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No winter 2025 mid-season post!
When I said last month that I might change up the format of my 2025 anime posts, skipping the mid-season rankings entirely wasn’t what I had in mind!…
"Japanese is Too Sensitive!!!" No.2 #learnjapanese
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The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows Volumes 1-5 Novel Review
The Brilliant Healer’s New Life in the Shadows is, on the whole, a surprisingly good series.
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The Green Space That Is Green Yuri
As some of you may already know, I'm a huge fan of Sumiko Arai's The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All. It's the yuri…
Drop-In to Manga - Manga, Mental Health & Community
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Mind-Bending
Challenge your perspective and immerse yourself in visually stunning and unconventional storytelling. Paprika Psychologist Dr. Chiba Atsuko uses a device to enter her patients’ dreams, but wh…
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Memento Yuri #14 — Reruns Already?
Uh, okay. Quasi-Impressions: Oh. Apparently there was a special extra episode to be packaged with the blu-rays, as well as on only AT-X for broadcasting, and streaming…
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The Beginning After the End – Episode 1
Perhaps the series becomes more interesting later on, but Arthur’s story doesn’t really have that “hook factor.”
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Wind Breaker Episode 14 Review – All Out Brawl
Furin vs Keel, who will win?
Visions in Uzbekistan
On 'There Will Come Soft Rains' and two other films.
The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom – Episode 1
A promising shoujo fantasy that's very interested in the impossible double-standards women are expected to adhere to.
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A run through the Yes studio discography: Part 1 (Intro)
Or, proof that I’ve finally, actually, truly lost my mind. My look at King Crimson’s discography, which I haven’t even finished yet, has taken over two years, mainly…
Chigasaki Story (3泊4日、5時の鐘, Takuya Misawa, 2014)
Desire and desperation bubble to the surface at a small hotel making preparations for a wedding in Takuya Misawa’s Chigasaki Story (3泊4日、5時の鐘, 3-paku 4-ka, 5-ji no kane). Though…
Review: A Poem in Love (2024)
A Poem in Love 不想和你有遗憾 China, 2024, colour, 2.35:1, 98 mins. Director: Jiang Qinmin 蒋钦民. Rating: 3/10. Some striking photography of a national park in Inner Mongolia is…
Rock wa Lady no Tashinami deshite – Episode 1 – The Young Ladies and the Band Session
Suzunomiya Lilisa may be a high-class young lady who attends Oushin Girls’ Academy, an elite academy for upper-class ladies. However, given that Lilisa
Jin
Jin is the tale of a Japanese brain surgeon named Minakata Jin that gets sent back in time to the Bakumetsu period. There he uses his modern medical…
Does Japan Really Have 24 Seasons?
For over a millennium, Japan's 24 seasons were used to break down the year. Each had its own characteristics based on the natural world.
Japan’s 24 Seasons Explained
For over a millennium, Japan's 24 seasons were used to break down the year. Each had its own characteristics based on the natural world.
How To Transition Your Wardrobe From Winter To Spring in Japan
Keep or give? Seek clarity of mind in decluttering your clothes and transitioning your wardrobe from winter to spring!
Q2 2025 Solicitations for UK Anime Home Video Releases
Anime Limited ventures into Crunchyroll’s back catalog, including Ex-Arm & I’m Standing on a Million Lives, meanwhile Crunchyroll brings back Log Horizon and other recent shows incl…
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Chaotically Queer Podcast Ep. 18 - "It's All Monon-Okay!"
After a busy few months for the gang, we're back for another Podcast and it's time for us to enter to undeniable start to the Golden Era of…
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Manga the Week of 4/9/25
SEAN: The Easter Rabbit is busy hiding manga all around the area for children to find. Let’s see what they might be… Seven Seas is having a quiet…
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Hi A'Kuan Sesame Broad Noodles Review (Chinese Noodles)
This is the first of a number of Chinese instant noodle products I'll be reviewing in the upcoming months. A'Kuan noodles have a pretty wid...
Anime Playlist – Angel Beats!
Fifteen years ago today, the classic anime Angel Beats! premiered. So there’s no better day for a new entry in the Anime Playlist series. So, hit the jump…
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From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman: My Hotshot Disciples Are All Grown Up Now, and They Won’t Leave Me Alone, Vol. 6
By Shigeru Sagazaki and Tetsuhiro Nabeshima. Released in Japan as “Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru: Tada no Inaka no Kenjutsu Shihan Datta noni, Taisei Shita Deshitachi ga…
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Kumamoto City Might Address Bullying with Security Cameras
Experts are split, with some saying it's a good idea, while others argue it won't address the bullying that occurs online.
First Impression: The Brilliant’s Healer New Life in the Shadows
A young elf woman wakes up in a manor surrounded by trees, ready for another day. The brick is showing in the walls; has this manor seen better…
Do These Songs Sound Similar? #ravemaster VS #systemofadown - Anime Edition #fyp #music #anime
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American Tourist “Mistakenly” Brings Gun Into Japan
You may experience longer wait times at Japan's arrival ports thanks to one American who forgot he was carrying a firearm.
