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The Pizzicato Five Discography: Introduction
Ametora author W. David Marx listened to every single major release from legendary Shibuya-kei band, Pizzicato Five, so you don't have to. Here are his thoughts over a…
The Pizzicato Five Discography: Introduction
Ametora author W. David Marx listened to every single major release from legendary Shibuya-kei band, Pizzicato Five, so you don't have to. Here are his thoughts over a…
Pizzicato Five Discography: Canon and Posthumous 1998-2006
Ametora author W. David Marx listened to every single major release from legendary Shibuya-kei band, Pizzicato Five, so you don't have to. Here are his thoughts over a…
Pizzicato Five Discography: Canon and Posthumous 1998-2006
Ametora author W. David Marx listened to every single major release from legendary Shibuya-kei band, Pizzicato Five, so you don't have to. Here are his thoughts over a…
The Pizzicato Five Discography: Canon 1991-1993
Ametora author W. David Marx listened to every single major release from legendary Shibuya-kei band, Pizzicato Five, so you don't have to. Here is Part Three.
The Pizzicato Five Discography: Canon 1994-1997
Ametora author W. David Marx listened to every single major release from legendary Shibuya-kei band, Pizzicato Five, so you don't have to. Here are his thoughts over a…
The Pizzicato Five Discography: Canon 1991-1993
Ametora author W. David Marx listened to every single major release from legendary Shibuya-kei band, Pizzicato Five, so you don't have to. Here is Part Three.
The Pizzicato Five Discography: Canon 1994-1997
Ametora author W. David Marx listened to every single major release from legendary Shibuya-kei band, Pizzicato Five, so you don't have to. Here are his thoughts over a…
The Pizzicato Five Discography: Pre-Canon 1985-1991
Ametora author W. David Marx listened to every single major release from legendary Shibuya-kei band, Pizzicato Five, so you don't have to. Here are his thoughts over a…
The Pizzicato Five Discography: Pre-Canon 1985-1991
Ametora author W. David Marx listened to every single major release from legendary Shibuya-kei band, Pizzicato Five, so you don't have to. Here are his thoughts over a…


The Beginning of the End in Suits Seasons Four and Five
A look at seasons four and five of Suits, some of the most dramatic so far.


New Rock and Happy End – Origins of Japanese Rock
Japanese Rock and Pop music has, through the 21st century, become an undoubtedly global phenomenon with genres like J-Pop, J-Rock reaching


Seiyuu Feature: Katsuyuki Konishi
What is the first thing when you hear his name? A leader? A hero? A mecha pilot? A brother? A Pokémon? If you guess them all, then you…


Five Ways I Continue to Be Happy
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Konishi Hiroko: The Anime Voice Acting World is the Abode of Demons
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House of Five Leaves and Radiant
The Dodgers are headed back to Milwaukee with a 3-2 lead and nothing bad will happen don’t...
House of Five Leaves and Radiant
The Dodgers are headed back to Milwaukee with a 3-2 lead and nothing bad will happen don’t ruin this for me podcast audience. This episode, we’re talking about…


Rebuild of Evangelion Did Not Deserve Its Happy End
Rebuild of Evangelion was a highly hyped re-exploration of the story of Evangelion. Some saw it as a retelling, others argue it’s really more of a sequel. I’m…
[Five] The Sounds of Togetherness
In her final year of middle school and on the grand stage of the national koto competition, Satowa Hozuki, the prodigal heir to the Hozuki school of koto,…
Oregairu and Knowing the End of the Story
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Interview: The Staff of The Executioner and Her Way of Life
ANN spoke to light novel author Mato Satō, anime director Yoshiki Kawasaki, and series composition writer Shogo Yasukawa about what makes this isekai anime so unique.


