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THE GREAT ACROBUNCH REWATCH 14 – Phantom BABYLON
ACROBUNCH – THE QUEST FOR TREASUREEPISODE 14: Phantom BABYLON WRITTEN BY: Yuu Yamamoto BROADCAST DATE: October 15, 1982 And, as always, this episode aired exactly 40 years ago…
CLAMP PREMIUM COLLECTION: Magic Knight Rayearth #1
Following the publication of the 7th and last volume of Tokyo Babylon for the CLAMP PREMIUM COLLECTION will be Magic Knight Rayearth! This was, indeed, the guess of…
The Unbearable Lightness of Preaching About Suicide And Depression
Internal reaction EVERY TIME suicide is explored in anime Suicide is an act that, one way or another, is heavily charged emotionally, to the point that until recently…
BABYLON, Colorful, Death Parade, Shigofumi, WONDER EGG PRIORITY
CLAMP PREMIUM COLLECTION: Tokyo Babylon #7 cover
The cover of Tokyo Babylon #7 for the CLAMP PREMIUM COLLECTION edition has been announced! © CLAMP・Shigatsu Tsuitachi CO.,LTD. / KADOKAWA Technically, it’s still one person on the…
CLAMP PREMIUM COLLECTION: Tokyo Babylon #5 & #6 covers
The covers of Tokyo Babylon #5 and #6 for the CLAMP PREMIUM COLLECTION edition have been announced! © CLAMP・Shigatsu Tsuitachi CO.,LTD. / KADOKAWA © CLAMP・Shigatsu Tsuitachi CO.,LTD. /…
CLAMP PREMIUM COLLECTION: Tokyo Babylon #3 & #4 covers
The covers of Tokyo Babylon #3 and #4 for the CLAMP PREMIUM COLLECTION edition have been announced! © CLAMP・Shigatsu Tsuitachi CO.,LTD. / KADOKAWA © CLAMP・Shigatsu Tsuitachi CO.,LTD. /…
CLAMP PREMIUM COLLECTION: Tokyo Babylon #2 cover
The cover of Tokyo Babylon #2 for the CLAMP PREMIUM COLLECTION edition has been announced! © CLAMP・Shigatsu Tsuitachi CO.,LTD. / KADOKAWA As it was previously shared by CLAMP…
CLAMP PREMIUM COLLECTION: Tokyo Babylon #1 cover
The cover of Tokyo Babylon #1 for the CLAMP PREMIUM COLLECTION edition has been announced in a press release published today by Kadokawa! © CLAMP・Shigatsu Tsuitachi CO.,LTD. /…
More Old-school Anime Valentines!
Another year of old-school anime Valentine cards! Yes, I’m back again this year with more cheesy puns for your Valentine needs. Save & p...
Tokyo Babylon, Trigun, BABYLON, City Hunter, Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play
Ani-Gamers Podcast #167 – Anime Secret Santa 2021 Roundup
It’s a full house as Ink and Patrick join Evan and David to discuss the anime they watched for Anime Secret Santa, the annual blogger tradition wherein participants…
Lupin III, Lupin III: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon, Mononoke, The Cockpit, BABYLON
Fate/Grand Order: Shuukyoku Tokuiten – Kani Jikan Shinden Solomon
I’ve been waiting to watch this movie for a long time. Ever since the Babylonia anime ended in 2020 this movie has been coming. But finally, I get…
BABYLON, Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity - Grand Temple of Time: Solomon
Fate/Grand Order – Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia
Overall story is painfully, obviously the story for a mobile game. Fate’s mental gymnastics for magic rules are rampant, but there’s some great fight choreography, as well as…
Secret Santa Review: Lupin III: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon
Welcome to Anime Secret Santa, a gift exchange — founded by our friends at Reverse Thieves and currently run by the AGC Podcast — where the gifts are…
Urusei Yatsura, BABYLON, Legend of the Crystals: Final Fantasy, Ghost in the Shell, Lupin III
Why Is CLAMP Like This, Part III
12 Days of Aniblogging 2021, Day 9 Last year I pledged myself to blogging through CLAMP’s entire published corpus, and this year I finally succeeded. CLAMP’s 2000s were mostly…
Cardcaptor Sakura, Chobits, CLAMP School Detectives, Himawari, Kobato
Nanase Ohkawa Twitter Space – November 2, 2021
Today CLAMP member Nanase Ohkawa-sensei held a twitter space in her personal account and it Tokyo Babylon. During the space, she updated the fans about the current status…
Anime is Best in Anthology
Canipa explains how the anthology format allows anime creators to do their best work without the restrictions of TV schedules or a myriad of picky producers looking for…
Batman: Gotham Knight, Golden Kamuy, Kakurenbo: Hide and Seek, Made in Abyss, Mob Psycho 100
The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - ep 104: ReView: Twilight of the Dark Master
Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! This month’s episode is another sh...
