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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 [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 [7/29/24]

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 [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,…

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Jul 1, 2024 • Subscribe

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

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!

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…

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Jun 24, 2024 • Subscribe

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

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

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…

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May 20, 2024 • Subscribe

Asura, Asura Cryin', Gabriel DropOut

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…

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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 [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!

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 [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 [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 [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…

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May 27, 2024 • Subscribe

Girls Band Cry, Pokémon, Pretty Cure

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…

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May 13, 2024 • Subscribe

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

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.

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May 6, 2024 • Subscribe

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

The Weekly Orbit [6/10/24]

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…

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Jun 10, 2024 • Subscribe

Rozen Maiden, Train to the End of the World, Delicious in Dungeon, Mysterious Disappearances, Pokémon

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…

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Jun 17, 2024 • Subscribe

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

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.

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Apr 17, 2022 • Subscribe

Witch Craft Works, The Executioner and Her Way of Life

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…

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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

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?

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May 15, 2022 • Subscribe

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

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…

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Jun 13, 2024 • 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. —

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Jun 16, 2023 • Subscribe

Sailor Moon

The Manga Review, 7/22/22

Great news for fans of Fumiyo Kouno: the crew at Mangasplaining has teamed up with UDON to publish Kouno’s Giga Town: Manpu Zufu (A Catalog of Manga Symbols). Giga…

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Jul 22, 2022 • Subscribe

Manga the Week of 7/24/24

SEAN: It's still July, and still hot, but don't worry, you can relax in the shadow of Yen Press releases. ASH: That could possibly work. SEAN: There is…

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Jul 19, 2024 • Subscribe

Bungo Stray Dogs

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…

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Jun 24, 2022 • Subscribe

Bookshelf Briefs 7/22/22

Box of Light, Vol. 1 | By Seiko Erisawa | Seven Seas – The blurb for Box of Light promises a “delightfully creepy supernatural tale” that takes place…

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Jul 22, 2022 • Subscribe

Manga the Week of 5/22/24

SEAN: As May starts to dwindle... oh, wait, it's Yen week. No dwindling allowed. But first, Airship. In print, we see Modern Dungeon Capture Starting with Broken Skills…

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May 16, 2024 • Subscribe

Reincarnated as a Sword, Ayakashi, Ayakashi Triangle

Manga the Week of 8/24/22

SEAN: As August nears its end, we continue to see manga making its way towards us, zombie-like. No print for Airship this week, but we do get new…

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Aug 18, 2022 • Subscribe

Full Metal Panic!, Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear

Bookshelf Briefs 7/7/22

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Vol. 4 | By Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe | Viz Media – I never briefed the second and third volume of this series,…

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Jul 8, 2022 • Subscribe

ContAnimeTed October 22-24 1993

  CONTanimeTED 1993 - October 22-24, New Cobden Hotel, Birmingham.  (the secound Anime convention to be held in Birmingham England). Photos ...

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Jun 22, 2023 • Subscribe

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

As one door closes, another opens.

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Jun 28, 2022 • Subscribe

The Manga Review, 7/15/22

Do you know about Azuki? This year-old company is working hard to make it easy for you to read your favorite manga on a phone, tablet, or laptop.…

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Jul 15, 2022 • Subscribe

The Manga Review, 7/1/22

Good news: The United Workers of Seven Seas (UW7S) achieved a major victory this week when the company agreed to recognize their union. Though management has not yet…

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Jul 1, 2022 • Subscribe

The Manga Review, 10/7/22

Bust out that Sailor Moon costume–New York Comic Con is in full swing! If you’re looking for a good manga panel, I highly recommend This Manga Is Awesome!…

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Oct 7, 2022 • Subscribe

Chainsaw Man, Sailor Moon

The Manga Review, 7/8/22

By now, if you’ve been on Twitter or Facebook, you’ve undoubtedly learned that Kazuki Takahashi died on Wednesday. Media outlets from National Public Radio to the New York…

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Jul 8, 2022 • Subscribe

Iron Man, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh!

22/7– Episode 1

What’s it about? Takigawa Miu has no ambition to be an idol. She is a shy and quiet school girl who lives a simple life working a part…

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Jan 11, 2020 • Subscribe

Weekly Review — Plunderer Episode 22

My review of the twenty-second episode of Plunderer is up over on Anime News Network.

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Jun 11, 2020 • Subscribe

Plunderer

Manga the Week of 2/7/24

SEAN: February is here, and it's even longer this year. Fortunately, there is manga. ASH: Always! SEAN: Viz debuts a new shoujo title, In the Name of the…

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Feb 1, 2024 • Subscribe

Chainsaw Man, Dragon Ball

Manga the Week of 7/17/24

SEAN: All English manga will be in French for this week only. After that, your copies will return to English. MICHELLE: Does that mean that manga I own…

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Jul 11, 2024 • Subscribe

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, The Case Files of Jeweler Richard

Manga the Week of 7/3/24

SEAN: Is the year really half over? Years aren't what they used to be. ASH: They really aren't. SEAN: Airship has one print title, the 6th volume of…

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Jun 27, 2024 • Subscribe

Classroom of the Elite, Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!

Manga the Week of 7/31/24

SEAN: It was the end of Julys, it was the beginning of Augusts... We start off with Airship, which has print for Though I Am an Inept Villainess:…

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Jul 25, 2024 • Subscribe

Manga the Week of 8/7/24

SEAN: The Dog Days and Cat Manga of August are here. ASH: How? How is it August already?? MICHELLE: I truly do not know. SEAN: No debuts for…

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Aug 1, 2024 • Subscribe

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Dog Days, Naruto, Rainbow Days, The Elusive Samurai

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…

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Jul 5, 2024 • Subscribe

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

Manga the Week of 12/7/22

SEAN: It’s the most wonderful time of the year! What manga is giving us good cheer? We start with Viz Media. Rainbow Days (Nijiiro Days) is a new…

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Dec 2, 2022 • Subscribe

Dragon Ball Super, Rainbow Days, One Piece, Snow White with the Red Hair, Snow White with the Red Hair 2

Manga the Week of 7/27/22

SEAN: July is coming to an end. What have we got? Airship, in print, gives us Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling 4 and A Tale of the Secret…

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Jul 21, 2022 • Subscribe

Manga the Week of 7/22/20

SEAN: It’s another one of those weeks. Get ready to be buried. ASH: It’s good to see some things returning to normal! SEAN: First, some late additions; these…

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Jul 16, 2020 • Subscribe

Hells, Hellsing