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My Most Positive Reviews of the Decade!
It’s been 10 years since I opened up this blog to post my reviews to, and boy have a lot of reviews been written in the time since.…
After the Rain, Akebi’s Sailor Uniform, BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!, Days with My Stepsister, Harmonie
Anime Like Senpai is an Otokonoko
Despite his mother's disapproval of his love for cute things and dressing in cute clothes, Makoto Hanaoka secretly dresses like a girl at his high school.
Princess Jellyfish, Blue Period, The Troubled Life of Miss Kotoura, O Maidens in Your Savage Season, Senpai is an Otokonoko
Talking About Some Amazing Trans Characters for International Transgender Day of Visibility
Talking about some of my favorite trans characters!
Blue Period, Princess Jellyfish, Wandering Son, WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Even Though We're Adults volume 5 (Manga Review)
Review of the manga, Even though We're Adults volume 5, by Takako Shimura
Disaster Report: EL HAZARD - THE WANDERERS
There are a lot of reasons I cover shows here on Disaster Report. Some of them are famous failures. Others are shows I wouldn’t even kno...
Dragon Ball Z, Oreimo, Trouble Chocolate, Bubblegum Crisis, Cat Planet Cuties
The Best Anime Of The Decade (2010-2019)
You think you’ve watched all the best anime the last decade had to offer? I beat you haven’t seen these yet!
Hellsing, Samurai Flamenco, Umineko: When They Cry, UN-GO, The Legend of the Legendary Heroes
Hourou Musuko: An Exploration of Identity
Hourou Musuko is an anime from early 2011. It was released by AIC and based off of a manga by Shimura Takako. Who I know from her work…
I'm in a manga and anime dry-spell. Help me!!!!
help me find Manga/Anime that I should read/watch
Liz and the Blue Bird, Maria Watches Over Us, Someday's Dreamers, Wandering Son, After the Rain
Even Though We're Adults Volume 4 (manga review)
A review of the manga "Even Though We're Adults" volume 4 by Takako Shimura published by Seven Seas.
An Ode to the Women of Anime, Manga, & Light Novels
Happy International Women’s Day, everyone! In honor of the day, we here at BtT are excited to celebrate some of our favorite women working in anime, manga, and…
The Heike Story, Urusei Yatsura, Ascendance of a Bookworm, Wandering Son, Boys Over Flowers
Highlighting the Best Anime of the 2010s
the 2010s was a tremendous decade for anime, here is part one of a highlight post of said decade.
Hourou Musuko
Title: Hourou MusukoGenre: Drama, RomanceRating: 7.0/10 Summary: The story depicts a young boy named Shuuichi Nitori who wants to be a girl, and his friend Yoshino Takatsuki, a girl who wants to…
Destiny’s Son (斬る, Kenji Misumi, 1962)
A wandering son finds himself in the middle of intrigue on learning the sad secrets of his birth in Kenji Misumi’s elliptical, elegiac tale of death and the…
Josei Yuri Romance ‘Even Though We’re Adults’ Vol. 2 Released in English
On Tuesday, Seven Seas Entertainment released the second volume in Takako Shimura’s Josie Yuri manga Even Though We’re Adults (Otona ni Natte mo) in English digitally and in paperback.…
Yuri and LGBTQ+ Manga, Anime, and Games to Enjoy this Pride Month
Manga and Comics I’m in Love with the Villainess Ordinary office worker Oohashi Rei wakes up in the body of the protagonist of her favorite otome game, Revolution. To her…
Girl Meets Girl, veil, Wandering Son, Bloom Into You, Girl Meets Girl
In My View: The false distinction between live-action and animation
Way back when, in the year two-thoooousand (and seven), I watched a little 36 episode series called Honey and Clover. For those people who don’t know what that…
Rating All the #AniTwitWatches Anime
An idea started by Cameron (Iniksbane).
