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OVA Week 2: Day 2 – Bio Hunter (Baio Hantā)
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OVA Week – Day 6: Open the Door (Tobira wo Akete)
Day 6 already! So, if you’re new to ‘OVA Week’ here at the heap, basically speaking, I’ve got some dot points on the OVA form itself, and then…


OVA Week 2: Day 1 – Fire Tripper (Honoo Torippā)
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OVA Week 2: Day 4 – Devil Hunter Yohko (Mamono Hantā Yōko)
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OVA Week – Day 4: Sorcery in the Big City (Itazura Majo to Nemuranai Machi)
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Hozuki’s Coolheadedness – I started a different show about yokai and quickly bounced off of it before deciding to watch this workplace comedy about the demons who manage…


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What I Watched This Week – 2/28-3/6
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Twitch Streaming Schedule: Week of 1/31 – 2/6
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My Hero Academia Season 6 OVA and Chapter 409
Welcome to episode 260 of the My Hero Academia Podcast. This week Kendra (@sniperofmyheart) is joined by Solomon (@kingsolomander) from One Journey (A One Piece Podcast) (@OneJourneyPod). Just…


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Hori-san OVAs 5 & 6 have been officially pre-ordered courtesy of our awesome translator “Goomba/Gumby/Professor Gumbaloom” :D Many thanks t…


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