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Episode 936: Welcome to the Golden Restaurant
This week on Anime Pulse we got fantasy lamb sauce, why Griffith looks like a girl, and Christmas in March. First up IRL news with Andrew playing more…
Kanojo ga Suki na Mono wa Homo de Atte Boku de wa Nai/ She Likes Gays, but Not Me by Asahara Naoto/Hirahara Akira
Oh boy. Another complicated one. Content warning: homophobia, pedophilia, suicide, and suicidal ideation. SPOILERS . . . . This manga is based on a novel by Asahara Naoto.…
Hoedown Showdown
"And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?""The Merchant of Venice" I'll be seeing the new Detective Conan film of course, but I guess I also have to see that…
Aoife Ferry - The Best Is Yet To Come
Rating: 76/100So...this show just randomly came out of nowhere. Love Through a Prism is a historical shoujo anime by Wit Studio, directed by Kazuto Nakazawa and with scripts…
Akio Watanabe On Making Bakemonogatari: “It Was Utter Hell”
During Anime Central 2025, we spoke with character designer and animator Akio Watanabe for an interview on his process and the struggles with Bakemonogatari. Watanabe began his career…
The Beast Must Die: Mechanic of Revenge / 野獣死すべし 復讐のメカニック / Yaju shisubeshi: fukushu no mekanikku (1974)
Obscure Japanese Film #247Hiroshi Fujioka At the end of The Beast Must Die (1959), Kunihiko Date (Tatsuya Nakadai), a highly intelligent but amoral student leading a double life as a thief and…
Anime Like Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary
At a small kindergarten, a young girl named Kaya is notorious for making trouble for the teachers. As such, Ms. Chie has taken a special interest in the…
Dark Gathering, Ghost Hunt, Hell Girl, Kemono Jihen, Mieruko-chan
A personal journey through: D.C.II ~Da Capo II~
Every new game is a new beginning. Turquoise blue text reminds me of the path I once tread, but nevertheless lulls me into the warm embrace of monotony.…
A Company KILLED Its Own Viral Anime
Kemono Friends could have become a viral sensation. But because of anime production commitees........yeah it's unfortunate. And also really reallly stupid. Twitter: https://twitter.com/RedJoker0808?s=09 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/redjoker0808 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/RedJoker Credits: Comiket footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4Z1Em7nVKs BGM: …
The Winx Club Fandom is Still a Monolith…But Cracks May Be Forming (Finally!)
I checked out of Winx Club and the Winx fandom years ago. I didn’t watch Fate: The Winx Saga (Netflix’s misguided attempt to turn Winx into Riverdale), and…
NICO’S FAVORITE ANIME OF ALL TIME (2026)
I didn’t realize until I started thinking about my anime 3 x 3, but I really haven’t watched many anime. I’ve only completed 174 anime to date, with…
Mogura Yokocho / もぐら横丁 (‘Mole Alley’, 1953)
Obscure Japanese Film #244Shuji Sano This Shintoho production was based on episodes from a number of autobiographical novels by Kazuo Ozaki (1899-1983), one of which gives this film its title. Ozaki…
Review: GATE KEEPERS
Of course, for every successful sci-fi manga there are far more that fail to find an audience outside of Japan and this is just one of them.GATE KEEPERS…
Nobunagun, Rosario + Vampire, Sakura Wars, To Heart, Gate Keepers
Review: GATE KEEPERS
Of course, for every successful sci-fi manga there are far more that fail to find an audience outside of Japan and this is just one of them.GATE KEEPERS…
Gate Keepers, Gurren Lagann, Martian Successor Nadesico, mono, Nobunagun
Tantei Monogatari - Episode 6
Shunsaku receives a new job request, this time from a young woman named Reiko who travels from Otsuki to Tokyo in search of Okamoto—her missing "boyfriend" who promised…
Their Legacy / 家庭の事情 / Katei no jijo (‘Family Circumstances’, 1962)
Obscure Japanese Film #243So YamamuraJunko Kano and Ayako WakaoUtako Shibusawa and Mako Sanjo Upon retiring, widower Misawa (So Yamamura) decides to give each of his four unmarried daughters 500,000 yen to…
Sakugabooru Animation Awards 2025
Once again, we’ve gathered animators, directors, producers, designers, and people passionate about art to share the works that resonated with them the most last year. It’s time for…
Chainsaw Man, Honey Lemon Soda, LAZARUS, Magical DoReMi, Anne Shirley
My Winter 2026 Anime List
What I’ll be watching in 2026: My Anime Picks for the Year. A new year always brings new stories, and I’m thrilled about the anime lineup for 2026.…
Opinion | Annieme Awards 2025
This year's Annieme Awards are here!
