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Watching Cowboy Bebop FOR THE FIRST TIME in 2025
It doesn’t matter how much you know about anime—whether you’ve watched a ton or none—you MUST have heard the name of the household classic series, Cowboy Bebop, and…
(First Impressions, Volumes 1-3) The Summer Hikaru Died Raises the Bar for BL Manga
I have always avoided the BL subgenre of manga, mainly because I heard horror stories about them. And no, I didn’t hear anything from people who stigmatize LGBTQ+…
Watching Akira Kurosawa Movies for the First time!
Rashomon If you like movies and/or Japanese culture, it’s impossible to not hear the name Akira Kurosawa, the most culturally significant filmmaker in Japan’s existence. He made a…
Zombieland Saga: Undead Idols Teach us the Value of Community
I tend to have a good track record for remembering certain anime after they air, but Zombieland Saga was not one of them. It was when I went…
Echoes of Wisdom is a Zelda Game You Play in Debug Mode
How long has it been since we had a classic 2D Zelda game? With Link’s Awakening being a remake, that would mean… since A LINK BETWEEN WORLDS?! Well,…
Sonny Boy: Lord of the Flies on Acid
Isekai is currently universally known to be among the lowest common denominators when it comes to entertainment from Japan. The most generic characters, the least interesting worldbuilding, titles…
(NSFW WARNING) Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt: Fifteen Years, Still Exceptionally Naughty
I returned to the anime fold by watching two god-awful episodes of Studio GoHands’ Momentary Lily. However, I didn’t give up what little hope I had left in…
Undead Unluck: Shounen Jump’s Most Wicked Sick Manga
Realism is one of the get-out-of-jail-free cards played by the critics of battle shounen, and spectacle-driven franchises in general. While in-universe logic is good (i.e. a magic system…
Give the Bradys Superpowers, and you End up with the Yozakura Family
Spy X Family is a manga about a spy who makes a fake family, and that’s all well and good. But they’re not the only ones on the…
Hauntii: One of 2024’s Most Underrated Games is an Artsy Twin-Stick Shooter
I am a twin-stick shooter virgin. I could get used to the control scheme of them, where you move with one stick while using the other for full…
I Return to the World of Anime… and I Drop the First Show I Watch after Two Episodes
I once made a post decreeing that I was abandoning the anime industry as a source of entertainment. While I have maintained a habit of watching standalone anime…
New Year’s Resolution: Never Read a Book Again(?!)
PREFACE: Obviously, the word “books” does NOT include manga. Manga is peak literature, and while the industry has problems, I still keep on trucking in the manga world……
Bonus Post: Shouldn’t Vocaloid Music be More Mainstream?
“OH GOD HE’S DOING ANOTHER VOCALOID POST. UNFOLLOWED.” Yeah, I know I’ve been getting obsessed with it lately; a consequence of making up for lost time. However, I…
Mack’s Music Highlights: Second Half of 2024
It’s another end to another year, and for once, I’m not going to talk about the elephant in the room that everyone else is talking about. This post…
The Dragon Prince Season 7 Review and Series Final Thoughts
This is going to be the most unprofessional review I have ever written. Since I only watch three episodes per day, I’m literally posting this minutes after finishing…
Monument Valley 3: The Return of Mobile Gaming’s Most Beloved Franchise
I enjoyed the Monument Valley games a lot when they were released on PC in 2022. The third game has been in development for quite some time, and…
(Impressions of Version 1.0) Core Keeper has Grown a LOT Since Early Access
I’m gonna admit that I have played Core Keeper since its Early Access launch, but liked it less and less as time went on. While it has—mechanically—become perhaps…
Moana 2: Disney Comfort Food at its Finest
2024 seems to be the year of Disney only putting out sequels. First, we got a tearjerker sequel to Inside Out, and now we get a sequel to…
OU is China’s First Metal Band to Hit the Mainstream. But are They worth the Hype?
Before even clicking on this post, keep in mind that my use of the word “mainstream” should be taken with a grain of salt. I’m only saying that…
Oshi no Ko Rips the Entire Entertainment World Asunder
Perfect Blue, specifically Satoshi Kon’s classic anime adaptation of the novel that no one cares about because the film is always more famous, has been long considered the…
Dungeons of Hinterberg: An Urban Zelda-like about Fighting Capitalism
Fun, cringe-inducing fact: I’ve never played a true Legend of Zelda game. Fifteen-year-old me TRIED to play Skyward Sword at launch, but being a left-handed person in a…
Ten Great Manga I Cannot Finish
I know I already did a “Ten Great Manga with some weird gimmick” post, but I’ve considered this one for a while. I’m one of many who waited…
Eastward: Octopia! is a DLC Campaign That’s Better than the Base Game?!
