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News round-up: Late October, early November 2020
Shueisha will publish Golden Kamuy’s first fanbook, called 探究者たちの記録 (Tankyuusha-tachi no Kiroku), on 19 November 2020. The book will include Noda-sensei’s answers to questions selected from those …
October (2020) Monthly Round-Up
Hello again blog-o-sphere viewers! It is once again, time for the staple feature of my blog, my monthly round-up! It’s the best of the best, and me briefly…
TSUTAYA Weekly Manga Sales Ranking: October 28 – November 3, 2024
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Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: October 28 – November 3, 2024
Most of the hardware tracked by Famitsu and listed below reported stronger sales than the week before, particularly, the Xbox Series as both X and the newly released…
COMIC ZIN Weekly Manga Sales Ranking via Natalie: October 28 – November 3, 2024
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Weekly round-up
Isn’t it great when you go back to certain anime or manga and find something more to love? We had that this week with our feature on pacifism…
Weekly round-up
Here we are gathering together for the last weekly round-up of 2019. I know, we can’t believe it either! After a busy year or so focusing on family…
Weekly round-up
Hello, happy New Year, and welcome back. We’re excited to hear from you all again as we blog our way into this new decade! January can be a…
Weekly round-up
It’s a good week as an aniblogger-slash-reviewer when you can get excited over the giant haul of discs coming in for the New Year’s slate. One Punch Man,…
Weekly round-up
We’ve been in a Harry Potter kind of mood lately – must be all that festive spirit in the air. So we captured that and fed a little…
Weekly round-up
We were so happy to let you lot see our reviews for both Garden of Sinners and the 2019 Fruits Basket this week. It never stops being exciting…
Weekly round-up
Hello again friends and fellow bloggers! This busy month seems to have come to a height for us. There’s so much anime (and Star Wars!) to be watching…
Weekly Round-Up, 11-17 November 2020: Shoujo Recs, Fat Positivity, and Charity Livestream
AniFem Round-Up The Invisible Underdogs: The relationship between Black folks and anime Channler Twyman shares stories from Black fans about their relationships with anime and how fandom can…
Weekly Round-Up, 27 October – 2 November 2021: Japan’s Election, International Anime Collabs, and Konbini Zombies
AniFem Round-Up Finding Inner Magic: Depression in The Ancient Magus’ Bride Lynzee Loveridge explores Chise’s character arc from suicidal depression toward self-worth and inner strength, and how it…
Weekly Round-Up, 20-26 May 2020: In Memoriam
AniFem Round-Up Beyond UNIQLO: Tips for supporting Japan’s indie fashion designers Daz Skubich provides a primer on the world of street fashion and how enthusiasts the world over…
Weekly Round-Up, 22-28 July 2020: Ghost of Tsushima, Euthanasia Investigation, and Kurly in Kansai
AniFem Round-Up Magical Girls as Metaphor: Why coded queer narratives still have value Sara Khan on why pushing for more explicit representation doesn’t mean that queer-coded narratives aren’t…
Weekly Round-Up, 22-28 April 2020: KAIBA Retrospective, Tokyo Rainbow Pride Online, and Workplace Sexism
AniFem Round-Up Joy in the Apocalypse: Ruminations driving through desolation Chiaki meditates on post-apocalyptic fiction and how stories of living with devastation might now offer some comfort. Disability…
Weekly Round-Up, 28 September – 4 October 2022: Ladies on Top, Women in FromSoftware Games, and NANA Retrospective
AniFem Round-Up My Master Has No Tail – Episode 1 A cute-as-heck hobby anime with rakugo and tanuki. Raven of the Inner Palace – Episode 1 Wobbly in…
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Weekly Round-Up, 7-13 October 2020: Ikuhara Interview, More LDP Homophobia, and Japanese Hip-Hop
AniFem Round-Up Ikebukuro West Gate Park – Episode 1 A stiff, awkward-looking moral panic detective show. Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World – Episode…
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[Monthly Overview] October, November & December 2020 Overview
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November 1990 Pt. 8 Manga round-up
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“Laughing” Up One’s Sleeve
This is another iteration series, although rather than putting a date on it, they dub it as ‘new’, but this is a reboot of a series that came…
Weekly Round-Up, 30 October – 5 November 2024: Gender Change Laws, The Summer Hikaru Died, and Twitch Rule Changes
AniFem Round-Up “Every Inch of My Imagination”: Mangaka Makoto Yukimura on writing women and slavery in Vinland Saga We had the remarkable opportunity to interview Yukimura about writing…
Weekly Round-Up, 30 September – 6 October 2020: Takarazuka Rule Revisions, Wandering Witch, and Queerness in Nier
AniFem Round-Up Higurashi: When They Cry – NEW – Episode 1 For better or worse, an exactingly faithful remake so far. Assault Lily: Bouquet – Episode 1 Cool…
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October 1990 Pt. 9 Manga round-up
October's Manga overview and round-up. We still had quite a few on-going Manga comic-books and Anime based comic-books that could b...
