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Sing “Yesterday” for Me
I saw the word “sing” and I stopped. That was a terrible mistake! For those who follow me regularly, you know one of my least favorite anime genres…
Sing “Yesterday” for Me
Sing "Yesterday" for Me is a slice of life, romantic drama. In this review, I discuss why it was my favorite anime of the spring season.
Sing “Yesterday” for Me – Episode 1
“This whole thing smacks of manic pixie dream girl,” I holler as I overturn the coffee table in my living room and turn spring premiere season into shit…
First Look: Sing “Yesterday” For Me
Rikuo Uozumi is struggling with adapting to life after college, sustaining himself by working part-time at a convenience store. As he gets closer to Haru, a regular customer…
First Impression: Sing “Yesterday” for Me
Rikuo works part-time at a convenience store, having graduated college but feeling that a business job isn’t suite for him. Shinako, his old crush, does have a job,…
First Look: Sing “Yesterday” For Me
Rikuo Uozumi is struggling with adapting to life after college, sustaining himself by working part-time at a convenience store. As he gets closer to Haru, a regular customer…
Sing "Yesterday" For Me (anime review)
A review of anime series Sing "Yesterday" for Me on Crunchyroll
Sing “Yesterday” for Me – 09 – Ginkgo Nuts
When Shinako returns to the Hayakawas’ kitchen, its a tactical retreat to familial comfort, and a means of stalling for time with the whole Rikuo angle. But she’s…
Sing “Yesterday” for Me – 02 – Switching Gears
When I first saw Shinako’s new shorter hairstyle, my mind momentarily went to competing with Haru, but that’s far to simplistic, and was immediately swatted down as a…
Visual Paneling in Sing “Yesterday” For Me
Paneling — separating out specific still panels like in a comic — appears frequently in anime. Part of this is simply because the source material for many anime…
Sing “Yesterday” for Me – 07 – Video Games
Rikuo! Taking Haru Out! For DINNER! To celebrate his new job at a photography studio! Not just dismissing her as a convenience store clerk groupie in the alley,…
Anime Series Like Sing Yesterday For Me
After college, unsure of what to do with his life, Rikou gets a job at a convenience store. There he becomes visited by a high school drop out…
1st Review of 2021: Sing ‘Yesterday for me
Hello and welcome back The Cybernauts Podcast/Reveiws and without further intro, lets get to our first review of the year by yours truly Steve this month. Rikuo Uozumi…
Sing “Yesterday” for Me – 08 – No Second Chances
Goddamn, that hallway was long. It gives Shinako a chance to lose her nerve so that by the time her key is about to go into her door,…
Sing “Yesterday” for Me – 06 – The Great Destroyer
“Why are you enjoying this so much?” “Because it’s not my problem.” —Rikuo and Kinoshita on why I love this show Just as things were attaining a semblance…
Sing “Yesterday” for Me – 04 – His Lingering Shadow
After three episodes Hayakawa Rou is by far the weakest of the characters, but only because all we’ve known is that Shinako loved his late older brother Yuu,…
Sing “Yesterday” for Me – 10 – Making an Effort
First of all, thank goodness for the Fukudas, for hosting a party that doubles as an excuse to bring Rikuo and Shinako to see each other. Kozue even…
Sing “Yesterday” for Me episode 1 anime review
Sing “Yesterday” for Me is an easy anime to love and, quite frankly, I fell pretty hard for it. Plot summary Rikuo’s graduated from school, but doesn’t know…
Sing “Yesterday” For Me 01-04 – Production Notes
While current anime get delayed left and right, Yesterday wo Utatte / Sing “Yesterday” for Me sidestepped all those issues by wrapping up its production early. The smart…
Sing “Yesterday” For Me 01-04 – Production Notes
While current anime get delayed left and right, Yesterday wo Utatte / Sing “Yesterday” for Me sidestepped all those issues by wrapping up its production early. The smart…
Sing “Yesterday” for Me – 03 – No Demands? No, Demands!
Yesterday starts with Haru following Rikuo in the rain. He basically tells her she could do better than the likes of him. She tells him she has no…
Sing “Yesterday” for Me – 05 – Miss Never Number One
Rikuo ends up at a new part-time job at a photography gallery, only to encounter co-worker Minato Kouichi, who was in the same third-year class as Haru before…
Sing “Yesterday” for Me — Real? Good? Or REALLY GOOD?
