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Crunch Time | A Guide to Sports Anime and What You Should Be Watching
Whether you’re a novice at sports anime or one of the pros, this handy guide breaks down what makes the genre so great, and which ones you need…
Megalobox, Scorching Ping Pong Girls, Stars Align, Burning Kabaddi, Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club
13 Best Sports Anime Rivalries That Push Characters To Grow
For a good chunk of sports anime, the appeal isn't in the sport it presents. You can only present soccer, basketball, or baseball in so many different ways
March Comes in Like a Lion, Slam Dunk, Tomorrow's Joe, Fighting Spirit, Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club
12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 10: Jesus Was Born to Love Your Local Karuta Club
The first Christmas after the Mizusawa Karuta Club has formed is a fun one for each of the five members, but it’s a little blue as well. It…
Holiday Review #12: TO STRIP THE FLESH
Yet again, if you want trans (particularly transmasc) representation in comics, manga remains the best place to find it and this year brough...
Holiday Review #12: TO STRIP THE FLESH
Yet again, if you want trans (particularly transmasc) representation in comics, manga remains the best place to find it and this year brough...
Camping Out For Black Friday (Anime Style)
Happy Post-Thanksgiving Day, friends! It’s hard to believe that it’s already that time of the year again, when some of the best deals of the season are happening.…
Chihayafuru, Fruits Basket, Genshiken, Interviews with Monster Girls, Kanon
My Top 20 Anime Openings of All Time!
Hiya friends, I hope you’re all doing well! A couple of months ago, earlier in the year, I posted my top 20 anime endings list, and I figured…
Gakuen Alice, Kamigami no Asobi, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Ragnarok the Animation, VISUAL PRISON
New Shoujo Releases Week Of 10/4/22
Shoujo Releases New Shoujo Releases Week Of 10/4/22 Shoujo Henshin shoujo, shojo, anime, manga, manga blog, anime blog
We Age But Passions Never
Badass female moment I must have had the right timing when I was watching the Salaryman Club and Chihayafuru S3. Because the same theme appeared in both and…
I'm in a manga and anime dry-spell. Help me!!!!
help me find Manga/Anime that I should read/watch
Liz and the Blue Bird, Maria Watches Over Us, Someday's Dreamers, Wandering Son, After the Rain
My Top 15 Manga
Thank you so much my hoejos for 15 THOUSAND subscribers!!! It is absolutely wild that I have hit this milestone and I can't thank you all enough for…
Chihayafuru, Ghost Hunt, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Natsume's Book of Friends, Natsume's Book of Friends 5
E57 - Chihayafuru (Ch.1-19)
Chihaya was a young girl, too wrapped up in her sister's dreams to ever think of herself. But when the new exchange student Arata shows her the wonder…
E57 - Chihayafuru (Ch.1-19)
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New Shoujo Releases Week Of 4/5/22
Shoujo Releases New Shoujo Releases Week Of 4/5/22 Shoujo Henshin shoujo, shojo, anime, manga, manga blog, anime blog
AniMarch Madness 2022: Round 2, Day 4
Round two of AniMarch Madness 2022 concludes with our final four matches! For those coming here for the first time, AniMarch Madness is our annual one-on-one anime tournament…
One Piece, Chihayafuru, Fairy Tail, Fruits Basket, Fullmetal Alchemist
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and Chihayafuru 3
Trying to get into hockey more, and watching some Kraken hockey as I edited part of this...
AniMarch Madness 2022: Round 1, Day 3
We’re now halfway through round one of AniMarch Madness! But not to fear: That still leaves 16 matches this week, including eight more today featuring 16 wonderful anime!…
Chihayafuru, Death Note, Fairy Tail, One Piece, Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Wolf Girl and Black Prince (re-watched the anime - Review)
Review of the anime series "Wolf Girl and Black Prince"
Blue Spring Ride, We Were There, Chihayafuru, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Peach Girl: Super Pop Love Hurricane
New Shoujo Releases Week of 2/1/22
Shoujo Releases New Shoujo Releases Week of 2/1/22 Shoujo Henshin shoujo, shojo, anime, manga, manga blog, anime blog
My Dress-Up Darling Review: Work Hard, Cosplay Hard
Studio: Cloverworks Director: Keisuke Shinohara Streaming on: Crunchyroll, Funimation In my essay “How Anime Excels in Making You Care” I wrote about the niche genre of anime; a…
Chihayafuru Volumes 13 and 14 Review
The emphasis on the role of what defines a team, for better or for worse, continues in both volume 13 and 14 of Chihayafuru.
Chihayafuru Volumes 11 and 12 Review
Chihaya and the rest of Team Mizusawa face a steep challenge and new opponents in Chihayafuru Volumes 11 and 12.
