find out what I thought and if I’d recommend it to others.
Continue reading “The Rookie Watches… My Hero Academia”The Rookie Watches… A3!
Hello dear readers and thanks for joining me here at Shoot the Rookie! Today on the blog I am reviewing another anime for my The Rookie Watches… series, in which I take an in-depth look at an anime I’ve finished watching recently. In this post I am taking a look at A3! So why not join me to find out more about this fun, theatre-based anime.
Continue reading “The Rookie Watches… A3!”Scotland Loves Anime 2025
Hello dear readers and thanks for joining me here at Shoot the Rookie! Today on the blog I am reviewing the films I saw at the recent Scotland Loves Anime film festival here in my home city of Glasgow. Why not join me to find out more about the weird and wonderful films that were on show.
Continue reading “Scotland Loves Anime 2025”One Shot Anime Party – September 2025
Hello dear readers and thanks for joining me here at Shoot the Rookie. Today’s post is the latest entry in my occasional blog series, the One Shot Anime Party. This means that I will be talking about a whole lot of different anime, so come join me to find out more, and perhaps discover your new favourite show!
Continue reading “One Shot Anime Party – September 2025”Shoot from the Hip: Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba: Infinity Castle
Hello dear readers and thanks for joining me here at Shoot the Rookie! Today’s post is another in my semi-regular blog series, Shoot from the Hip, in which I take a short, sharp, spoiler-free look at something I’ve watched or played recently. Today I am writing about the anime movie Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba: Infinity Castle, so why not join me to find out what I thought and whether or not you should go see it too!
Continue reading “Shoot from the Hip: Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba: Infinity Castle”The Rookie Watches… Sasaki and Miyano
Hello dear readers and thanks for joining me here at Shoot the Rookie. Today’s post is one in my review series, The Rookie Watches, in which I take an in-depth but spoiler free look at an anime series I’ve watched recently. Today I am talking about Sasaki and Miyano, so why not join me to find out more!
Continue reading “The Rookie Watches… Sasaki and Miyano”My Top Songs from Paradox Live
Hello dear readers and thanks for joining me here at Shoot the Rookie. In today’s post I am revisiting the Paradox Live universe but this time around I’m only talking about the music. Why not join me to find out more and maybe discover a new favourite track!
Continue reading “My Top Songs from Paradox Live”The Rookie Watches… Bocchi the Rock!
Hello dear readers and thanks for joining me here at Shoot the Rookie! Today’s post is another review of an anime I’ve finished recently, and this time I’ll be talking about Bocchi the Rock! Why not join me to learn more about this fun, music-driven show?
Continue reading “The Rookie Watches… Bocchi the Rock!”The Rookie Watches… Paradox Live: The Animation
Hello dear readers and thanks for joining me here at Shoot the Rookie. Today’s post is another in my The Rookie Watches series in which I take an in-depth, spoiler-free look at an anime I’ve finished watching recently. Today I’m going to be talking about Paradox Live: The Animation, so why not join me to find out what I thought and see if it sounds like something you would watch!
Continue reading “The Rookie Watches… Paradox Live: The Animation”One-Shot Anime Party, May 2025
Hello dear readers and thanks for joining me here at Shoot the Rookie! For today’s post I am returning to an old blog-series of mine, the One-Shot Anime Party, where I take a look at the first episodes of a bunch of animes and tell you what I thought of them. Come join me to see what I’ve been watching this time around!
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