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It’s Spooky Season! – Day 23: Dorohedoro
So far this month we’ve tackled psychological horror, comedic horror, and horror-adjacent titles and episodes. However, as far as I can see, we haven’t yet looked at the…
It’s Spooky Season! – Day 28: Shiki
There’s almost nothing as satisfying to me as revisiting something I enjoyed in the past and realizing just how correct I was about it. Case in point: Shiki.…
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 16: School-Live!
As a long time anime fan, something I rarely experience is feeling “fooled” by something that I watch. There are certainly many anime with plot twists and turns,…
It’s Spooky Season! – Day 13: Mars Red
I felt like it was about time for some more vampires, so I wanted to revisit an interesting series from a couple of years ago that I really…
It’s Spooky Season! – Day 8: Hakaba Kitaro
We’ve gotten more than a week into this Halloween list without talking much about Yokai, so I figure it’s about time to remedy that. Yokai are a category…
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…
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 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
I always tell people that I’m a fan of sports anime, but that comes with the caveat that I’m extremely picky about the sports anime that I actually…
It’s Spooky Season! – Day 1: Healer Girl Episode 10
While it may be the case that, for some of us, our anticipation of Halloween never really wanes, once the calendar flips to the month of October it…
It’s Spooky Season! – Day 2 – Wasurenagumo (Li’l Spider Girl)
A few days ago I was doing some chores, and as I was unloading some laundry from the dryer I happened to notice a bit of movement out…
It’s Spooky Season! – Day 27: Kakurenbo: Hide and Seek
Mou ii kai? Mou ii yo. Thus begins a game of kakurenbo. When you’re part of a group for a long time, you get to see the culture of…
It’s Spooky Season! – Day 5: Vampire in the Garden
I feel like I’m starting to get into the groove with parenting my baby (now that I’ve said that, he’s going to start crawling and none of this…
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 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 12: Came the Mirror & Other Tales
Rumiko Takahashi is probably best known for her more famous, long-running manga series. For my fandom generation, that would be Ranma 1/2, and for many others they probably…
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 22: Ayakashi Samurai Horror Tales – Bakeneko
Because I’m standing on the cusp of returning to work after an extended leave-of-absence, I thought I’d take today to write about one of my favorite pieces of…
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 9: Help! I’ve Turned Into A Gengar
I’ve never been much of a Pokémon fan. I played the first-gen game when it was released in the US (as well as about three weeks worth of…
It’s Spooky Season! – Day 7: The Girl From the Other Side
We human beings consider ourselves to be intellectually and culturally advanced. We’ve conquered the world and wield technology and innovation the likes of which would be unimaginable to…
It’s Spooky Season! – Day 18: Level-E Episode 4 “From the Darkness”
While Halloween is typically thought of as a holiday revolving around spooky and scary things, I find that I have a lot more fun when there’s some spooky…
It’s Spooky Season! – Day 4: Adam by Eve: A Live in Animation
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…
It’s Spooky Season! – Day 14: Lupin the Third (Part 4, Episode 8)
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…
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 3: Spriggan Episode 3 “The Forest of No Return”
So apparently there was a new “Indiana Jones” film released this Summer. My life’s been a bit hectic the last couple of months, so though I had some…
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…
Day 6: The Silent World of GL
Here we are, on day six of Niji Nights. We have done a lot of talking about boys love so far and only briefly mentioned girls love. Star…
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Good Night World
Episodes: 12 Summary: Four miserable members of a dysfunctional household have no idea that they’ve formed a happy family unit in an immersive VR game — with each…
It’s Not a Fever Dream it’s Mannequin Night Fever!
I was both low-key excited, and had the same amount of trepidation about this series since it was announced. I have to preface this with the fact that…
Games to Play During Spooky Season
The spooky season is here and I have a short list of games that I find great to play during this time. As someone who was forbidden from…
Day 6 of Niji Nights: A More Inclusive World
Have any of you noticed a trend in Anime lately? No, it’s not about how anime is becoming mainstream, or that there’s repetitive plotlines. We’re actually talking about…
NIGHT HEAD 2041 – 01 (First Impressions) – It’s That Kind of Night
I’ll give NIGHT HEAD 2041 this: it gives you bang for the buck. There’s a metric fuckton of stuff to look at in its 22 minutes, and a pulsing,…
It’s Night Beyond The Tricornered Window – Review
Hello folks, how are you all doing? I present you my first Japanese movie review! I have reviewed JDramas before, but I had not reviewed a movie yet.…
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And temps are near zero But no need to cry Here comes Santa Nero! Yes, I get the unfortunate connection between said character, the historical figure, and Christendom,…
Good Night World Review — B+
A family plays an MMO. It’s hard to review this without spoilers, but wow does this not go where you are expecting in the first couple episodes. I…
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Hey everyone! It’s my favorite season, spooky season!!! With Halloween just around the corner, you’re probably like me and watching all the creepy, psychological, gory anime you can…
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Initially, Good Night World seems like another VRMMORPG anime with little originality. Until episode six, when specific plot points, throwaway lines, and unusual concepts culminate in a stunning…
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Every year, the 15th December is World Otaku Day. Here are some plans to celebrate the day in the anime community with our fellow otaku.
BanG Dream! It’s MyGO!!!!! – Episode 6
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today there’s simply no avoiding a return to the delightfully messy band drama of MyGO, as I absolutely must…
12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 6: Toradora’s “Holy Night” Is Anime’s Christmas Carol
I’m a Christmas music nut. I listen to holiday songs throughout the year and once Thanksgiving hits (I wait until then so I don’t wear myself and others…
NaNoRenO – Yoshioka ~Day 6~
Last time I mentioned storyboards, so let’s talk a bit about the text those storyboards exist for. When it comes to writing, one of my biggest pet peeves…
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You know what’s great? When you watch a series and you can perfectly sum it up in a simple sentence. No long winded explanations, no hour long videos,…
