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Reader’s Corner: I Want to End This Love Game (Vol. 2), Drifting Dragons (Vol. 9), and Sakura, Saku (Vol. 3)
This week on Reader’s Corner, we feature the first volume of the Elaina the Wandering Witch spin-off, volume nine of both Helck and Drifting Dragons, an expectedly disappointing…
Reader’s Corner: The Ice Guy and the Cool Girl (Vol. 4), No Longer Heroine (Vol. 6), and Itaewon Class (Vol. 1)
Happy Release Tuesday, everyone! This week, we’re serving up reviews of fantasy series and modern-day high school romance, which have become par for the course in today’s manga…
Reader’s Corner: Dandadan (Vol. 7), Kimi ni Todoke Soulmate (Vol. 1), and Mr. Villain’s Day Off (Vol. 3)
A blend of old and new releases, and first volumes and those more toward the middle fill our selections in this week’s column. As usual, love stories are…
DAN DA DAN, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Mr. Villain's Day Off
Reader’s Corner: Honey Lemon Soda (Vol. 5), The Remarried Empress (Vol. 6), and The Uncanny Counter (Vol. 1)
It’s a big day for manga, manhwa light novel releases, and we’ve got reviews for you of a number of those hitting shelves today! Romance, slice-of-life, fantasy, and…
Reader’s Corner: WcDonald’s (Ch. 1), Villains Are Destined to Die (Vol. 6), Mint Chocolate (Vol. 1), and God Bless the Mistaken (Vol. 1)
February may be a short month, but it was still packed to the brim with new releases! We cover a bunch in our reviews below (and a few…
Reader’s Corner: I Want to End This Love Game (Vol. 1), Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop (Vol. 3), and Usotoki Rhetoric (Vol. 5)
Every manga and light novel publishing house has its sweet spot, the areas in which they excel or that they have a heavier focus on than other companies.…
Anime Like Delicious in Dungeon
After the Golden Kingdom was sunk a thousand years ago by a magician, the king emerged from the depths and said that anyone who can defeat the mage…
Drifting Dragons, Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash, Handyman Saitou in Another World, Made in Abyss, Sweet Reincarnation
Reader’s Corner: Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint (Vol. 1), My Lovesick Life as a ’90s Otaku (Vol. 1), and Insomniacs After School (Vol. 4)
Need recommendations for manga and manhwa to gift this Christmas season? No need to worry—we’ve got you covered this week with new and recent series that would make…
Anime Like Ragna Crimson
Regardless, both series follow dragon hunters doing their job. Drifting Dragons isn't so much of a fast-paced action anime like Ragna Crimson. Instead, it
Attack on Titan, Claymore, Hells, Ragna Crimson, The Kingdoms of Ruin
Reader’s Corner: The Villainess Turns the Hourglass, When I Became a Commoner, They Broke Off Our Engagement, and Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle
I love the numbers reflected in our reviews this week: 1, as in the initial volumes of four series we review this week. 5, as in the volume…
Japan Top Weekly Manga Sales Ranking: November 6 – November 12, 2023
There have been some changes to the reporting style here on the Blog. Please refer to the post here for further information. It is thanks to the amazing…
Drifting Dragons, The Fable, Laid-Back Camp, The Dangers in My Heart, DAKAICHI! -I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year-
TSUTAYA Weekly Manga Sales Ranking: November 6 – November 12, 2023
There have been some changes to the reporting style here on the Blog. Please refer to the post here for further information. All of the data you find…
Laid-Back Camp, The Dangers in My Heart, DAKAICHI! -I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year-, Drifting Dragons, The Fable
Anime Like Kaina of the Great Snow Sea
With the world covered by a great snow sea, drinking water becoming scare, and livable land located at the feet of a few deteriorating orbital trees that
From the New World, Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet, Girls' Last Tour, Kaina of the Great Snow Sea, Knights of Sidonia
Best of 2022 Manga
As manga continues to become more and more accessible through legal means, English-reading audiences are being exposed to the wide variety of series (and one-shots) being created. While…
Which Art Style is “Better”: Stylised or Realistic?
