One Star

One Star, called Une Etoile in its French version, turns well-loved anime into grumpy one-star reviews. In one, a reviewer signing as traumatised_firefighter complains that people spontaneously turn into creatures of fire and that firefighters have become combat soldiers. The joke is that the review describes the show accurately while missing the point, and you have to name the work.

You get five guesses. Type the title in the answer box; the autocomplete accepts French, English or Japanese titles. Each wrong guess, or a skip, reveals the next review as an extra clue, and on guesses 3 and 4 the year and genre of the work also appear.

A new numbered puzzle drops every day at midnight Paris time, the same for everyone. Each weekday has a theme: easy mainstream on Monday, shonen and action on Tuesday, animated films on Wednesday, recent anime from 2019 on Thursday, cult classics from the 90s and 2000s on Friday, niche and seinen titles on Saturday, and slice of life, sports and romance on Sunday.

The site is run on a non-professional basis by bonustage and has been publishing since 27 July 2026. Every review is an original parody written by the site's author, not a real review. Past days can be replayed from the archive without counting toward your stats, and a stats panel keeps your wins, guess distribution and streak, with streak freezes in reserve. At the end you can copy or share a row of red squares and a star, or send a friend a challenge link. There are no ads and no sign-up.

It suits anime fans who like reading between the lines: the reviews reward knowing plots, not just titles, and the weekday themes make Monday the gentlest day and Saturday the hardest.