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Mikane and the Sea Woman (Update)
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about the new series I was reading, Mikane and the Sea Woman, and how it went from typical love/coming-of-age shenanigans to horror…
Mikane and the Sea Woman (Manga Review)
Mikane, a boy on the cusp of manhood, returns to the small-town island community where he was born to live with his father. Walking along the beach, he…
Do Androids Dream of Electric Lesbians? (Gene of AI ep. 8)
Gene of AI continues to be one of my favorite shows, a glimpse into a possible near future. Episode 8 took a little bit of flak from viewers,…
Anime Review: Lost Universe
Spoilers for the first episode of Lost Universe! I have a sneaking suspicion that Lost Universe, an anime that ran in 1998 and is based on a series…
Manga Review: A Sign of Affection
Yesterday, I signed my kids up for lessons in American Sign Language. (They’ve just expressed an interest in it, so I figured why not.) Today, entirely by chance,…
Manga Review: Hinamatsuri
The Anzu houseless arc stands out to me as one of the best in anime, period; that alone is worth the price of admission for the series.
New Series Review: Shojo Null
Ever since the manga of The Promised Neverland ended, I’ve been looking for something to replace it. The twists and turns, the reveals and worldbuilding, the horror and…
On the Borders of the Other World: The Isekai-Adjacent
"And if that means spending two seconds to say Dr. Isekai Jones was hit by a drunk reindeer on Christmas Eve in Tokyo and wound up in Middle-Earth,…
Mid-Season Check-In: The Gene of AI
During what seems like the dim and distant past, at the beginning of the current anime season, I wrote the following over at Beneath the Tangles about episode…
Theatrical Release Review: Princess Mononoke
At the end of the film, I wanted more: more of the story, more of the magic, but most of all more of Princess Mononoke!
Manga Review: Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest
Spoilers for the first few chapters of Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest! It’s another day at the Fairy Tail guild! Three new members are being welcomed in: a…
Manga Review: Seven Deadly Sins
Spoilers for the first four chapters of Seven Deadly Sins! Longtime readers of “Curiously Dead Cat” know that Yours Truly tends to be pretty positive about the things…
Webtoon Review: Doom Breaker
Spoilers for the early chapters of Doom Breaker! Sometimes your find a gem of a story that takes a well-worn formula and…actually does it well. Doom Breaker is…
Manga Review: Blue Period
Spoilers for the first four chapters of Blue Period! Yatora is in many ways a typical high school student, dealing with questions of who he is and what…
Manga Review: GACHIAKUTA
Spoilers for GACHIAKUTA chapters 1-5: Kodansha’s new K Manga app has a lot of manga available to read, and I am here for it! For one thing, a…
Skip and Loafer, The Sound of Music, and the Toxic Girlfriend
Skip and Loafer meets The Sound of Music
Spring 2023 Anime Explained Poorly
Too many new series this season got you overwhelmed? Not sure where to spend your precious viewing hours? Well, look no further! The Curiously Dead Cat has got…
Chainsaw Man and the Freeze-Frame Bonus
Chainsaw Man! The hot new series that is on the “cutting edge” of anime! #sorrynotsorry I didn’t get into CSM when the manga first launched. But the manga…
A Mysterious Sign (Rebuild World Manga Ch. 2)
All at once, the adrenaline began coursing through my body. Was this the moment that those years of Greek in college would finally pay off?!
“Rebuild World”: My Secret Project
Hey everyone! So, your cat friend has been ultra-quiet lately. But that’s not to say I’ve not been doing anything. Still waters run deep. And I’m finally free…
The Winter of our Discontent: Modern & Continuing Anime Series in Winter 2022
Last time, we looked at new fantasy, isekai, and sci-fi series; this time, we take a gander at new series set in the "real" world, as well as…
A Winter Wonderland: SF Anime in Winter 2022
Here's the fantasy and sci-fi anime I'm watching in the winter 2022 season!
Merry Christmas! (2021)
Well, it’s been quite a year. The number of posts I’ve written in 2021 probably numbers in the single digits. And you know what? That’s ok. This is…
Best Anime Women of Spring 2021
As we dive into a new anime season (I know we’re well into it, but new series are still dropping), let us take one last retrospective, casting an…
Worst Anime OPs of All Time
Below are the ten most cacophonous OPs to scorch my ears and eyes. They are accompanied by my ratings and the uncensored thoughts that went through my head…
Best Date Ever! (Combatants Will Be Dispatched! ep 2)
There's no lack of date scenes in anime. But of all the ones I've seen, this was one of the most entertaining—and one of the sweetest!
Wrapping Up the Winter 2021 Anime Season
The Winter 2021 season is just about over! Here's what I watched, and how it fared according to my discriminating tastes:
Of Ones and Zeros
"The umschlauss of semi-being has its deontological point of rupture in that which is withheld." (I made that up.)
The Thankful Tag: Being Grateful in 2021
In which we thank YumDeku for tagging us with the Thankful Tag and muse upon our blessings in the past, very strange, year.
Foresight is 2020
It’s the third anniversary from the day I signed up on WordPress and started blogging about anime! Coincidentally, today I published this post over at Beneath the Tangles.…
Quarantined!
So I’ve joked about being quarantined before, but it’s really just lockdown. NOW I’m really in quarantine. Started feeling off almost a week ago, then better, then worse,…
Fire Force S2 E7: An Allegory for Modernity
I’m convinced the latest episode of Fire Force is an allegory for the modern western world. I mean, look at this: They come to a continent, call it…
“Power back online, Captain!”
I’m alive! As you may recall, I wrote not long ago about some difficulties I have been dealing with, and the consequent depression and lack of energy that…
Shadowverse 6: Dark Night of the Existential Card Player
Shadowverse is an epic game. The art is amazing (see the Mono card at the top of this post, for instance). It’s too bad, if understandable, that the…