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Nana – 3/4 [Nana K. and Shoji, Love’s Whereabouts/Nana K.’s Love, Nana O.’s Dream] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to another (late) week of Throwback Thursday! In this weeks episodes we continue to dive into Nana’s past, seeing how she overcomes her trauma with Asano…

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May 11, 2024 • Subscribe

Nana – 5/6 [Ren’s Dream, Nana O.’s Feelings/Snowing in Tokyo! Nana and NANA] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to another week of Nana! This week we finish up our flashbacks, finally seeing why Ozaki came to Tokyo, as well as get a small reminder…

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May 17, 2024 • Subscribe

The Big O – 1/2 [Roger The Negotiator/Dorothy Dorothy] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to the next season of Throwback Thursday! After being on the list for years it’s finally happened, Bruce Wayne and his giant robot finally got picked.…

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Sep 28, 2023 • Subscribe

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Throwback Otaku Thursday: Revisiting the K Franchise

This last weekend was really tough…for a lot of reasons. And I found myself wanting to absorb into a guilty pleasure to make myself feel better, and that…

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Jun 12, 2020 • Subscribe

Twelve Kingdoms – 1/2/3 – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all to our 8th season of Throwback Thursday, this time watching Twelve Kingdoms! A classic of the Isekai genre adapted in 2002 with the original Light Novel…

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Oct 1, 2020 • Subscribe

The Big O Review – 84/100 – Throwback Thursday

A review of both the 1999 and the 2003 seasons of The Big O, a cult classic mecha anime from Studio Sunrise.

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Dec 30, 2023 • Subscribe

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The Big O – 19/20 [Eyewitness/Stripes] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to another week of The Big O! This week we have robot fights, some existential dread, and even romance for those that are into that sort…

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Dec 1, 2023 • Subscribe

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Gunslinger Girl – 1 [Fratello] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all to the new season of Throwback Thursday, this time featuring Gunslinger Girl! Anime is well known for it’s loli’s, and well known for gratuitous violence, but…

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Jun 25, 2020 • Subscribe

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His and Her Circumstances – 1/2 [Her Circumstances/Their Secret] – Throwback Thursday

Hello everyone, and welcome to the start of His and Her Circumstances! We have a lot to talk about this week. Only 2 episodes in and it’s already…

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Aug 25, 2022 • Subscribe

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Black Lagoon Seasons 1&2 Review – 71/100 – Throwback Thursday

Dating back over 50 years, the legacy of Studio Madhouse is long and storied. From cultural touchstones like Death Note and Tatami Galaxy to old greats like Aim…

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Apr 26, 2024 • Subscribe

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Kemono no Souja Erin – 1/2/3/4 – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to another season of Throwback Thursday! As I said before, this time we are covering Kemono no Souja Erin, also known simply as Erin, a 2009…

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Jun 8, 2023 • Subscribe

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Throwback Thursday: Madoka Then and Now

As we make our way through our tenth anniversary year, I’ll be doing throwback posts each month to some of noteworthy posts. For our first month, we go…

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Jan 30, 2020 • Subscribe

Gunslinger Girl – 2 [Orione (Orion)] – Throwback Thursday

Episode 2 of Lenlo's Gunslinger Girl episode by episode watch series. This week we learn about Henrietta and Jose's past and follow up last weeks mission!

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Jul 2, 2020 • Subscribe

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Gunslinger Girl – 10 [Amare (To Love)] – Throwback Thursday

A day late on this weeks Gunslinger Girl, I know. Personally, I blame the pandemic because I have lost all sense of time, stuck at home all day.…

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Aug 28, 2020 • Subscribe

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Spice and Wolf S1 – 2 [Wolf and Distant Past] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome to week 2 of Spice and Wolf! This week Lawrence and Holo have a sleep over at a church, get involved in shady deals and lie to…

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Jan 28, 2021 • Subscribe

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Spice and Wolf S1 – 1 [Wolf and Best Clothes] – Throwback Thursday

Hello and welcome to a new season of Throwback Thursday, now featuring the 2008 mercantile simulator Spice and Wolf! This has been on my list for a long…

