This week has been chock full of rock tracks that go HARD. Pushing My Back from Noisemaker continues the trend in fine fashion. What’s even better about this track is that as hard as it start…
Aug 11, 2023 • Subscribe
More like this
Pushing Back Against Darkness On The Mugen Train
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I walked into the theater to see Mugen Train. I had only watched around 12 or 13 episodes of the first…
Horimiya – 05 – Breaking Through the Noise
I knew when Shindo was conveniently blocked out by Miyamura’s head that there would be trouble. Souta spots him with another girl and mentions it to Hori, who…
Pushing through the limits: Yoshihiro Kanno and SAO War of Underworld
SAO: WoU was a production full of surprises and great artists but one of them stood out for the quality and quantity of his works throughout the arc:…
Noise
A prequel to BLAME! that explains the origins of the city. The story follows a young detective as she investigates a cult who are trying to summon safeguards…
I-Sega-i: The Deep Gaming Cuts of Uncle From Another World
Heidi Kemps looks at the series' dive into Sega lore and how the console wars played out for gamers in Japan.
Quick Thoughts on SpyxFamily Season 2: Keep Pushing Paper
Once again we come to this series, one that has captivated many a person both in manga and anime form. I was gushing about the first half of…
Take a deep breath and get through Anxiety Time from Peanut Butters.
Yes! I’ve been waiting for an MV to drop for 不安時間/Fuan Jikan (Anxiety Time), the 10th track on the new peanut butters II album. The song has such…
Noise (2022) review
A highly satisfying experience that delivers suspense as well as good dose of touching emotionality.
Back And Forth- The War Rages On! My Hero Academia Chapter 293 BREAKDOWN
Taking The Cover Of Jump- “My Hero Academia!” I’m serious; it’s like this arc is just a non-stop “back and forth” between the Heroes and the Villains. Despite…
Ultraman Arc: Pushing the limits of Imagination
Ultraman Arc is, as of this moment, the latest Ultraman series to air. (Omega is around the corner.) Or for those reading this post in the future, it…
This Week in Anime - Miss Kuroitsu is Full of Tokusatsu Deep Cuts
This love letter to live-action superhero shows lacks flash, but makes it up with a deep appreciation for tokusatsu fandom both local and larger franchises.
Case 35 – Always Be Pushing
After another long absence, One Podcast Prevails has returned. We welcome 2018 by continuing where we left on Volume 12 of Case Closed/Detective Conan manga as we go…
For the Lovers: Love Through a Prism: Stepping Away and Coming Back Stronger
The Wonder of Anime Presents: For the Lovers is a love themed collection on The Wonder of Anime, including guest essays. This… The post For the Lovers: Love Through a Prism:…
My Journey Through Anime
It was the year 2005. I was a healthy joyful kid that drives for entertainment. I own a PS2 with popular titles such as Simpsons Hit and Run,…
On Mythic Creatures and Looking Through Kamisama Kiss
Kamisama Kiss fancifully showcases the recurring theme of human/yokai relationship. For hundreds of years, folktales about mythical creatures cohabiting with human have been a subject of interest f…
Convention Stories: Noise Complaint
For this story, we go back to Anime USA in 2019. I had a wonderful time at this event and luck wound up being on my side as…
Criticism and nostalgia: My look back at The Simpsons
I know I said I probably wouldn’t ever cover western animation again, but this is an exception I have to make. A while back, I found an interesting…
Persona 4, Arena: Playing Television, Ecology, and Noise
Sources, general commentary, and media used are available at: https://pauseandselect.com/2024/persona-4-and-persona-4-arena This video is possible thanks to the kind help of a bunch of creators: First, thanks to @LordKnightfgc for his expertise! Second…
Back on Twitter
I took off from writing on Sunday and must confess that this will only be a short message letting everyone know that I have returned to Twitter. So,…
![Featured image for The Legend and The Butterfly (2023) [Japan Cuts 2023]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20230831/1693465721.67475.102828.jpg)
The Legend and The Butterfly (2023) [Japan Cuts 2023]
The combination of historical anchor points, a phantasmatic romance to link those points together, and satisfying burst of action will surely be able to satisfy those who thirst…
My Neighbor Seki-Kun: Deep Reading
This paper is one that I wrote specifically for an English class. The professor challenged us to do a deep reading on any specific topic, short clip, or…
My Deep Dive Into Idol VTubers
Join me on a rollercoaster of decision-making as I weigh the pros and cons of joining Idol VTuber agency versus going solo.
