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‘Alter Ego’ Early Review Access
Noel’s world is shattering. First the woman she loves, Elena, gets a boyfriend and now Elena’s other best friend is moving to town! It is almost too much…
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Touchstarved (Early Access) Demo Review
TOUCHSTARVED is a gothic horror romance visual novel and debut game from Red Spring Studio: a small indie team made up of veteran game developers from Riot Games, Nix…
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Disney Dreamlight Early Access Review
I’ve played a few hours of the Early Access version of Disney Dreamlight Valley on Xbox One and I’ve played enough to give a solid impression of the…
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Core Keeper (Early Access): This Game Could be the Next Big Timesink
Playing games in Early Access is a natural risk. What’s even riskier is playing a game in Early Access as soon as it drops; in its buggiest, most…
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Dreambound (Early Access) BL Demo Review
Fresh off the release of their fantasy BL visual novel, The Divine Speaker, indie developer Two and a Half Studios is back to bless boys love gamers with…
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Black Skylands: My First Early Access Experience
The idea of playing games in Early Access was always interesting to me. If you don’t know what Early Access is, allow me to define it: basically, you…
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A Good Feel for the Game: Fraymakers Early Access Thoughts
I’ve long wondered what it would look like for a platform fighter to be the Smash Bros. of indie gaming. Over a span of two decades, the Smash…
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Love Shore (Early Access) Demo Review – First Impressions
Set in the cyberpunk city of Love Shore, Sam and Farah attempt to navigate the monstrous underworld in hopes of uncovering the means of saving their friends. Love…
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Danda’s First Impressions: Sun Haven (Early Access – 0.4.2)
I love farm/life sims and relaxing RPGs, but for some reason, Sun Haven, which is both of these, did not attract my attention when it first came out.…
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Dinkum (Early Access): A Farming Sim as Fresh as The Outback
One of the most contradictory genres in videogames is the farming/life sim. In theory, they are wholesome sandbox games with emphasis on relaxing and getting lost in their…
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Mars First Logistics (Early Access): Ragdolling at One Third of Earth’s Gravity!
So, how’s Final Fantasy XVI? I bet everyone in the world is playing it… everyone except me of course. You really think I’m totes poggers enough for a…
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Salty Hounds is now available for Early Access on Steam
After the long wait, Korean studio Topping Palatte has announced that their upcoming RPG-otome game, Salty Hounds is now available through early access on Steam. After an unsuccessful…
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The Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure OVAs: A Bizarre Early Outing
Greetings, fabulous people of the Internet! Hanime on Anime here, and welcome to one bizarre entry in the Jojo franchise! In this second official review of this year’s…
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Yuri Studio Early Access for Okazu Patrons – Top 10 Changes In Yuri From 20 Years of Okazu
Happy 20th Anniversary Okazu! As requested Okazu Patrons, I’ve created a 20th anniversary video for Okazu, talking about the changes in Yuri that I have seen over the…
Venus in the Blind Spot
A collection of horror stories by Junji Ito. Continue reading →
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#MechaMadness: a #MechaMarch2022 Tournament
I’ve been thinking about a way to get a little more audience engagement out of this Mecha March session. Then a simple idea came to my head. What…
Venus Wars
By Andrew Osmond. The feature film Venus Wars has a special nostalgic cachet in Britain and America, at least among fans who are old enough to remember when…
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! – Adventure Awaits!
This is another series I will be reviewing with Karandi over on 100 Word Anime but she wanted to get her solo first impressions out of the way,…
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I Am Future (Early Access): Forever Skies but There’s No Airship and It’s Wholesome
In an industry where games of both the indie and triple-A variety strive to push players further and further to their limits—with an ever-increasing amount of Souls-like, rougelites,…
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Non Non Biyori Nonstop Episode 2: The Maturity of a Champion
Oh how I missed this. It felt like ages.
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Bias in the Anime Music Tournament
The Anime Blog Anime Music Tournament to crown the best anime song of all time has been going on for a while over at and we’ve reached the…
15 Best Tournament Arcs in Anime
While action anime series don’t always lean on them, a good tournament is generally a oft-utilized way to fill some time and establish a distinct ranking of who…
Dragon Ball, Fairy Tail, Megalobox, My Hero Academia, Naruto
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Zombieland Saga: Revenge – 06 – Tae-Tae’s Big Adventure
Ookoba Shinta needs a big scoop to maintain his sanity in Saga, and he can’t quite take his eyes of the group of lookalikes of deceased famous people…
Digimon Adventure 02 THE BEGINNING early theater viewing audio dramas
A translation of the three audio dramas that were distributed during the first three weeks of Digimon Adventure 02 THE BEGINNING's theater run (October 27-November 16, 2023), featuring…
Digimon: Digital Monsters, Digimon: Digital Monsters 02, Digimon Adventure 02 The Beginning
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Venus in the Blind Spot: Some Interesting Ideas
mIn an attempt to give Junji Ito a fair shot after not liking , I looked at what manga I could read through Viz Media access. This one…
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Metallic Rouge Episode 11 Review – Confrontation In Venus
I don’t know what’s going on anymore.
