Anime Blog Tracker

The Weekly Orbit [6/24/24]

Three anime end as the season starts winding down. Which had the best finale between Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night, A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics, and Shuumatsu…

The Magic Planet

Jun 24, 2024 • Subscribe

Girls Band Cry, Mysterious Disappearances, Pokémon, Ruin Explorers, Train to the End of the World

The Weekly Orbit [6/17/24]

This week is all about the gay girl band arms race. Girls Band Cry delivers the single best episode of the season, and Jellyfish Can’t Swim in The…

The Magic Planet

Jun 17, 2024 • Subscribe

The Grimm Variations, Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night, Delicious in Dungeon, Girls Band Cry, Mysterious Disappearances

The Weekly Orbit [5/6/24]

This week on the Weekly Orbit; surprising developments in Jellyfish Can’t Swim in The Night, a disappointing turn from Salad Bowl, and some great Pretty Cure episodes.

The Magic Planet

May 6, 2024 • Subscribe

Pretty Cure, Train to the End of the World, Delicious in Dungeon

The Weekly Orbit [6/3/24]

In this week’s Weekly Orbit, the anime girl band wars heat back up, and Train to The End of The World gets back on track. Plus, retrospective coverage…

The Magic Planet

Jun 3, 2024 • Subscribe

Train to the End of the World, Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night, A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics, Asura, Asura Cryin'

The Weekly Orbit [4/22/24]

This week; strange developments in Shuumatsu Train, a surprising and moody Precure episode, plus the premieres of The Grimm Variations and Unnamed Memory

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Apr 22, 2024 • Subscribe

The Grimm Variations, Mysterious Disappearances, Delicious in Dungeon, Girls Band Cry, Himitsu no AiPri

The Weekly Orbit [4/7/24]

This week, in The Weekly Orbit, one season ends and another begins. Finale writeups for Bang Bravern, The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic, and Metallic Rouge. Dungeon…

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Apr 8, 2024 • Subscribe

Metallic Rouge, Sengoku Youko, The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic, Train to the End of the World, A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics

The Weekly Orbit [5/13/24]

This week on a light Weekly Orbit: Dungeon Meshi, the Girl Band Wars rage on with a new dark horse candidate. Plus; what the hell is the Mysterious…

The Magic Planet

May 13, 2024 • Subscribe

Delicious in Dungeon, Girls Band Cry, Mysterious Disappearances, Pokémon, A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics

The Weekly Orbit [7/1/24]

This week, in the inter-season doldrums, we take a look at the second Rozé of the Recapture episode and a particularly great Pokémon Horizons episode. Plus, Mysterious Disappearances,…

The Magic Planet

Jul 1, 2024 • Subscribe

Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture, Mysterious Disappearances, Pokémon

The Weekly Orbit [5/20/24]

In this probably too-long edition of The Weekly Orbit; what the hell is going on in Train to The End of The World? Plus, seasonal highlights, coverage of…

The Magic Planet

May 20, 2024 • Subscribe

Asura, Asura Cryin', Gabriel DropOut

The Weekly Orbit [4/15/24]

Things are mostly smooth sailing as we move into the second week of the new season.

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Apr 15, 2024 • Subscribe

A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics, Bucchigiri, Delicious in Dungeon, Himitsu no AiPri, Mysterious Disappearances

The Weekly Orbit [7/15/24]

This week on a late-night edition of the Weekly Orbit; isekai new and old, rejected scripts, and a cameo that threw me for a complete loop.

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Jul 16, 2024 • Subscribe

Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian, Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture, Magic Knight Rayearth, Quality Assurance in Another World

The Weekly Orbit [7/22/24]

The Weekly Orbit is a weekly column collecting and refining my more casual anime- and manga-related thoughts from the previous week. Mostly, these are taken from my tumblr blog, and…

The Magic Planet

Jul 22, 2024 • Subscribe

2.5 Dimensional Seduction, Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian, Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture, MAYONAKA PUNCH, My Deer Friend Nokotan

The Weekly Orbit [4/29/24]

Despite a solid week of anime featuring standout episodes from the likes of Dungeon Meshi, this week’s column is largely about an anime that aired nearly 20 years…

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Apr 29, 2024 • Subscribe

A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics, Delicious in Dungeon, Mysterious Disappearances

The Weekly Orbit [7/29/24]

This week; a weird amount of talking about anime EDs.

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Jul 29, 2024 • Subscribe

Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian, Quality Assurance in Another World, The Elusive Samurai

The Weekly Orbit [5/27/24]

It’s the week of no regrets here on the Weekly Orbit, with gripping, emotionally intense episodes from Girls Band Cry and….Wonderful Precure? Plus, Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the…

The Magic Planet

May 27, 2024 • Subscribe

Girls Band Cry, Pokémon, Pretty Cure

The Weekly Orbit [8/5/24]

This week, emotions run high with vampire tragedies, theater kids at each other’s throats, and shot-down love confessions.