The Rolling Girls, From the New World, Wandering Son, Kanon, Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace
Ranking #AniTwitWatches shows until now
So the #anitwitwatches crew just finished up SSSS. Gridman this week. Since the only real controversy I see out in AniTwitter is whether Goku could beat up Superman,…
The Rolling Girls, Wandering Son, Girls' Last Tour, Kanon, School Days
Wandering Son
Wandering Son is a 2011 Coming of age drama series from the longtime Japanese animation studio, Anime International Company (AIC) Classic. Though the studio hasn’t created anything other…
New Lesbian Manga ‘Even Though We’re Adults’ from Acclaimed LGBTQ Creator Released in English
The first volume of Yuri manga series Even Though We’re Adults (Otona ni Natte mo) was released Tuesday in English by Seven Seas Entertainment. This is the latest…
Favourite Anime I watched in 2020– They may have come out years ago
Once again it’s time for a favourite anime of the year post. I have a bit of a tradition with these posts! It’s a pretty straight up tradition,…
The World God Only Knows, Wandering Son, Dorohedoro, Kyousougiga, Kyousougiga
Even More Lesbian Manga About Adults Before My Holiday Creative Energies Wither Away
12 Days of Aniblogging 2020, Day 12 It’s easily been Floating Catacombs’ most successful year, with far more posts that I’m proud of than previous times. With that, I’d…
A Magical 2020
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A Whisker Away, D-Frag!, Dimension W, I've Always Liked You, Cardcaptor Sakura the Movie 2: The Sealed Card
Feelings and Possibly Even Thoughts on Wandering Son
Genre : Slice of Life, drama, coming of age, school Episodes 11 Studio: AIC Shuuichi is approaching that difficult period in life. The dreaded puberty where…
Review: Happy-Go-Lucky Days
What do you do, and how do you move forward, after you’ve experienced a bittersweet, youthful love? Happy-Go-Lucky Days, currently streaming at the Asian Pop-up Cinema Festival, examines…
Bloom Into June – Episode # 95 – Pride Month Special feat. Meta and RetroSofa
Note: This podcast was recorded before the murder of George Floyd and was delayed in the hopes that people would focus in on the incredibly important social movement…
Top 50 Anime of the Decade
A new decade starts and immediately everyone is stuck inside. I can’t really do much, so what better time to think about the past? The ’10s are well…
Harmonie, Flavors of Youth, Tsuredure Children, The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior, Digimon: Digital Monsters
Otona ni Nattemo, Volume 1 (おとなになっても)
Shimura Takako’s work with gender and sexual minorities has been very influential and popular among western manga readers, and series like Sweet Blue Flowers and Wandering Son end…
Wandering Son: Finding Your True Self
This week, another #AniTwitWatches season came to an end. You can guess from the title that we watched and have discussed the anime version of Wandering Son. It’s…
Adapting to Society with Wandering Son [May ’20 OWLS Blog Tour]
Don’t we all adapt to society, if it doesn’t adapt to us instead?
#AniTwitWatches Round 5: Wandering Son 10 – 11
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#AniTwitWatches Round 5: Wandering Son 9
A few eps from the end already…
In an Age of Endless Media, Representation is More Important than Ever
Recently, in its twitter series #anitwitwatches, the blog Jon Spencer Reviews began discussing the anime “Wandering Son” along with many of its followers. The weekly discussions are pla…
#AniTwitWatches Round 5: Wandering Son 8
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#AniTwitWatches Round 5: Wandering Son 6 – 7
Previous eps. Episodes 1 – 2 Episode 3 Episodes 4 – 5 Impressions Episode 6 I’m trying out my new computer for all the things I normally do…
#AniTwitWatches Round 5: Wandering Son 4 – 5
Previous eps. Eps 1 – 2 Ep 3 Impressions Episode 4 It is my belief that people always want what they can’t have. That includes things out of…
#AniTwitWatches Round 5: Wandering Son 3
There’s some sensitive stuff going on under the cut (especially at the end of the post!) – just be warned… Previous Eps 1 – 2 Impressions “She did…
#AniTwitWatches Round 5: Wandering Son 1 – 2
Hello again, friendos – it’s time for more #AniTwitWatches. If you don’t know what that is since you’ve never had enough time until our buddy COVID-19 set in…
[Links] 15-21 January 2020: Wandering Son Retrospective, Gabe Kunda Interview, and PreCure Producer Interview
AniFem Round-Up A Destructive God Sits Next to Me – Episode 1 Chuuni comedy that feels somewhat meanspirited. In/Spectre – Episode 1 Paranormal action series with a charming…
Favorite anime of the decade 2010-2019: Honorable Mentions
The fact that I’ve been blogging about anime for a decade makes me feel old, but also weirdly accomplished. Despite monthly gaps, I’ve been plugging away at this…
Adults In LGBT+ Manga Are So God Damn Important12 Days of Aniblogging, Day 12someday, together,...
Adults In LGBT+ Manga Are So God Damn Important12 Days of Aniblogging, Day 12someday, together, we’ll shineIt’s been a really good year for That Official Gay Shit. My…
Finding Role Models in Anime
In my New Year’s resolution, I stumbled on an important idea. “Anime isn’t afraid of emotional intimacy – it celebrates it. Rather than aiming for mass appeal, anime…
Claudine (with translator Jocelyne Allen)
Covers Claudine by Riyoko Ikeda (it’s only one volume long!) Though Riyoko Ikeda’s classic manga featuring a transgender protagonist originally came out in 1978, it was officially released for…
Wandering Son and Vinland Saga
We’re back from Otakon! Sorry for the delay, but we are finally here with our third episode. First up is Takako Shimura’s Wandering Son published by Fantagraphics and…
Wandering Son and Vinland Saga
We’re back from Otakon! Sorry for the delay, but we are finally here with our third episode....
OtakuGeneration (Show #521) Hourou Musuko
Shownotes :: (show 521) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Hourou Musuko, recorded live May 31st, 2015. This we talked about…
Captain Earth, Hayate the Combat Butler, OniAi, Tokyo Ravens, .hack//G.U. Trilogy: Parody Mode
Challenging Gender Roles: Review and Discussion of Wandering Son
It was still the story of boy and a girl. But this time, we had the boy who wanted to be a girl and a girl who wanted…
More manga as a Fantagraphics kickstarter stretch goal
by dm00 The Fantagraphics Kickstarter to jump-start their spring catalog has added a new stretch goal: if they reach $250,000 (by Thursday 5 December 2013), they’ll “increase our…
