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Mecha March: Knights of Sidonia (2014)

Welcome back to my second installation for Mecha March! I hope by now you guys have this system down, but in case you weren’t aware Mechanical Anime Reviews is the…

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Things that drive me wild in the Visual Kei Fandom (1)

3/12/24 Update: I hadn’t realized this post got a fair amount of traction over the years. I think it’s been linked or referenced online in a few spaces…

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Among the dumber things I’ve heard about – Graded Manga

Featured image is a screenshot/clipped copy from Beckett’s main page about manga grading. I did not create this image originally. I’m probably making things worse for me by…

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Mecha March: Levius

Welcome to Mecha March!! This feature is one that many of you are more likely familiar with Mechanical Anime Reviews at the helm. Be sure to check out…

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The 6th Anniversary Post

After the pretty dramatic post from last year, I am attempting to write a little bit more of a light hearted post this year. Starting with the cover…

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February 2024 Monthly Favorites

Welcome back to your favorite feature section. This month has a lot of important stuff regarding Wordpress, some technical news on my end, and a lot of good…

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PREVENT AI FROM USING YOUR WORK TO TRAIN MODELS – not a joke!

Hi folks, I rarely get this aggressive about posts but I wanted to make sure that all my homies who hate AI do this. Please do the following:…

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Library Loot: Night of the Living Cat

Library Loot strikes once again! I actually ended up picking up Night of the Living Cat after accidentally mistaking for The Walking Cat: A Cat’s-Eye-View of the Zombie…

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Are You Okay? – FAKY’s Chose Your Own Adventure Mini Drama

I stumble down rabbit holes of nostalgia all the time. This past year, I was digging through my old music and recalled FAKY. Back when I first started…

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Perfect Days – A Reminder to Embrace Simplicity

When I was first starting out my blog, I had a bit of a biased habit. I had the tendency to go to a movie once I realized…

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Super SHY – The Anime Review

I didn’t see too many people have SHY on their radar this past season. I guess given the seeming implosion that is the MCU, people loathing My Hero…

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Rise’s Rabbit Hole Adventures about Alichino – What ever happened to Shurei-Sensei? And what ever happened to Alichino?

Before this gets started, there are no spoilers regarding the story of Alichino in this post. Everything in this post is my conjecture and opinions regarding the fourth…

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Library Loot x Instagram Recommend: Alichino

I remember the very weird feeling of deja-vu, and maybe something akin to almost fear when the images appeared on social media. Within the brush strokes of Shurei…

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January 2024 Monthly Favorites

Welcome one and all to the first installment of your favorite blogger feature, my Monthly Favorites. This month as I dip into last year’s posts I might have…

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Josei January: Ooku: The Inner Chambers

Welcome to the third entry into Josei January. While the title is rather self explanatory, do bear with me here. If you’re unsure of what exactly “josei” is…

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Talking about the Rampage’s Controversy

It’s been a long time since I’ve really seriously written about Jpop. It feels both wrong, and right that my foray back into writing about Jpop is about…

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Josei January: Hentai?? For Women??

When I first started developing the idea of Josei January, I knew I needed to do more research. I had the vague premise, and loosely knew definitions and…

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Oshi Culture goes Dramatic! Oshi ga Joshi ni Narimashite (The Review)

Well folks, this year I only have one drama hold-over from 2023. It both finished airing and was done being subbed before the clock hit midnight. I just…

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Josei January: Helter Skelter

Welcome to Josei January. It’s a rather self-explanatory little segment I’m trying out this year, so do bear with me on this one. I’d like to get everyone…

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Reviewing 2023 to start 2024

First and foremost, Happy New Year fellow bloggers, readers, and those that have stumbled upon this post! I hope that your new year celebrations have gone smoothly, and…

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December 2023 Monthly Favorites

So, this post is a bit goofy on my end. I had some surprise post-Christmas travel which meant that 1) didn’t have a lot of time to read…

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Rise’s JDrama Awards 2023

Well, here we are the finish line for my end of the year programming! Granted the title doesn’t particularly inspire but it works for what it is. It’s…

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Rise’s JMovie Awards 2023

Hello again! It’s another addition to my JMovie Awards, that are handed out on a yearly basis and have no indication on if the film was good or…

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Rise’s Anime Awards 2023

Welcome, once again, to the least creative award show post that you will read this week. The end of the year for me, always has the most amount…

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Library Loot: My Androgynous Boyfriend

I don’t think I’ve ever really mentioned that I am much more of a reader then a watcher. Growing up, it was way more acceptable for me to…

