Anime Blog Tracker

The Frontline Report [7/18/21]

This week on The Frontline Report: The Detective is Already Dead, The aquatope on white sands, final thoughts on Fate/Zero

The Magic Planet

Jul 18, 2021 • Subscribe

Fate/Zero, The aquatope on white sand

The Frontline Report [9/13/21]

This week: Dragon Maid flies, Sonny Boy confounds, and The Detective is invalidating the title of her own show.

The Magic Planet

Sep 13, 2021 • Subscribe

Sonny Boy, Puella Magi Madoka Magica

The Frontline Report [11/15/21]

This week: Mieruko-chan picks up steam and Rumble Garanndoll gets political. Yes, really.

The Magic Planet

Nov 15, 2021 • Subscribe

RUMBLE GARANNDOLL, Mieruko-chan

The Frontline Report [8/1/21]

This week: MADOKA MAGICA IS BACK, BABY!! As well as thoughts on Sonny Boy, Blue Reflection Ray, and The Detective is Already Dead

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Aug 2, 2021 • Subscribe

The aquatope on white sand, Sonny Boy, Blue Reflection Ray, Puella Magi Madoka Magica

The Frontline Report [10/3/21]

This week: thoughts on the Heike Story, farewells to Sonny Boy & Dragon Maid, and the season gets off to a shrug of a start.

The Magic Planet

Oct 3, 2021 • Subscribe

The Heike Story, Selection Project, Sonny Boy, Windy Tales

The Frontline Report [8/29/21]

This week on The Frontline Report: is Magia Record the best anime of the season? Plus: the subtle romance of Kageki Shoujo.

The Magic Planet

Aug 29, 2021 • Subscribe

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

The Frontline Report [9/19/21]

This week: Heike Monogatari is struck with prophetic visions, Kageki Shoujo enters its tense final act, and the girls of Love Live Superstar put on a show.

The Magic Planet

Sep 19, 2021 • Subscribe

The Heike Story, Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop

The Frontline Report [10/14/21]

This week on the Frontline Report: thoughts on Heike Monogatari, Rumble Garanndoll, Platinum End, and more.

The Magic Planet

Oct 18, 2021 • Subscribe

The Heike Story, Platinum End

The Frontline Report [10/24/21]

This week; mostly just Mieruko-chan to be quite honest.

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Oct 24, 2021 • Subscribe

Mieruko-chan

The Frontline Report [12/6/21]

This week: Mieruko-chan, Ousama Ranking, and what in the world is Waccha PriMagi?

The Magic Planet

Dec 6, 2021 • Subscribe

Mieruko-chan, Ranking of Kings, Waccha PriMagi!

The Frontline Report [9/26/21]

This week; the girls are alright. Final thoughts on Kageki Shoujo!!, Magia Record, Blue Reflection Ray. Plus Tropical Rouge Precure and The Detective is Already Dead.

The Magic Planet

Sep 26, 2021 • Subscribe

Pretty Cure, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Blue Reflection Ray, Kageki Shojo!!

The Frontline Report [8/8/21]

This week: What’s up with Kageki Shoujo!!, seeing yourself in manga, and the best episode of Eureka Seven.

The Magic Planet

Aug 9, 2021 • Subscribe

Eureka Seven, Kageki Shojo!!

The Frontline Report [10/10/21]

This week; thoughts on The Heike Story and premieres, premieres, premieres.

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Oct 10, 2021 • Subscribe

The Heike Story

The Frontline Report [11/29/21]

This week, The Heike Story comes to an end. Plus: please watch Ranking of Kings.

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Nov 29, 2021 • Subscribe

The Heike Story, Ranking of Kings

The Frontline Report [10/31/21]

This week; things get komplicated in Komi Can’t Communicate. Plus: does Rumble Garanndoll know what it’s doing?

The Magic Planet

Oct 31, 2021 • Subscribe

The Heike Story

The Frontline Report [12/13/21]

This week: the long-awaited(?) return of Komi Can’t Communicate and Rumble Garanndoll

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Dec 13, 2021 • Subscribe

RUMBLE GARANNDOLL

The Frontline Report [9/5/21]

More thoughts on Magia Record and Sonny Boy, and the final days of Blue Reflection Ray

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Sep 5, 2021 • Subscribe

Blue Reflection Ray, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Sonny Boy

The Frontline Report [1/16/22]

This week: Ousama Ranking, Tokyo 24th Ward, My Dress-Up Darling, CUE!, and Artiswitch!