From Rookie to Rockstar: 15 Sports Anime Series Where The Main Character Starts as a Complete Novice
In my admittedly limited experience with sports anime, the vast majority of the plots can be split into two general themes. The first is that someone that was…
Chihayafuru: An Objective Review
So yeah, this post is meant to be fun. Please don’t take it seriously. Yeah. At one point a year or so ago, I challenged Irina into writing…
Pick of the Week: Mixed-Up Picks
SEAN: Lotsa stuff this week, including 80 gabillion Yen On light novels, as well as a new Shojo Beat title. But I’m gonna go with the new volume…
Yowamushi Pedal, Chihayafuru, My Love Story!!, Yona of the Dawn
Animecast: Anime Databases and Review Brigading
The Hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast decide to dive into the interesting realm of anime databases (commonly referred to as Anime Lists). Not only this, but the…
The Importance of Talk no Jutsu
Revisiting Sasuke's character arc, looking at him not through his own eyes, but of those he refused to look at as he defeated them, to show what Naruto…
17 Sports Anime With a Female Lead
Serious sports anime is a bit of a boy’s club, and it’s easy to see why when you do find the occasional anime with a female lead. It’s,…
Teekyuu, Bamboo Blade, Chihayafuru, Scorching Ping Pong Girls, Taisho Baseball Girls
My 10 Favorite Anime Episodes
Alright time to talk about my 10 favorite anime episodes of all time. As I saw this video on youtube ranking the highest rated episodes all time. So…
Anime Series Like Those Snow White Notes
After watching his grandfather perform the shamisen at a young age, Setsu became entranced. However, after his grandfather’s death, he runs away from his small village and quits…
Those Snow White Notes, Chihayafuru, Kids on the Slope, March Comes in Like a Lion, Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
Kageki Shoujo!! – 01 (First Impressions) – The Immovable Beanpole vs the Unmovable Idol
The apathetic, man-loathing, recently disgraced idol Narata Ai (Hanamori Numiri in top form) enrolls and is accepted into the exclusive Kouka School for Musical and Theatrical Arts, which…
S4E10 - Chihayafuru, A Certain Scientific Railgun
In this episode of ScreenTone Club, Elliot and Andy have a card-slapping, raingun-firing good time!Series Discussed: Chihayafuru Vol. 1, A Certain Scientific Railgun Vol. 1Assignments for next Episode:…
A Certain Scientific Railgun, Berserk, Berserk, Chihayafuru, Fire Force
S4E09 - How Heavy Are The Dumbbells You Lift?, A School Frozen in Time
In this episode of ScreenTone Club, Elliot and Andy get locked in a school and forced to learn about exercise! How will they survive???Series Discussed: How Heavy are…
Chihayafuru, Heavy, The Girl from the Other Side, A Certain Scientific Railgun
TOP 5 SPORTS ANIME COACHES!!
Hello! I’m back at it with another ‘top 5’ post. They are fun and easy to make, but hard to find interesting topics. Irina does a wonderful job…
Life in Japan Episode 2: Socially Distanced Sakurapalooza (and Chihayafuru)
Kyoto abides. Read more
Doki Doki News: Anime Awards, Demon Slayer, and Playstation State of Play
Welcome to Doki Doki News, your source for updates in the world of anime, gaming, and otakudom, for the week of February 21st through 27th! Check out latest…
Bookshelf Briefs 2/20/21
Chihayafuru, Vol. 24 | By Yuki Suetsugu | Kodansha Comics (digital only) – Hooray, I’m finally caught up again on Chihayafuru! This volume finds Chihaya and friends lending…
Jujutsu Kaisen – 03 – Gauging the Crazy
Here I thought we’d be spending more times in the woods of Tokyo’s outskirts, but Yuuji joins Gojou and Megumi to Harajuku to pick up Jujutsu Tech’s third…
Anime Feminist’s Top Picks for 2020
In an exceptionally hellish year, good anime managed to provide some brief moments of reprieve. Here are the staff's 2020 favorites!
Princess Connect! Re:Dive, Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle, APPARE-RANMAN!, Ascendance of a Bookworm, BNA
Reader’s Choice – Best of Anime 2020 Poll
The end of the year is here and it's time for the 15th Annual Reader's Choice poll. Do you have a favorite series you'd like to see win?…
Tower of God, My Hero Academia, Chihayafuru, Chihayafuru 3, Sword Art Online
Why I Blog About Anime, Japan, and Tokyo
Life takes funny turns. Way back in 2003 I really wasn't terribly interested in Japan or anime or manga. This is even though I had grown up...
Golden Kamuy, Naruto, Red Baron, Saga of Tanya the Evil, Gasaraki
Pick of the Week: Yona and Friends
MICHELLE: There are a few things coming out this week that appeal to me a great deal, not least of which is the latest Yona of the Dawn,…
Chihayafuru Volume 10 Review
The Mizusawa Karuta Club's next challenge awaits as the All Japan Senior High School Karuta Championship kicks off Chihayafuru Volume 10.
Gunslinger Girl Anime Review – 57/100 – Throwback Thursday
I really wanted to like Gunslinger Girl. Made by MADHOUSE, Directed by Morio Asaka of Chihayafuru and Card Captor Sakura: Clear Card fame, Gunslinger Girl has a simple but compelling…
Sensou Douwa: The Cake Tree in the Ruins
Sensou Douwa ( War Tales or War Fables ) was a series of TV specials by Shin-Ei Animation that ran annually from 2002 to 2009. In…
Peter Pan & Wendy, Kuro ga Ita Natsu, Lupin III, Obocchama-kun, Yakeato no, Okashi no Ki
Twwk’s Top 30 Anime Series
Professional otaku ProZD tweeted out his top 30 anime, anime movies, and manga this week, and I enjoyed his recommendations greatly—they cover series old and new, and lift…
What's So GREAT About Chihayafuru?
I love #Chihayafuru and so should you. For best viewing experience, watch on a larger screen in HD since a lot of the manga details can get lost…
Amagi Brilliant Park: Maybe Brilliant, Maybe Not…(TBR/W Post)
Some of the references in this might have gone over my head…
Inari Kon Kon, Makai Ouji: Devils and Realist, Outbreak Company, Amagi Brilliant Park, Chihayafuru
Pick of the Week: I Spy
MICHELLE: I suspect this’ll be another of those weeks where most or all of us say the same thing. So, before I get to the inevitable, I’ll also…
Top 50 Anime of the Decade
A new decade starts and immediately everyone is stuck inside. I can’t really do much, so what better time to think about the past? The ’10s are well…
Harmonie, Flavors of Youth, Tsuredure Children, The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior, Digimon: Digital Monsters