When I think of Halloween, I don’t always immediately think of music. While Christmas has its share of iconic carols, Halloween’s contributions to the musical canon are somewhat fewer a…
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It’s Spooky Season! – Day 29: Otherside Picnic
There are relatively few anime series that star adult characters, so when I find one I definitely take notice, even if the end product is somewhat uneven. Take…
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I’ve heard it said that the dreams we have during the night are part of our brain’s way of processing the events of the day. It’s one of…
It’s Spooky Season! – Day 21: Shadows House
When I started this month-long project, part of the reason I’d had the idea in the first place was because I wanted to call attention to some lesser-known,…
It’s Spooky Season! – Day 26: Blood-C
Hey look, it’s time for vampires again. Or is it? Over the years there have been a few different entries in the Blood franchise, which began in 2000 with Blood: The…
It’s Spooky Season! – Day 10: Hyouka Episode 7
For many years I was kind of the de-facto anime provider for the anime club I attend. Mostly this was because I had been maintaining a version of…
It’s Spooky Season! – Day 15: The Lost Village
In most cases, I’m perfectly happy to chalk up a difference in opinion as such and not get too hot-headed about it. As an anime fan, I’ve seen…
It’s Spooky Season! – Day 11: Backflip!! Episode 5
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It’s Spooky Season! – Day 18: Level-E Episode 4 “From the Darkness”
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The fun of long-running entertainment franchises is that they occasionally enter a stage where they become more like anthologies – playgrounds where many different stories are told using…
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It’s Spooky Season! – Day 17: Aoi Bungaku Episodes 11-12
When one hears the phrase “blue literature,” one might first believe that the phrase describes literature with a lot of inappropriate humor. However, the adjective blue or “aoi…
It’s Spooky Season! – Day 24: Raven of the Inner Palace
I may have mentioned this, but over the last year my ability to keep up with new anime was severely disrupted due to health issues, so when it…
It’s Spooky Season! – Day 22: Ayakashi Samurai Horror Tales – Bakeneko
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It’s Spooky Season! – Day 31: Some You Already Probably Know
Well, somehow I managed to make it to the end of October having put up a post each day about some of my favorite obscure, and less-obscure spooky,…
It’s Spooky Season! – Day 30: Some Shorts and One-Shots
Have you ever had a memory that you weren’t exactly sure was real? Recently, when I was coming up with the list of episodes and series to cover…
It’s Spooky Season! – Day 19: Golden Kamuy Episode 11 “Everybody, Get Together! It’s a Murder Hotel!”
I’m sure this goes for most fans of any type of media, but it’s a fact that there are certain anime series that I really enjoy that I…
It’s Spooky Season! – Day 20: Shinsekai Yori (From the New World)
There are some anime each season that I watch, enjoy, and then mostly forget about after a few months. There are many fewer anime that I watch and…
It’s Spooky Season! – Day 7: The Girl From the Other Side
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It’s Spooky Season! – Day 3: Spriggan Episode 3 “The Forest of No Return”
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It’s Spooky Season! – Day 25: Den-noh Coil Episode 9 “Miss Michiko From The Other Side”
It’s no secret that I love Den-noh Coil (or Dennou Coil if you prefer the classic romanization of the title). One look at my user icon across the various social media I…
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