The Magic Planet

Jan 16, 2022 • Subscribe

Artiswitch, CUE!, My Dress-Up Darling, Ranking of Kings, Tokyo 24th Ward

The Frontline Report [1/30/22]

This week: Writeups on Princess Connect and Tokyo 24th Ward. Plus, a fond farewell to Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure

The Magic Planet

Jan 30, 2022 • Subscribe

Pretty Cure, Tokyo 24th Ward, Tropical-Rouge! Precure

The Frontline Report [1/3/22]

This week: we finish up the 2021 stragglers Rumble Garanndoll and Mieruko-chan

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Jan 3, 2022 • Subscribe

RUMBLE GARANNDOLL, Mieruko-chan

The Frontline Report [4/2/22]

This week: premieres premieres premieres! Plus, the Princess Connect finale, and a HUGE announcement.

The Magic Planet

Apr 2, 2022 • Subscribe

The Executioner and Her Way of Life

The Frontline Report [3/6/22]

This week on the Frontline Report; Princess Connect does it again, plus, a short writeup on the zany toku office comedy Miss Kuroitsu From The Monster Development Department

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Mar 6, 2022 • Subscribe

Miss KUROITSU from the Monster Development Department

The Frontline Report [1/23/22]

This week: CUE! and Tokyo 24th Ward writeups. Plus Pompo The Cinephile, Gakkou Gurashi, Sabikui Bisco, and My Dress-Up Darling

The Magic Planet

Jan 23, 2022 • Subscribe

CUE!, Pompo: The Cinéphile, My Dress-Up Darling, Sabikui Bisco, Tokyo 24th Ward

The Frontline Report [2/6/22]

This week; There’s a new Precure in town! Plus; CUE! makes a surprise recovery, Princess Connect goes absolutely wild, and Tokyo 24th muddles the message.

The Magic Planet

Feb 6, 2022 • Subscribe

CUE!, My Dress-Up Darling, Pretty Cure, Sabikui Bisco, Tokyo 24th Ward

The Frontline Report [2/27/22]

The Frontline Report is a weekly column where I summarize my journey through anime, manga, and the related spheres of popular culture over the past week. Expect spoilers for covered …

The Magic Planet

Feb 28, 2022 • Subscribe

My Dress-Up Darling, Sabikui Bisco

The Frontline Report [3/20/22]

The Frontline Report is a weekly column where I summarize my journey through anime, manga, and the related spheres of popular culture over the past week. Expect spoilers for covered …

The Magic Planet

Mar 20, 2022 • Subscribe

Princess Connect! Re:Dive, Princess Connect! Re:Dive Season 2

The Frontline Report [3/27/22]

This week: The finales of Ousama Ranking and My Dress-Up Darling. Plus, Princess Connect Just Really Really Rules

The Magic Planet

Mar 27, 2022 • Subscribe

My Dress-Up Darling, Ranking of Kings

Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 25

Summer doldrums (or whatever) caused activity to drop in the month of July, but the hits were still solid, especially an unexpected announcement that pulled an exceedingly rare…

CosmoDNA

Aug 11, 2023 • Subscribe

Space Battleship Yamato

Manga the Week of 7/21/21

SEAN: July continues to exist, despite the best efforts of calendar cancellers. What manga do we have? ASH: A fair bit, it would seem! SEAN: Airship has digital-first…

Manga Bookshelf

Jul 15, 2021 • Subscribe

Adachi and Shimamura, Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear

Manga the Week of 8/25/21

SEAN: It’s time to do the list backwards again! Which I do because I enjoy changing things up once in a while, and absolutely not just because I…

Manga Bookshelf

Aug 19, 2021 • Subscribe

Bungo Stray Dogs, GOBLIN SLAYER

Manga the Week of 7/7/21

SEAN: July! Manga! Too hot to be glib! ASH: So, so hot in so, so many places. SEAN: Airship, in print, has the debut of Accomplishments of the…

Manga Bookshelf

Jul 1, 2021 • Subscribe

Vintage Report 21: July/August 1979

For a two-month period that didn’t actually see a large amount of activity, this was a huge moment for Yamato fans. July in particular delivered a big one-two…

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Jan 23, 2024 • Subscribe

Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 21

Activity in March 2023 dropped a bit compared February, but that didn’t make it any less interesting. Any month that gives us online publishing, three major live events,…

CosmoDNA

Apr 10, 2023 • Subscribe

Space Battleship Yamato

Vintage Report 7: Fall 1977

The events and artifacts in this account took place several decades ago, but the actual research in putting them all in order inevitably leads to new discoveries. As…

CosmoDNA

Nov 13, 2022 • Subscribe

Girls' Frontline - Episode 7 - Gentiane Face Palm

Gentiane heard some bad news over the comms. The bad news is a T-Doll showing too much personality. Girls' Frontline - Episode 7.

