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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
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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
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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.…
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.…
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…
'You Are Having a Festival for the Future'
Annecy, 'The Lovers' and animation newsbits.
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…
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you are all interested in the future
Japanese animation, anime, cartoons, and Japanese comics from 1960-1990
you are all interested in the future
Japanese animation, anime, cartoons, manga, 1960-1990, Tezuka, Miyazaki, Ishinomori, Matsumoto, Yamato, Gatchaman, Star Blazers, Captain Harlock
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…
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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...
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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…
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A Manga Gift Guide for All Seasons
Here's what to give the manga lover in your life
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…
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…
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?
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…
Social Distancing Deals for Otaku
COVID-19 has forced a lot of people to spend as much time at home as possible. In response, many companies have been trying to incentivize following social distancing…
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…
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…
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…
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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…
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…
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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
Denji shows some kindness, Doom goes one hundred percent, and a bet is decided. 3:51 - My Hero Academia 376 13:46 - Undead Unluck 141 23:11 - Chainsaw Man 115 33:48 -…
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Christmas Gifs for All
It’s Christmas!!!! Merry Merry Christmas and Happy holidays! I hope you’re keeping warm and comfy. I hope you got almost everything you wanted, gotta leave a little something…
Pick of the Week: A Pick for All Seasons
ASH: The releases this week seem to have a bit more variety to them than some weeks bring, but maybe that's just because I'm paying closer attention. And…
A Raven for All Seasons and The Elusive Samurai
The Chicago White Sox have fired their fail-manager Pedro Grifol, who was hired by their previous fail-regime,...
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Otaku Collection Haul for January 2021
We start 2021 with a Manga Ent. Zavvi sale haul, arrivals from pre-orders made last year, and also wrapping up the Aniplex Monogatari collection.
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 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 August 2023
For this month’s batch we have an expensive month thanks to a batch of Nintendo Switch releases, but we also received more pre-orders making their appearance. Plus, we…
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 January 2024
We start off the year with the delayed Anime Limited pre-orders and also a new Discotek Media haul. There’s more Asian & World Cinema titles plus a new…
Otaku Collection Haul for April 2024
For this haul we have new shelving and more collector’s edition anime releases arriving, plus another batch of Asian films from different distributors and more manga from a…
Otaku Collection Haul for July 2023
For this month’s batch we have over a dozen titles from Sentai Filmworks which took up a lot of the budget, but there’s also the arrivals of a…
Otaku Collection Haul for September 2024
For this haul, we have decided to collect the entire City Hunter anime series on Blu-ray, secured a number of Asian films in 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray…
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Otaku Collection Haul for November 2021
For this month’s haul, payday arrived and the chaos begins. Books take a break for the first time in over a year but in return we get a…
Otaku Collection Haul for October 2021
For this month’s haul, I have decided to go for a bit of everything! From books to digital games and even an upgraded TV. Yeah it’s quite random,…
Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku
A slice of life series with a little bit of romance. All good on paper but … Released in 2018 with 11 episodes, this anime deals lives of…
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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 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 September 2021
For this month’s haul, we have a variety of everything. A few more anime titles, plus more were acquired for the manga and video game collection, and to…
Otaku Collection Haul for February 2021
What started off with a small variety of items concludes with a surprise video game haul.
Otaku Collection Haul for July 2024
For this haul, we have another Sentai Filmworks haul after many months of holding off, plus some more video game backlog to pick up and the latest releases…
Otaku Collection Haul for September 2023
For this month’s batch we continue the Limited Run Games pickups and also catch up on more Viz Media manga and a few big Asian box sets.