Hello and welcome back to Otaku Thursday! Today I’m coming at you all with another first impressions post, and today we’re going to talk about a very dramatic…
Sing “Yesterday” for Me – 12 (Fin) – Life Goes On
Rou is his usual puerile self upon discovering Shinako with Rikuo (though you can’t really blame him!) and runs off in a tizzy, Shinako chases him down and…
The ending of Sing “Yesterday” for Me was a betrayal
The ending of Sing “Yesterday” for Me was a betrayal. I know that sounds dramatic, but allow me to explain. It concludes with Rikuo falling into the arms…
Sing “Yesterday” For Me (because I don’t believe in it)
I’m getting old. It’s not the kind of aging on which Sing “Yesterday” For Me has trained its sights on. That type of aging, at risk of offending…
Sing Yesterday for Me – Young adulthood has never been more insufferable
The best slice of life shows are borne on the shoulders of good characters undergoing heartfelt personal journeys. Sing Yesterday for Me doesn’t have the energy for any…
Sing “Yesterday” for Me – 11 – Driving With the Parking Brake On
Haru was calling because her house was broken into, but she’s fine and nothing was taken. Still, she asks Rikuo if he’s really the kind of man who…
12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 6: Sing Yesterday for Me
As a teenager, I often daydreamed about what life would be like in my twenties. As I sat at home, watching Friends, I envisioned a similar life to…
Kaiseki Anime Podcast Episode 057 – Sing Yesterday for Me and Wave, Listen to Me!
00:00 Intro 01:04 Sing Yesterday for Me 10:45 Wave, Listen to Me! 25:00 Outro You can find Kaiseki Anime Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Google Play. Subscribe to us now! Please…
Sing “Yesterday” for Me – 01 (First Impressions) – Fine the Way They Are
When I visited Tokyo, I’d always naturally wake up very early in the morning, when the only people up were crows and convenience store clerks. One of those…
Why It Works: Sing “Yesterday” For Me is this Season’s Must-Watch Drama!
The title for this one pretty much covers it – Yesterday’s premiere was fantastic, and also happened to be on Crunchyroll, so today I wrote an expanded article…
Seven Seas Licenses Wait For Me Yesterday
Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the light novel Wait For Me Yesterday
Photography in Anime – Photographic Genres – Sing Yesterday Episode 5
Minato’s thoughts on photography inspired a few thoughts of my own on the topic… I agree with him on some things, disagree on others. I also look at…
12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 3: Sing Christmas For Me
Sing “Yesterday” for Me is one of the moodier anime of recent years, but it is also a thoughtful one, particularly when it examines the hold that longing…
Something crazy happened to me on Tapas yesterday
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Reader’s Corner: No Longer Heroine, My Wonderful World, and Wait for Me Yesterday in Spring
As one classic series nears its end (Maison Ikkoku), other manga and light novel series are just beginning, with our reviews including a romance that we thought was…
You Might Want To Sing It Note For “Note”
OK, this is a squealing girl anime, where a grouping of divergent female types somehow get together to help each other with their particular struggles, one in another…
Manga Can’t Sing to Me, So I Watched the ‘Given’ Anime
So while I had a week off from work for the holidays, I decided to break my unofficial anime hiatus by watching, Given—this was of course after I read through…
Only Yesterday
Only Yesterday is a 1991 Slice of Life Drama anime film by one of the most beloved animation studios in the world, Studio Ghibli. Compared to other studios…
Only Yesterday
Only Yesterday is a 1991 Slice of Life Drama anime film by one of the most beloved animation studios in the world, Studio Ghibli. Compared to other studios…
Shounen Isn't For Me
Or is it? It's been bugging me so allow me to talk about why some of the ways in which people praise the things they like doesn't sit…
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Funimation Reveals Details For Sing A Bit of Harmony Movie
The good folks from anime distributors Funimation UK have just revealed details of the co-production Sing A Bit of Harmony. The film is set ...
Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka? Sing for You – OVA Review
When the third season of Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka Bloom being announced last year, a special came out in the same year of the announcement. Apparently, Chino’s teacher picked…
For Me and My “Gal”
When you were in high school, there was a ton of stuff to worry about: getting into college, being popular, seeing your name in the school newspaper. But…
No Post Yesterday
Greetings, fabulous people of the Internet! Hanime on Anime here, and if the title above is any indication, there was no post tomorrow. And that’s for two reasons.…
Servamp was written for me (and possibly by me?)
Servamp is a silly title for a silly show. For me, it really defined the difference between good and fun. Sometimes you just want fun!
Special Episode: Write for Me, Write for You
As another little bonus, this is the first episode of our brand-new, writing-centric podcast Write for Me, Write for You.
Sing a Bit of Harmony Global Release Dates Confirmed for January 2022
Funimation has announced global theatrical release dates for Sing a Bit of Harmony. Co-produced by Funimation, Sing a Bit of Harmony, will be available in select theatres in…
Chainsaw Man – 08 – Cry For Me
Chainsaw Man seemed to be setting up something quite scandalous last week when a wasted Himeno seemed poised to bed an underage and disoriented Denji. We rewind a bit…