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Manga I Wish Would Come Back
For me, manga was my true rabbit hole into Japanese culture. I could absolutely devour manga series left, right and center without issue. My library had a plethora…
BEYBLADE IS TRASH...
Anime fans watching beyblade burst quadstrike anime and playing beyblade...Maybe on crunchyroll or cartoon network. Music Used TVアニメ【BEYBLADE X】：ONE OK ROCK「Prove」ノンクレジットOPムービー. Only starting Beyblade X because of the…
Nine 90’s Anime Recommendations for Young and New Anime Fans + Instagram Live!
With the media landscape so dramatically altered in the age of streaming wars, Millenials and Gen X-ers, often feeling disappointed and left behind by these changes, often lament…
Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play, Hunter x Hunter, Magic Knight Rayearth, Saber Marionette J, Trigun
Tokyo Babylon 1999 – potentially the worst Japanese live action adaptation to exist
Credit for the full dusk jacket image from miyamo_7 on twitter. I’m not sure exactly how I came across the knowledge that Tokyo Babylon, had a live action…
X | March Manga Madness Day 16
Day 16 of #MarchMangaMadness: X by CLAMP and published by Viz. I wanted to highlight my X volumes during this…
Visual Kei&Anime – X Japan
Welcome back to Visual Kei&Anime! After December 2022’s post about a member of this group, we’re now covering the whole band. This is none other then thee X,…
Princess Connection, Tezuka Osamu no Buddha: Akai Sabaku yo! Utsukushiku, X/1999, X OVA
My Manga White Whales – The Spoils
For those wondering what exactly I’m talking about I highly recommend checking out this blog post here. This being the sequel and all that. This is going to…
An Ode to ‘X’
What started in in May of 1992, has born a legacy now 30 years strong, A story that weaves together three friends, that is sure to lead to…
My Manga White Whale(s??) – The Hunt
Recently, I was back to my childhood home where my limited English manga collection resides. I was overly delighted looking from bottom to top. The wonderful world of…
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[ten – X1999] cruel beauty
Cherry blossoms. A pale hand reaches out to catch a petal. A young man runs towards the screen. The hand belongs to his mother, whose clothes are suddenly…
Why Is CLAMP Like This, Part III
12 Days of Aniblogging 2021, Day 9 Last year I pledged myself to blogging through CLAMP’s entire published corpus, and this year I finally succeeded. CLAMP’s 2000s were mostly…
Cardcaptor Sakura, Chobits, CLAMP School Detectives, Himawari, Kobato
Anime ABC’s, My Favorite Anime Character for Each Letter of the Alphabet
So I know a good idea when I steal one. This being one of said ideas. Of course, I kid. We give credit where it’s due; always. I…
Dororo, Ghost in the Shell, Princess Tutu, The Cat Returns, Tokyo Babylon
If I had to rebuy my manga collection
There’s been a trend with all sorts of content creators along the lines of, ‘if you lost all of *insert collection type here* what would you re-buy?’ being…
The Otakusphere: Living an Oxygen normal life
Well good morning to the Otakusphere out there. I hope that you had a lovely week in the real world. The last of our snow is melting over…
Old-school anime Valentines!
Another year of old-school anime Valentine cards! Yes, I’m back again this year with more cheesy puns for your Valentine needs. Save & prin...
All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku, City Hunter, Macross, Macross 7, Slam Dunk
Review: TOKYO BABYLON
Since we have been mercifully spared the anime adaptation of this series until the spring, now's the time to talk about one of CLAMP's most...
Episode 42: X Wrap-Up — So Many Endings
Lucy and Robin record their final X episode…at least for now.
Ranting About CLAMP
Pre-blog note: I’d like to mention here that details about various CLAMP series starting/stopping/hiatuses/title change details are not presented in the chronologically correct order in this …
On Waifus
Well, I can’t just talk about husbandos, and not talk about the better halves. It just wouldn’t be right. I also just happen to like follow ups because…
Episode 40: X – The Anime (w/ Guest Alan)
Lucy and Robin are joined again by Alan to discuss the X anime. You can (and definitely should) check out Alan’s webcomic, Full Spectrum Therapy, and also follow…
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…
Why Is CLAMP Like This
12 Days of Aniblogging 2020, Day 6 You ever watch, read, play, or listen to something that’s so good that you’re scared of looking at the artist’s other works?…
Hand Shakers, Magic Knight Rayearth, RG Veda, Tokyo Babylon, X/1999
Episode 39: X vol. 18.5 – Lost Chapters
Lucy and Robin got their hands on the “lost chapters” that ran after volume 18, and…they’re a lot, folks!
