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The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon: A Cool Concept Turns Dubious Disaster – Book Review
The Archive Undying by Emma Meiko Candon is a Japanese American science-fiction novel, the first in a series, that revolves around a world comprised of artificially intelligent beings…
Weekly Reading Wrap-Up (April 14th to 21st)
My mental health was a bit all over the place this past week as I have been taking care of three sick kitties (they have colds, nothing too…
Initial D - The First Stage to the Overall Magic of Anime and Manga
Seeing this display at my local Kinokuniya Bookstore branch made my day and got me reminiscing. In the early 2000s', I was still in my phase of consuming everything…
Weekly Reading Wrap-Up (April 6th to 13th) 📚
This last week was fabulous. I read about six books total and almost all of them are titles I would recommend to other readers, depending on what fits…
Women of Good Fortune: Ride-or-Die Female Friends Finding their Joyous Empowerment (Book Review) 🧧
Women of Good Fortune by Sophie Wan is a Chinese-American, contemporary novel that begins with a bride’s reluctance at her upcoming nuptials to a very wealthy, eligible bachelor…
Laid-Back Camp Season 3 (Spring 2024) – First Impressions 🏕️
Laid-Back Camp Season 3 (ゆるキャン△ Season 3) is the continuation of a series that essentially revolves around cute, silly girls and their love of camping! It’s a super…
Laid-Back Camp Season 3, Initial D First Stage, Laid-Back Camp
Wisdom of the Week #1: The Value of Impermanence 🪷
Happy Sunday and good morning, chums. Welcome to a new weekly (sometimes bi-weekly) segment called Wisdom of the Week, where I will share some words to keep in…
Caturday Reads 01: Horror Thriller, East Asian Fantasy, Mech Science-Fiction 😺
Azizi and I welcome you to our first Caturday Reads, which is a basically a post allowing me to dote and show off amateur pictures of my kitties,…
🌼 March Reading Wrap-Up (2024) 🌼
March was a brilliant reading month for me. I cannot remember the last time I was able to focus so much on one thing at a time for…
📢 Blog Bulletin: Welcome Spring! Seasonal Introverted Shenanigans
Returning to blogging feels like walking into an 80s queer disco ghost town, not that I would ever complain about that. That would be right up my happy…
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng: Generational Trauma & Internalised Racism Amid Grief – Book Review
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng is a Chinese-American fiction literature novel about a family—two parents, a brother, and a sister—who try to piece together the…
Syrup to No Good by Catherine Bruns: Bridal Shower Stabbing Stops the Show – Book Review
Syrup to No Good by Catherine Bruns is the second book in the cosy mystery series, Maple Syrup Mysteries. Leila Khoury has settled into her life in Vermont…
Blog Bulletin 📣 Hello, Happy Sunday & How Do you Do + Sunday Shelfie
Do you ever sit down to write something, and you want it to be profound and fabulous, yet when the eyes meet the document or clean, crisp pages,…
AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future by Kai-Fu Lee & Chen Qiufan – Realistic Potentiality of Global AI Technologies – Book Review
AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future by Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan is a collection of ten short stories written in collaboration between two pioneers of artificial…
A Doomful of Sugar by Catherine Bruns: A Sweet & Sombre Cosy Mystery – Book Review
A Doomful of Sugar by Catherine Bruns is the first title in a cosy mystery series called, Maple Syrup Mysteries. It follows a woman named Leila Khoury as…
DAYS OAD
Back in 2016, Orphan subbed DAYS: Touin Gakuensen , the second set of DAYS OADs and the next step in the Seiseki High School soccer team's q...
