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Magic Knight Rayearth: What a Magical Twist!
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Ten Years Ago on a Cold Dark Night...
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Black Clover Chapter 325 Review – A Dark, Starry Night
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OSMcast: The Dark Knight 8-01-2008
We’re rollin’ into the month of August with Christopher Nolan’s latest take on the Batman, The Dark Knight. And more! OSMnotes First off, you can now see Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along…
Fired Dark Knight #01 — Cheat Powers Included
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Lycoris Recoil Episode 10: Not The Dark Knight
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Anime for Halloween Night!
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After Dark 31: Night of the Giving Head
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A Dark Portent
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Shadowverse 6: Dark Night of the Existential Card Player
Shadowverse is an epic game. The art is amazing (see the Mono card at the top of this post, for instance). It’s too bad, if understandable, that the…
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Spooktacular Anime for Halloween Night!
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Call of the Night: Let’s Call It a Night!
Greetings, fabulous people of the Internet! Hanime on Anime here, and was this really one of the most talked about anime of the summer season? I have a…
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Chivalry of a Failed Knight (Season One)
Ikki has the lowest magical rating in the school’s history and the organisation controlled by his family is determined to see that he fails. He finally gets a…
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Iron Knight
After a great start did Iron Knight keep it up or have a meltdown? Inspired by Berserk we discuss Tomohiro Yagi’s Shonen Jump manga Iron Knight. This…
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Iron Knight
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6 Japanese Films Perfect For Girls’ Night
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"What a Blur"
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Shadow House: A Dark, Gothic Fairytale
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A Night Of Flamenco At Tokyo American Club’s First Embassy Night
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Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night Episode 5: Sparks of Light and Dark
Time to go back to where it all began. You will know what I mean soon enough.
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Call of the Night Review — A-
A boy wanders around town at night.
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What I’m Watching For Spring 2023
Konnichiwa, my readers! I’m finally done covering episode reviews from Winter 2023, so it’s time to move on to the current season of Spring 2023. There are many…
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What I’m Watching for Winter 2024
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Be careful what you wish for…
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Be careful what you wish for…
When a low class samurai named Ichirui Hanri agrees to sell his soul to Sudama, a beautiful demoness, for three wishes, she whisks him out of the castle…
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What 'Sesame Street' Did for Animation
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This NEW Anime is a DARK FANTASY...
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Vinland Saga S2 – 19 – A Dark Wood
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