See How They Run
See How They Run is a movie eager to prove its view of murder mysteries correct. Unfortunately, that view seems to be that they are boring, arbitrary and…
The Tuesday Club Murders
Sur les crédences, au salon vide: nul ptyx"Sonnet en X" And yet I'm sure this is not the only book that's been on the 'to-read' list for over fiteen…
The End (Maybe) of Tales of Wedding Rings ~Air/My Purest Love for Parallel Polygamy~
Yes, even the previously disinterested dragon is into it.
The AI endgame
Meredith Whittaker, CEO of Signal, describes the marketing game that big tech is playing with “AI” as an umbrella term in this recently viral Instagram reel from ActNatural.py.…
Holiday Review #24: CAT'S EYE
This year also brought us quite a few older manga titles from some surprising sources. Kana took advantage of their French heritage and that country's long-standing love of…
Bubblegum Crisis, Cat's Eye, City Hunter, mono, Space Battleship Yamato
Holiday Review #24: CAT'S EYE
This year also brought us quite a few older manga titles from some surprising sources. Kana took advantage of their French heritage and that country's long-standing love of…
Bubblegum Crisis, Cat's Eye, City Hunter, mono, Space Battleship Yamato
Ramblings of the Killer
12 Days of Anime 2025, Day 9Who owns the cultural zeitgeist? Does it trickle down from the rich and famous, or does it rupture up from the young…
Holiday Review #17: GUSHING OVER MAGICAL GIRLS
Not all of this year's yuri titles were so sweet and heart-warming, though. This one was particularly notorious, even before it got an anime, as well as a…
Holiday Review #17: GUSHING OVER MAGICAL GIRLS
Not all of this year's yuri titles were so sweet and heart-warming, though. This one was particularly notorious, even before it got an anime, as well as a…
Holiday Review #13: BETRAYED BY THE HERO, I FORMED A MILF PARTY WITH HIS MOM!
That last review represented one of the earlier, classier isekai offerings! These days, it seems the only way these creators can distinguish themselves is by getting hornier and…
Holiday Review #13: BETRAYED BY THE HERO, I FORMED A MILF PARTY WITH HIS MOM!
That last review represented one of the earlier, classier isekai offerings! These days, it seems the only way these creators can distinguish themselves is by getting hornier and…
I’ll Cry Alone / 帯をとく夏子 / Obi o toku Natsuko (‘Natsuko Unties Her Obi’, 1965)
Obscure Japanese Film #235Ayako WakaoEiji Funakoshi Natsuko (Ayako Wakao) is a former hot spring geisha who has become the exclusive mistress of company president Sakuma (Eiji Funakoshi in unconvincing old man make-up).…
Chatty AF 236: Monogatari Watchalong Part 5 – Nekomonogatari Black and White (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Tony, Vrai, and Peter return for part 5 of their Monogatari watchalong with the Neko Black OVA series and Neko White (AKA the Tsubasa Tiger arc from Monogatari…
The Best Anime Of The 00s
Witness the glory of the best anime of the 00s, the best decade in all of anime. Continue reading →
Welcome to the N.H.K., Yu-Gi-Oh!, Kemonozume, Mouryou no Hako, One Outs
Ashita Genki ni Naare!