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Jan 21, 2021 • Subscribe

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The Big O – 3/4 [Electric City/Underground Terror] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to week 2 of The Big O! This week we get to travel outside the city, as well as beneath it, and meet both a new…

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Oct 6, 2023 • Subscribe

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The Big O – 17/18 [Leviathan/The Greatest Villain] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to another week of The Big O! This is a fun week, a week of villains. Both of my favorites make a return, with Schwarzwald and…

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Nov 24, 2023 • Subscribe

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The Big O – 21/22 [The Third Big/Hydra] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to another week of Big O! Only two more left after this, which means its time to start thinking of our next series. If you have…

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Dec 7, 2023 • Subscribe

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Black Lagoon – 1/2 [The Black Lagoon/Mangrove Heaven] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to the next season of Throwback Thursday and the first post of Winter 2024! As you can see, we’re covering Black Lagoon! We have a fair…

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Jan 13, 2024 • Subscribe

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Throwback Thursday: The Interviews

One of the best parts of this ten year journey has been the connections I’ve made with some extraordinary people. Not everyone I’ve met has been nice, that’s…

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Jul 30, 2020 • Subscribe

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Throwback Thursday: BtT Valentine

It’s that time of year and love is in the air…or is that just the anime I’m watching? With anime, as you know, love is always in the…

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Feb 10, 2022 • Subscribe

Throwback Thursday: Valentines Past

Throughout 2020 we’ll be looking back at blog posts from the past we celebrate our 10th year. Ten years…that means ten Christmases, ten Pocky Days, ten birthdays for…

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Feb 13, 2020 • Subscribe

Talentless Nana – 13 (Fin) – Friendship Is Tragic

Poor, poor Nana. She’s been so traumatized by her parents’ murder and by the idea drilled into her hear that it was All Her Fault, she’s never been able…

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Dec 28, 2020 • Subscribe

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Nana – 7/8 [Yasu Appears! Room No. 707/Strawberry Glass and Ren-Lotus Flower] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to a late post on Nana! Sorry about that, I’ve been rather sick since Wednesday and have only just recovered. Doesn’t help that this was a…

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May 27, 2024 • Subscribe

Punch Drunk Love Volumes 1-2 K-Comic Review

Seon-woo and Tae-moon’s relationship is almost entirely based on sex for most of these two volumes, so if you’re looking for something that puts the “without” in PWP,…

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Nov 5, 2024 • Subscribe

Haibane Renmei – 2 [Town and Wall/Touga/Haibane Renmei] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone to week 2 of Haibane Renmei! This episode isn’t to surprising. It establishes the setting of the story and a number of surrounding locations, but what…

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Aug 12, 2021 • Subscribe

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Spice and Wolf Season 2 Anime Review – 70/100 – Throwback Thursday

Sequels always have it rough. If they change to much they risk losing their original audience. Yet if they change to little then their old audience could grow…

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Jul 26, 2021 • Subscribe

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The Big O – 11/12 [Daemonseed/Enemy is Another Big!] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to the almost half-way point of The Big O!  This week we kick off the Christmas season with a shockingly seasonal episode and begin the finale…

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Nov 3, 2023 • Subscribe

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The Big O – 23/24 [Twisted Memories/The Big Fight] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to the penultimate week of The Big O! Only one more to go after this, and then the review, and then a break for New Years…

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Dec 15, 2023 • Subscribe

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The Big O – 11/12 [Daemonseed/Enemy is Another Big!] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to the almost half-way point of The Big O!  This week we kick off the Christmas season with a shockingly seasonal episode and begin the finale…

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Nov 3, 2023 • Subscribe

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The Big O – 13/14 [R・D/Roger the Wanderer] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to the midway point of Big O! This week sees one season finish and another begin, a finale and a pilot, and let me tell you…

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Nov 10, 2023 • Subscribe

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Spice and Wolf Season 1 Anime Review – 81/100 – Throwback Thursday

Ah the late 2000’s, I remember you well. For those that remember what anime conventions are like, at least before the world shut down, there’s always a yearly…

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Apr 22, 2021 • Subscribe

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Spice and Wolf S2 – OVA + 1 [Wolf and a Sudden Rift] – Throwback Thursday

I hope everyone enjoyed Spice and Wolf because it’s back for round 2. That’s right, this season of Throwback Thursday is staying on the foxy waifu train, its…

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Apr 29, 2021 • Subscribe

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Throwback Thursday: Annalyn, Kaze, and Japes Strike Back!

