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Scar on the Praeter
I'm going to stick with the assumption that no rational person would seek out an entry of the GoHands Cinematic Universe without the incentive of monetary compensation.
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Scar on the Praeter – Episode 1
Kai Yamato is trying to make a living for himself and his little brother in the chaotic Tokyo Akatsuki Special Ward.
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Scar on the Praeter: AniTAY First Impressions
I know Go Hands has a bad reputation, thanks to Hand Shakers and W’Z, but I seriously love the K Project franchise so I came into Scar on…
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Maybe #3 (Wonder Egg Priority, Back Arrow, Kemono Jihen and Scar on the Praeter)
Quite similar to my ‘Abandoned’ posts here’s a new ‘Maybe’ entry – and again I’m using it to mention a few seasonal shows that I’ve tried out and…
BACK ARROW, Kemono Jihen, Scar on the Praeter, WONDER EGG PRIORITY
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Like Magneto, Scar In Fullmetal Alchemist Was Right
Anti-hero or villain? Scar and Magneto present evidence for either interpretation.
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NRN 5 - Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar (2022)
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Haibane Renmei – 7 [Scar/Illness/Arrival of Winter] – Throwback Thursday
Welcome back everyone to another episode of Haibane Renmei! This post accidentally got deleted so I had to rewrite it, so apologies for being slightly late. Last week…
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Tune of the Week(ish): Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War’s Scar
Bleach did many things weird, but it always, always had fucking amazing music. This is no exception. The tune of the week is the first opening to the…
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Please, Please Don’t Watch Scar on the Praeter (or, Writing a Scathing Review of Ex-Arm Would Have Been So Much Easier)
After five or so years of working on projects as part of The Backloggers, I think I can, with full confidence, say that I’m cursed. When you hear…
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Ramble On, Youngin’, Ramble On.
Contrary to what this picture suggests, this post won’t be about drugs or anime characters on drugs (unfortunate, I know).
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Attack on Titan Marches On
Attack on Titan is a pretty cool guy. In this video we overview the story up to the start of Season 4 Part 2 (lmao) and lay out…
Attack on Titan Concludes on Crunchyroll
Remember remember the 5th of November as that's when Attack on Titan Final Season The Final Chapters Special 2 will be arriving on Crunchyro...
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On Hiatus!
Just a little reminder – currently on hiatus until… September-ish? I’ll keep you guys posted as I can. See you around the blog-o-sphere!
On Originality
In the continuing cycle of drama chain reactions, after reading Pontifus’s response to Martin’s post regarding K-ON!!, I discovered that somehow Pontifus has invaded my brain and sucked…
On Animation
These are mostly some personal views and experiences, you are welcome to read but don’t hold high expectations. In the last 2 years or so I didn’t watch…
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On rewatching.
Although naïve, I’ve always felt that rewatching an anime would be rather pointless as the options are manifold and making time to watch everything I’d planned on is…
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On Waifus
Well, I can’t just talk about husbandos, and not talk about the better halves. It just wouldn’t be right. I also just happen to like follow ups because…
Step On
Author: Ukari (translated with author’s permission, please visit their website to see the original Japanese works!) To say here is far, The post Step On first appeared on Kowabana.
On Husbandos
I’ll just jump on the bandwagon late. Something as universal as ‘Husbandos’ doesn’t really trend. It just exists, and occasionally is brought to the forefront when a truly…
Phoenix Talks Pop Culture Japan
Naruto, Tokyo Babylon, Toward the Terra, Toward the Terra, BABYLON
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K-On!
I thought I would take a break from some of the long-running anime I’m catching up on and whatnot, to watch something a bit more fluffy looking, easy,…
On Catechisms
In this post, I want to discuss what I think are the three Catholic catechisms most easily accessible to Americans. A catechism is a summary of principles or…
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Thoughts on the Attack on Titan Finale
I’m not planning on making another proper Attack on Titan analysis for at least a little bit, but it's actually over this time and some pretty big stuff…
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The Road Goes Ever On and On
Four weeks ago, bear informed me that he would be retiring from anime blogging. With that knowledge, I had to make the decision whether to try to keep…
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Thoughts on K-On! Shuffle Volume 1
K-On! Shuffle is a spin-off of K-On!, both written and illustrated by kakifly. It focuses on a new group of characters, who are inspired to start a band…
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Thoughts on catching up on One Piece
I can’t believe it, guys. It has been year or possibly more since I started reading One Piece and I caught up somehow. The journey has been very…
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Witch on the Holy Night Released on Steam!
