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2025: The Year of Yuridemption
I wanted to post this while my hype levels were as high as a kite flown at the top of the Eiffel Tower. I wanted to celebrate what…
TSUTAYA Weekly Manga Sales Ranking: October 28 – November 3, 2024
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…
Mirai Radio to Jinkou-bato (The Future Radio and the Artificial Pigeons)
This VN has a pretty unique premise in that it’s set in a world where Artificial Pigeons have shut down the world’s telecommunications. There is an explanation for…
Hoshi Ori Yume Mirai
HoshiOri is a visual novel that is primarily centered around pure romance. While there is an overarching plot with the occasional twists and turns, it ultimately takes a…
First Look: The Stories of Girls Who Couldn’t Be Magicians
Ever since an encounter with a witch as a child, Kurumi Mirai has dreamed of attending the prestigious Redrun Magic School. Yet somehow, despite topping her junior high…
First Look: The Stories of Girls Who Couldn’t Be Magicians
Ever since an encounter with a witch as a child, Kurumi Mirai has dreamed of attending the prestigious Redrun Magic School. Yet somehow, despite topping her junior high…
The Grounded Worldview Of The Losing Heroines: Makeine Production Notes
Too Many Losing Heroines! / Makeine’s cheeky romcom antics hide a dramatic edge, a mix that its promising rookie director calls a bright, cheerful nostalgia. To convey this…
Harmonie (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray & DVD) Unboxing
Patema Inverted’s Yasuhiro Yoshiura produced a short film for Anime Mirai in 2014 and almost a decade later its now available in the UK on Blu-ray by Anime…
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SHUNGA: The Lost Japanese Erotica 春の画 SHUNGA (2023) Director: Junko Hirata [Nippon Connection 2024]
Junko Hirata’s gorgeous and informative documentary SHUNGA: The Lost Japanese Erotica 春の画 SHUNGA (2023) reclaims the erotic artform by showing the skill involved in making the prints and the…
Reader’s Corner: Helck (Vol. 10), Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You: Soulmate (Vol. 2), and Battle Royale Enforcers (Vol. 1)
Helck vs. Claes, Class F vs. each other, Kurumi vs. herself, and Mirai vs. the expectations weighing on her? Challenges for the characters in the series Twwk is…
Black Summoner, Helck, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Mirai, Naruto
Great Absence (大いなる不在, Kei Chikaura, 2023)
A forced reconnection with his estranged father forces a young man to contemplate the great absences of life in Kei Chikaura’s poetic drama.
Mirai Banashi
Have you ever wondered what life in the far future would hold, after the destruction and subsequent exodus of our planet Earth? Longtime mangaka Motomiya Hiroshi 本宮 ひろ志…
KADOKAWA’s Weekly Top 5 Manga and Light Novel: May 8 – May 14, 2024
Please note that from the looks of it, the rankings provided by KADOKAWA are limited to that of Japan only. The methodology is not provided, however, it is…
Ushinawareta Mirai o Motomete soon in English!
As of today, the game is 63% translated.
Ushinawareta Mirai o Motomete soon in English!
As of today, the game is 63% translated.
Captain Bal
The Young Animator Training Project , variously known as Anime Mirai, Anime Tamago, and now, Anime no Tane, is an annual project sponsored b...
Kill Me Baby, The Irregular at Magic High School, Mirai, Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle, Heaven's Lost Property
Tied by Fate—Destiny Star Girlfriend 2 soon in English!
You can expect Destiny Star Girlfriend 2 this year!
Tied by Fate—Destiny Star Girlfriend 2 soon in English!
You can expect Destiny Star Girlfriend 2 this year!
One YOU:ME’s thoughts on ME:I’s “Mirai” EP
My Oh My ME:I ~ Hello one and all. This is a bit of a long time coming on my end. I’ve been not so secretly invested in…
Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku Wo! 3 – Episode 01 Review
「この明るい未来に祝杯を！」 (Kono Akarui Mirai ni Shukukai wo!) "God's Blessings on This Bright Future!" It's as though the gang never left
Library Loot: MIRAI
In my first Library Loot post, I mentioned that I would cover both manga and anime – I haven’t cover anime yet. This has obviously changed with this…
Jojo's BIzarre Masculinity Makeover: an Aesthetic Analysis
Men. Muscles. Melodrama. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure has it all and more. Sources Cited 1. JoJo’s Bizarre Wiki. (n.d.) https://jojo.fandom.com/wiki/JoJonium/Special_Interviews 2. Bensound.com. “Sexy.” Bensound.com/royalty-free-music 3. Avildsen, John G. Rocky. United Artists, 1976. 4.…
Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Mirai
The Things I Loved, Liked, Disliked and Hated about Mirai Nikki
I’ve recently been watching Akame ga Kill, a show that was sold to me as the quintessential “I’m 13 and this is deep” series. I’m about halfway through…
Shadow of Fire (ほかげ, Shinya Tsukamoto, 2023)
The ruins of a firebombed city become a purgatorial space haunted by the tortured souls who cannot escape the traumatic wartime past in Shinya Tsukamoto’s eerie voyage through…
COMIC ZIN Weekly Manga Sales Ranking via Natalie: January 22 – January 28, 2024
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…
Miss Bernard said., Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World, Mirai
Seasonal Selection – KamiErabi God.app Episode 12
This is the madness I wanted to see – something on screen more strange and engaging than the panel with Yoko Taro in a leprechaun mask hyping it…
Helck – 23, 24 (END)
「選んだ道 / 希望ある未来へ」 (Eranda Michi / Kibou aru Mirai e) "The Chosen Path / Towards a Hopeful Future" I'm going to save you and you're going to like it!
