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#99 - Interview with Anime Scholar Helen McCarthy!
We're back again with another interview! For this episode, Sully and Austin had the chance to sit down with noted anime scholar Helen McCarthy! Helen has been a…
Episode # 99 – Interview with Anime Scholar Helen McCarthy
For this episode, Sully and Austin had the chance to sit down with noted anime scholar Helen McCarthy! Helen has been a pioneer in the English-speaking anime community…
Anime World Order Show # 200 – Let’s ACTUALLY Interview Helen McCarthy Already
It’s our 200th episode! To celebrate, we interview the UK’s Most Dangerous anime scholar garderner/poet, Helen McCarthy! The one we did back in 2008 was technically a “bonus”…
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The good folks from AnimEigo have sent us the details for the latest episode of their ongoing documentary series The Anime Business. Episode...
#109 - Interview with Helen McCarthy and Darren-Jon Ashmore on Leiji Matsumoto and Anime/Manga Scholarship
The second installment of our special interview series revolving around the newly released essay collection on Leji Matsumoto, co-edited by past (and current) guest Helen McCarthy!Helen returns with…
Episode # 109 – Interview with Helen McCarthy and Darren-Jon Ashmore on Leiji Matsumoto and Anime/Manga Scholarship
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Pure TokyoScope PODCAST #62: Patrick's New Book THE ESSENTIAL ANIME GUIDE!
Matt Alt and Patrick Macias bring you pop culture info from Japan!
Canary by Tijan Book Review
Mafia romances can be so captivating sometimes. The violence, tension, suspense, spice, all make for a great read that will keep drawing you in. It’s one of my…
500 Word Game Reviews: Book of Demons
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Books: Crunchyroll Essential Anime
By Andrew Osmond. As long as new fans are stepping tentatively into anime, there’ll always be a need for an up-to-date guidebook, helping them tell their moe from…
Book Review – Firestarter By: Stephen King
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Bride by Ali Hazelwood Book Review
If you’re active in the romance scene, you’ve probably heard of Ali Hazelwood. She is probably the most well known for her book The Love Hypothesis which gained…
Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa Book Review
Dark romance can be so addicting. The thrill of the taboo, the dark and moody love interests, and the sexual tension! All so good! Add in the spice…
By the “Book”
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Wolf Signs by Vivian Arend Book Review
Lately, I’ve been feeling some good shifter romance. Looking through Goodreads recommendations, Facebook groups, and Kindle Unlimited, I came upon this book. It’s the first standalone in a…
Neon Gods by Katee Robert Book Review
Here I am, back again to read some more Hades and Persephone retellings. This time we have an extra spicy and kinky book from Katee Robert that pits…
(500) Days of Anime
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Kurayukaba and Kuramerukagari Anime Movies Review
These tenously-linked films sport impressive world-building and mechanical designs but suffer from undercooked plots.
The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni Book Review
There are days when I question my very specific tastes in the kinds of stories I love, and lately I’ve been drawn more and more to enemies-to-lovers stories…
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey (Book Review)
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Hold Your Breath by Katie Ruggle Book Review
Series: Search and Rescue Book 1 Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Adult, Military, Mystery/Thriller Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️ out of 5 Tropes: Grumpy/Sunshine, Forced Proximity, One Bed Trigger Warnings: Stalking…
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black Book Review
Continuing my read through of some more fantasy romance recommended to me through Instagram. This time, I’ve picked up The Cruel Prince by Holly Black, a well reviewed…
Book Review: Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy
Jennette McCurdy's bold novel is a lot of things, but it's not terrible.
Book Review: A Crane Among Wolves by Jane Hur
The first novel I read this year! Here are my thoughts on Jane Hur’s historical drama.
Promises and Pomegranates by Sav R. Miller Book Review
Oh boy, if you like some dark, spicy romance, you’ll definitely find all that and more in this new recommendation of mine. Promises and Pomegranates is a dark…
Black Butler Book Trilogy Anime Review
If you had been following for a while now then you guys have known that I had watched Black Butler before, around this time, I think, last year. I really…
“The Otaku Encyclopedia” by Patrick W. Galbraith | A Book Review
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Book Review: ‘Things Remembered and Things Forgotten’ By Kyoko Nakajima
More usually a fan of non-fiction books about Japan it was with some uncertainty that this book was purchased on the back of the author’s reputation alongside a…
A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair Book Review
I was pulled in again to another Hades and Persephone retelling. I just can’t stay away. A Touch of Darkness takes the myths and legends of these two…
How to Vex a Vampire by Alice Winters Book Review
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Episode 500, "We Would Pod 500 Casts"
On this very special episode of The One Piece Podcast we bring on guests from the history of The One Piece Podcast with our 500th episode event. We…
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Episode 31 - Dr. Helen Hardacre (Harvard)
In this episode, Dr. Hardacre recenters religion in Japanese society in the Tokugawa and Meiji periods, laying the pre-1868 groundwork for the embracing of kami-workship after the Restoration and…
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Hello and welcome back to another J-Music Exchange/Rate review! This one is actually a bit of a special one since this is the very first Exchange/Rate review on…
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After reading through what there is of her Hades and Persephone series, I found that I really liked St. Clair’s writing and her dedication to research. With this…
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500 Follower Appreciation Post + Random Anime Reveal
I thought I timed it so that 500 followers and the blog’s third anniversary should happen at about the same time, but looks like we hit the milestone…
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This is a very random post. I noticed that not many anime movies are musicals whereas most American animated movies are. Why?
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When it comes to anime movies, everyone thinks of Studio Ghibli (deservedly so), but there is so much more in the greater anime sphere! As you dive deeper,…
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To match this week’s theme of what I’ve been posting, lets have a discussion about anime movies. Not one particular one, but how they are changing in the…
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