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True Mothers (朝が来る, Naomi Kawase, 2020)
Adoptive parents face a moment of crisis after receiving a message from a woman claiming to be their son’s birth mother in Kawase’s hugely empathetic family drama
(RAW) Dr. Slump and Arale-chan 202 and 203 (original Japanese broadcast)
N’cha! Dougo13 has once again graciously allowed us access to his amazing collection of Japanese broadcast recordings, some of which haven’t seen the light of day in over…
50 Years in Times Square: Kurosawa and his Western Remakes
On April 8, 1971, 50 years ago today, I made my first trip to see a Japanese movie on the big screen. It was Akira Kurosawa’s SEVEN SAMURAI…
yurimother:New Yuri Mystery Game from ‘Flowers’ Writer Releases in Japan this MonthEl...
yurimother:New Yuri Mystery Game from ‘Flowers’ Writer Releases in Japan this MonthEl Dia announced a new Yuri mystery adventure visual novel Kanda Alice mo Suiri Suru which will…
New Yuri Mystery Game from ‘Flowers’ Writer Releases in Japan this MonthEl Dia announced...
New Yuri Mystery Game from ‘Flowers’ Writer Releases in Japan this MonthEl Dia announced a new Yuri mystery adventure visual novel Kanda Alice mo Suiri Suru which will…
5 Times I Preferred the Manga to the Anime
I usually prefer the anime adaptation to the manga they are based on but not in these five cases. These were better as mangas.
Kemono Jihen – 12 (END)
「怪物事変」 (Kemono Jihen) "Kemono Incidents" Saying goodbye to Kabane, Akira, Shiki and Kon but not for long I hope.
Your Anime is Political: The Radical Revolutions of Akira and Evangelion
Some anime are more than political. In fact, our author argues, two of the most well-known anime in history are downright revolutionary.
Kemono Jihen – 12 (Fin) – How to Melt a Frozen Heart
Nobimaru presses his attack on Yui, but learns he can’t even touch the nullstone without freezing and cracking his arm, as the thing literally feeds on life. Nobimaru, who…
Seasonal Selection – Ex-Arm Episode 11
The animationIt burns! My eyes, it burns them!Please, take it away! Welcome to the Climax Episode! Not a lot happens, so it can be summarized very quickly: Beta…
Kemono Jihen – 11 – Let it Bro
Let it be said that the system the yuki-onna employ to keep the Snowy Village arrive is patently awful, not to mention extremely inefficient. And yet, with many…
First Impressions: Kemono Jihen
Hello and welcome back to Otaku Thursday, this be Luna with yet another First Impression from winter anime. I know it’s getting late in the season, I know…
Seasonal Selection – Ex-Arm Episode 10
A decent fight sceneSome needless complicationsNo impact at heart So, today’s episode of Ex-Arm had two major lines: Akira versus Beta and Alma versus Soma. Second one first.…
Dr. Slump and Arale-chan 092
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338 – One Shot 36 – Mermaid in the Bottle & Leaper & Mine-kun is Asexual
On this episode we answer lots of emails and dakazu reads about the devastation on the Sanriku Railway during the 2011 Tohoku tsunami in Santetsu! Then we review…
Kemono Jihen – 10 – Good for Something
When born in their snowy village far to the north, Akira and his twin brother Yui were the first male yuki-onoko born in a century. While they were treated…
Dr. Slump and Arale-chan 091
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Kemono Jihen – 09 – Kabane the Casanova
After she was born and learned to control her golden webbing, Aya had been treated like a tool, and when she was insolent she’d be beaten “like banging…
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, Vol. 1
If your chief criticism of King of Eden was “not enough boobs,” have I got the manga for you: Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, a comedy…
Kemono Jihen – 08 – A Sister Richer
Right in the middle of Shiki considering killing his Uncle Akio with neither Inugami nor Nobimaru not standing in his way, a filthy Akira emerges from the woods…
Goukaku Tame no! Yasashi Sankaku Kakei Nyuumon ( 合格のための！ やさしい三角関係入門)
Mayuki is determined to get into the school of her choice to be close to the girl she likes, her old sempai on the basketball team, Akira. But…
ビルマの竪琴 – Plucking the Burmese Harp: A Film Review
Director Kon Ichikawa plucks the fruits of Eastern spirituality throughout a film that at once condemns the horrors of war and celebrates the spontaneity of life.
335 – The Flowers of Evil part 3
This week Seamus catches up on Vinland Saga,dakazu struggles to read Meisou Senshi Nagata Kabi Gurume de GO!, and we examine the new license announcements! Then we return…
Kemono Jihen – 07 – The Spider with the Golden Silk
At Shiki’s request, the agency gang is off to his home village of Kinshigo, now that he’s ready to learn the fate of his parents. It’s bound not…
Dr. Slump and Arale-chan 090
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The Anti-Social Geniuses Review: Strawberry Fields Once Again Volume 1
The Anti-Social Geniuses review Strawberry Fields Once Again, where Akira says she's swearing off 3D romances, but Pure aims to change that!
