This is probably the most modest and least celebrated of the films produced by the Ghibli studio. It’s titled Umi ga Kikoeru, aka the Ocean Waves; a movie which conceived as one of the first …
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I Hear The Sunspot | First Look
Yay finally I’m getting around to some manga talk. My own manga TBR is down to nothing and felt in the mood to read some boys love.…
S2E17 - I Hear the Sunspot, Hinamatsuri
In this episode of Screentone Club, Andy and Elliot entertain Yakuza, psychic jerks, over enthusiastic hungry boys and disabled love interests. All in a days work for a…
Cuckoo’s Fiancee #01 — Faces You Can Hear
I'm already exhausted by this show. Impressions: I feel like this might be an "old man yells at kids" kind of post, but I'll try to restrain…
Hundred Girlfriends #01 — Screenshots You Can Hear
I miss comedies that don't deafen me. Impressions: Mostly what this really convinced me of is that the orgasmic blushes and being covered in sweat are the…
I Hear the Sunspot -Limit- 3 Review
Yuki Fumino’s subtly complex, resonant, and heartfelt dramatic manga series I Hear the Sunspot premiered in 2013 and has sporadically extended into five ongoing collected books. The touching…
I Hear the Sunspot: Four Seasons GN 1
A grounded romance, I Hear the Sunspot continues to be a slow-burn that touches on an important message with disability representation.
Uncle from Another World #01 — Faces You Can Hear
That's how you can tell it's a comedy. Impressions: It's certainly aiming for a couple specific styles. Rather than being Not-Dragon Quest, we're more focused on trying…
I Hear the Sunspot: Limit Volume 3 Manga Release Details
The good people from One Peace Books have just sent us the release details I Hear the Sunspot: Limit Volume 3. The final volume of the manga...
The quiet crackle of ‘I Hear the Sunspot’ – Complete Series Review
This is a series that I actually picked up physical copies of back in January. This series had been making small waves for several years as a small…
Sometimes I hear about other people’s watching habits…
The original title was “Sometimes I hear about other people’s watching habits and wonder if they even like anime or dramas”, but that’s just a little too long…
The intersection of queer and Deaf identity in I Hear the Sunspot
Content Warning: Discussion of ableism. As a long-time reader of manga, I always found the medium to be a means of escape to fantastical worlds. Yet, there remained…
I Hear the Sunspot: Limit Manga Volumes 1-3 Series Review
I have to say, in the world of disability manga, I really do think I Hear the Sunspot is one of the best — if not the best…
Episode 77 - The Park
This was an episode that we planned to do a while back, but terrible sound quality caused it to never be released. Now that we have time to…
The Sea Mystery
detective fiction, 推理小説、games, mystery, murder, locked room, Japanese, translations,
The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter
I’ll make this quick, because this anime is that type of show that’s really only about one thing. Or two things, I guess I should say….
Sea You, Sea Me
detective fiction, 推理小説、games, mystery, murder, locked room, Japanese, translations,
Can I Live in Japan?
I love Japanese animation and I have a cursory knowledge of samurai and Japanese vending machines. Periodically, I read Japanese news to kind of get a feel of…
Let’s Hear It For the “Boy”
I had resisted this show for some time. I have a hard time with music genres and sports genres, as they are quite similar in their approach: someone…
Children of the Sea – When the Sea and Stars Meet
Here is another look at an anime film from Netflix. I am very behind on anime films that have appeared on the streaming service. Here is an attempt…
“Can I Have Hopes for the World Unseen?”