Beneath the Tangles continues to expand, both in the quality of work our volunteers are creating as we seek to share our passion for anime, manga, and light…

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May 14, 2020 • Subscribe

Throwback Thursday: Revisiting Former Columns

All year long, I’ve been posting Throwback Thursday columns as we celebrate ten years in existence. It’s been a lot of fun digging through old posts and memories…

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Sep 17, 2020 • Subscribe

Throwback Thursday: Ready Post One

Here it is. My very first post. My So-Called Virtual Life “My So-Called Virtual Life,” discussing men bringing the digital girlfriends they’ve developed through the Love Plus dating…

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Sep 10, 2020 • Subscribe

The Big O – 9/10 [Beck Comes Back/Winter Night Phantom] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to week 5 of The Big O! This week sees the return of an old friend, Dorothy asking an important question and Dastun getting perhaps the…

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Oct 26, 2023 • Subscribe

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Wolf’s Rain – 1/2 [City of Howls/Toboe, Who Doesn’t Howl] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone, to the next season of Throwback Thursday! This edition? The 2003 Studio Bones piece, Wolf’s Rain, directed by Tensai Okamura of Memories and Darker than Black…

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Feb 23, 2023 • Subscribe

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Michiko & Hatchin – 1/2 [Farewell, Cruel Paradise!/The Brown Sugar Outlaw] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone, to the next season of Throwback Thursday, Michiko & Hatchin! I hope you’re all having a great Thanksgiving. I hope I am, I’m writing this a…

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Nov 24, 2022 • Subscribe

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Now and Then, Here and There – 2 [A Boy and a Mad King] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome back everyone, to another (late) episode of Now and Then, Here and There! Hey, remember when everyone kept telling me in the comments to get ready, it’s…

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Feb 25, 2022 • Subscribe

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Messages of Hope and Friendship #2...

Messages of Hope and Friendship #2 What am I doing?...

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Apr 17, 2020 • Subscribe

Now and Then, Here and There – 1 [A Girl Admiring The Sunset] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome one and all to another season of Throwback Thursday! We’ve been on a run of good shows recently, what with Haibane Renmei and The Vision of Escaflowne,…

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Feb 17, 2022 • Subscribe

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Spice and Wolf S1 – 10 [Wolf and Conspiracies] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome back to another episode of Spice and Wolf. This week see’s my prediction come true as Lawrence’s greed bites him in the ass! But there are consequences…

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Mar 25, 2021 • Subscribe

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Now and Then, Here and There – 5 [Murder] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone to another week of Now and Then, Here and There! This week Hamdo see’s some action, Shu figure’s out we aren’t in Kansas anymore and Nabuca…

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Mar 17, 2022 • Subscribe

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Now and Then, Here and There – 4 [Discord] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome back everyone to another episode of Now and Then, Here and There! This is normally where I say something snappy like, “You won’t believe how dark this…

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Mar 10, 2022 • Subscribe

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The Big O – 7/8 [The Call from The Past/Missing Cat] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome back everyone, to week 4 of The Big O! Last week was a bit of a miss for me, neither episode was particularly great, though one still…

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Oct 19, 2023 • Subscribe

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Michiko & Hatchin – 5/6 [The Saudade of Fools, Part 1/Part 2] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone, to another week of Michiko & Hatchin! This week is our first 2 parter, so we have a lot to talk about. From getting more of…

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Dec 9, 2022 • Subscribe

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Princess Tutu – 17/18 – Throwback Thursday

A shounen fan continues his journey through one of the most critically acclaimed magical girl shows ever. This week, episodes 17 and 18 of Princess Tutu!

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May 21, 2020 • Subscribe

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Princess Tutu – 7/8 – Throwback Thursday

Every week I go in to Princess Tutu expecting it to fall off, to finally disappoint me. And every week Princess Tutu manages to shut me up with…

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Apr 16, 2020 • Subscribe