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Aug 5, 2024 • Subscribe

Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!, MAYONAKA PUNCH, The Elusive Samurai, BanG Dream!

The Weekly Orbit [8/11/24]

This week: band girls, giant robots, theater kids, and demonic samurai.

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Aug 12, 2024 • Subscribe

Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture, The Elusive Samurai, BanG Dream!

Anime Orbit Weekly [4/24/22]

This week: the sincerity of Ya Boy Kongming! and the expert eeriness of Summertime Rendering. Plus: Estab-Life gets a dub and it’s actually pretty good.

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Apr 24, 2022 • Subscribe

The Demon Girl Next Door, Summer Time Rendering, Ya Boy Kongming!

Anime Orbit Weekly [6/5/22]

This week; the emotional core of Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, a farewell to Estab Life, a brief visit with Birdie Wing, and a shockingly strong episode from…

The Magic Planet

Jun 5, 2022 • Subscribe

ESTAB LIFE: Great Escape

Anime Orbit Weekly [6/19/22]

This week: a springtime of thrills draws towards its end. Plus; Birdie Wing prepares for its last round.

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Jun 19, 2022 • Subscribe

The Executioner and Her Way of Life, Summer Time Rendering

Weekly Orbit Archive

Here you’ll find an archive of every series I’ve written about in the Weekly Orbit. These are listed alphabetically—by the English title if available, by the most common…

The Magic Planet

Jun 13, 2024 • Subscribe

Anime Orbit Weekly [5/1/22]

This week on Anime Orbit Weekly; Birdie Wing cannot stop topping itself, Nijigasaki stumbles into a low point, and the low-key merits of Shikimori Isn’t Just a Cutie!

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May 1, 2022 • Subscribe

The Executioner and Her Way of Life

Anime Orbit Weekly [5/15/22]

This week; I am a sucker for pop idols with sad backstories. Plus; Executioner, Estab-Life, and…is Birdie Wing based?

The Magic Planet

May 15, 2022 • Subscribe

ESTAB LIFE: Great Escape, The Executioner and Her Way of Life

Anime Orbit Weekly [4/17/22]

This week: Birdie Wing gets surprisingly sane, Estab-Life gets pervy, and Executioner keeps it on the level. Also; some non-seasonal anime for once.

The Magic Planet

Apr 17, 2022 • Subscribe

Witch Craft Works, The Executioner and Her Way of Life

Anime Orbit Weekly [5/22/22]

Anime Orbit Weekly is a weekly column where I summarize my journey through anime, manga, and the related spheres of popular culture over the past week. Expect spoilers for covered ma…

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May 22, 2022 • Subscribe

ESTAB LIFE: Great Escape

Bookshelf Briefs 10/24/24

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 11 | By Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe | Viz Media - I suspect that the Frieren author's attempts at explaining the worldview…

Manga Bookshelf

a month ago • Subscribe

Anime Orbit: The Immaculate Vibes of PlutoTV’s 24/7 SAILOR MOON Channel

Fighting evil by moonlight, on a loop ’til the end of time. —

The Magic Planet

Jun 16, 2023 • Subscribe

Sailor Moon

Site Update: The End of Anime Orbit Weekly & Other Future Plans

As one door closes, another opens.

The Magic Planet

Jun 28, 2022 • Subscribe

The Manga Review, 6/24/22

Hi, all! Its been a relatively slow news week manga-wise and a crazy week for me work-wise, so I’m going to dispense with the snappy introduction and get…

Manga Bookshelf

Jun 24, 2022 • Subscribe

Bookshelf Briefs 10/10/24

Friday at the Atelier, Vol. 2 | By Sakura Hamada | Yen Press - The weirdness gets dialed back a lot in this second volume, though we still…

Manga Bookshelf

Oct 11, 2024 • Subscribe

Weekly Digest 10/24/20 – Haikyuu!! To the Top 2nd Season, Jujutsu Kaisen

Might as well Jump. Read more

Lost in Anime

Oct 25, 2020 • Subscribe

HAIKYU!!, JUJUTSU KAISEN

The Frontline Report [10/24/21]

This week; mostly just Mieruko-chan to be quite honest.

The Magic Planet

Oct 24, 2021 • Subscribe

Mieruko-chan

Manga the Week of 6/19/24

SEAN: Despite various difficulties, Manga the Week of lives on! ASH: Forward! SEAN: We start with Airship, which has one print volume, Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest…

Manga Bookshelf

Jun 13, 2024 • Subscribe

Manga the Week of 6/12/24

SEAN: It's officially hurricane season, and there's a hurricane of manga. The debut from Viz Media is Naruto: Sasuke’s Story—The Uchiha and the Heavenly Stardust (Naruto: Sasuke Retsuden…

Manga Bookshelf

Jun 6, 2024 • Subscribe

Sasuke, Shangri-La, Skip Beat!, Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle, Call of the Night

Manga the Week of 11/6/24

SEAN: The start of November, and hopefully we've hit the temperatures going down a bit. ASH: Ours just went up again today; it was very weird. SEAN: Airship…

Manga Bookshelf

21 days ago • Subscribe

Classroom of the Elite

Manga the Week of 6/5/24

SEAN: June manga, and the temperature is rising as I type this. ASH: It's been pretty warm here where I am already; I'm not looking forward to the…

Manga Bookshelf

May 30, 2024 • Subscribe

Kokuhaku, Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear, The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes, Yes, No, or Maybe?

