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Envisioning a Bright Future for All Otaku
Just this week, the Vatican brought out a brand-new mascot to represent the Church’s upcoming year. Named “Luce” (“light” in Italian), the cute character caught a ton …
The Search For A Future
A future that involves manually drawing everything I require isn’t realistic. That’s why, in my last post I said “I’ll be taking time to come up with a manner…
My Hero Academia – 76/77 [Infinite 100%/Bright Future]
So far, I’ve complained more about this arc of MHA than any other in the past. I wasn’t sold on the departure from the school setting, and I’ve…
Otaku-Chans And The Future Of Anime Made For TikTok
On March 15, 2023, history was made as Otaku-chans, the first anime created specifically for TikTok, launched its first episode. The series focuses on the
Otaku-Chans And The Future Of Anime Made For TikTok
On March 15, 2023, history was made as Otaku-chans, the first anime created specifically for TikTok, launched its first episode. The series focuses on the
Review: My Hero Academia s4 ep83: Togata’s Daughter and Children with a Bright Future —
Welcome to another collaboration review of My Hero Academia season 4 from Irina from I Drink and Watch Anime and me! It’s my turn to host this week.…
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'You Are Having a Festival for the Future'
Annecy, 'The Lovers' and animation newsbits.
Hugtto! Precure and A Future Worth Fighting For
You can do anything! You can be anything! Take that shining future of yours, and embrace it with all your might! As a pig-tailed youth all smattering of…
Episode 127 – Shine Bright Like A Diamond
Though we may not directly say it during the recording, this may be our last episode for the year 2017. It has been a fun ride and we…
Bright: Samurai Soul
Bright: Samurai Soul (2021) Woodblock prints and math rock! Here’s another anime where I have no knowledge of the source material, allowing me to head in to the…
Shinesman: Still Bright
Special Duty Combat Unit Shinesman is the rare anime seemingly remembered for its dub. That’s not to disparage the original Japanese versio...
Hellsing, Special Duty Combat Unit Shinesman, Virtua Fighter, Ghost Stories, Hells
Bright: Samurai Soul
To call Bright: Samurai Soul 'better than the original Bright' would be the most backhanded of compliments to pay any movie, but that is honestly the most apt…
you are all interested in the future
Japanese animation, anime, cartoons, manga, 1960-1990, Tezuka, Miyazaki, Ishinomori, Matsumoto, Yamato, Gatchaman, Star Blazers, Captain Harlock
you are all interested in the future
Japanese animation, anime, cartoons, and Japanese comics from 1960-1990
A Manga Gift Guide for All Seasons
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100 followers + Plans for Future
100 is quite the number huh? I want to say thank you to everyone that follows and reads the blog. Although Jun and I didn’t start this blog…
Bright Lights, Big Dreams: Acky Bright Talks With Anime Herald
Editor: Samantha Ferreira Anime Herald: You started as a graffiti artist. Did you ever imagine you’d become a professional artist with art books and more?
A Bright Sunshiny Day! The Sunshine Blogger Award
I don’t know why I haven’t answered the many times I’ve been tagged before… some silly reason or another. But I felt like writing, and two bloggers have…
KonoSuba: God’s blessing on this wonderful world! (Episode 23) – God’s Blessings on This Bright Future!
