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Steady Steps: Hololive 6th fes. Color Rise Harmony
hololive 6th fes—the latest edition of the largest VTuber live concert in the world—happened earlier this month, from March 8th to the 9th. Watching it online, I came…
Boss Appreciation Week: Echo Lyne Doodles
I’ve long wanted to draw Echo Lyne, the tiny robot conqueror from V&U. I really like her design, and her giggle is infectious. She’s graduating on Tuesday, March…
DX Soul of Chogokin Mechagodzilla: A Celebration of a Triumph in Robot Kaiju
When the DX Soul of Chogokin Mechagodzilla figure was announced last year to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Godzilla’s mechanical nemesis, I was drawn to it immediately. The…
One Hand Clapping in the City—Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms
Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms is a series that went under the radar and deserves attention. In an industry that can often play it safe, here is an anime that…
Power Transforms and Reveals: Transformers One
WARNING: FULL MOVIE SPOILERS Optimus Prime and Megatron are iconic adversaries as the heroic and villainous leaders of the Transformers franchise. We’ve seen endless iterations of them in…
“Makai” Fushigi Adventure: Dragon Ball Daima
The untimely passing of Toriyama Akira was one of history’s biggest blows to the world of manga and anime. While he had long since taken more of a…
Even If You Can’t Pronounce It, Go Watch It—Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX: The Beginning
There’s a lot I want to write about Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX: The Beginning. It’s a film version of the early episodes of the upcoming anime TV series,…
Roca Rourin Has Returned, and You Need to Know About Her
In December last year, news came out that the Dutch VTuber Roca Rourin had a serious medical emergency and needed to be hospitalized. She was announced to be…
Parade, Parade, Parade: Ogiue Maniax Status Update for March 2025
Given recent news in the world, I’m reminded of the biggest geek fallacy of all: The belief that just because you’re good and knowledgeable about one intellectual area…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights February 2025
In response to a fan hoping that Kio will release his 18+ doujinshi in print format, the man says he’s considering it because of all the credit card…
Time Exists in Bartender: Glass of God
The 2024 anime Bartender: Glass of God stands out to me because of how different it is from the previous Bartender anime from 2006. Both series adapt a…
Don’t Let Them Limit You: Gridman Universe
It’s amazing to see what Gridman has become. Thanks to Studio Trigger’s SSSS.Gridman and SSSS.Dynazenon, we’ve had a franchise revival that’s a love letter to its origins as…
MF Ghost is Great Sometimes
You never know for sure who’s a fan of Initial D. While there are folks who are almost guaranteed to enjoy it due to a love of Japanese…
VTuber Music: The Current-Day Character Image Songs
These days, I listen to a lot of VTuber music. They dominate my playlist, which might come across as an odd choice because while quite a few are…
They Tried to Rig the Game, but You Can’t Fake Influence: Demon Lord 2099, Kendrick Lamar, and Being the True King
I watched Demon Lord 2099, an anime about a vanquished Demon Lord who revives in a magitech cyberpunk future. This former ruler, Veltol Velvet Velsvalt, discovers that one…
Threading the Needle(mouse): Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Sonic the Hedgehog has become a hit movie franchise, and that fact is still kind of mind-boggling. Even putting aside the widely-panned promotional images from the first movie…
Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back EVOLUTION…in Japanese?!
While browsing Netflix one day, I came upon the movie Mewtwo Strikes Back EVOLUTION: a remake of the first Pokémon movie originally from the late 90s. Out of…
A Conflict: Ogiue Maniax Status Update for February 2025
I feel of two ways about still using Twitter in any capacity. Its owner is a Nazi and a piece of shit, and I hate the way he…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights January 2025
Kio read Volume 10 of Koukaku no Sukima (Scheme in the Crimson Shell), a series about the world of Pandora in the Crimson Shell by the original author,…
Celebrating Sakamata Chloe and holoX
Earlier today, Sakamata Chloe left hololive for the foreseeable future. Secret Society holoX will no longer be five members strong, so I wanted to just write one last…
I Wish It Was 52 Episodes: The Stories of Girls Who Couldn’t Be Magicians
The Stories of Girls Who Couldn’t Be Magicians is an anime that should have been longer. Adapted from a web novel, the story of Mahonare (as it’s known…
Marvel Rivals and the Ever-Changing Nature of the Invisible Woman
Marvel Rivals has recently introduced the Fantastic Four to its roster, and like the other heroes and villains, they’ve received designs meant to capture the spirits of the…
Thinking About Mazinger Legs
I’ve been looking at the Kakumei Shinka Mazinger line from Soul of Chogokin, and the first thing that stood out to me was the legs. They’re slimmer than…
hololive’s FLOW GLOW and the Door to a New Direction
It’s been a couple months since FLOW GLOW arrived on the VTuber scene. hololive’s rap-focused generation is fairly different from what has come before them, and I want…
King Arthur and the Knights of Justice Has a Comic
I was recently surprised to discover a King Arthur and the Knights of Justice comic, based on the 1990s cartoon. As a kid, I thought that show was…
