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Episode 818: Don’t Toy with Oooku, Miss Chambers

This week on Anime Pulse we got a long walk, no news, and inner chambers. Up First Joseph went for a long ass walk and talks about the…

Anime Pulse

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Oooku – 10 (End) and Series Review

As good fantasy often does, Oooku uses the pretext of its premise to shed light on reality in ways a less fanciful series would struggle to do. Read…

Lost in Anime

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Oooku – 09

Kasuga is lucky that Arikoto is as kind as he is, but that applies to pretty much everybody. Read more

Lost in Anime

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Oooku – 08

One of the things that stands out to me about Oooku is how much is plays like a historical reenactment. Read more

Lost in Anime

Oooku – 10

"Episode 10" Japanese society as presented in this final episode is in a transition state in the process of evolving from the old creature it was into a new…

Random Curiosity

Oooku – 09

"Episode 9" How ironic that Arikoto is the one to take care of Kasuga

Random Curiosity

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Kaiseki Anime Podcast Episode 128 – Summer 2023 Season Overview

00:00 Intro 02:13 Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout The Animation 03:55 CLASSROOM FOR HEROES 05:06 The Devil is a Part Timer!! Season 2 06:02 My…

Anime B&B

Oooku – 08

"Episode 8" The times they are a-changing

Random Curiosity

Oooku – 07

"Episode 7" Kasuga couldn't have picked two more complete opposites in personality

Random Curiosity

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Oooku – 07

On some level this is a story of how even the most extraordinary things eventually seem ordinary to those living with them. Read more

Lost in Anime

Oooku – 06

"Episode 06" Oooku raises the question of "What is gender?"

Random Curiosity

Oooku – 05

"Episode 5" At heart, this is a tale about identity

Random Curiosity

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The Str8 Man Made An Exception 😳🏳️‍🌈👬

Grab Atlas VPN for just $1.83/mo + 3 months extra before the BIG DEAL deal expires: https://get.atlasvpn.com/KrisPNatz At the end of June Netflix silently dropped all ten episodes of…

KrisPNatz

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Ōoku: The Inner Chambers

Ooku's character writing, story, and themes interweave together, forming a beautiful and troubling tapestry, but it's actively hindered by its mediocre-at-best visual production.

Anime News Network - Views

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The Speakeasy #151: Fate/Strange Fake, Undead Murder Farce, Oooku + More Summer 2023 Anime

This month we talk about the new season of anime: Fate/Strange Fake Reign of the Seven Spellblades Yohane the Parhelion: Sunshine in the Mirror Sweet Reincarnation Reborn as…

Reverse Thieves

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This Week in Anime - An Alternate History in Ōoku: The Inner Chambers

Join Steve and Nicky this week as they explore Ōoku's alternate take on history where a female-led Shogun rules over Feudal Japan, accompanied by a harem of men…

Anime News Network - Views

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Oooku – 05-06

Oooku blurs the line between victim and victimizer quite intentionally, because that's what the sort if world it depicts does. Read more

Lost in Anime

Oooku – 03

"Episode 3" Politics and sustaining a nation are truly a dog-eat-dog world.

Random Curiosity

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Oooku – 04

I'm starting to wonder if Oooku isn't at heart a clever means of circumventing the Chrysanthemum Taboo. Read more

Lost in Anime

Oooku – 02

"Episode 2" The prologue over, we now start with an unexpected beginning

Random Curiosity

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Oooku – 03

Oooku's vision of how the country would change under these circumstances is very believable. Read more

Lost in Anime

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Oooku – 02

This version is effectively an extended teaser trailer for the manga. Read more

Lost in Anime

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First Impressions – Oooku

Anyone complaining about Netflix' role in the anime industry is barking up the wrong tree. Read more

Lost in Anime

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The Manga Review: Out Like a Lamb

The final week of March may not have brought warm weather or flowers to your neck of the woods, but it did yield a few licensing announcements from…

Manga Bookshelf

Pick of the Week: Farewell to the Inner Chambers

SEAN: We have a wealth of choices this week. I could pick the much requested Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle, as the resident light novel person. There’s…

Manga Bookshelf

Spiraken Manga Review Ep 159: Ooku The Inner Chamber (or Finally, A Harem Series For Women)

In this episode, technical difficulties causes Xan to have to review a manga alone, so listen as Xan reviews The alternative history romance josei manga Ooku: The Inner…

Spiraken Review Podcast