Anyway, I’m Falling in Love with You. (And you and you and you…and you, too!)
I really had no idea what I was walking into with this show other than the expectation of some sort of romance. In a way, that expectation was…
The Solo Leveling Anime Awards Are Here!
Fuck anyone who thought Orb: On the Movements of the Earth had a chance
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Seasonal Anime First Impressions: The Thorny Debut of ROCK IS A LADY’S MODESTY
The Girl Band Renaissance rolls on, but can Rock is a Lady’s Modesty stand out from the crowd or is it doomed to get lost in the shuffle?
Thoughts on I Married My Female Friend Volume 4
Things get quieter at Ruriko and Kurumi’s place with Rio moving out in the fourth and final volume of Shio Usui’s I Married My Female Friend manga. This…
First Impression: Rock is a Lady’s Modesty
A refined classical melody floats through the air as the ojou-sama of Oushin Girls’ Academy move sedately about their campus in pairs, their long Victorian dress uniforms practically…
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CloverWorks drops stunning animations of 7FATES: CHAKHO and THE STAR SEEKERS
BTS and TXT's webtoon series "7FATES: CHAKHO" and "The Star Seekers" have been turned into animation shorts by CloverWorks.
SAKKA Online Streaming Service Takes Us to “A Far Shore,” an Okinawa-set drama by Masaaki Kudo, set for release on April 18
Details on the streaming debut of Masaaki Kudo’s “A Far Shore” on SAKKA, coming April 18th, 2025.
Babanbabanban Vampire Episode 12 Review + Final Thoughts – Bloody Love Comedy
I need a season 2 so I can see Sakamoto and Ranmaru get together…
Once Upon a Witch’s Death – Episode 1
The best way I could describe Once Upon a Witch’s Death is sweet, sentimental, and inoffensive.
Lupin the 3rd: Part II 09 (Ukiyo-e Heist #LupinIII)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Lupin the 3rd: Part II 09. Lupin steals the last, legitimate Sharaku Ukiyo-e piece for an elderly decedent.
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Rock is for Ladies #01 — Excessively Rigid Hair
They know that looks awful, right? Impressions: At least it made me laugh. That's better than most comedies. Not with it. At it. I spent a lot…
Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger Anime Series Review
I am so happy that they made a sequel to one of my favorite anime of all time…seven years later.
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INTERVIEW with Independent VTubers: YaBoiEdgee
YaBoiEdgee shares their streaming tips and describes how VTubing came to be an important part of their life.
The Long Summer of August 31st Volume 1 Review
The Long Summer of August 31st volume 1 brings the reader into a slow-burn romance between two lovable characters stuck in a timeloop.
Healer Kicked From Party #01 — Soup
Excitement. Impressions: Hey, let's look on the bright side. Half of the show didn't involve the protagonist, nor the premise at all. It was just his harem…
Make Believe Bonus: "Ghibli Style" AI (Newspicks)
You Wanted Less Control, Right?
Futari Gurashi is Back! Episode 13 Secret Garden King-Menu Subs 2025
Aoyama Kenji, when he meets a boy called Saitou Hikaru. However it turns out that “he” is actually a girl who was raised as a boy. Yes we…
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Galette, No. 29 (ガレット)
And….I was wrong. ^_^ Galette No. 28 was not the end of Hakamada Mera’s “Aikata System,” just of Kairo and Abiko-sempai’s story. In Galette No. 29 (ガレット) The…
"So You Mean Everybody Should Learn PERFECT Japanese Pronunciation Right?" #learnjapanese
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The 100 Girlfriends who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You Season 2: Dewbond still Really x 5 loves this show.
Sometimes a show comes along that doesn’t just check all your boxes, but shows you all the possibilities of that genre. A show that is able to put…
This Week in Anime - Sophmore Slump
Coop and Chris try to answer the eternal question: does it matter if the sequel is as good if it takes too long to show up?
Emergency Blog-cast: Deltarune has an official release date!!!
First impressions and analysis I have some amazing news, Deltarune fans!!! Yesterday as of my writing this, during the Nintendo Switch 2 presentation video, the official trailer for…
Doctorkev’s Winter 2025 Anime Postmortem — Crunchyroll
Winter has passed us by, and believe it or not we’re already in Spring, with a whole new season of anime looming over our heads. As I’ve…
The Power of God and Anime, Episode 20: Ishida Uryū and the Gift of Salvation
Hello, friends! On today’s episode, Mike takes on a more modern anime in my recommendation, talks about his Anime North plans, and looks to a classic shounen anime…
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Shu Watanabe on The Too-Perfect Saint
ANN sat down with Shu Watanabe to discuss the anime adaption of The Too-Perfect Saint and what viewers can expect.