A Lasting Legacy: Love Live! Superstar!! 3rd Season
Love Live! Superstar!! is one of my favorite entries in the Love Live! franchise, but even I was unsure if the third season was necessary. The previous season…
Snake? Snaaaake!!!: Ogiue Maniax Status Update for January 2025
It’s customary to see the New Year as a fresh start, and an opportunity to say farewell to the previous year. I don’t expect 2025 to be an…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights December 2024
New web chapter of Spotted Flower. This one reveals a plan by Ogino-sensei to be engaged to both her partners! “A new Gundam by Studio Khara. Wheeew, what…
Best Anime Characters of 2024
BEST MALE CHARACTER Laios Touden (Delicious in Dungeon) Finding characters you can relate to is part of the fun of fiction. Over the years, I’ve found a fair…
Blogger17: The (Belated) Ogiue Maniax 17th Anniversary
I completely forgot that November is the anniversary month of this blog. I guess I was bound to do this eventually after 17 years, though the tumultuous nature…
A Fine Roast: Fantôme Thief’s Revenge
If there was ever any sign that I’ve become a serious fan of VTubers, it would have to be the fact that I went to the Fantôme Thief’s…
Birds of a Feather Conspire Together, but Also Separately: “Yatagarasu: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master”
Yatagarasu: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master stands out as an anime that deftly combines different genres together to make a smart, compelling adaptation of the novel…
“Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky” Is More Politically Relevant than Ever
I’ve known about Riki-Oh (aka The Story of Ricky) and its supremely over-the-top violence for decades. Whether it was seeing grotesque(ly awesome) moments from the original manga by…
Critical Role, the Weave Mind, and a Most Satisfying Confrontation
WARNING: SPOILERS FOR CRITICAL ROLE CAMPAIGN 3 A couple years ago, I started watching the popular Dungeon & Dragons roleplaying stream Critical Role, following the adventures of the…
Chainsaw Man as Self-Reflective Edgelord Media
Video essayist F.D Signifier has made various videos about what he calls edgelord movies—media featuring cool lone-wolf heroes—and the way they interact with the portion of their fanbase…
Getter Beam vs. Mangekyou Sharingan: Ishikawa Hideo Otakon 2024 Interview
Ishikawa Hideo is a veteran voice actor who has been in anime since the early 1990s. His famous roles include Ryouma in the Getter Robo franchise and Uchiha…
Sakamata Chloe, Ceres Fauna, and the View Beyond
On Nov 29, 2024, hololive Japan VTuber Sakamata Chloe announced on her third anniversary that she would be ceasing her streaming activities with hololive at the end of…
Rawhide Kobayashi’s Favorite Anime: Delusional Monthly Magazine
Delusional Monthly Magazine feels like a show that, by all rights, shouldn’t exist. When I was first getting into anime, one of the selling points was simply the…
Well, Here We Are: Ogiue Maniax Status Update for December 2024
To say I’m disappointed in the direction the world is going is an understatement. But this is the position we find ourselves in, and I hope that we…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights November 2024
I want to preface this month’s Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights acknowledging the recent exodus of Twitter users. There’s always a chance that the site might go under, which…
The Insular Nature of VTuber Fan Humor
I’ve been thinking more about one peculiar quality I see in the VTuber community: the extremely insular humor from the fans. Sometimes, humor is meant to be broadly…
Childhood Nostalgia, Fleeting Media Memories, and Gen Alpha
Streaming is the norm now. Many media works even exist solely on streaming platforms. And as more of them get removed without any physical media, I start to…
Let the King Show You How It’s Done! Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc
A part of me can’t believe that I got to watch an all-new Kinnikuman anime in 2024. While I didn’t really get into the series until the late…
Look Back vs. Chainsaw Man
Look Back is a one-shot manga by Fujimoto Tatsuki, author of Chainsaw Man. It’s an excellent work about a young girl driven by a love of drawing and…
Instant Curry from the Japan Railway Museum
When I visited Japan’s Railway Museum last year, I wasn’t able to eat at the museum itself. However, I did stop by the gift shop, where they were…
A Few Words on the Election
The events of the past few days have me switching constantly between grief and rage over the fact that the US re-elected a man whose party and policies…
I Finally Get Hunter x Hunter
Last year, I started reading Hunter x Hunter by Togashi Yoshihiro. Its reputation was known to me: I had often seen people online (and even sometimes offline) mention…
The Ballot Is Cast: Ogiue Maniax Status Update for November 2024
I haven’t forgotten what the world was like four years ago. I’d long been hesitant to talk about anything political on Ogiue Maniax, but the importance of the…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights October 2024
This month, Kio enjoyed various media, but his PC might need replacing! Kio has been thinking up the plot of an eromanga (different from the one he’s currently…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights October 2024
This month, Kio enjoyed various media, but his PC might need replacing! Kio has been thinking up the plot of an eromanga (different from the one he’s currently…