Gris: The Five Stages of Grief
From the very first cutscene of Gris, you realize that you have lost something important. From the very first steps you take you realize that you are broken.…


Number Five Anime of the Year
Art: Jon and I decided to do the thing most blogs do, and that’s rate the top five anime of the year. I personally do not believe in…
Pick of the Week: Five Alive
KATE: If you’d told me five years ago that VIZ would be re-issuing Taiyo Matsumoto’s No. 5, I’d have chuckled and thought, “Boy, is this person naïve! VIZ…


Happy Year of the Dragon!
The Lunar New Year is almost here! And this time it’s the Year of the Dragon. The Lunar New Year is part of the Zodiac 12 year cycle…
Happy Year of The Tiger!
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Episode 15: The End of The End of Evangelion
That's right, I built an intermission into this podcast, and none of you can stop me.


Haru’s Curse / Haru no Noroi by Konishi Asuka
While on a road trip these last eight days, I ended up picking up a number of manga at the various bookstores that I visited. The first is…


HIRAETH - The Middle and The End of It All
Continuing where I left off months ago, it’s time to explore the last two volumes of Yuhki Kamatani’s HIRAETH - The End of the Journey. The ending does…
Five Years of Zimmerit.moe
Five years ago this month we launched Zimmerit.
Five Years of Zimmerit.moe
Five years ago this month we launched Zimmerit.


Senpai ga Uzai Kouhai no Hanashi | Episode Five: Happy Valentine’s Day.
Kazama’s jealousy is something I find most amusing about this episode. As is typical with all valentine’s day episodes, there’s always bound to be that one misunderstanding that…


Steins; Gate: The Story of the Beginning and the End
Slight spoilers ahead – please be forewarned if you haven’t had the chance to acquaint yourself with Steins; Gate. I stumbled across Steins; Gate on a whim. It…


Mou Ippon – Episode 13 (END) – The Shocking and Not Surprising End of the Match
Episode impressions of Mou Ippon Episode 13 as Towa defeated Hana after Michi, Sanae, and Himeno failed to take her down. Now, we have a tall, cheerful blonde-haired…


The TRUE Top Five Anime Of The Year
If MyAnimeList is going to continue to insist that Scissor Seven is an anime, I’m going to cash in on this meme.
Into the World of The Five Star Stories
For many mecha fans in the English-speaking world, The Five Star Stories is a fascinating mystery. Its mecha designs shared in breathless posts about author Mamoru Nagano’s influence…
Into the World of The Five Star Stories
For many mecha fans in the English-speaking world, The Five Star Stories is a fascinating mystery. Its mecha designs shared in breathless posts about author Mamoru Nagano’s influence…


The Five Most Magical Anime of 2021
2021 is pretty much done. What were the 5 most magical, bewitching, fantastical anime of the year? Let’s find out.
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The Five Best Anime Films of 2019
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End of the Line
It’s been bugging me that I haven’t officially closed the blog for a while now. Perhaps I thought I’d eventually dive back in head first and resurrect like …


The End of Evangelion
If you, like me, finished the main series thinking “Well, I’m not really sure what happened, but there’s another movie to wrap up those loose ends” then this…


The End of Teppu
Teppu, the female-centric MMA manga by OOTA Moare-sensei, will end in the August issue (July 7) of good! Afternoon. Or so various sources tell me.


THE END OF ANIMEBACKWHEN
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Seraph of the End
By Andrew Osmond This time it’s vampires. In recent years, we’ve seen civilisation ended umpteen times over, often by zombie apocalypses, but now the bloodsuckers get a turn.…
Happy 2023 - Year of the Rabbit!
Happy New Year! I've been too busy to make a New Year's image, so please enjoy this Urusei Yatsura one from the new series' official Twit...


Happy Year of The Ox! 2021
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The Paradox of a Happy Ending
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The Quintessential Quintuplets – 23 – Give and Take Five
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Two Giants, Five Publishers, and all the Fixings
In this week's Please Save My Money, Krystallina explores a lawsuit involving Amazon and eBooks that feels familiar to a lawsuit in 2011.