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Monster (2023) – Movie Review

I won’t say that Koreeda Hirokazu is a must-see director for me. I honestly didn’t connect the dots between some of my favorite films, and his screenwriting/directorial talents…

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LL x IR: My Special One

Beginning Note: This particular review does contain character and plot point spoilers. Read this at your own discretion. Additionally, this was written before volume 4 was available. Taking…

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Library Loot: The Girl That Can’t Get A Girlfriend

Welcome back to another installment of Library Loot! Doing my best to support my local library system, by borrowing more manga then buying. I’m also really lucky that…

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November 2023 Monthly Favorites

Hello, hello and welcome back to your favorites monthly feature! It’s been a bit of a sparse month on my end in terms of finding the best of…

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Iczelion – Promises Unfulfilled

I am back for the third, and final installation of the Iczer series. This of course being 1995’s Iczer-Girl Iczelion, or less word-y Iczelion. Considering that I, quite…

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Fighting On!! with Adventure! Iczer-3!

So I’ve been bouncing around with all sorts of cyber-punk, space and sci-fi series. Mostly because those are genres that will always get me curious, and eventually I’ll…

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Armitage III: Duel-Matrix and Polymatrix

Even after absolutely loving the original Armitage III OVA, I ended up getting distracted by other anime and stuff. It happens a lot because I saw other cool…

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An Uncomfortable Look at Who I Could Have Been – Gachikoi Nenchakujuu

Well, well, well if it isn’t another live action adaptation of a manga series I’ve never read. This comes as a surprise to no one at this point,…

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Library Loot: Behind the Scenes!!

Welcome to the second edition of Library Loot! This time is me revisiting a very long shelved manga series – Behind the Scenes!! by Bisco Hatori. It’s funny,…

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Fighting on my PTW – Fight! Iczer-1

This title came to mind to due to Scott’s influence, and had been rotting away on my plan-to-watch list for a little too long. It was one of…

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Tokyo Mew Mew New Two Review!

Starting Note: There are minor spoilers in this review. Mostly about stylistic choices and character dynamics. Well, you all knew it was coming based on the fact that…

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Library Loot x Instagram Recommended – Crossplay Love Otaku x Punk

Welcome to the newest installation(s) of a running theme of posts for my blog. This one being Library Loot, first and foremost. Library Loot (LL for short in…

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The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy At All – A Revist

I think a few of you might recognize the lime green backgrounds with the grey scale characters. Or maybe you have an inkling about this series due to…

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October 2023 Monthly Favorites

Hello there folks! I hope your October was another solid edition to your 2023. My October consisted of a few side-trips around my area to see some local-ish…

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‘Rare’ Manga, Relicensing + Reprinting, and Tokyo Babylon

I went to an in-person Kinokuniya not too long ago. Just to keep everyone in the loop, Kinokuniya is a Japanese bookstore chain, that has online and in-person…

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OVA October: Armitage III

Welcome back to OVA October, 2023 installation. For our final entry we have, the cyberpunk story that was overshadowed by my all time favorite – Armitage III. I…

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Asian Pop-Up Cinema Japan Showcase Report

Featured Image is from Asian Pop-Up Cinema’s Official Instagram Account. Specifically this post. Asian Pop-Up Cinema was something I had only discovered early into 2018, in it’s 6th…

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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…

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OVA October: Denpa-teki na Kanojo

We’re back with my second selection for this year! Which was… completely at random. To tell the truth I had a different very modern OVA in mind to…

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Everything has changed, Nothing has changed – Manga is at Target, and Gachapon machines in American malls

Note: the featured image is not mine. I found it via this reddit post. It was odd in 2022 when I went to Target, a big-box store better…

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Well that was a drama I guess – Ciguatera (drama review)

I think it would surprise most people that for the majority of my life, I never got the whole ‘be hype due to a single name in a…

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OVA October: Robotica*Robotics

Welcome back to the second year of me doing OVA October. Or Original Video Animation October for those curious about what the full title would be. Just a…

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Ordinary Mask – Manga Review

It’s been a long time coming. I swear I haven’t given up on reading or reviewing manga. I have just been taking time to read throughly. Then make…

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Hot Snow – Ah, Snow Man as true Juniors

Back in 2018 when I was getting more into Johnny’s Entertainment, and specifically Snow Man – I discovered this movie existed. It was already a whopping seven years…

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September 2023 Monthly Favorites

Welcome back to your favorite feature! This month is surprisingly stacked since I was pretty intentional about finding new blogs, at least to me!, to follow. Do forgive…

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