Manga the Week of 3/6/24

SEAN: It's March, and... LOOK OUT! LION! We start off with Viz Media, which has no debuts. But we get Black Clover 34, Blade of the Moon Princess…

Manga Bookshelf

Feb 29, 2024 • Subscribe

Black Clover, My Hero Academia, Robotics;Notes, Wolf Girl and Black Prince

Manga the Week of 6/24/20

SEAN: Look out, folks. The danger of COVID-19 may still be here, but the dam has broken. There are SO MANY BOOKS next week. ASH: Woo! SEAN: We’ll…

Manga Bookshelf

Jun 18, 2020 • Subscribe

Orphen, Sorcerous Stabber Orphen, Ascendance of a Bookworm, Mob Psycho 100

Manga the Week of 6/26/24

SEAN: The end of June, and if you're in North America, dangerously high temperatures. Stay inside with manga. MICHELLE: Good plan. ASH: I do like manga more than…

Manga Bookshelf

Jun 20, 2024 • Subscribe

Fist of the North Star, Gravitation TV, Soul Eater

Tokyo 24-ku (10)

Episode Synopsis: Tensions between the residents of Shantytown and the government rise as provocateurs push those protesting the ward’s surveillance towards violent confrontation. Ran and his…

The Con Artists

Apr 1, 2022 • Subscribe

Tokyo 24th Ward, veil

Bookshelf Briefs 6/9/24

Bakemonogatari, Vol. 21 | By NISIOISIN and Oh!great | Kodansha Manga - Gonna say something controversial here: is the manga the best version of this series? The anime…

Manga Bookshelf

Jun 10, 2024 • Subscribe

Bakemonogatari, Gon

Bookshelf Briefs 6/30/24

Blue Box, Vol. 10 | By Kouji Miura | Viz Media - There is, thankfully, a bit more sports in this sports-based romance this time around. Chinatsu's team…

Manga Bookshelf

Jun 30, 2024 • Subscribe

Manga the Week of 10/9/24

SEAN: As we creep closer to Halloween, what manner of manga awaits us? (Await us?) Airship has a print debut for Witch and Mercenary (Majo to Yōhei). Everyone…

Manga Bookshelf

Oct 3, 2024 • Subscribe

Reincarnated as a Sword, Trigun

Manga the Week of 4/10/24

SEAN: Spring is here, tra-la, tra-la. It's raining every day. Just like winter, actually. ASH: Life is skittles! SEAN: We start with Airship's print releases, as they have…

Manga Bookshelf

Apr 4, 2024 • Subscribe

Ascendance of a Bookworm, Hells, Hellsing, Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear

Manga the Week of 7/10/24

SEAN: This list is being written for you in the small, brief moments between terrible bouts of WEATHER. ASH: I'll take whatever relief I can get! SEAN: As…

Manga Bookshelf

Jul 5, 2024 • Subscribe

Otherside Picnic, Ascendance of a Bookworm, Naruto, Ninja Scroll

Manga the Week of 10/30/24

SEAN: Halloween is here! BOO! Yen On's October debuts all got delayed to next week, so here they are. In My Seventh Life, I Met a Monster Princess…

Manga Bookshelf

a month ago • Subscribe

Jinsei - Life Consulting

Manga the Week of 10/2/24

SEAN: The end of September drifts into the start of October, which means it's SPOOKY TIME. MICHELLE: THE BEST TIME! ANNA: Here for it! ASH: Woohoo! SEAN: We…

Manga Bookshelf

Sep 26, 2024 • Subscribe

Triage X, Uncle from Another World, Yowamushi Pedal, Combatants Will Be Dispatched!, Kamisama Kiss

Manga the Week of 10/16/24

SEAN: The leaves are all colors here, and everything is magical. (Note: some leaves may not be available outside New England.) ASH: I am so happy for fall;…

Manga Bookshelf

Oct 10, 2024 • Subscribe

Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody, Demon Lord 2099, Princess Knight, Rhapsody

Manga the Week of 1/10/24

SEAN: The first 2024 manga list was a bit small. Will this week be any bigger? We start with Airship, which has the print debut of Easygoing Territory…

Manga Bookshelf

Jan 4, 2024 • Subscribe

Berserk, Berserk, Berserk of Gluttony, Raven of the Inner Palace

Manga the Week of 10/23/24

SEAN: Psst. Halloween's behind you. Creeping ever closer. Step by step. ASH: Wait, behind me? What month is it?? SEAN: Airship has print releases for Easygoing Territory Defense…

Manga Bookshelf

Oct 17, 2024 • Subscribe

Raven of the Inner Palace, The Case Files of Jeweler Richard