Seasonal Selection – KamiErabi God.app Episode 11
Dimension-bending mayhem is upon us! Those of you who have joined me on this ride, I think we’re now being at least somewhat rewarded for our patience.
Review: Destiny Star Girlfriend
Destiny Star Girlfriend is a fantasy romcom about being bound to the school's cutest girl after a twist of fate makes you inseparable!
Seasonal Selection – KamiErabi God.app Episode 10
Just when you thought this thing looked normal, Yoko Taro decided it was time to remind you of his involvement.
Seasonal Selection – KamiErabi God.app Episode 9
Another one bites the dust.
Seasonal Selection – KamiErabi God.app Episode 8
Wait, they all have faces?
Seasonal Selection – KamiErabi God.app Episode 7
Goro may be only mostly dead, but that still means it’s Honoka’s turn to steal the show. So, what’s Yuno minus the -dere up to today?
Review Index: 70-79/100
Heres the index for all reviews rated 70-79 out of 100. Arte - 79/100 Ascendance of a Bookworm - 79/100 Astra: Lost In Space - 79/100 The Case…
Bloom Into You, Kemono Friends, Little Women, Little Women, Legend of the Crystals: Final Fantasy
Seasonal Selection – KamiErabi God.app Episode 6
The long-awaited debut of Goro’s Idol, Iyo, appears to be slightly posthumous.
Seasonal Selection – KamiErabi God.app Episode 5
I hope you like flashbacks and still shots thereof.
Seasonal Selection – KamiErabi God.app Episode 4
Cast felt naked for a bit, we’ve got some new friends (and enemies) to eventually kill.
Seasonal Selection – KamiErabi God.app Episode 3
Well, there’s a degree to which this was inevitable. Something of a surprise it was so soon.
Seasonal Selection – KamiErabi God.app Episode 2
Now with extra Fate/Stay Night parts? Well, it’s worth a chance at least.
First Impressions: The iDOLM@STER Million Live!
Mirai Kasuga is seeking direction in her life. She’s in at least eight different clubs, trying to find something she wants to do, when she happens to get…
Seasonal Selection – KamiErabi God.app Episode 1
So we have a first episode that pitches Mirai Nikki by way of Bubuki Buranki. Done by Yoko Taro and Jin. This is, at least, going to be…
Time Leap: Analyzing Its Influences and Significance in Anime Media Culture
Introduction Mamoru Hosoda is a well-acclaimed Japanese Film Maker known for his work in Wolf Children, Mirai and perhaps, his famous work yet, The Girl Who Leapt through…
We Couldn’t Become Adults ボクたちはみんな大人になれなかった (2021) Director: Yoshihiro Mori
We Couldn’t Become Adults ボクたちはみんな大人になれなかった (2021), by director Yoshihiro Mori, is a well-acted and well-shot drama about a 40-something man in contemporary Japan looking back at his life (v…
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Otomate Party 2023 Roundup
Otomate Party is a yearly event for Otomate where they invite fans (and their moneys) to join them at a venue for a whole weekend (two days) where…
Five Best Openings (OPs) of the Summer 2023 Anime Season
Summer 2023 may be a little slow as it has to do with anime series, but it’s been surprisingly strong in the OP department! In fact, our man…
Bungo Stray Dogs, Horimiya, My Happy Marriage, The Quintessential Quintuplets
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As Long As We Both Shall Live (わたしの幸せな結婚, Ayuko Tsukahara, 2023) [Fantasia 2023]
A young woman with chronically low self-esteem learns to love herself after bonding with a taciturn nobleman in Ayuko Tsukahara’s adaptation of the light novel series.
This Week: Tokyo Area Events for August 14 – 20
Summer in Tokyo only seems to be ramping up. This Obon weekend, join the fun at any of the festivals happening around town. From Minato Mirai to Shimokitazawa…
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As Long As We Both Shall Live (2023) review [Fantasia Fest 2023]
An over-the-top and highly powerful romance narrative.
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Shin Kamer Rider (2023) review [Fantasia Fest 2023]
Anno delivers an action-hero experience that is both incredibly fun and emotionally touching.