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A retrospective on my first anime review.

It’s been a little over 5 years since I published my first anime review – An Anime Supported By A Single Column. And you know, something I’ve noticed…

Umai Yomu Anime Blog

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15 Romance Anime Series Where They Go From Friends to Lovers

While there is certainly something charming about two people falling in love at first sight, typically the best romances start with the characters

Recommend Me Anime

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A-Z Movie Challenge: Unmasked Noise

English manga readers know this one as Anonymous Noise, and anime watchers know it as Fukumenkei Noise. Why the English title of the live action was settled on…

Phoenix Talks Pop Culture Japan

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Can We Find a Shojo Manga for Every Letter of the Alphabet?!

Get excited shojo lovers, Beneath the Tangles is kicking off a new video series and it’s called the ABCs of Shojo Manga! That’s right, I’m going to see…

Beneath the Tangles

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Reader’s Corner: Tribute to Star Wars, Rosen Blood Vol. 2, and Endo and Kobayashi Live!

Forget Being the Villainess, I Want to Be an Adventurer, Vol. 1 At age three, Serephione realizes she’s in one of those reincarnated-as-a-villainess isekai. Amid the stereotypical trappings…

Beneath the Tangles

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Reader’s Corner: From Toxic Classmate to Girlfriend Goals, Spy Classroom, and Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 7

We have a busy week of releases new and old to share with you, headlined by the initial volumes of From Toxic Classmate to Girlfriend Goals, My Happy…

Beneath the Tangles

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20 Romance Anime Series Featuring Complicated Love Triangles

Love triangles are a staple in anime. You will find them in many shows even if the romance is but a drop in the bucket of the overall…

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20 Music Anime That Document The Creative Struggle

Music anime series are more than just a good soundtrack. Any anime can have a good soundtrack, so of course an anime series about making music has an…

Recommend Me Anime

Manga Review – Anonymous Noise

Anonymous Noise 覆面系ノイズ (Fukumenkei Noise) FUKUYAMA Ryoko Shoujo – Drama, romance 18 Volumes (complete) VIZ Media Summary: Nino is devastated when her neighbor, Momo, moves away, but he…

Daiyamanga

Bookshelf Briefs 2/1/20

Anonymous Noise, Vol. 18 | By Ryoko Fukuyama | VIZ Media – It took a while for me to get into Anonymous Noise, and I still wouldn’t call…

Manga Bookshelf

Bookshelf Briefs 1/16/20

Anonymous Noise, Vol. 18 | By Ryoko Fukuyama | Viz Media – Welp, I was wrong. Romantically, the final pairing is not what I expected. That said, romance,…

Manga Bookshelf

Pick of the Week: Jump to the Beat

SEAN: It’s Jump/Beat week, so we have an embarrassment of titles. I’ll pick the final Anonymous Noise, which is not quite as gripping now that it’s not showing…

Manga Bookshelf

Bookshelf Briefs 12/5/19

Anonymous Noise, Vol. 17 | By Ryoko Fukuyama | Viz Media – I had thought this would be a race to the finish, but honestly it’s feeling more…

Manga Bookshelf

Reading Log: July 2019

Now truly into the depths of Summer I return for my July reading log. Somehow I’ve avoided melting into a puddle. As usual here’s a link to my…

East Asian Curiosities

Bottom Two Anime of 2017, and All the Rest

And good-bye to 2017. Having covered my top shows for the year, it’s time to hit up the worsts and all the rest. Shows marked with an asterisk…

GAR GAR Stegosaurus

Episode 521: Anonymous Kashi

Wait one second, who is this deep voice imposter claiming to be Joseph!? Oh wait, it's just Joseph recovering from a summer cold. Well if you weren't fooled…

Anime Pulse

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How Anime Strike Struck Out

As you know, 2017 saw the inception of Anime Strike, Amazon’s anime streaming service, which was probably in response to the Crunchyroll/Funimation partnership. They’ve been streaming a…

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