Kazuma feels like it should be his time. He’s defeated several of the Demon Lord’s generals and he saved the Crimson Demon’s village. So, why hasn’t he got…
Super Bowl LIV for Otaku
Welcome to the wonderful world of football! While otaku and football don’t seem to align (we all have seen the jocks vs. geeks mentality that society tries to…
Digital Church Services for Otaku
During this time of pandemic, all organizations and groups have had to change the way they do things. The church has been no different. For many, that means…
Beast Tamer (Episode 13) – A Home for All
For saving Horizon from the demon and the corrupt lord, Rein was given a double promotion by the adventurers’ guild and a huge reward. They recommended he buy…
A Read-Only Future
A friend and I made a video for our final project! It’s about digital copyright enforcement and augmented reality interfaces. On an unrelated note, I am extremely upset…
A Harbinger of the Future? My Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom
If there’s any recent series that I think is capable of uniting disparate parts of the anime fandom, it’s My Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to…
Life is hard for an Otaku: Concerts (IN A PANDEMIC)
Hey everyone! Thought we’d post something that is relevant nowadays in a world that is trying to live in the middle of a pandemic. Concerts! Honestly, live music…
For All the Morgs
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Christmas Gifs for All
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A Raven for All Seasons and The Elusive Samurai
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Otaku Collection Haul for March 2022
This haul is huge. No doubt about that. Tons of anime, games and films joining the collection. This includes highly anticipated anime releases all the way to a…
Demystifying online dating sites for Otaku
I’m going to start by saying it was a cute concept but they are utter trash. Most advertise a free service but in order to reply or send…
Otaku Collection Haul for June 2022
This month’s haul includes multiple batches of manga, but we also have the Birthday haul and a batch of pre-orders finally getting released.
Otaku Collection Haul for May 2024
For this haul, we have another anime import haul from North America and the Crunchyroll Store, plus there’s around round of manga pickups and a few more anime…
Otaku Collection Haul for August 2021
For this month’s haul, the anime titles that were supposed to occupy most of this month’s haul got pushed back into September so what I have left remaining…
Otaku Collection Haul for January 2022
We start off 2022 with the Nintendo Switch OLED, Chainsaw Man, Hunter x Hunter and many more titles now joining the collection from Anime, Manga, Games and Asian…
Otaku Collection Haul for July 2021
For this month’s haul, the anime finally catches up after months of delays but we also get more video games from the Asian English region as well as…
Otaku Collection Haul for March 2024
The second batch of Discotek releases for this year finally arrives, a few pre-orders from Anime Limited make their appearances, we catch up on a couple of Asian…
Otaku Collection Haul for June 2024
The Birthday haul has arrived and another Discotek Media haul makes an appearance. In addition I finally start catching up with the Nintendo Switch collection which included a…
Otaku Collection Haul for December 2022
This month’s haul wraps up 2022 with one of the biggest batch of items picked up throughout my collecting years. In addition to the Christmas 2022 haul we…
Otaku Collection Haul for April 2022
This month’s haul introduces Discotek Media Blu-rays to the collection, as well as another venture into town to help build up the book and video games collection.
Otaku Collection Haul for August 2022
This month’s haul includes a bunch of hauls that consist of multiple items, including the return of both Discotek Media and Sentai Filmworks, and finally the inclusion of…
Otaku Collection Haul for August 2024
For this haul, we have a big batch of anime from Anime Limited, Crunchyroll UK and Discotek Media, plus a couple of retro collections for the Switch, and…
Otaku Collection Haul for February 2024
Welcome to the Otaku Collection haul for the month of February 2024. This update features 8 anime releases, 12 manga volumes, 7 physical video games, 5 live-action Asian…
Otaku Collection Haul for April 2021
A combination of manga and video games highlight this month’s haul as well as more Blu-rays in the mix!
Otaku Collection Haul for December 2023
To conclude the 2023 hauls we receive a dozen Sentai Filmworks titles from their Black Friday sale, the annual holiday haul, and joining our collection are a couple…
Otaku Collection Haul for May 2022
This month’s haul brings back Eureka’s Master of Cinema series, Kodansha Comics and VIZ SIGNATURE brand with more titles joining the collection, as well as another batch of…
Otaku Collection Haul for October 2024
For this haul, we have a lot of iconic anime arriving in the post but there’s also a new batch of Japanese films, mostly from J-Horror, and recent…
Otaku Collection Haul for February 2022
For this month’s haul, more games have been picked up for the Nintendo Switch and more Hong Kong films arrive to continue growing the collection. There’s also some…
Otaku Collection Haul for October 2022
This month’s haul introduces the return of receiving items from Japan, while also running another batch of manga from Seven Seas & Viz Media, more Asian Cinema releases,…
Otaku Collection Haul for March 2023
This month’s haul bring back the big batch of releases from all circles as we start to ramp up the pace with more rescue hauls, and some titles…