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 throughout October, I faintly recalled an OVA I…
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It’s Spooky Season! – Day 23: Dorohedoro
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It’s Spooky Season! – Day 28: Shiki
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It’s Spooky Season! – Day 27: Kakurenbo: Hide and Seek
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It’s Spooky Season! – Day 26: Blood-C
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It’s Spooky Season! – Day 16: School-Live!
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It’s Spooky Season! – Day 13: Mars Red
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It’s Spooky Season! – Day 8: Hakaba Kitaro
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It’s Spooky Season! – Day 29: Otherside Picnic
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It’s Spooky Season! – Day 6: Night World
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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 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 1: Healer Girl Episode 10
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It’s Spooky Season! – Day 2 – Wasurenagumo (Li’l Spider Girl)
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It’s Spooky Season! – Day 12: Came the Mirror & Other Tales
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It’s Spooky Season! – Day 17: Aoi Bungaku Episodes 11-12
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It’s Spooky Season! – Day 24: Raven of the Inner Palace
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It’s Spooky Season! – Day 22: Ayakashi Samurai Horror Tales – Bakeneko
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One Shots / “One and Seventy”
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It’s Spooky Season! – Day 20: Shinsekai Yori (From the New World)
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It’s Spooky Season! – Day 9: Help! I’ve Turned Into A Gengar
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It’s Spooky Season! – Day 7: The Girl From the Other Side
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One Shots / “Pockets and Waltz”
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One Shots / “Phantoms and Witches”
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One Shots / “Sunset and Silver”
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It’s Spooky Season! – Day 18: Level-E Episode 4 “From the Darkness”
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It’s Spooky Season! – Day 14: Lupin the Third (Part 4, Episode 8)
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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…
One Shots / “Aesthetics: Artistic and Stylistic”
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One Shots / “Unexpected Assistance”
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One Shots / “By the Numbers, and Letters”
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One Shots / “Subversion of Expectations”
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