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My Five Favorite Game Company Logos
Game companies may need a lot of things to survive in the industry, but in my book they need only one thing to be memorable: a good logo.…
Ace Attorney, Legend of the Crystals: Final Fantasy, Jumping, RADIANT, Tactics
Pretty Cure: I love the writing!
I’ve been impressed by the writing on the Pretty Cure series from the very first. It’s a great example of Hopepunk, positive and uplifting, with the characters making…
Day 2 of Hotsui Matsuri: Nihongo Legends-Tengu
Some people call them tricksters, others say they are ogres, and some yet liken them to angels instead. What mysterious creature do I speak of today? The Nihongo…
5 Episode Rule, Sweet Reincarnation
Delve into the world of “Sweet Reincarnation” (Okashi na Tensei) with my episode-by-episode impressions for the first 5 episodes!
NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a – 11 – We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Sword
The Machine Lifeforms are wilding the fuck out. Amassing in huge numbers and filled with (I assume) Adam’s rage, they quickly surround and overwhelm the Resistance camp. Fresh off…
High School DxD (Episode 11) – The Acclaimed Battle Continues!
When Rias loses Koneko she decides to change tactics a little, especially as Riser’s queen is attacking. Issei and Kiba are to keep everyone busy while she leads…
National Living Treasures: Japan’s Living Embodiments of Culture
How Japan's national living treasures preserve culture and the clever tactics - including Pokemon! - used to promote their work.
National Living Treasures: Japan’s Living Embodiments of Culture
How Japan's national living treasures preserve culture and the clever tactics - including Pokemon! - used to promote their work.
National Living Treasures: Japan’s Living Embodiments of Culture
How Japan's national living treasures preserve culture and the clever tactics - including Pokemon! - used to promote their work.
National Living Treasures: Japan’s Living Embodiments of Culture
How Japan's national living treasures preserve culture and the clever tactics - including Pokemon! - used to promote their work.
What we can learn about labor organization from Akiba Maid War
While not comprehensive, Episode 4 perfectly captures many of the tactics corporations use to suppress their workers. Of course, the challenging relationship these characters already have with labor…
To Your Eternity Season 2 Episode 15
In this review of To Your Eternity Season 2 Episode 15, I discuss the Nokkers' siege tactics and Kahaku's apparent apathy.
This Week in Games - "We Have Odin Sphere and Final Fantasy Tactics At Home"
Dokapon Kingdom: Connect is coming back to ruin your friendships, Vanillaware's Sword of the Vagrant is coming stateside, and Jean-Karlo discusses the massive layoffs at Microsoft in This…
The GLORIO Chat Episode 124: Podcast of Lordly Caliber
We chat about hot “new” video game releases Tactics Ogre Reborn and Pokemon Scarlet/Violet, and share our thoughts about the excellent Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.
Right-Wing Scare Tactics, Midterm Elections, and the Attack on Fandom
Election Day in the United States is only days away, and it’s a midterm with major consequences. From my previous writings, I think it’s clear that I have…
Made in Abyss – S2 06 – Gooey Tokusatsu
When Riko starts seriously considering giving up her eyes or legs (she reckons she needs more than half of her organs), Majikaja and Maaa stop her from striking…
Made in Abyss, Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun, Maji
Haruka Naru Toki no Naka de 2
Haruka Naru Toki no Naka de ( In a Distant Time ) is an otome game franchise developed by Ruby Party. It spans at least a dozen…
Ah My Buddha!!, The Story of Saiunkoku, Waza no Tabibito, Ai no Kusabi, Batman: Gotham Knight
Anime that’s just buggy!
Summer is here and for many of us that means so are the bugs! Whether it’s mosquitoes buzzing around your head, crickets chirping into the wee hours of…
Sotsugyou: Graduation
There are lots of OVAs with Graduation in the title. This one is the two episode OVA from 1995. It is based on a dating sim game and…
Boku no Boukuugou, Cerberus, Fruits Basket, RahXephon, Sailor Victory
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Episode #31
Let’s begin this episode with Ernest Mecklinger, the so-called Artistic Admiral where he’s talented in both fine arts and military tactics.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These
Saga of Tanya the Evil Episode 4 – Corporate Tactics != Military Tactics
Saga of Tanya the Evil Episode 4: Tanya thinks she set herself on Easy Street. Unfortunately, she missed several subtle but important clues!
13 War Anime Series That Feature Large Scale Battle Tactics
There is plenty of war in anime. It is a pretty easy setting and/or plot motivator. However, not all war anime is created equal. There is anime about…
Beyond the Heavens, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Lord Marksman and Vanadis, Saga of Tanya the Evil, Tactics
The Rising of the Shield Hero (Episodes 17-20) – Strategy and Tactics 101!