Yowamushi Pedal, The Familiar of Zero, AJIN: Demi-Human, Yona of the Dawn, Antique Bakery
Does MF Ghost Carry the Flame of Initial D? Season 1 Anime Review
Today's anime review covers MF Ghost Season 1, the fall 2023 anime continuing several years after the events of Initial D. Please consider supporting these videos: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bobsamurai Etsy Store:…
Joker: Killer Smile – The Sublime Subtlety Between Brilliance & Madness – Comic Review
“Life is meant to be savoured.” Joker: Killer Smile is a psychological horror, mystery graphic novel by the magnificent award-nominated duo, Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino (Gideon Falls).…
Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams by Naoki Urasawa – Seinen Satire from a Master of the Craft (Manga Review)
Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams by Naoki Urasawa is a seinen, mystery, drama manga about a father who evades taxes to save money so he can take his…
5 Reasons to Watch Ghost Hunt (ゴーストハント)
Ghost Hunt is a shōjo, supernatural mystery show about a group of psychic researchers that investigate paranormal incidents and try to resolve them where they can. This was…
Harleen by Stjepan Šejić: A Stroke of Genius Origin Story for The Joker’s Leading Lady – Comic Review
Harleen by Stjepan Šejić is a psychological thriller graphic novel. After months of interviewing criminals at Arkham Asylum, Dr Harleen Quinzel starts to have very strange dreams about…
7th Time Loop: The Charming Shenanigans of a Villainess & Her Worst Enemy – Anime First Impressions
7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! (ループ7回目の悪役令嬢は、元敵国で自由気ままな花嫁生活を満喫する) is a fantasy, romance anime series about a noblewoman that is resurrected for…
Initial D First Stage, 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!
The Demon Prince of Momochi House: Supernaturally Sweet & Visually Vibrant – Anime First Impressions
The Demon Prince of Momochi House (百千さん家のあやかし王子) is a shōjo, supernatural, romance anime that’s based off the original manga series by Aya Shouoto. It follows a young, orphaned…
Mellow
Another year, another ecchi OVA about cross-dressing from Knack. This time it's 1993's Mellow , which is based on a manga by Kasahara Rin th...
Run Melos, Marmalade Boy, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Exper Zenon, Girl from Phantasia
Black Tomb (2008): Love & Violence in Dystopian Kamakura-Era – Anime First Impressions
Kurozuka, also known as Black Tomb, is a 2008 seinen, post-apocalyptic, dark fantasy anime that’s an adaptation of a manga, which was an adaptation of a novel. It…
Ninja Scroll & the Harsh Critique of a Toxically Ambitious History – Anime Review
Ninja Scroll (獣兵衛忍風帖) is a 1993 seinen, jidaigeki-chanbara (period samurai film) motion picture that was produced by Animate Film and written and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Vampire Hunter…
Initial D First Stage, Ninja Scroll, Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge, Vampire Hunter D, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Comic Review: Meg the Graphic Novel – Tawdry Cinematic Action at its Finest
As a humongous fan of the cheesy and oft-times godawful Meg novels by Steven Alten, when I saw the trade paperback comic, it is safe to say that…
Anime Archive Ventures (Randomly Choosing Backlogged Anime) #1: Black Tomb (2008)
Anime backlogs are simultaneously amazing, as they provide a source for us to refer to when we have no idea what sounds good for that next thrilling adventure,…
Blog Bulletin 📢 Welcome to Initial Dork!
Bula bloggers, bookworms, and dorks of all sorts, and a very cheery New Year’s to you. This is your basic as biscuits “Welcome to My Blog” post. If…
Racing the Ghost of Initial D
MF Ghost is not Initial D despite their thematic and narrative similarities. No series will ever be as transcendent as Initial D was, but that doesn’t mean no…
Anime Like Overtake
After a traumatic event, freelance photographer Kouya Madoka has trouble taking pictures of people, and his career is suffering for it. However, while working
Capeta, Initial D First Stage, MF GHOST, Stars Align, The Gymnastics Samurai
This Week in Anime - Fast Cars, Anime, and Eurobeat
Steve and Nicky put on their helmets for a high-octane discussion of Initial D, its successor MF Ghost, and the dark horse of the season, Ei Aoki's Overtake!