Tokyo Babylon, Twilight of the Dark Master, Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge, Vampire Hunter D, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Anime ABC’s, My Favorite Anime Character for Each Letter of the Alphabet
So I know a good idea when I steal one. This being one of said ideas. Of course, I kid. We give credit where it’s due; always. I…
Dororo, Ghost in the Shell, Princess Tutu, The Cat Returns, Tokyo Babylon
Tokyo Babylon CLAMP PREMIUM COLLECTION scheduled for summer 2022 in Japan; CLAMP release official statement
The official twitter account of Kadokawa’s Young Ace magazine announced today that the CLAMP PREMIUM COLLECTION version of Tokyo Babylon is scheduled to be released on the Japanese…
Tokyo Babylon 2021 studio GoHands sues King Records for 450 million yen over cancelled anime
Japanese media is reporting that animation studio GoHands has filed a lawsuit in the Tokyo District Court on August 3rd against the entertainment company King Records, a Kodansha-affiliated…
Tokyo Babylon Deep Dive – CLAMP Reread Series | The Wonder of Anime
We got to the Tokyo Babylon part of my CLAMP Manga Reread Series and boy was I not ready! I’m pretty sure I cried through 70% of this…
Characters I Would Cosplay If I Still Sewed
I think most people who have been in the anime/manga sphere for awhile are aware of cosplay, i.e. costume play. It’s the practice of dressing up as a…
Into the Yaoi Fold
As someone who’s been into anime since the dawn of times, I am no stranger to the yuri or yaoi genres within anime and manga. Many of our…
The project that didn’t amount to much – Project Scard: Praeter no Kizu
Now that my burning hatred for GoHands after nearly ruining the Tokyo Babylon 2021 adaptation is down to it’s final bits of kindling; I think I can try…
Episode 47: Our Two-Year Anniversary
No series discussion this week, but Lucy and Robin talk about recent CLAMP news (including the cancelation of the Tokyo Babylon anime), and how the podcast has changed…
TheOASG Podcast Episode 120: Well, That Sure Was a Winter Anime Season Huh
Seven Seas again in localization trouble, Tokyo Babylon 2021 getting cancelled, and Winter Anime 2021 season thoughts are discussed in this week's TheOASG Podcast.
Ani-Gamers Podcast #156 – Molcar, the Ultimate Lifeform
Pui Pui! This episode Evan and David review the recently completed series of stop-motion anime shorts Pui Pui Molcar, which has been a huge success in Japan. Plus,…
Babylon fell before it started – On Tokyo Babylon 2021 Anime Cancellation and Re-Re-Starting
On March 29th, it was unceremoniously announced by the overall project manager for Tokyo Babylon 2021, not GoHands, that the project has more or less been scraped for…
Happy Valentine's Day!
Happy Valentine’s Day, friends! And for those who don’t celebrate, happy half-priced chocolate day eve!
Review: TOKYO BABYLON
Since we have been mercifully spared the anime adaptation of this series until the spring, now's the time to talk about one of CLAMP's most...
Episode 42: X Wrap-Up — So Many Endings
Lucy and Robin record their final X episode…at least for now.
OSMcast! Show #169: The OSMawards! 2020 Edipyon – Anime & Television Shows
The OSMawards for 2020 continue! Movin' right along, in this episode we cover our faves in anime and TV from last year. Oh, and Gundam Wing. Look, it…
OSMcast! Anime, Games, Interviews, & More!
Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle, Tower of God, Adachi and Shimamura, Akudama Drive, BABYLON
Ranting About CLAMP
Pre-blog note: I’d like to mention here that details about various CLAMP series starting/stopping/hiatuses/title change details are not presented in the chronologically correct order in this …
Anime, Dramas, Movies and more I’m looking forward to in 2021
After the shitshow that was 2020, I’m hoping that 2021 will be less terrible. I’m not delusional thinking that COVID is suddenly gone, climate change has stopped, or…
Tokyo Babylon, BABYLON, Fruits Basket, Natsume's Book of Friends, Natsume Yuujinchou: Ishi Okoshi to Ayashiki Raihousha
FlareKnight’s Top Ten Anime Series of 2020
So we reach the end of 2020. To say this has been a ride would be putting it lightly. But, it is a good time to reflect on…
When They Cry, Higurashi: When They Cry - GOU, Kaguya-sama: Love is War, BABYLON, Is the Order a Rabbit?
Episode 40: X – The Anime (w/ Guest Alan)
Lucy and Robin are joined again by Alan to discuss the X anime. You can (and definitely should) check out Alan’s webcomic, Full Spectrum Therapy, and also follow…
The Anime Of 2020
What is a GOAT if not an AOTY? Yup, that’s right, the goat is the animal of the year! And in the meanwhile, let’s look at 2020’s anime!
Blade of the Immortal, Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story, Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, DECA-DENCE, Dorohedoro
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…
Naruto, Tokyo Babylon, Toward the Terra, Toward the Terra, BABYLON
Why Is CLAMP Like This
12 Days of Aniblogging 2020, Day 6 You ever watch, read, play, or listen to something that’s so good that you’re scared of looking at the artist’s other works?…
Hand Shakers, Magic Knight Rayearth, RG Veda, Tokyo Babylon, X/1999
Episode 39: X vol. 18.5 – Lost Chapters
Lucy and Robin got their hands on the “lost chapters” that ran after volume 18, and…they’re a lot, folks!
Episode 38: X vol. 18 – Emotionless
Lucy and Robin discuss X volume 18…the last volume published before the manga went on hiatus. Karen confronts Nataku, as they must confront their own heart.
The Husbando Post
Starting this, I am a little shocked that I am actually writing this. Some weird circumstances have led here and I think that’s ok. Let’s recount the reason…
BABYLON, Black Jack, One Piece, Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac
Episode 37: X vol. 17 – Something to Protect
Lucy and Robin discuss X volume 17. Yuzuriha and Arashi fend off an attack while Kamui questions some of their intel, and we’ve only got one book after…
319 – One Shot 32 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls Returns
This week we’re excited to return to the “what if?” ladies with Tokyo Tarareba Girls Returns! What has happened to Rinko, Kaori, and Koyuki since the ending of…
SPECIAL: Tokyo Babylon Anime Reveal
Lucy and Robin give their first, off-the-cuff reactions to the latest CLAMP news: Tokyo Babylon 2021, the Tokyo Babylon anime we’ve all…hoped for?
#225 : Patlabor: The Movie
A man examines a woman’s passport and asks, “Sightseeing?” The woman responds, “No.” And then tips her sunglasses finishing with, “Combat.” … Tokyo is becoming the great metropolis…
Episode 36: X vol. 16 – The Fall of Babylon
Lucy and Robin discuss X volume 16. When Subaru and Seishiro meet on Rainbow Bridge, the result is something fans are still reckoning with to this day.
Episode 35: X vol. 15 – The Outside World
Lucy and Robin work their way through X volume 15, where we finally learn about Kakyo’s past…and see a familiar face.
Episode 34: X vol. 14 – The Other Face
Lucy and Robin discuss X volume 14, where the systematic destruction of Tokyo continues, and we learn that someone has a side we’re not seeing…
Weebsday Q+A – 09/16/2020
It is Weebsday, my dudes! I asked my Twitter followers for a lightning round of interesting anime questions to answer on this blog, and you guys didn’t disappoint!…