Joeschmo's Gears and Grounds

Feb 24, 2022 • Subscribe

Girls’ Frontline

Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 7

As the final month leading up to 2205 Chapter 2 counted down, the pace picked up significantly with lots of online activity, product announcements, and an unexpected announcement…

CosmoDNA

Feb 8, 2022 • Subscribe

Space Battleship Yamato

OSMcast: Mushishi 7-25-2008

Mushishi, by Yuki Urushibara is the topic of tonight’s OSMcast_!_ And it’s definitely awesome. But don’t take our word for it! … Well, actually _do _take our word…

OSMcast! Anime, Games, Interviews, & More!

Jul 25, 2008 • Subscribe

MUSHI-SHI

Manga the Week of 7/28/21

SEAN: The end of July should be quiet, right? Everyone’s on vacation, right? Right? ASH: I actually will be on (a very much needed) vacation! ANNA: Me too!…

Manga Bookshelf

Jul 22, 2021 • Subscribe

Manga the Week of 4/7/21

SEAN: April! Maple! Let’s do the list backwards this time! This means starting with Yen Press, who have precisely one manga out, but it is a debut. Please…

Manga Bookshelf

Apr 2, 2021 • Subscribe

Joker

Manga the Week of 7/14/21

SEAN: Now that July 4th has come and gone and terrified all our dogs, what manga do we have to soothe us? MICHELLE: My big tabby is also…

Manga Bookshelf

Jul 8, 2021 • Subscribe

Berserk, Berserk, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

Bookshelf Briefs 7/21/20

Glaeolia, Vol. 1 | Edited by Emuh Ruh and zhuchka | Glacier Bay Books – One of the newest and smallest publishers of manga in English translation is…

Manga Bookshelf

Jul 21, 2020 • Subscribe

Bookshelf Briefs 7/5/21

Boys Run the Riot, Vol. 1 | By Keito Gaku | Kodansha Comics – This was well-acclaimed when it was first licensed, and it’s not hard to see…

Manga Bookshelf

Jul 6, 2021 • Subscribe

Bookshelf Briefs 7/22/21

A Certain Scientific Accelerator, Vol. 12 | By Kazuma Kamachi and Arata Yamaji | Seven Seas – I was surprised that this is the final volume. It wraps…

Manga Bookshelf

Jul 22, 2021 • Subscribe

A Certain Scientific Accelerator

What I Watched This Week – 7/25-7/31

Devils and Realist – I put this on my watch list a long time ago and I must have forgotten why I added it, because I was honestly…

The Romantic Goldfish

Aug 2, 2021 • Subscribe

Time Bokan Series - Gyakuten Ippatsuman 21-25 Batch

Fifth batch, Episodes 21-25. Email | Discord Download it on Nyaa !         Episode 21: Kosuinen, the Penniless Department Chief! Episode 22...

Inka-Subs

Mar 5, 2024 • Subscribe

Time Fighters

Dolls’ Frontline – Episode 7 – Intruder and Her Concert of Fail

Episode impressions of Dolls' Frontline Episode 7 as a plan is underway to deal with Intruder, it seems that M16 might know where the location of Intruder. Still,…

Chikorita157's Anime Blog

Feb 20, 2022 • Subscribe

Girls’ Frontline

Chapter 29 - Transhumanist Baddie (7/25/2022)

Earthchild timeskip! Earthchild Timeskip!This week's show-and-tell is Kiruru Kill Me by Kano Yasuhiro of Pretty Face and Mx0 fameText-only versions of the weekly manga show-and-tell can be found…

Manga Musings

Aug 24, 2022 • Subscribe

Weekly Digest 4/25/21 – Shadows House, Shakunetsu Kabaddi

Anime giveth with one hand, and taketh with the other. Read more

Lost in Anime

Apr 25, 2021 • Subscribe

SHADOWS HOUSE, Burning Kabaddi

The Rising of the Shield Hero (Episodes 21-25) – Heroes from Another World!

After defeating the Pope, Naofumi returned to the Capital where Myne and the King stood trial for their part in the uprising. It’s a lot to deal with,…

The Otaku Author

Mar 26, 2022 • Subscribe

Citrus, The Rising of the Shield Hero

Haikyuu!!: To the Top ep.21 – Lucky Number 7

Haikyuu!!: To the Top just keeps getting better. I haven't had this much fun watching high school students play volleyball...ever!

I drink and watch anime

Nov 22, 2020 • Subscribe

HAIKYU!!, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? II, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? III