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Interview with Christophe Ferreira, Justin Leach, and Katrina Minett at Otakon 2024
Christophe Ferreira began his career as a dougaman at Telecom Animation Film under Yasuo Ootsuka and Kazuhide Tomonaga, passed from project to project and position to position, took…
Fallin’ for 18scott and his furious flow.
Y’all don’t understand how obsessed I was about trying to figure out what song was being used for the sample on this track. @_@ Needless to say, the…
Munasawagi Night from Satoru Nakagi is like a dreamy retro rock flashback.
The opening chords remind of dreamy intros to Cocteau Twins and The Cure tracks. Needless to say, Satoru Nakagi has crafted a nostalgic sound here on his new…
The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic – 12 – Upright Demon Brigade
Back from his great victory, Ken is suddenly the toast of the town, as everyone in the market crowds around him. Needless to say he’s not used to…
Horimiya: The Missing Pieces – Episodes 7 to 9
Welcome back to Anime Rants with 7Mononoke! (Mono for short.) As you may know, Horimiya: The Missing Pieces finished its run on September 23rd, 2023. Needless to say,…
Cheerful Amnesia
by Tamamushi Oku When Arisa loses her memories from the past three years, her girlfriend, Mari, worries it might mean the end of their budding relationship. A needless…
New Release Yuri Manga in October 2023
Cheerful Amnesia, Vol. 1 When Arisa loses her memories from the past three years, her girlfriend, Mari, worries it might mean the end of their budding relationship. A…
TheOASG Podcast Episode 180: Getting Irish Wristwatchy About It
Show Notes 0:00: Helen went to Small Press Expo and had a good time. Justin talked about the Lycoris Recoil BD release and finishing Part 4 of Bookworm.…
Author Journey (June 26, 2023)
I was expecting this week to be a wash with interruptions, however, I never expected it to go quite so badly. The week started well and then slowly…
Author Journey (April 24, 2023)
Well, I’m just glad I kept my goal on the lower side of things for last week. I think I lost about three days in total once all…
Urusei Yatsura – 18 – Love Is Chemical War
Our episode starts with a needless mini-recap of who Ataru and Lum are, and then we’re off to a sequence where Lum very carefully prepares a very special…
125: The Sickos Read Even More Posts
The world never stops shoving terrible, dumb posts in our faces, so we decided to read some of them out loud. Posts truly are the worst thing on…
Anime Series Like The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace
800 years ago, as terrifying demons pushed mankind to the brink, they prayed to the gods and called for their aid. Emerging from these prayers, battle deities called…
86 –Eighty-Six–, Vol. 8: Gun Smoke on the Water
By Asato Asato and Shirabii. Released in Japan by Dengeki Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On. Translated by Roman Lempert. As expected, after last volume’s romantic…
Sonny Boy – 07 – Nagara Inverted
Sonny Boy loves starting episodes in media res, and this week is no different, as we sit in on the 601,344th meeting of the Drift Victims Society. If it’s…
Yu-Gi-Oh 5D’s Episode 27 – 29
With the Fortune Cup is over, Yusei has been crowned as the new King, but given there are still many who are not happy about it, and much…
NIGHT HEAD 2041 – 06 – A Model of Peace
While an armed guard keeps Naoya hostage, Kazama’s sketchy-ass Free Speech Alliance takes over the main news government propaganda TV station. After a brief and frankly hackneyed speech…
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A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990) [Film Review]
A Chinese Ghost Story II; or, To Hell and Back Again Mortals are forgetful. Good deeds fade like the wind. No matter what you've done, ...
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April Story (1998) [Film Review]
April Story; or, My Dearest Senpai When I made it into university, Moriyama, my home-room teacher congratulated me, saying "It was a mi...
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: Read it Before Ragnarök
Lately, I’ve been questioning my admiration toward Rick Riordan, the author of Percy Jackson, a.k.a. “The Storyteller of the Gods”. I read Percy Jackson over ten years ago,…
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Tezuka's Barbara (2020) [Film Review]
Tezuka’s Barbara; or, Deadly Temptation A woman like the city's excrement from the millions of people that it consumed and digested. Th...
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The Killer (1989) [Film Review]
The Killer; or, Tomorrow Never Came In this world, not everybody is untrustworthy. Just how awesome is John Woo? The director is obvio...
