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Review: The Grimm Variations
We’ve waited four years for it, but it was worth every second. At one point we all wondered whether this had been cancelled, but after watching all six…


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WIT STUDIO will release a setting material book for its CLAMP x Netflix collaboration anime The Grimm Variations! The book will include character drafts, character settings, props, image…
Day 2 of Otakutober: Spooktacular Horror Games
Hello ghosts, ghouls, and ghastly groupies! Thank you for joining us for day two of 13 Days of Otakutober. Today, we’re going to take a step away from…


CLAMP x Netflix: “The Grimm Variations” season 1 premieres on April 17
Image courtesy of Netflix After nearly three years later since its key visual was announced, and more than four years since its original announcement, we have have a…


Day 9 of Otakutober: What the Hell’s Paradise?! A Review
Hey everyone! It’s time for another blog in Otakutober! In this review you’ll find a note from Luna about her thoughts on the anime as well as my…


Day 8 of Otakutober: Recommended Scifi Anime
Welcome to another day of Otakurtober! Apparently, we have never made a recommended list for Scifi before! No time like the present, we’re going to list some of…


Day 4 of Otakutober: Recommended Horror Anime
Welcome to another day of Otakutober! This is certainly the year of firsts for us. We are finally creating the beginning of our recommendation list for horror! (*Not…
Day 5 of Otakutober: Nihongo Legends–Shinigami
Welcome to another Day of Otakutober and why not add to the series of blogs called Nihongo Legends where I set the records straight in a spark note…


Day 9 of Otakutober: Twisted Tales – The Art of Junji Ito
Welcome in! Today for Otakutober 2023 is our day of appreciation for the legendary Junji Ito. His art has been widely known throughout the anime/manga world as one…


Day 13 of Otakutober: Trigger Town Part 3: Season of the Weeb
Here we are, at the end of all things. Okay, perhaps that is a little dramatic. We are not here at the end of all things, but we…


Day 2 of Otakutober: He’s a Cold-Hearted Snake~ Top 5 Serpentine Characters
We’ve covered a lot of different creatures in anime over the past few years during Halloweeb. We’ve done demons, vampires, witches, and more–you know, all the more typical…
Day 9 of Otakutober: Witches and Wizards of Weeberly Place
Hey everybody! I’ve been gifted with the magical task of talking about some some of my favorite academies for the mystically talented. I’ll be giving some quick summaries…
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Day 1 of Otakutober: Occult & Aliens! – Dandadan First Impressions
Ghosts and ghouls alike, welcome to 13 Days of Otakutober! I’m so ecstatic to be coming at you with some spooky and Halloween-themed anime-related content. I can’t wait…


Day 3 of Otakutober: OMEGAVERSE – Top 5 Werewolf Women
Hey everyone, welcome to yet another day of Otakutober! This particular post will be about some of the werewolf women we find in anime. In my search, I…
Day 7 of Otakutober: Bring me darkness– Gothic Anime
Here we are again with another post roulette in our annual 13 Days of Otakutober event! This time it’s about a theme that is honestly overlooked more than…
Claymore, Dance in the Vampire Bund, Diabolik Lovers, Trinity Blood


Day 12 of Otakutober: Famous haunted places in Japan
Hey! Here’s to another day of Otakutober! We’ve never truly dived into the environment of Japan and all that inhabits it, so why not now! (Especially with all…


Day 13 of Otakutober: Trigger Town 4: Paranormal Otakutivity
Here we are once again. Welcome back to our 13th day of Otakutober and Happy Halloweeb! I hope you’re all ready to return to a place we’ve visited…


Grimm Kumikyoku
Plot: Once upon a time, brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm collected fairy tales from across the land and made them into a book. They also had a much younger…


Day 6 of Otakutober: Oh the horror!- Anime Halloween Costumes part 3
Welcome back to another night of Otakutober! We’re back with more of what spirit Halloween has come up with. Which anime character debuts this year, let’s find out……


Day 7 of Otakutober: Knock Thrice – Nihongo Legends- Hanako san
Knock three times and say the name. Hello and welcome back to 13 Days of Otakutober! And welcome back to another installment of Nihongo Legends. Today, for our…
Day 4 of Otakutober: Hot as Hell! Favorite Demons Characters
Hello and welcome back to Otaku Thursday! What a delight to have Otaku Thursday during 13 Days of Otakutober! If you haven’t been keeping up with our daily…


Day 11 of Otakutober: Haunted schools and casts in Anime
Here we are again with another addition of Otakutober! This time around we thought it’d be fun to highlight some noteable anime that are centric around all beings…


Day 8 of Otakutober: Back in Black- 2000s Gothic Anime
A lot of people would say that the 2000s of anime was the true Renaissance of anime. It was during this time that classic hits were releasing left…


