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Oregairu 3 – 05 – Making It Work
After enduring a heartbreaking ending last week, Yui doesn’t appear in this episode, which is just as well as Hiki, Shizuka, Iroha and Yukino are more than sufficient.…
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Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation – 04 – Making It Work
This week, the OP theme is played, but this time over a beautifully somber sequence of the Greyrat household is steeped in the winter of discontent inside while…
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Spy x Family – 07 – Making It Work With Less Than Ideal
“I’m sorry I’m bad at school”, a still-drowsy Anya says to Loid and Yor. “The peace of the world rests on you making amends”, she hears Loid thinking. It’s…
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Making Episode Reviews Work for Me
Hi guys. Today I will once again be attempting to become a better … The post Making Episode Reviews Work for Me appeared first on I drink and…
2 Keys To Making Multilingual Relationships Work
Multilingual relationships in Japan have their own quirks—and need adaptable people to really make them work!
Miyazaki & Takahata’s Work Relationship and How It Ended
In his 2018 biographical book Kanyada from the Southern Country (南の国のカンヤダ), Suzuki doesn’t write much about Ghibli at all. But an addendum is dedicated to the late Isao…
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Beat & Motion: Making It Is Hard
Manga about artists working hard and doing their work aren’t necessarily rare. I think there is just a love of artists sharing their journeys while also cooling off…
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes: Making Macroeconomics Approachable
In furtherance of my general objective to pick up general knowledge from all aspects of life, I have been trying to read more widely. Economics and macroeconomics as…
A Boy and Girl Making (It) Out: Won’t You Escape with Me?
There are plenty of manga about a boy and a girl growing closer, but I only know of one where the relationship centers around escape games—Watashi to Dasshutsu…
Work! Work! Work!
Work! Work! Work! Hey gang! Working on the next review. Unfortunately, work has me just busy enough so that I can never get any traction on writing. Also,…
Why It Works: Kaiju Are Making a Comeback!
For this week’s Why It Works, I took stock of just how generous our current era is in terms of kaiju productions. We’ve got the Anno-Higuchi films, Legendary’s…
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End – 21 – Making it Rain
Serie sits on her throne in a library once in good repair, now crumbling around her, bestowing wishes on mages while remaining stuck in amber. Centuries ago she…
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Hard Work and Guts
Another section reaches parity today with the addition of mecha profiles. This time, it’s Gainax’s Aim for the Top! series, and the following sections have been updated: Gunbuster Diebuster…
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Simple Yet Sexy (Episode 6) – It Was Intense at Work
Rena Yukuhashi sees Rie Sekiguchi having lunch with Ryouhei Hachiya and gets jealous. How can she compare to Sekiguchi who wears pretty clothes and knows how to apply…
Making Up and Making Waves: How Tropical-Rouge! PreCure rewrote narratives of femininity and fairy tales
Tropical-Rouge balances historical attitudes with refreshing, contemporary ideas that grant its young female characters agency and thus delivers a great message to its target audience.
Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Punch – Episode 7 – Fina’s Big Upset and Making it Up With Cake
Episode impressions of Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Punch Episode 7 as Yuna defeated the Mithri Golem, it’s time for her to pick Fina up. However, Fina gets angry…
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Making * Lovers
Making Lovers is a moege that’s a bit different from the vast majority. For one thing, the protagonist, by default named Kazuma, is an adult currently in between…
Salaryman’s Club: Balancing Work and Sports
Tired of high school sports anime? Salaryman's Club offers a mature and relatable take on the genre, with characters juggling work deadlines and badminton matches. Check out my…
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Making Assumptions: Violet Evergarden, Disability, and Imperfection
Our final thematic post this Holy Week was written by Twwk and originally posted two years ago this past Thursday in the now-discontinued Area of Effect magazine. It…
A Novel Approach to Language Learning: Would it Work for Japanese?
Though all of you probably already know that I’m quite the Japanese language learning fan, what you might not know is that I’m actually a fan of learning…
After Work Highland Time: Rebirth and Death and Rebirth
The fairy is dead, long live the fairy! Once a year I get a reminder that this site still exists in the form of the hosting bill. You…
After Work Highland Time: Rebirth and Death and Rebirth
The fairy is dead, long live the fairy! Once a year I get a reminder that this site still exists in the form of the hosting bill. You…
Jeweller Richard and the Work of Shipping
That was shipping, for me – finding the little clues and hints that suggested two characters could develop a romantic relationship, teasing them out and piecing them together…
New Game – Overcoming Personal and Work Adversity
I really enjoy New Game’s take on the workplace.