Weekly Round-Up, 3-9 November 2021: Revisiting Utena, Anti-Immigrant Attack Ad, and Netflix Pay Rates
AniFem Round-Up Site Update: New Patreon perks, manga recommendation pages, and more We’ve added new pages to the site, new patron tiers, and new rewards that will keep…
Weekly Round-Up, 4-10 November 2020: Magical Girl Gift Guide, Boys Run the Riot, and Fandom Gatekeeping
AniFem Round-Up Love Me for Who I Am is inclusive, but falls short for some non-binary people Ghia Vitale does a deep dive on the first volume of…
Weekly Round-Up, 18-24 November 2020: Rose of Versailles Plagiarism, Villainess Light Novels, and Orientalism in Cyberpunk
AniFem Round-Up Beyond the Bear Storm: Morishima Akiko, yuri mangaka Ariel ‘Solowi’ Nakandakare explores the career of one of yuri’s most beloved queer creators. The “Heart” of This…
Weekly Round-Up, 26 October – 1 November 2022: Marmalade Boy, Abuse in School Sports, and KADOKAWA Buys Anime News Network
AniFem Round-Up Romantic Killer – Episode 1 The clunky focus on the importance of making babies suuuuucks. Chainsaw Man’s beautiful depiction of platonic relationships At the heart of…
Weekly Round-Up, 21-27 October 2020: Onyx Equinox, Fandom Post in Peril, and Noir Caesar on Mobile
AniFem Round-Up My Fave is Problematic: Phantom Thief Jeanne Latonya Pennington revisits the 90s magical girl series that stood out with its lovable thief heroine, and the romanticized…
Fruits Basket Episode 2: Cute Animals with Baggage
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Book Round-up: February 22, 2020
How long has it been?! Holy moly, the last time either of us posted a book round-up was summer 2019? I have a bunch of ARCs to review!…
Japanese Box Office Round-up 2020
By Jasper Sharp. So, what happened at the Japanese box office in 2020? The critics lists and industry stats from the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, or Eiren,…
Winter 2020 Seasonal Round-Up (Updating)
I know, I know. I’m late to the party. You don’t realize how quickly holiday travel can mess up your posting schedule until you actually try to post…
Weekly Round-Up, 25 November – 1 December 2020: Quinton Flynn Updates, Disability in Manga, and Heart of the Woods
AniFem Round-Up The Fractured and Famous: Celebrity culture and control in Perfect Blue Priya Sridhar explores how Perfect Blue’s depiction of toxic fan culture and industry abuse still…
Top Weekly Manga Sold in the US: October 22 – October 28, 2023
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Weekly Round-Up, 8-14 November 2023: Takarazuka Death, MPreg Manga, and Historical Fiction
AniFem Round-Up Raising a Girl With Agency: Long Live The Queen versus Needy Streamer Overload The raising simulator has a long history — Audrey Di Martino looks at…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – November 28, 2020
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Weekly Round-Up, 28 August – 3 September 2024: Sasaki and Miyano Banned, Otome Localization Wishlist, and Rural Relocation Incentives
AniFem Round-Up Aiba Kyoko at Otakon 2024: Reverse Villainess Isekai, Social Issues, and the Manga-Making Process Manga artist Aiba Kyoko spoke with us about upending the villainess and…
Weekly Round-Up, 28 July – 3 August 2021: Pokemon Unite’s Predatory Monetization, Anime Licensing Fees, and COVID in Japan
AniFem Round-Up How fan service can attract or repel an audience, and how to tell the difference In this blast from the AniFem past, Lauren Orsini offers her…
Screen Anime October 2020 Streaming Line Up
The good folks at online anime film festival channel Screen Anime have revealed their October 2020 line up. As always they've got a bit o...
Weekly Round-Up, 3-9 June 2020: Black Anime Podcast Aggregate, Naomi Osaka, and Pro-Bono Lawyers
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Weekly Round-Up, 14-20 October 2020: BL from Blue Lynx, Med School Sexism, and Game Devs of Color Expo
AniFem Round-Up 2020 Fall Premiere Digest All the premieres in one place, with general content warnings. Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club – Episode 1 A newbie-friendly…
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Weekly Round-Up, 29 November – 5 December 2023: Union Struggles, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Niantic Lawsuit
AniFem Round-Up Giant Robots Against Colonialism: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury’s Shakespearean roots GWitch isn’t just open with its references to The Tempest — it also…
Weekly Round-Up, 13-19 November 2024: Sony Buying Kadokawa, Autistic Anime Fandom, and Tokyopop
AniFem Round-Up Porygon Was Innocent: An epileptic perspective on Pokémon’s “Electric Soldier Porygon” Everyone knows the urban legends about the seizure-inducing banned episode of Pokemon. But the facts…
Weekly Round-Up, 18-24 October 2023: Bleach Recasting, Love Live Plagiarism, and Women Firefighters
AniFem Round-Up Reconsidering Belladonna of Sadness: Still powerful after almost 50 years With Discotek’s exciting rerelease on the horizon, it’s a good time to look back at this…
Weekly Round-Up, 12-18 October 2022: Bayonetta Pay Dispute, D4DJ Lesbians, and Josei Recommendations
AniFem Round-Up Love Flops – Episode 1 A throwback to all the very worst tropes of harem anime. Urusei Yatsura – Episode 1 Looks gorgeous but a lot…
Japanese Horror Weekly Wrap-up 2024/1/28
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TSUTAYA Weekly Manga Sales Ranking: October 30 – November 5, 2023
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My Hero Academia, Everlasting Heart, One Piece, Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign, Rurouni Kenshin
Weekly Round-Up, 27 September – 3 October 2023: Yuri Phantom of the Opera, Missing Hatoful Boyfriend Royalties, and Nonbinary Manga
AniFem Round-Up My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer – Episode 1 A cozy, pleasant start with some Cool Sword Girls and Nice Anime Dads.…
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