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Seishun Anime Zenshuu (translated as Animated Classics of Japanese Literature for its English release) is a 1986 anthology series that retold well-known stories from modern Japanese literature. It's…
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Dragon Ball Was Never About The Action
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Growing Up and Good-byes
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Synduality: Noir – 10 – Growing Up Fast
Some old tinkerers are working on some modifications for DaisyOgre, excited and proud that young Kanata is finally coming into his own as a Drifter. But their work…
Mob Psycho 100 s2 – Growing Up
Genre : Action, comedy, supernatural, urban fantasy, science fiction. Episodes: 13 Studio: Bones You know what’s tricky? Navigating that confusing time between childhood and adulthood. Especially if…
Blue Flag – The Stress of Growing Up
Oh man, it’s been a bit of a time since I’ve written anything about manga besides some quick first impressions. I meant to write about manga sooner then…
MACHICO - 'Growing Up' (Japan Festival Canada 2025)
MACHICO (Toukai Teiou - Umamusume; Tsubasa Ibuki - The iDOLM@STER) performing live the third and latest OP of KonoSuba Season 3 at the main stage of…
The De-Socialization Of Online Games & Growing Up
In Online Games, Nobody Ever Talks And On Social Media, Nobody Ever Shuts Up
[Post #900] Chihayafuru Season 3: Growing Up Sucks
It’s so strange to write a complete season review for a show that I looked into with episode reviews. A rare scenario for me where I look at…
Shenmue: The Animation – Growing Up and Slowly Understanding
This is another show that I watched on Adult Swim every Saturday for a while airing and wrote some short episodic posts about. Admittedly, I don’t know much…
Tune of the Week(ish) Konosuba’s Growing Up!
Nothing beats seeing these lovable idiots again! The Tune of the Week is the opening theme to the third season of Konosuba!: Growing Up by Machiro!
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation – 08 – Growing Up Fast
Two years have passed since Eris’ tenth birthday, which means Rudeus’s tenth birthday has arrived. He can sense scurryings and murmurings around the Boreas mansion, but he doesn’t…
Mushoku Tensei II – 24 (Fin) – Growing Up Fast
When he nears his house, Rudy runs ahead of the rest of the party, remembering that the Man-God told him he’d “regret” going to Begaritt. He enters a…
GROWING UP A CHICAGO MONSTER KID: GODZILLA 1985
As many people know, GODZILLA: FINAL WARS (2004) will be the last Big “G” film for quite a while. When Toho finally revives everyone’s favor...
Alien Nine: The Torments of Aliens and Growing Up
Usual Waffling Intro I’m going to start this post off for saying that Tubi.TV is probably the best streaming service ever. (Not sponsored.) Not only is it a…
Growing Up in Spirited Away (Original Work, Studio Ghibli)
Beneath the mesh of colours and imagery in the worlds that sprout from the imagination of Hayao Miyazaki is a subtle organic quality. There is an appeal to…
Growing Up in Spirited Away (Original Work, Studio Ghibli)
Beneath the mesh of colours and imagery in the worlds that sprout from the imagination of Hayao Miyazaki is a subtle organic quality. There is an appeal to…
My Love Story!! – Never Give Up
I have been on a life-long search for the perfect romance anime. Or just a romance anime I like. This time, I tried My Love Story!!
Episode 612, "He Was Never Popular" (with @ProZD)
On this week’s episode of The One Piece Podcast we have hosts Zach , Alex , Steve , & Ed with special guests SungWon Cho (…
Martian Successor Nadesico: A Franchise That Never Was
The Mid to Late 90's were effectively a period of time in which can never be replicated ever again, not for lack of trying but for lack of…
The Pre-Evangelion GAINAX
“I guess you could say it was Nadia that gave GAINAX its name recognition in mainstream Japan – up until then, only hardcore fans knew the company. This…
#MechaMarch Eureka 7: A Story of Growing up and Romance
Eureka 7 is one of a few shows helps define a generation of anime fans. It appeared on Adult Swim a little more than a year before Death…
The True Power of the Valkyries: Symphogear and Growing Up
This one is about accepting yourself.
I Was Right About Perfect Blue
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I Was Wrong About Cowboy Bebop
This is the rare moment where I had a bad anime take, and managed to avoid publicizing it. In fact, up until this point, I’d forgive my readers…
I was wrong about Giji Harem
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What Was Cowboy Bebop Really About?