Noise, melancholy and escapism: わたしのココ
For some reason I tend not to like Vocaloid music or producers, but so far there’s a single artist, that I found many years ago by pure accident…
Deep reads #7.1: Better living through alchemy (or, why I like the Atelier series)
When you hear that a game has crafting in it, what do you immediately think of? Perhaps some thrown-together tacked-on gameplay mechanic like “put this piece of wood…
Noise (ノイズ, Ryuichi Hiroki, 2022)
Three childhood friends find their connection strained while covering up an accidental murder in Ryuichi Hiroki’s darkly comic crime drama
DAN DA DAN Deep in My Brain
There was no question whatsoever that DAN DA DAN was going to be a hit. You only had to take one look at the promotional art and video…
Looking Back on 2021
I spend most of 2021 revisiting older anime. I have articles in the queue where I reexamine them. There wasn’t too many new titles that caught my attention.…
Looking Back on 2022
This past year was JP’s 10th. Before I started writing this blog, I struggled to see anything through. I would flit from project to project, from interest to…
Re-Dive, Quick Thoughts Edition on Steins;Gate: Back to the Future, and then back again
I was recently able to sit down with a few friends and watch Steins;Gate again with them. It was an enjoyable experience, and I thought it would be…
Through Doors and Danger
Adventure stories carry us beyond the familiar, into landscapes shaped by wonder, danger, and transformation. Whether it’s a journey across strange lands or a mission that tests one’s…
Looking Back on the Mario & Luigi Series
Mario is one of the most well-known and beloved video game series of all time, and it always will be. Nintendo’s pride and joy won’t be going anywhere…
Detective Maomao is Back on the Job!
The Apothecary Diaries S2 Premiere Review In late 2023, a new mystery drama anime took the anime world by storm, The Apothecary Diaries. Set in a fictional country…
The Faraway Paladin #02 — Animating Via Smash Cuts and Speedlines
What exciting fights. Impressions: Perhaps slightly better than the first episode, but still nowhere near good. The story continues to exist only in potential as it blathers…
Yuri through the ages– GL and the like
Heyo everybody! Let’s about GL! At first I, Star, didn’t think I had a lot to contribute on the subject since I stayed away from most romance story…
Noise ノイズ (2017) Dir: Yusaku Matsumoto
This is my V-Cinema review of Yusaku Matsumoto’s film “Noise” from back in 2017.
TAKT OP.DESTINY EPISODE 7 — TRUTH -NOISE-
Visit the post for more.
A-Z Movie Challenge: Unmasked Noise
English manga readers know this one as Anonymous Noise, and anime watchers know it as Fukumenkei Noise. Why the English title of the live action was settled on…
Looking back on the Kalafina Progressive single and the 2009 Closed Premium Live
Of all the singles in Kalafina’s back catalogue, Progressive is a particularly interesting one. It wasn’t a movie or TV tie-in, so I guess that the record label…
The Year in Magic: Looking Back on the Anime, and Beyond, of 2023
A ramble; the anime, manga, and more that got me through 2023.
Soaring Sky! Precure, Tengoku Daimakyo, Undead Murder Farce, Magical Destroyers, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Skip and Loafer – 05 – Digging Deep
It’s Sports Day, and while Mitsumi believes it’s some kind of big dark secret that she sucks at sports, everyone is already aware. She needs a coach for…
Deep reads #5.4: Gods and devils
This is the last in my deep reads post series about Megami Tensei, though it’s certainly not the last time I’ll ever write about the series. I can absolutely…
the way forward is back: on amv burnout (and a purple bell)
It seems like, every year for the past several years, a creeping feeling of AMV burnout has seeped into my emotional state for the first several months of…
Watanabe Cuts Off the Oni’s Arm
To celebrate October (one of my favorite months), I will be posting Japanese folklore in their original English versions. You can find modernized versions of these and other…
Brief Thoughts On: Made in Abyss – Dawn of the Deep Soul
Ah sweet nightmare fuel, how I've missed thee
JapanPowered — Looking back on 2019
The year 2019 was an interestingly normal one for me. JP has remained steady, enjoying modest growth in traffic: 511, 697 visits, up from 508,001 in 2018. I…
Episode 93 - Back On Topic
Here is something we haven't done for a small while. Like we have mentioned before, we are an anime podcast. On this episode, we give a bunc...
Looking Back on Fall 2019
Shinchou Yuusha‘s delays mean that I had to wrap this up basically on the day the new season started happening. The new season began on a Saturday for…
A LOOK BACK ON 2024
Hello friends! I was supposed to finish the recap I mentioned last Friday yesterday, but oh well. I wanted to reflect on the partly tumultuous but mostly whatever…
On going back to work
It’s been a while since I’ve written, but to me, it has felt like no time at all. Having a baby has really skewed my sense of the…
![Featured image for Mari and Mari (2021) review [Japan Cuts 2021]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20210912/1631430194.21210.47211.jpg)
Mari and Mari (2021) review [Japan Cuts 2021]
“A beautiful narrative that seems to bear no relation to our romantic life at first, but ultimately hits close to home.”