Episode 38: X vol. 18 – Emotionless
Lucy and Robin discuss X volume 18…the last volume published before the manga went on hiatus. Karen confronts Nataku, as they must confront their own heart.
Episode 37: X vol. 17 – Something to Protect
Lucy and Robin discuss X volume 17. Yuzuriha and Arashi fend off an attack while Kamui questions some of their intel, and we’ve only got one book after…
SPECIAL: Tokyo Babylon Anime Reveal
Lucy and Robin give their first, off-the-cuff reactions to the latest CLAMP news: Tokyo Babylon 2021, the Tokyo Babylon anime we’ve all…hoped for?
Episode 36: X vol. 16 – The Fall of Babylon
Lucy and Robin discuss X volume 16. When Subaru and Seishiro meet on Rainbow Bridge, the result is something fans are still reckoning with to this day.
Episode 35: X vol. 15 – The Outside World
Lucy and Robin work their way through X volume 15, where we finally learn about Kakyo’s past…and see a familiar face.
Episode 34: X vol. 14 – The Other Face
Lucy and Robin discuss X volume 14, where the systematic destruction of Tokyo continues, and we learn that someone has a side we’re not seeing…
Twin Sins We’re Done With in Anime and Manga – As Decided by a Fraternal Twin
A million years ago, I wrote a post about my favorite fraternal twins in anime and manga because I could. Well, because I’m a fraternal twin myself and…
Naruto, Ouran High School Host Club, Trigun, Tsurune, Vampire Knight
Episode 33: X vol. 13 – Late
Lucy and Robin dive into volume 13 of X, as the two sides clash and some old friends are lost.
Episode 32: X vol. 12 – Wishes
Lucy and Robin dive into volume 12 of X, as a battle rages for the Sunshine 60 building.
Episode 31: X vol. 11 – Just Breathe
Lucy and Robin dive into volume 11 of X. Everyone enjoys a moment of downtime as they prepare for the battle to come, and for some reason that…
Episode 30: X vol. 10 – Undecided
Lucy and Robin discuss X, volume 10, as the two sides finally gather, and we start getting some answers about Kamui’s destiny, and the events of the past.
Episode 29: X vol. 9 – Hiding
We return to the X manga with volume 9…in the aftermath of Kamui’s decision, he is left processing death and betrayal, turning inward to run from this horrible…
Episode 28: X – The Movie (w/ guest Alan)
Lucy and Robin pause from their discussion of the X manga to jump into the movie, and are joined by Alan (bro-of-the-pod, fantastic comic artist, and our resident graphic designer).
Episode 27: X vol. 8 – Reunion
Lucy and Robin dive into X, volume 8. Things finally come to a head, and a decision has to be made…plus we get an unexpected visit from some…
Episode 26: X vol. 7 – Dreamscape
Lucy and Robin blast through the fasted volume of X yet: volume 7. Everyone we love is upset, Kamui’s destiny is starting to look a little more complicated…
Episode 25: X vol. 6 – Duality
We continue our read through X with vol 6, and things really start taking off.
Episode 23: X vol. 5 – Guardians
Lucy and Robin dive into volume X volume 5…coming atcha from the past. Before con closures, shelter-in-place mandates, and “social distancing.”
Episode 22: X vol. 4 – Seals & Angels
Lucy and Robin fight past colds and con crud to discuss vol. 4 of X! We learn a little bit more about all this destiny stuff…as well as…
Episode 21: X vol. 3 – Pieces Fall Together
Our journey through X continues as Lucy and Robin tackle Volume 3…many new and familiar faces are starting to come together, but there are so many questions still…
Episode 20: X vol. 2- Visions & Memories
Lucy and Robin tackle volume 2 of X, as things get darker and gorier in the span of just a few quick hours of story-time.
Episode 19: X vol. 1 – The Beginnning of the End
At long last, our heroes make it to one of their favorite CLAMP series: X! They’ll laugh, they’ll cry…well, mostly they’ll reminisce about high school and talk about…
Transcript | Episode 19: X vol. 1
This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity and readability, which basically just means I cut out some “ums” and some of the many, many, many times we…
Moto Hagio’s They Were Eleven, A,A', and A Drunken Dream (with Kate Dacey)
Covers They Were Eleven, A, A Prime, and A Drunken Dream, all short works by Moto HagioIn honor of the release of The Poe Clan by Moto Hagio,…
The Hunt for an Uncredited Manga
Part of my thesis research has included digging back through old newspaper reports concerning anime and manga, particularly in the '90s, whe...