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, Vol. 1 (Review)
Akira Tendo had found his dream job, working in the world of commercials and media—or so he thought. After being forced to work more than 24 hours straight…
Books: The Impact of Akira
By Andrew Osmond. If you were asked which singer comes to mind in connection with Akira, most readers would think of Kanye West cosplaying Tetsuo in his pants…
Kemono Jihen – 06 – Raiding the Pantry
As he tries to hide from the stunned kononba sister, the fear grips Shiki. He recalls little from his earlier life except that he lived happily with his mom,…
Yoshiaki Kawajiri: My Favorite Anime Filmmaker
Anime films are incredibly important to the history of the medium, with works like Akira and the Ghibli movies being among the first anime localized in any official…
Episode 1: Akira Vol 1
It's the first episode of Mangasplaining, the podcast where we make Chip Zdarsky Read Great Manga to see what he thinks! Featuring Chip, Deb Aoki, David Brothers, and…
Episode 0: Welcome To Mangasplaining!
Welcome to Mangasplaining, the manga podcast! In this first episode you'll get to know the team including Deb Aoki, David Brothers, Christopher Butcher, and Chip Zdarsky. … Continue…
Kemono Jihen – 05 – Don’t Let the Bugs Bite
While Kabane is cleaning the back room, he’s pulled into a room Inugami told the kids never to enter. That’s because the room is the domain of Mihai,…
Dr. Slump and Arale-chan 089
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Kemono Jihen – 04 – The Iceboy Cometh
The next case with Kabane and now Kon on board involves Yoruno, a young man who has fallen in love with a woman who is actually a nekomata…
Review: Sweet Blue Flowers (Aoi Hana), Blu-Ray
Reunited as teenagers after spending their middle school years apart, Fumi and Akira don’t recognize each other at first, especially since the latter has far surpassed her friend…
Kemono Jihen – 03 – Good Fox Girl
This week Inugami sends Kabane to the woman he spoke to at the end of last week: Police Superintendent Inari Yoko, performed by Kana-Hana in her most imperious…
On Japanese Cinema – A 10-Part Patreon Exclusive Examining the 100+ Year History of 日本映画 “Nihon Eiga”
“Japanese Cinema: A 10-Part Choose Your Own Adventure in Subtitles!” Addressing such age-old questions as: What is reality? Did George Lucas rip-off Japanese Cinema in the production of…
Cyber City Oedo 808 Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review
Anyone who survived UK anime fandom in the early-to-mid-1990s, can effortlessly list the most prominent hits of the time — Akira, Ghost in…
Dr. Slump and Arale-chan 088
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Strawberry Fields Once Again, Volume 1
Akira is resigned to being a loner. She doesn’t want to deal with real people and is content, she tells herself, with keeping her relationships 2-dimensional. So when…
Kemono Jihen – 02 – The Strong, Sad Type
Inugami introduces Kabane to his new roommates and colleagues at the “kemonoist” agency: Shiki, a fellow hanyo one year older than Kabane who adopts a hostile attitude towards him…
Seasonal Anime Impressions - Winter 2021 - Part 4
Seasonal Anime ImpressionsWinter 2021Part 4It's been a few days since the last one of these. While that means I will be less topical, ... Well that's actually all…
EX-ARM, Kemono Jihen, Welcome to Irabu's Office, MUSHI-SHI, Scar on the Praeter
Kemono Jihen – 01 – (First Impressions) – Tokyo Dreamin’
Detective Inugami is on his way to a remote village to investigate strange instances of rotting livestock corpses. Yataro, the innkeeper’s son, is quick to show off to…
Ex-Arm – 01 (First Impressions) – NOPE
Nope. Nope Nope Nope. NOPE.
Hi Score Girl Volume 5 Review
TheOASG reviews Hi Score Girl Volume 5, where lots of 3D fighting games exist, but Haruo, Akira, and Hidaka each have big challenges to face.
Anime Fingerprints: Anime Series That Had Lasting Influence on The Anime Industry
The arrow of time will always march forward. In that momentum, you see progress happen in both small and wide spheres. One such small sphere is anime, where…
Adachi to Shimamura Episode #12
Here’s both Taeko Nagafuji and Akira Hino where they’re participating in a PE activity. Speaking of Nagafuji, I wonder what happened to her after spending the night at…
Adachi & Shimamura – 12 (Fin) – Having a Wuvly Time
When Adachi learns Hino and Nagafugi not only spent the night together, but bathed together before school, she decides she can’t fall behind; she must be bold and…
Dr. Slump and Arale-chan 087 (MERRY CHRISTMAS!)
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