Quite often online, especially within the twitter space, I'll see a tweet asking "Which manga has the best art?". It's more a question that can be answered based…
Naruto, Hells, Kakegurui, Made in Abyss, Toilet-bound Hanako-kun
Anime Series Like Sakugan
The Labyrinth is an expansive space underground where humans live in colonies and many places remain unexplored. Due to the harsh conditions outside the colonies and the presence…
Golden Kamuy, Gurren Lagann, Made in Abyss, SAKUGAN, Ultramarine Magmell
The Speakeasy #126: Thus Spoke Rohan, Dragon Pilot, Dorohedoro, Beautiful Dreamer
We talk about various shows we’ve been catching up on: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Thus Spoke Rohan OVA Drifting Dragons Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan Voltes V Dorohedoro Urusei…
Pick of the Week: Medalists and Househusbands
SEAN: There’s several titles I’m interested in… a new “Peggy Sue Villainess” story, a new We’re New at This sex comedy story, and (of course) a new Urusei…
Drifting Dragons, The Way of the Househusband, Urusei Yatsura, Blue Period
Some Personal Anime Favourites From 2020
It is sometimes good to be able to watch anime that have been vetted already. A check on Wikipedia shows that 158 anime series aired last y...
I'm Standing on a Million Lives, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Sakura Wars the Animation, Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, DECA-DENCE
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
Anime Series Like Deca-Dence
Driven to the point of extinction by creatures known as the Gadoll, humanity now lives out of a large mobile fortress known as Deca-Dence. Inside, the residents are…
Black Bullet, Chrome Shelled Regios, Cop Craft, DECA-DENCE, Drifting Dragons
Pick of the Week: Space Waves
SEAN: A lot of my ‘mid-tier’ series are out this week, so its hard to have a pick. I guess I’ll go with Fiancée of the Wizard, because…
Manga the Week of 8/26/20
SEAN: The end of August, a time when most people think back on the good things about summer. Like manga! ASH: At least some things were good! SEAN:…
Fire Force, In/Spectre, Monster, Rent-a-Girlfriend, Wave, Listen to Me!
Drifting Dragons – Episode 1
Drifting Dragons is a strange series to review. It’s a Polygon Pictures production, the first one that actually uses bright colors instead of a pallet roughly similar to…
Year 1 Issue 11
Arcadia Dragnet, Year 1, Issue 11 March 11 - 17, 2020 Welcome back to Arcadia Dragnet, folks, how're you all holding…
Bobby ni Kubittake, ISLAND, Natsunagu!, Nora, Magical DoReMi
Drifting Dragons: Pretty Yet Problematic
…not that that’s a question anyone would ever ask, but here’s the answer anyway. Drifting Dragons has an anime being held back by Netflix (apparently it won’t drop…
Pick of the Week: As Expected
SEAN: A lot of diverse choices this week. The “prestige” title is clearly Downfall, but let’s face it it’s far too bleak for me. Instead, to no one’s…
Kuutei Dragons Review
"Kuutei Dragons is consistently stunning"
Year 1 Issue 6
Arcadia Dragnet, Year 1, Issue 6 February 5 - 11, 2020 Hello and welcome back to Arcadia Dragnet.…
MegaMan NT Warrior, Symphogear, Magical DoReMi, Senya Ichiya Monogatari, Symphogear XV
281 – One Shot 26 – The Ghost in the Shell: Global Neural Network
This week Darfox is back to talk about Weather with You and dakazu gets a behind-the-scenes look at Yoshihiro Togashi in Sensei Hakusho! Then we review our very…
Year 1 Issue 5
Arcadia Dragnet, Year 1, Issue 5 January 29 - February 4, 2020 Happy February! One month and 5 issues in, Arcadia…
Skeleton Bookstore Employee Honda OVA, Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, Interspecies Reviewers, Breakers, Jewelpet Sunshine
Year 1 Issue 4
Arcadia Dragnet, Year 1, Issue 4 January 22-28 2020 I have finally decided that in order to be…
Jewelpet, Pandora to Akubi, Red Baron, Chihayafuru, Fortune Quest L
Year 1 Issue 3
Arcadia Dragnet, Year 1, Issue 3 January 15-21 2020 As I continue to figure out how to make Arcadia Dragnet most comprehensive and usef...
Hello Kitty, Drifting Dragons, Paris no Isabel, Dangard Ace, 22/7 (nanabun no nijyuuni)
Winter 2020 Season Preview
Hello folks, and welcome back to… what the fuck, does that actually say 2020 at the top of the post? As in, the beginning of an entire new…
Fruits Basket and Drifting Dragons
The White Sox win at Wrigley Field behind Eloy Jimenez’s two-run home run in the top of...
Fruits Basket and Drifting Dragons
The White Sox win at Wrigley Field behind Eloy Jimenez’s two-run home run in the top of the ninth, and that’s all I’m really thinking about right now.…
OSMcast! Show #149: Mob Psycho 100
Happy Monday, everybody! Let's kick off the week with something wholesome. And you can't spell "wholesome" without "Mob Psycho 100," the anime by Bones adapted from the manga…