Naofumi finds out who has been behind all the problems he’s faced and it was the Three Heroes Church. Well, it would appear that they’ve had enough of…
Bookshelf Briefs 3/1/22
Hello, Melancholic!, Vol. 1 | By Yayoi Ohsawa | Seven Seas – Minato Asano is great at playing the trombone, but ostracization in junior high has rendered her…
Najica Blitz Tactics
Imagine if James Bond was female. Oh wait. Did Hollywood just do that gender swap thingy? Well, Japan did it a long time ago. Back in 2001, we…
Tensai Ouji no Akaji Kokka Saisei Jutsu Episode 2 – War Tactics and Wrath
Tensai Ouji no Akaji Kokka Saisei Jutsu has a decent enough second episode but it is hardly a thrilling viewing experience. Still, I ended up more emotionally invested…
Tactics, The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt
The Genius Prince’s Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt – 02 – Heart of Gold
After bathing and dressing, Ninym goes to wake Prince Wein up, only to find he’s dreaming of a woman with a bigger chest than hers. What would have…
The Genius Prince’s Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt – 01 (First Impressions) – Can’t Lose for Wein-ning
Despite the obnoxiously-long title, this is not an isekai, but a comedy that happens to take place in a renaissance-level fantasy world. In it the Empire of Earthwold lords…
Anime Taisho: My favorite Time!
Taisho anime is a treat! While everyone else might be singing about their favorite time of the year, I’m too busy being enamored by my favorite time in…
AnNaNoWriMo: Celebrate National Novel Writing Month with Anime!
The only thing better than a good book is one you wrote! NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month, and it rolls around every November to encourage would-be…
Anime for the goth in all of us!
Loli, Victorian, vampire, traditional, goth! Maybe it’s the chill in the air. Maybe it’s the shorter, darker days of autumn. Maybe it’s the spooky spell that Halloween casts…
S2E10 - Made In Hong Kong (1997)
Hi everyone, Alas, the season finale is here. In this final episode of season 2 of Heroic Purgatory, John and Jason discuss the 1997 Hong Kong film by Fruit…
S2E10 - Made In Hong Kong (1997)
Hi everyone, Alas, the season finale is here. In this final episode of season 2 of Heroic Purgatory, John and Jason discuss the 1997 Hong Kong film by Fruit…
S2E10 - Made In Hong Kong (1997)
Hi everyone, Alas, the season finale is here. In this final episode of season 2 of Heroic Purgatory, John and Jason discuss the 1997 Hong Kong film by Fruit…
I Can’t Stop Thinking About Vagrant Story
Among the many exceptional developers working at Squaresoft in the late 90’s and early aughts, none were quite as critically beloved and niche as Yasumi Matsuno. Over the…
Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy – 08 – Tough Love Tomoe
For a show called Moonlit Fantasy, there’s an awful lot of reality rearing its practical head this week. Tomoe reports that the orc and lizardmen warriors are, in a word, terrible;…
500 Word Game Reviews – The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics
It’s been almost two years since I watched The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance on Netflix (and the original film, which I only got around to a week…
LGBTQ Light Novel Review – I'm in Love with the Villainess Vol. 2
A Defining and Relentlessly Queer Work in the Next Era of Yuri I have backed myself into a corner and see no way out of it. For I have already awarded…
The Promised Neverland – 23 (Fin) – Easy Win
“It’s an ending, that’s enough!”—Marge Simpson I thought of those sage words—spoken to end a discussion of whether another ending was happy or sad—after the end of The Promi…
The Promised Neverland – 22 – Playtime Has Only Just Begun
First of all, Vincent is not a turncoat; I can’t see how someone otherwise proven as intelligent as him would think Ratri and the demons would honor any deal…
Megami Paradise
Sometimes, Orphan's path to a project is so convoluted that even I can't quite figure out how we got there. That's pretty much the case with...
Doukyuusei -Classmates-, Golgo 13, Naruto, Seitokai Yakuindomo, Wedding Peach
Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun – 07 – Fall Today, Rise Tomorrow
It’s time for the campaign speeches, and Hinami controls the crowd as expected. Mimimi and Tomozaki are all ready to hit their key demographics when Hinami suddenly steals…
Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun – 06 – The Second-Tallest Mountain
Hinami has a bold idea for Tomozaki’s next assignment. While she was going to make him her own campaign manager for the StuCo presidential election, but with Mimimi…
Altina the Sword Princess, Vol. 6
By Yukiya Murasaki and himesuz. Released in Japan as “Haken no Kouki Altina” by Famitsu Bunko. Released in North America digitally by J-Novel Club. Translated by Roy Nukia.…
The Promised Neverland short story from Blu-ray DVD boxset
The Chess Proverb “Checkmate!”Hearing Norman, a struggling Emma exclaimed.“Wah! No way!”Looking at the knight that had decided that checkmate from an unexpected position, Emma let out her voice. Norman…
Soul: Pixar’s Most Existential Film
I’m not one of those vocal people who thinks things like “2020 is the year of suffering” because of the media’s scare tactics regarding COVID-19, and their ability…
Fairy Tail 100 Years Quest Chapter 66 and Eden's Zero Chapters 112 and 113 Review
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Waza no Tabibito
Here's a modern OVA that slipped under the radar, 2011's Waza no Tabibito ( Skills Journey ). Waza is virtually a one-man production - cr...
Nora, Rizelmine, Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, Fruits Basket, Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play
Lockdown 2020: What Games Have I Been Playing?
Coming to terms with this ‘new normal’ has been hard for different people for different reasons. What has been absolutely marvellous, however, is having a known constant in…
Der Werwolf: The Annals of Veight, Vol. 8
By Hyougetsu and Nishi(E)da. Released in Japan by Earth Star Novels. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Ningen. It has to be said, even though…