Exploring my favourite Japanese songs from 2023
Children of the Sea
By Kambole Campbell. When compared to the decompressed pace of a manga series, the film adaptation Children of the Sea could never feasibly provide all the answers a…
#77 - Farewell, Hamacon
A couple weeks ago, we were given the great pleasure of attending Hamacon in Huntsville, Alabama for the second year in a row as their Featured Panelists. This…
Issue #77: Naive
Discussing the new rowbai and ZARD's "Makenaide," plus recommendations from friends of the newsletter
Episode 77 - Higurashi
In this episode; Shaun straight up murders a bunch of kids when he shows Remington 2006's horror-mystery Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Meanwhile, Remington reveals the truth that he…
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Welcome everyone, to another week of Kaina and the Great Snow Sea! This is a slow week all thing considered, which is weird when you realize it’s also…
279 – Triple Dip 40 – Classmates: Dou kyu sei, I Hear the Sunspot, 10 Dance
On this episode we’re doing a special Boys’ Love edition Triple Dip! Morgana leads the charge as we dive into sweet romances and problematic troupes in the first…
Popcorn Pulse 77: The Last Jed
The whole internet is talking about it. It’s the big budget movie that has ignited thousands of pointless think pieces on the internet. No other recent movie has…
Kaina and the Great Snow Sea – 2 [Princess of the Snow Sea]
Welcome everyone, to my 2nd show of the season, Kaina and the Great Snow Sea! For the sake my sanity, and word count, I’m just going to call…
Kaina and the Great Snow Sea – 4 [Conflict at the Snow Sea]
Welcome everyone, to another episode of Kaina and the Great Snow Sea! This week we finally reach civilization, as Kaina escapes the Valghians and gets pulled deeper and…
Episode 706: The Hidden Beastar Only I Can Enter
This week on Anime Pulse we got Zootopia the anime season 2, new FGO content, and the anime we think are good but don't watch. Up first IRL…
The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter, Vol. 1
By Meguru Seto and Takehana Note. Released in Japan by Kodansha Lanove Books. Released in North America by Seven Seas. Translated by Tiva Haro. Adapted by Cae Hawksmoor.…
First Impression: The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter
Noir Stadia might be a noble son, but being the lowest rank of noble he is at the mercy of all the higher-ranked nobles around him. Aiming to…
The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter (Season One)
Noir is the son of a baronet so it was no surprise when a higher-ranking noble stole his job at the library before he could even start. Desperate,…
The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter Episode Guide
The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter Episode Guide: Noir's adventurer career improved after finding beautiful chained Olivia in a dungeon.
The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter – Episode 1
A show that could have been a forgettable isekai, but the dude doesn't come from Japan for once. He's still boring and everyone wants to get into his…
The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter, Vol. 2
By Meguru Seto and Takehana Note. Released in Japan by Kodansha Lanove Books. Released in North America by Seven Seas. Translated by T. Emerson. Adapted by Cae Hawksmoor.…
Supplimental Episode R: I Can't Read Circles Dammit!!!
Since 2014 started, we anime fans have been treated to something monumentous. A simulcast/Simuldub that is going to premire in the United States before it premires in Japan.Its…
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There are times that as fans of a manga we know that its aesthetics and its plot turns and curves aren’t easy to translate into animation- taking in…
Ryukyu: Empire of the Sea
Shlepped myself out to Chiba last month, to the National Museum of Japanese History (Rekihaku) to see their new temporary special exhibit, Umi no teikoku: Ryukyu 海の帝国:琉球 ,…
The Inland Sea Documentary Review
This is a review of the 2018 Japanese documentary Inland Sea, directed by Kazuhiro Soda.
Vocaloid songs you should hear
Before the year ends. Or after. Whenever you can get to them, you should listen to these, some of my favorites using the Vocaloid voice synthesizer software. I…
The Song of the Sea (Review)
Director: Tomm Moore Company(s): Cartoon Saloon, Digital Graphics, Magellan Films, Melusine Productions, Noerlum Studios Year: 2014 ...
Malevolent Spirits #01 — Let’s Hear From The Audience
Let's not and say we didn't. Ayakashi Triangle and some godawful cheat power reincarnation thing still remain, but I need to do some work stuff briefly that…
Episode 77, "Face Off"
On this episode of The One Piece Podcast we discuss Chapter 575, “Silent Anger” and go into some News and Piece Together. On this episode we’re joined by…
Episode 77, "Face Off"
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Ok I Can Explain This Manga Page.
Explaining this specific manga page. Gamersupps: https://gamersupps.gg/MaskedAsura USE CODE: MaskedAsura 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, allowance is made for 'fair use'…
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*The Promised Neverland manga spoilers ahead* Okay, so I know these whole few chapters were absolutely some of the most heart-wrenching moments for me but… These are also…