Vlad Love – 10 – The Incredible Cyber-Franken-Kong
I have myself been blasted in these hopes, yet another may succeed.—Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein In a return to “conventional” Vlad Love, Chihiro-sensei introduces the new transfer…
RahXephon does NOT equal Evangelion
I am writing this post in the hope of ending a needless and futile debate. I’m writing it knowing that I’m talking about the anime community, and unnecessary…
Seasonal Selection – Ex-Arm Episode 10
A decent fight sceneSome needless complicationsNo impact at heart So, today’s episode of Ex-Arm had two major lines: Akira versus Beta and Alma versus Soma. Second one first.…
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The Sounds of Awe and Terror: Revisiting the Music of Godzilla [Part 3- The Millennium Era]
No matter what type of music, I always want to create music that would touch the heart of people. I do the orchestration and…
Strike the Blood, Vol. 17
By Gakuto Mikumo and Manyako. Released in Japan by Dengeki Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On. Translated by Jeremiah Bourque. This is the first of two…
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – 18 – Big Bad Spider Daddy
Puppet Mama and Spider Boy were only a warm-up for two of the three remaining members of the Spider Demon Family: Father and Rui. Needless to say they…
Winter 2021 Anime – What I’m Looking Forward To
Some of you may not realize how good it feels to be writing “2021” in a post header; some of you probably know all too well the sense…
Sunday Retrospective (2020)
Greetings all! It's hard to believe that we've made it through another year (all things considered) but here we are on the final blog entr...
Urusei Yatsura, Alice in Borderland, Maison Ikkoku, MAJOR 2nd, Needless
Bandai Cup Noodle Model Kit Compared To Nissin Original Cup Noodle
I believe it was in October of 2019 when Nissin Japan's Twitter feed posted a mockup of a Cup Noodle that was assembled as a model kit. The...
Mass release day returns! — In honor of CP.
Or that was general idea, before this year went to hell in a handbasket, I need NOT go into details why, but needless to say, that we do…
Mass release day returns! — In honor of CP.
Or that was general idea, before this year went to hell in a handbasket, I need NOT go into details why, but needless to say, that we do…
10 Year Anniversary
Today marks the ten year anniversary of this anime blog. While these archives have rested silently these past three years, I still periodically return to dust off dated…
Why Is CLAMP Like This, Part II
12 Days of Aniblogging 2020, Day 7 We’re back! Like yesterday’s post, I’ll be providing my thoughts on each Clamp series I read this year, for better or for…
Anime Review 168 Ensemble Stars
I haven’t played any of the Ensemble Stars games mainly due to how inaccessible they are without doing some iOS exploit that lets you get games regardless of…
Harukana Receive Volume 5 Review
Haruka and Kanata face Claire and Emily in the regional finals, meaning lots of challenges await on the sand in Harukana Receive Volume 5!
Anime Photography in the Cel Era
I came across this opening by the popular indie animator Kouji Nanke while watching Maison Ikkoku (it was the 5th and last in the TV series), and it…
Cat Planet Cuties (Episode 3) – We’ve Come to Stay
The Catians have met with the Japanese government to negotiate in their swimsuits… However, when the Japanese offer to pay for accommodation, the Catians say that they are…
DECA-DENCE (1)
Needlessly long intro incoming :D Firstly, I want to quickly note that I’m not great when it comes to episode reviews of seasonal shows; I can’t always keep…
Rachel is a Psychopath – Tower of God
True colors are always revealed in time. She has been saying the whole time that her and Bam couldn’t climb the tower together. I still don’t have my…
TheOASG Podcast Episode 102: It Starts Right Now
Show Notes The start of this week’s episode begins with George Floyd, and what has happened since his death May 25. Needless to say, this was the moment…
How Time Flies…
Wow, it’s been seven long months since I’ve been on this blog. Needless to say my hiatus extended far longer than I ever anticipated. I almost don’t know…
Brain Powerd
11 months after my ‘Choose what series I watch next! 2019 Edition‘ poll closed, here’s the promised review. ? Needless to say, I won’t be making any more…
My Hero Academia s4 ep76 – The Impossible
Hello everyone! Welcome back! I bought a Switch a few days ago and just started Fire Emblem last night. Needless to say I’m tired and eager to…
Review: One Punch Man Collection One
By now you’re probably well versed with protagonist Saitama’s backstory. Only a few years before, he was unemployed with ambitious of being a businessman. Inspired to make good…
Tomino, Nagano and Kogawa’s Forgotten L-Gaim
One of the rarely talked about mecha shows of the 80’s is Heavy Metal L-Gaim, although it was one of my most unique experiences with anime of the…
Robot Carnival, Cool Cool Bye, Five Star Stories, Folktales from Japan, Heavy
The Man of Tango
It’s kind of shocking that it took Viz so long to start a yaoi imprint of their own, SuBLime. Over the years it seems that most of the…
Which is Witch? Mary and the Witch's Wish-List
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Needless, The Secret World of Arrietty, When Marnie Was There
The VA Effect
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