Day 3 of Otakutober: Mostly Ghostly! Ghost Characters in Anime
Hello and welcome back to 13 Days of Otakutober! I hope you all have been enjoying our haunting content (and are prepared for so much more). Today we’re…
Day 6 of Otakutober: Trigger Town– Most Horrific Anime Deaths
Welcome back my witches and wizards of the weeberly arts! Are you ready to visit trigger town? Well, you are now! For day six of 13 Days of…


Day 10 of Otakutober: Looking for a new Boo – Spooky Otome Review – When the Night Comes
Call me a jack-o’-lantern, because something inside me lights up when I see you. Welcome back to 13 Days of Otakutober. Can you all believe that we’re so…


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Witches, wizards, and weebs–I welcome you to the most wonderful time of the year! And that, my friends, is 13 Days of Otakutober. If you’ve been around this…


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Hello my witches and weebs and welcome to the best time of the entire year. Okay. I might be a little biased, but still, welcome to MY favorite…


Day 4 of Otakutober: Gorror Story – Different kinds of Gore in Anime
Hello everyone, together Luna and I will be combining our efforts to talk about Gore in Anime! In this post, we will be talking about different styles and…


Day 5 of Otakutober: Everyone do the Monster SMASH – Monster Fights in Anime
Welcome! To yet another day of Otakutober! In this post, Luna and I will list our favorite monster fights. Nothing like a good, bloody, gorey, beat down between…
Day 10 of Otakutober: It’s a Monster Mash!: Shoujo “monster” tropes
I bet you’ve looked at this title and wondered one thing: why is monster in quotations? Well my friends of the spook season, I’m about to tell you…


Variations on a theme
It’s another short post today, but one for both the writers and readers out there, since I’m in both of those groups. I’ve been trying to write fiction…


Day 11 of Otakutober: Nihongo Legends – Shoulda Put a Ring On It! – Inspirations of The Ring
Hey! Welcome to the 11th day of Otakutober 2023! When we were coming up with the list of Otakutober posts I found myself asking why I hadn’t mentioned…


Day 6 of Otakutober: Don’t Forget to Double Tap! Luna’s Anime team for the Apocalypse
If there’s one thing that I’m always thinking of in the back of my mind, it’s the Apocalypse. In particular, the Zombie Apocalypse. Being a kid growing up…
Day 3 of Otakutober: Sink your fangs into me queen — Top 5 Vampire Girls of the 2000s
Hey everyone! It’s Star and today on the third day of Otakutober, I’m bringing you back to the early 2000s for my favorite anime and also very cute…


Day 1 of Otakutober: I’ll Put a Spell on You! – Curses in Anime
Hey everybody! Welcome to the start of 13 days of Otakutober 2023! This year, I’ll be talking about a very familiar trope anime. Now, it would be ridiculous…


Day 10 of Otakutober: Robots Can’t Love? More Horror Otome Games – Love Shore
I’m sure that at this hour, you might have noticed that this post did not go up on the correct day. But Luna, why in the world would…


Day 5 of Otakutober: Dying to Meet You – Top 5 Shinigami in Anime
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Day 13 of Otakutober: Trick-or-Treat! What is Candy Pop Scary Anime?
Happy Halloweeb to all my ghosts and ghouls of Otakutober! We have officially made it to the FINAL day of 13 Days of Otakutober! Fear not because instead…


Day 12 of Otakutober: Honey-Boo, Bae, and Eyepatch-Kun! Star’s experience through Thriller – Deadman Wonderland review
Hey all, it’s another day of Otakutober and we thought it would be fun since it’s completely overdue, to do a review on Deadman Wonderland. So I’ll, Star,…
Day 12 of Otakutober: It’s getting haunted in here- Haunted Houses and Tests of Courage
Alright, everyone here’s another trope blog where I, Star, get a little heated in our 13 Days of Otakutober event. Because we know that you love to read…
Introducing 13 Days of Otakutober 2020
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13 Days of Otakutober – Intro Post
Welcome, all my ghouls and gremlins to our favorite time of the year on this blog! The grim and ghostly season where cold weather and moonlit nights are…


An Unusually Grimm Radiant Retrospective
Among the many storytellers of fiction, folk tales and other assorted curios, there is no duo more synonymous with fairytales than Jacob…


Grimm Music: Royal By Waterparks
How are you all today Grimms? It has been a very long time since my last post but I hope you enjoy this. I have to say these…
Day 11 of Otakutober: I’ve got a date with a Vampire! -Horror Otome Games
Hello everyone welcome back to Otaku Thursday, our final Otakutober edition. If you were around yesterday, your heard my rant about monster love stories in anime. You know…


Day 7 of Otakutober: Hanafuda Earrings in the Time of Tombstones – Life is hard of an Otaku- More Anime Halloween Costumes!
Hey everyone, we’re back for another post! This time we’re expanding the list from last year’s Naruto Headbands in the time of Pumpkins – Life is Hard for…
2 Years of the Spellbook! (5th Day of Anime 2019)
Another delayed milestone. Part 1 of the saga here. After suddenly having to write most of the 12 Days of Aniblogging in advance, Aria was pretty tired of…