A 90s Delinquent Anime About The Sengoku Era of Japan
Bousou Sengokushi If you want a little look into what young Japanese street life in the early 90s looked like in an animated form.. Bousou Sengokushi is the way…
How to Watch Initial D in Order
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Anime Like MF Ghost
With self-driving electric cars replacing gas-powered vehicles, sports cars became a rarity. In this future, they are only really seen in a racing circuit
Capeta, Future GPX Cyber Formula, Initial D First Stage, MF GHOST, Wangan Midnight
MF Ghost and the Passage of Time
One of the Fall 2023 anime I had been anticipating was MF Ghost, a sequel of sorts to the famous downhill street racing series Initial D. While I’ve…
Every Anime Worth Watching in Fall 2023
The Fall 2023 season has to be the strongest anime season in quite a long time. It's filled everything you would want. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:45 MF Ghost (Initial D) 1:54 Overtake! 2:04…
Shangri-La, Undead Unluck, I'm Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness, I'm in Love with the Villainess, Berserk of Gluttony
Initials D Through MF and O
Two car animes in one season, and one of them is the legendary sequel to Initial D? Boy, I'm at FULL mast.
“MF Ghost” and the Evolution of Racing Anime: A New Chapter in the Legacy of “Initial D”
The world of anime has long been captivated by the thrill and excitement of racing, and few series have left as lasting an impact as “Initial D.” Widely…
First Impression: MF Ghost
The future is here and gas-powered cars are going the way of the dinosaur. Well, unless you go to the track where real fossil fuel-guzzling race cars still…
MF Ghost #01 — Those Silly Stalkers
Starring the boy born with no personality. Apparently this is airing a day early on all the online streaming sites, both Abema and abroad. Impressions: I'm not…
What I Watched This Week – 7/9-7/15
Initial D First Stage – I am not very knowledgeable about cars or particularly interested in racing, so I really only added this to my watchlist because one…
The Manga Review: Straight, No Chaser
If you weren't able to attend Anime Expo, fear not: Brigid Alverson has a handy round-up of major licenses from Kodansha, which include a new edition of Initial…
Initial D First Stage, Knights of Sidonia, Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
The Initial D Life Lesson I Often Think About
There are many unforgettable moments in Initial D. Whether it’s seeing the AE86 drift for the first time, the battle against Ryousuke, the Trueno vs. Levin battles, or…
Backlog Busting – My February 2023 Watches
You know, it really feels great being able to just watch through shows on my backlog without worrying about keeping up with seasonal shows as well all the…
Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-Man-Mai no Kinka o Tamemasu – Episode 4 – Mitsuha’s General Store’s Grand Opening and Initial Difficulties
Episode impressions of Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-Man-Mai no Kinka o Tamemasu Episode 4 as Mitsuha finally arrives in the royal capital to open up a general…
Tezuka Osamu's Tales from the Old Testament Ep19-21
The seventh volume of Tezuka Osamu's Tales from the Old Testament is the pivot point between the mythic and "historical" parts of the Bible....
Cowboy Bebop, Witch Girl Meg, Nozomi Witches, Yamato 2520, Initial D First Stage
Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai! S2 - Episode 9 - Tsuki Yanagi Float on Water
Tsuki and Yanagi relaxed in an outdoor bath when Hana rejoined them with a smile. What happened to her? Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai! S2 - Episode 9
Nemure Omoigo, Sora no Shitone ni
From the depths of the unfinished projects vault, Orphan and M74 bring you a new version of the 2014 sci-fi anime, Nemure Omoigo, Sora no S...
God Eater, Beast Saga, Berserk, D4 Princess, Girl from Phantasia
Shuto Kousoku Trial 2 (1990) [Film Review]
Shuto Kousoku Trial 2; or, Gas Gas Gas It's the best! With GTR nobody will beat me! After the troubled release of the original Shuto Ko...
GYO: Tokyo Fish Attack, Initial D First Stage, Wangan Midnight