So Netflix put out their live action Cowboy Bebop a couple weeks ago and, as expected, it was a colossal dumpster fire. Ember Reviews breaks down how the…
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Never Give Up!! Dandadan Episode 11 [Review]
After navigating Alien Diddies trying to steal everyone’s bananas and Momo experiencing a threatening love rival in Aira, Ken will now enter that same ‘NTR’ side of the…
Returning was Never an Option: Oregairu Kan – Episode 2
Another week has passed and yet another episode of Oregairu has come and gone, this time taking a part of me with it. Somehow even heavier than the…
Episode 612, "He Was Never Popular" (with SungWon Cho)
On this week’s episode of The One Piece Podcast we have hosts Zach, Alex, Steve, & Ed with special guests SungWon Cho (Anime Crimes Division, YouTube) and Stephen Paul (translator for One Piece…
Episode 612, "He Was Never Popular" (with SungWon Cho)
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The Five Star Stories Original Video That Never Was
In early 1988 General Products began advertising a Five Star Stories original video that would feature animation by Hideaki Anno and direct involvement from the manga's creator, Mamoru…
Why It Works: A Lifetime of Competition: Growing Up in Chihayafuru
With the spring season rapidly approaching, it felt like about time to write some sort of thematic wrap-up for this season of Chihayafuru. I’ve been thrilled by Chihayafuru’s…
In Transition - 4 - Powerpuff Girls & Growing Up Desensitized To "Girls Shows"
Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice.. These ingredients are what one thinks of when you try to imagine what girls are made of. But I think we all know…
Ode to Anime Studios – Gainax
Thanks to everyone who voted in that poll I ran. I’m not sure if you noticed the poll on the previous Ode post took precedence, but Gainax had…
Another Shelved Gainax Project: Olympia
During the studio’s lean years after Nadia, Gainax briefly developed a new animated sci-fi project. While little information on it has been shared publicly, there’s evidence to suggest…
The Anime of Studio GAINAX
All the way back in the first post, I mentioned that the blog would be interested in three key questions. Of these questions, the first was “What is…
Anime studio Gainax enters bankruptcy
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I Was Wrong About Sousou No Frieren.
Sousou no Frieren also known as Frieren: Beyond Journey's End. Let's talk about it. Merch https://www.bonfire.com/store/masked-merch/?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=store_page_share&utm_campaign=masked-merch&utm_content=default Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maskedasura Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/masked_asura Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_masked_asura/?igshid=OGQ2MjdiOTE%3D ► "Copyright Disclaimer, Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976,…
So Like, What Was Babylon All About?
There was a definite transition in the show from political thriller to philosophical exploration, much to the disappointment of viewers. Its controversial ending leaves us to…
OreGairu 3 – 02 [That Key Was Never Handled Until Today]
There are shows that remind you of specific phases of your life. Either they resonate with you because of the time you watch – like I first watched…
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Kimetsu no Yaiba S2 – 17 [Never Give Up]
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WRAPPING UP 2020 — IT WAS GODDAMN TIME
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This Manga Was Set Up To Fail.
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Gainax and the Neo-Kanada Renaissance
1998 was one of the most important years in the history of the Kanada school. On the one hand, it was when Yoshinori Kanada himself left Japan—and, with…
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Graviton, Gainax, and the Itano school
Among all the artists influenced by Yoshinori Kanada, Ichirô Itano is probably one of the most important. And yet, he is never considered a Kanada-style animator, most likely…
Megazone 23, Mobile Suit Gundam, Project A-ko, Space Runaway Ideon, Urusei Yatsura
Fifth Impact: What Is Studio GAINAX?
“In the Yonago dialect of Tottori, the word ‘Gaina’ means ‘big’. …Both Akai [Takami] and Yamaga [Hiroyuki] knew about this gaina word, and… they each inde…
Growing in the Shadows
Its been a few weeks but I am back with another hopefully topic called growing in the shadows. Sometimes we have to do work behind the scenes to…
Growing out of anime
as I rapidly approach my 30s, a phenomenon I have noticed is that many peers and friends have begun to worry about growing out of anime.
Growing Into an Adult
IN THIS HOUSE WE RESPECT AND LOVE NANAMIN When I was a teenager, I was looking forward to being an adult, since I was longing for independence and…
Land of the Lustrous, The Promised Neverland, Terror in Resonance, Eden of The East