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Ushiro no Hyakutaro

Ushiro no Hyakutaro ( Hyakutaro Behind or Hyakutaro in Back ) is a two-volume OVA from 1991. Based on a eight-volume manga by Tsunada Jir...

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The Twelve Kingdoms – The Most Immersive Story

Comparisons to modern isekai I’m getting this comparison out of the way right now, The Twelve Kingdoms is so much different from most modern isekai stories. Well, for…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

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Why I -Actually- Hate Modern Isekai’s

Featured Image: I’m not creative so the meme used as my feature image is from twitter. Sourced from here. Note: When referring to modern isekai’s I am referring…

Phoenix Talks Pop Culture Japan

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Anime Like Yona of the Dawn

After having her luxurious life shattered by the betrayal of her cousin, Princess Yona is forced to escape with her childhood friend and bodyguard, Son Hak.

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Anime Like Magi

After spending his life in isolation, Aladdin and his djinn Ugo set off on a journey to see the world. Soon after, he becomes friends with Alibaba, a…

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Anime Series Like Maoyu – Archenemy and Hero

After fifteen years of warfare with the demon world, the Hero is unsatisfied with their advance and rushes forward to the Demon Queen's Castle. There, he not

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Anime Like The Fire Hunter

After repeated wars, human biology changed. Now when humans get too close to natural fire, they combust. However, society has not completely collapsed without

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Anime Like Sorcerous Stabber Orphen

At the Tower of the Fang where they train future sorcerers, Krylancelo and his foster sister Azalie were both promising students. However, one night during an

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The Magic of the Inner Palace

Raven of the Inner Palace episodes 1-11 While I don’t specifically consider myself a fan of Chinese Imperial Court-influenced fantasy series, I must have a high tolerance for…

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Anime Like Raven of the Inner Palace

Within the imperial palace, the emperor lives with his consorts. One such woman is the Raven Consort, who does not perform night time duties and remains in

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Kimami ni Idol

Kimama ni Idol (Free-Spirited Idols) is a 1990 comedy OVA based on a manga by Kotani Kenichi. It tells the madcap tale of three teenage girl...

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Nana Toshi Monogatari

Here's another project that BlueFixer asked Orphan to redo: the two-part sci-fi OVA Nana Toshi Monogatari: Hokkyokukai Sensen ( A Tale of S...

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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…

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Weekly Round-Up, 23-29 March 2022: Afro Samurai Anniversary, Wage Gap Statistics, and Shoujo Recs

AniFem Round-Up If the Belt Fits: The battle for trans characters in fighting games In honor of Guilty Gear‘s Testament coming out as agender, we’re rerunning C.S. Nangland’s…

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TheOASG Podcast Episode 142: A Perfect Licensing World

Justin and Helen discuss all the latest news, licenses, and weird news happening in anime and manga in this week's TheOASG Podcast!

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First Impression: Fantasia Sango – Realm of Legends

The episode opens with a mighty yell as a beast with glowing horns runs rampant and a musician tries in vain to reason with it. Death is the…

Beneath the Tangles

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Anime Series Like Peach Boy Riverside

In a world where humans and demihuman creatures live at odds with each other, princess Saltorine “Sally” Aldike is on a journey to find a man named Mikoto…

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Anime Series Like How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom

Kazuya Souma is summoned to another world rife with adventure. There, the king cedes his throne to the young hero and Souma finds himself saddled with a kingdom…

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The Divine Right of Kings Isn’t Much Fun in “The Twelve Kingdoms”

I’ve had many, many months to digest The Twelve Kingdoms because there’s a lot of it, it’s a very dense series, and it’s best looked at with that…

Ideas Without End

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Sensou Douwa: Boku no Boukuugou

Sensou Douwa ( War Tales or War Fables ) was a series of TV specials by Shin-Ei Animation that ran annually from 2002 to 2009. In…

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Weekly Round-Up, 26 February – 3 March 2020: Glass Mask Retrospective, Accessibility at Cons, and JK Rowling Misunderstanding Japanese

AniFem Round-Up Power, Oppression, and Victimhood in The Twelve Kingdoms versus The Rising of the Shield Hero Caitlin compares two isekai about a protagonist betrayed by everyone and…

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Power, Oppression, and Victimhood in The Twelve Kingdoms versus The Rising of the Shield Hero

While their first arcs run largely parallel to each other, Shield Hero’s themes of revenge and victimhood undercut any room for growth, while Twelve Kingdoms uses almost identical…

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[Links] 27 November – 3 December 2019: Naoko Yamada’s Career Highs, Support for Marriage Equality in Japan, and the First Women’s Sports Anime

AniFem Round-Up [Feature] No One is Born to Be a Slave: How The Twelve Kingdoms questions social systems Caitlin Donovan’s series retrospective highlights the show’s focus on women’s…

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[Feature] No One is Born to Be a Slave: How The Twelve Kingdoms questions social systems

Fantasy is often described as escapism, but the genre has great potential to expose a reader to different perspectives on their own society while drawing them into an…

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