The firebombing of Japan's cities is less well-known than the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but they caused heavy loss of life and enormous property damage.…
Princess Tutu, Letter Bee, Cat's Eye, Comic Party, Dragon Fist
The Sign of the Twisted Candles
A white flame still enveloped the building like a shroud, and, streaming far away into the quiet atmosphere, shot forth a glare of preternatural light;"Metzengerstein" As I also mention…
The Izu Dancer
Seishun Anime Zenshuu (translated as Animated Classics of Japanese Literature for its English release) is a 1986 anthology series that retold well-known stories from modern Japanese literature. It's…
These Anime All Have The Same Title...
Tally up how many times I said Kanon in this. PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/keksiweksi TWITTER: https://twitter.com/keksiweksi MUSIC: Kanon Opening - Last Regrets Kanon OST - pure snows Cowboy Bebop OST - Cats on Mars Miniature Garden OST…
Nichijou - My Ordinary Life, Canaan, Chainsaw Man, Cowboy Bebop, Kanon
Manga Pulse 546: Kemono Busters
Two more manga, just like we have two more holidays here in the US. So stand the fuck back, Christmas and wait your damn turn. We see you,…
A-Yokai-A-Day Index: Shokoku hyakumonogatari
From 2022 to 2025 I posted stories from Shokoku hyakumonogatari during October. Here is an archive featuring all one hundred stories. Thanks to my patrons for supporting my…
鴨乃橋ロン (Kamonohashi Ron)
Who is Kamonohashi Ron? Kamonohashi Ron is a brilliant but highly eccentric detective who was once a top student at the prestigious detective academy, BLUE. However, an incident…
Episode 171: Burning Out
The hosts kick off the show with a couple of mini reviews in The Quick and the Dead. Then they discuss the lukewarm outing from the first half…
TOUGEN ANKI Interview with Kamiya Hiroshi and Koutaro Nishiyama
© Yura Urushibara (AKITASHOTEN) /TOUGEN ANKI PROJECTMeet the cast!Hiroshi Kamiya is a renowned voice actor with a long-standing career in the industry. His role in TOUGEN ANKI is…
McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure: Truth in Advertising
To continue last month's unwavering nostalgia current, what might be your favorite McDonald’s thing? Should you even have one? Criticism of the fast-food titan is nearly as commonplace as…
How Anime Saved My Life
After multiple suicide attempts and over 10,000 episodes watched, I learned the light at the end of the tunnel was from a flickering screen.
Kemono Teatime is Everything I Had Hoped For
There are times when you discover something and fall helplessly in love at first sight. For me, it was stumbling upon Kemono Teatime on a whim, which then…
Review, Jirō Taniguchi memorial edition: Enticing Things / Restless Spirits and Silent Companions
Jirō Taniguchi would have turned 78 today. In 2017, a posthumous collection of his short stories was published, featuring some of his final works. Izanaumono (いざなうもの, “Enticing Things”;…
Tantei Monogatari - Episode 5
This episode officially marks the first-ever instance throughout the journey of this ongoing fansub in which an episode was posted within the same year as the previous one…
VG Pulse 420: Welcome to the Party
This week on VG Pulse, we’re in flash news central! We start off with side notes about how hot and muggy it is here, before melting our way…
Anime World Order Show # 243 – Anime Boston 2025 Report and Listener Emails
[Once again we are betrayed by this new version of Audacity, which exported the episode in joint stereo rather than mono. If you’re hearing audio in only the…
Why are vegetables so insulting in Japanese? | Japan Station 162/Ichimon Japan 14
This episode of Japan Station is a rebroadcast of Ichimon Japan episode 12. On this episode of Ichimon Japan we ask: Why are vegetables so unsulting in Japanese? On this episode we…
Japan Station: A Podcast About Japanese Culture & the Japanese Language