Wow, the perfect visual novel for December! TYPE-MOON’s highly acclaimed visual novel, Witch on the Holy Night (also known as Mahoutsukai no Yoru or Mahoyo), is now out…
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Brief Thoughts On: Night on the Galactic Railroad
I tried to stay open-minded about it, but Night on the Galactic Railroad never recaptured my interest from there.
AVAHS – Brandy and Mr. Whiskers: On Whiskers, On Lola, On Cheryl and Meryl Review
Plot: Brandy schemes to have Santa take her back to Florida on Christmas. Breakdown: Brandy and Mr. Whiskers was one of those shows I was definitely aware of…
DITB on A3000
Anthony and myself appear on the new episode of one of Anime 3000’s many podcasts (A3K Panel) to scratch the surface of UK anime fandom with host Sean…
On HakoMari v4
The cover. Hi there twitties. It’s unfinished business time: since I recently gave the third volume of HakoMari a spin, it makes sense to also read the fourth…
On Hiatus...again...
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K-ON! Revisited
I watched K-ON! years ago and then sort of forgot about it. I revisit the classic after years have past to see how I like it now!
Totoro on Stage
By Helen McCarthy. I’ve seen a Catbus live onstage not twenty feet away. I’ve watched Totoro fly over the heads of a packed audience, all gasping, laughing, cheering…
Yuri!!! on Ice
We’re back for anther January podcast with perhaps the best anime of 2016 (check in on our...
Totoro on Stage
By Helen McCarthy. When the Barbican and the Royal Shakespeare Company announced the stage adaptation of My Neighbour Totoro, with a new orchestration of Joe Hisaishi’s iconic score…
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Ju-on: Origins
(This is one of the ones I watch so that you don’t have to, folks. Spoilers ahead.) Against all odds, I still hold out hope for Japanese horror—that…
Thoughts on Dorohedoro
When you go into an anime adapted from a manga with an average score in the Top 100 on MyAnimeList’s database, high expectations are inevitable. Dorohedoro, to be…
Now on Twitter
As part of the ongoing effort to keep myself from losing momentum in my study, I now have a Twitter account. The pressure of having more places to…
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Thoughts On: Bubble
In my yearly wrap up post of 2021, I mentioned Bubble in my Looking forward to in 2022 category. To quote the me of old, “I’m 90% sure…
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Who’s On “First”?
I have often stated that they will do an anime on practically anything, so I was surprised to see a College Bowl caliber of show, where brains and…
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On De-platforming
As someone who has traditionally valued online discussion, I’ve long believed that de-platforming is something of an extreme measure. However, as multiple social media platforms have banned Donald…
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Backpedaling on Characterization
Why not just skip all that tough characterization stuff so you can get to the good part earlier?
Takahata on Miyazaki
By Andrew Osmond. In 2008, The New Yorker ran an epic article on Hayao Miyazaki to accompany the release of Howl’s Moving Castle. Beautifully written by Margaret Talbot,…
Acting On It
Animes about the arts are a high abundance genre. Having just completed one about rakugo, I was interested in kabuki. I do not know if this is the…
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Castlevania on Netflix
Happy Halloween! For tricks this year, I found myself watching Castlevania, streaming on Netflix, because we all know how much I love vampire stories. ^_^ The descendants of…
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On Survival Anime
Recently, I finished High-Rise Invasion on Netflix. Netflix has some great anime, though certain other programs with blasphemous depictions of Christ make it hard to recommend the service.…
On HakoMari v3
The cover. Hi twitties. It’s time to come back to everybody’s favorite light novel series, One Trendy Storytelling Trick a Volume. And by that I mean HakoMari –…
On Mavar Nendaiki
The cover. Right now, when I google “Mavar Nendaiki” (not マヴァール年代記), I get exactly *two* results. Looks like a task for Bednorz and his Weeablogue. Mavar Nendaiki (The…