So, long story. I actually played Eastward at launch in 2021. In the initial draft I had written of my unpublished review, I praised its Earthbound-inspired charm, but…
Ten Great Manga that Start with the Letters of My Name
I don’t actually know if you’re allowed to follow-up a tag without BEING tagged, but I wanna help out a fellow blogger (even though I’m many months too…
Baby Assassins: A Slice-of-Life with a Dash of Murder
Not gonna lie, syudou is the reason I ended up watching this. I started getting into his music right before a new TV spinoff of the Baby Assassin…
Making the Hard Decision to Drop DanMachi for Good
Fujino Omori’s Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (better known as DanMachi) is an interesting case. For all intents and purposes, it…
Dandadan: First Encounter is a Sneak Preview of the Most Unhinged Anime of the Year
The best part about reading manga over watching anime is getting to board hype trains before they take off, and indeed, Yukinobu Tatsu’s Dandadan is one of those…
(First Impressions) Visions of Mana’s Double-Edged Sword of Nostalgia
I’m probably not alone in saying I never touched a Mana game, mainly because there hasn’t been one in over a hot minute. I’ve always heard good things…
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is the Franchise’s Magnum Opus
When I did a First Impressions of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, it had already exceeded expectations. However, that was only the beginning of how god-like of an…
shapez 2 (Early Access): This Could Become the Greatest Automation Game of All Time
A couple years ago, I played through and even wrote a review of the original shapez. That review ultimately never got published, but to sum up, I thoroughly…
Top Ten Favorite Vocaloid Producers
With how much Vocaloid music I listen to, I might as well make a post like this. The reason is because the Vocaloid scene is deep, and I…
My Hero Academia: 430 Chapters of Superhero Excellence
I’ve been known to royally hate mainstream stuff, but sometimes, there’s rare cases where something can be both mainstream, and really good. I started Kohei Horikoshi’s My Hero…
Bonus Post: First Impressions of Ado’s Idol Group, Phantom Siita
I have said multiple times how I have mixed feelings of the music of Ado. While the J-pop juggernaut isn’t the only artist I listen to with music…
The Escalation is Real in The Dragon Prince’s Sixth Season
It’s that time again: more Dragon Prince! Nine more episodes of one of Netflix’s best original series… Well, I hope it stays one of Netflix’s best original series.…
Re:ZERO is a Test of Patience That I Ultimately Failed
I’ll have you know that it was a hard decision for me to quit Tappei Nagatsuki’s acclaimed Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-. This has been a series…
(First Impressions) FINALLY Playing Genshin Impact in 2024!
I’ve wanted to play Genshin Impact since launch, which was almost four years ago now. However, I slept on it all this time because of a gaggle of…
Fright Krewe: Dream(Work)s Come True in New Orleans
I am always willing to criticize Disney when necessary. However, that also goes for their rivals, and I generally criticize them more often. Studios like DreamWorks are panderous…
Even If You Slit My Mouth: Kuchisake-onna Gets Her Own Romcom?!
I know it’s not a hot take, but I think the kuchisake-onna is one of my favorite yokai of all time. She is not only nightmare fuel, but…
Mars Express: It’s More-or-Less the French Equivalent of Blade Runner
I was supposed to have seen this during its North American premiere late last year. Look, I do love GKids and their commitment to allowing non-American art to…
Inside Out 2: Pixar’s Most Intense Movie Since Toy Story 3
The Phineas and Ferb episode Meapless in Seattle existed because they teased a sequel to the first Meap episode in the end credits. It was never meant to…
Mack’s Music Highlights: First Half of 2024
New(-ish) year, new music. This post is going to be long enough so no beating around the bush. Let’s get to it, especially since there are a LOT…
Of All the Choices for First Final Fantasy Game…
FOR THE RECORD, I HAVE WATCHED CONTENT CREATORS PLAY THROUGH THE ORIGINAL FF7 AND FF7 REMAKE, SO I KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON. Okay, scratch that, I don’t know…
(First Impressions) Revisiting a Childhood Favorite in HD!
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door was my second videogame ever, and my first RPG ever. Naturally, I didn’t know what the hell I was doing and it took…
First Impressions of Two of the Year’s Most Anticipated Puzzle Games
Puzzle games are fun, mainly because a lot of them exercise the problem-solving part of the brain without requiring hundreds of frame-perfect commands like Dark Souls, Devil May…
Little Kitty, Big City: Itty Witty Bitty Kitty So CUUUUUTE
As a cat owner, I understand that cats are the true master race on this planet. However, I never played Stray because I didn’t really care for the…
Kwaidan: My First Ever Experience with Japanese Live-Action Cinema
As much as I love Japanese culture, I have yet to watch a live movie from there. Most people would watch an Akira Kurosawa movie because he’s THE…
(First Impressions) Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes is for a VERY Specific Kind of Gamer
I have never played Suikoden, which is an important statement to make, since this game is meant to be that franchise’s spiritual successor. In fact, I am such…
What in the World is X-Pop?: First Impressions of XG
Recently, I have succumbed to the pressure—i.e. civic and moral duties—to listen to K-pop. I tried Dreamcatcher first, and while they aren’t amazing or anything, I at least…
The Mandalorian Seasons 1-3: Star Wars Meets Adventures in Babysitting
I was intending for this review to be the entirety of The Mandalorian, but the wait for future seasons is a lot longer than I thought. Also, the…
Granblue Fantasy: Relink is What Happens When You Combine Devil May Cry, Monster Hunter, and Anime
In 2024’s massive deluge of RPGs, Granblue Fantasy: Relink looked really fun, but not a high priority. However, I decided to get it anyway, because I knew it…