By Rifuin Na Magonote and Shirotaka. Released in Japan as “Mushoku Tensei – Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu” by Media Factory. Released in North America by Seven Seas. Tranlated by Kevin Frane and Paul [...]
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The Helpful Fox Senko-san 02 Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san 02 世話やきキツネの仙狐さん episode 02 Spoiler Summary/Synopsis Nakano wakes up to go to work, but is exhausted. He wonders if the kitsune visit from the [...]
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Bloom Into You, Vol. 6 | By Nakatani Nio | Seven Seas – The bulk of this volume is the play, and I was very much reminded of the play in the Kare Kano manga, which filled much the same function. We [...]
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As mentioned in the last post, I’m hoping to create some kind of structure to this otherwise on-off blog…you know, something I purposely aim to do outside of the column I write for The OASG. And so [...]
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This episode was not for the faint of heart. Once faced with her past tormentor, Lord Idol Rabier, memories and emotions from Raphtalia’s past start to flow out like water from a spigot. She remembers [...]
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Just like the titular character, Boogiepop Phantom the series has become some sort of urban legend itself in this medium. Its Light Novels are amongst the first Light Novel ever released, dating back [...]
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Coming to Kotobuki, there are lots of aspect that catch my attention: it’s from a famed director Tsutomu Mizushima who can turn the most trashable and genre-able concepts into something intriguing; [...]
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Kemurikusa is your very definition of an overlooked gem, one that never really gain much discussion anywhere, but one that has a distinctive style from an up-and-coming auteur who has full control of [...]
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Earlier today, Kickstarter announced that they’ve entered a business partnership with Japanese publisher Kodansha. In an update on the company’s blog, Kickstarter revealed that they will provide the [...]
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Earlier today, Crunchyroll announced that they will add three titles to their Spring 2019 simulcast lineup. The publisher will stream the following: YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of This [...]
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Besides the famous, well known throughout the world Great Buddha statues, there are quite a few other beautiful statues in Japan. Photographed here is the Daibutsu (Great Buddha) statue of the [...]
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Most anime fans agree that the hardest part of watching anime is the rating process.  You get to the end of the series and you know it was mostly trash...
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The idea for this blog post came to me after reading the lovely Irina’s post, titled: “I Don’t Know Who I Am Anymore… Why My Anime Scores Do Not Represent Me!” During this post Irina discussed why we [...]
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  Everyone in this show is an imbecile. Impressions: Wednesday is void of things to watch, but I have my doubts I'd be able to survive this. I was really hoping we'd be ramping up the weirdness and [...]
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This week's episode seemed more like setup than anything else, but I think it looks promising. The lord character that's introduced in this story seems like a kind of "test run" for Hyakkimaru, [...]
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Six pilots and one mechanic--all female--comprise the Kotobuki Squadron, a spunky and deadly aerial security unit who generally work for Madame LouLou, protecting her zeppelin from air pirates.
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This was another rather peaceful episode for Senko-san. We got another dip into the fox girl’s efforts to bring a bit of peace to Nakano’s life. On top of that though we are getting more hints about [...]
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Farewell to “Lupin III” Creator, Monkey Punch I was sad to hear the news yesterday that the creator of Lupin III, Monkey Punch (real name KATOU Kazuhiko), had passed away on April 11. He was 81 years [...]
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By Shigeru Mizuki. Released in Japan as “Gegege no Kitaro” by Kodansha and Shogakukan, serialized in various magazines. Released in North America by Drawn & Quarterly. Translated by Zack Davisson. [...]
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I was going to start with my review of the second Heaven’s feel movie with this history lesson but when I realized how long it was I decided to make it its own post that I would put up before the [...]
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