Making Wool Live
On the wool animation of Hermína Týrlová.
Making Anime Buddies
Making friends as an adult can sometimes be tricky but if you're lucky, you could end up making anime buddies.
Work Delays!
Work Delays! Hey gang! I’m literally running on fumes as I write this. Long work weeks will do that to ya. 😅 Still, I am thankful to have…
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Horimiya: They Did It! Why it Matters (And How It Doesn’t)
I’ve been dreading episode seven of Horimiya for weeks before it aired. Well, not episode seven exactly—I was anxious for whatever episode it would be where that happens,…
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Anime World Order Show # 197 – You Grew All That Human Tissue in Orbit and It Doesn’t Even Work
We flip-flop a bit on our promise to be the anime podcast that sticks to talking about anime, but after a while Clarissa gets us back on track…
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Fear and Loathing, and That’s It
September 11 is a day that always makes me just a bit more introspective. Sometimes I express it on this blog and sometimes I approach things more lightly—it’s…
Ryuta Koike and the Making The First Slam Dunk
After nearly two decades, Slam Dunk is back and scoring big at the box office. Now screening in U.S. and Canadian theaters, we talked to producer Ryuta Koike…
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Sturgill Simpson’s Sound and Fury: making art, not friends
One of my favourite albums of the past few years was recorded by a country artist. I know. This will probably only surprise you if you knew me…
“Pasta!” Adventures in Making Homemade (and Homegrown) Pasta Sauce
We’ve been talking about it for a year, ever since our lovely neighbors gave us a jar of homemade pizza sauce for no other reason than to be…
Making and Sharing Lemonade: Princess Connect! Re:Dive Season 2
The first season of Princess Connect! Re:Dive was a surprise hit for me. In a seemingly endless field of mobile game adaptations, this one manages to achieve a…
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One Piece and The Making Of Its Greatest Opening
With One Piece Opening 26, a creative duo show once again why they are unstoppable. Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/PhenomSage Twitter: https://twitter.com/PhenomSage MyAnimeList: https://myanimelist.net/profile/PhenomSage 00:00 - Greatest Opening I've Ever Seen? 01:06 - Direction…
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How I’m balancing life and work during quarantine
At the beginning of the global pandemic and resulting quarantine, some of my friends recommended that I post some tips for those who are newly working from home.…
Akudama Drive – 09 – All Work and No Play
Brother is in custody atop Executioner HQ. Swindler, Sister and Courier are going to rescue him before he can be transferred to Kanto. It’s a wonderfully simple objective…if…
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Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul – It Can Work with Three
Happy Halloween, everyone! I hope you’ve had a fun time watching what I was going to post next. Since I’ve filled this month with a lot of older…
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Movies On A Plane (Like ‘Snakes On A Plane,’ But It Doesn’t Work)
Even before the pandemic, I rarely went to the theater to see movies. I know many people feel it is the only way to truly enjoy a movie.…
Making Amazon’s De-List
Fans searching for certain light novels and manga to download to their devices have been treated to an unwelcome surprise courtesy of a famous online juggernaut. Please note…
On making “good” content
An incoherent rambly mess of a post discussing this idea of making “good” content.
Of making anime lists…
…there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh! For a good few years now, I’ve tried to greet each new anime season by…
Making Reservations in Japanese
Failsafe ways to book accommodations, tickets and dinners out in Japan.
2019 Lettering Work
Collage of some manga that I’ve lettered this year! I’ve also gained my first credited work after 2 years with The Knight Cartoonist and Her Orc Editor and…
Work Related Delays
Work Related Delays Hey gang! By this time, long time blog readers know the drill — work is kicking my arse, leaving my face in the grass! 😂…
Cells at Work
From the makers of Ozzy and Drix! Oh wait, no, I'm being told it's unrelated. Cells at Work! - 6:35My Hero Academia 291 - 20:47Kaiju No. 8 17 -…
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INTERVIEW: Marty Krofft & the Making of PINK LADY AND JEFF!
Legendary TV producer claims, "You couldn't kill this show with a baseball bat!"
The Art and Making of Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy
Jean-Karlo dives into the world of Cybertron in a new artbook that offers a wealth of art and behind-the-scenes looks for Netflix's Transformers trilogy.
One Piece and The Making Of Its Greatest Fan Letter
One Piece Fan Letter marks a new milestone for not only a genius industry duo, but for anime as a whole. Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/PhenomSage Fan Letter music used is…
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