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Oops, All Fights – 13 Anime Series About Fighting in a Tournament
Sometimes plot isn’t all that important to the anime viewer. Sometimes you just want to watch people do cool shit and not think too hard about it. While…
Sekirei, Shaman King, BAKI, Baki the Grappler, KENGAN ASHURA Part I
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The Art of the Tournament Arc
Tournaments have long been a staple of anime, with some legendary arcs conducted in shonen classics like Dragon Ball Z, Yu Yu Hakusho, and Yu-Gi-Oh (which is kind…
The Big O is a Big Hit
After writing for the cult classic, Serial Experiments Lain, Chiaki J. Konaka took to scripting The Big O, a 26-episode mecha series for the premier studio of mecha…
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Beast Tamer (Episode 12) – Champion
The demon who was released by Edgar has flown to the city of Horizon and is planning on having some fun. Rein can’t sit back and watch that…
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The Death of Anime (in Big Boxes)
You think you're so cool with your subscriptions and hard drives full of poorly subtitled Japanese shows, but let me tell you son...no digital file will ever compare…
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Zombie Land Saga Revenge Episode 6: Tae’s Big Adventure
Zombie Land Saga Revenge Episode 6: Yuugiri gave Tae grocery money. Can Tae actually handle shopping on her own? The answer was surprising!
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A Massive Backlog of Manga (Late 2014/Early 2015)
I’ve been busy at my new job and most of my free time has been devoted to gaming, so I haven’t kept up with the blog. Now that…
Okubyou na Venus (1986)
https://nyaa.si/view/1761785 Fansub credits can be found in the link above. Jeez... I didn't realize I haven't updated this blog since lik...
Venus Wars (Vinasu Senki)
Venus Wars (Vinasu Senki) 1989 Post Akira fame, I suspect studios felt that there was definitely room for more futuristic dystopian stories with cool bikes and teen rebellion…
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A Parallel Adventure!
Hey, everyone! For those that enjoy my writings, reviews, and critiques here on my blog, I wanted to inform y’all that I am also embarking on a new…
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The Old “New Cop, Mad Cop” Routine: Early Impressions of Police in a Pod
Will Police in a Pod go ahead and make our day, or is it simply a puff piece on the tough job of being a cop?
The Early History of Falcom
This is a video where I talk about the early history of Nihon Falcom, covering about the first 30 years of their output. I've been a fan of…
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How a sumo tournament led to the downfall of the yakuza
The yakuza, Japan’s infamous organised crime syndicates, have gone into a death spiral in recent years and Jake Adelstein says it is partly due to an incident at…
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Taking a week off
Hey everyone, I am going to be taking a week off to relax and catch up on a few series that I won’t be reviewing. Stuff I already…
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Nerd Culture In The Early 2000s
As a 90s baby and 90s kid, The 2000s was a lot of fun and I thought I’d come in and share my experienced. @animebackwhen https://www.patreon.com/animebackwhen
318 – One Shot 31 – Venus in the Blind Spot
We’re wrapping up October Extravaganza with the master of manga horror himself, Junji Ito! We’re reviewing his latest collection of spooky stories in Venus in the Blind Spot!…
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This Week in Games - Big Names, Big Departures
It's a week of shake-ups in the gaming industry as Platinum Games and Sony see off Hideki Kamiya and Jim Ryan. Plus: CAPCOM president Haruhiro Tsujimoto thinks games…
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The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary
Information for the series The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary. The light novel series is being officially released in English by Seven Seas.
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The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary
The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary is a bit humdrum, but when it does show its hand near the end there's a huge amount of promise in…
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The Tournament Arc
This post is a very long awaited response to Momomanamu’s post at Anime Hanabi regarding their dislike of tournament arcs. If you read through it, it’s a decently…
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Finding A Tasty Adventure in The Snack World
I’ve been enjoying watching The Snack World recently. It’s a show made for children which ties in with Level-5’s (makers of Yokai Watch) latest franchise for Japan. It’s…
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Dragon Half – A Fun Adventure Cut In Half
I’ve thought about this show for a little bit and I don’t have as much to say about it as usual. I mean, this is a short two…
Pick of the Week: Big Big Waves
SEAN: It’s possible I’m not on the same WAVElength as the rest of the group, but I’m going to channel my inner nerd and pick the final (no…