Anime Blog Tracker

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 [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 [9/5/21]

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

The Magic Planet

Sep 5, 2021 • Subscribe

Blue Reflection Ray, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Sonny Boy

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 [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 [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 [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 [12/13/21]

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

The Magic Planet

Dec 13, 2021 • Subscribe

RUMBLE GARANNDOLL

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 [7/25/21]

Weekly thoughts on Blue Reflection Ray, Sonny Boy, and Kageki Shojo!!

The Magic Planet

Jul 26, 2021 • Subscribe

Blue Reflection Ray, Kageki Shojo!!, Sonny Boy

The Frontline Report [11/29/21]

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

The Magic Planet

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 [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 [10/10/21]

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

The Magic Planet

Oct 10, 2021 • Subscribe

The Heike Story

The Frontline Report [10/24/21]

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

The Magic Planet

Oct 24, 2021 • Subscribe

Mieruko-chan

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 [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 [1/3/22]

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

The Magic Planet

Jan 3, 2022 • Subscribe

RUMBLE GARANNDOLL, Mieruko-chan

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 [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

The Magic Planet

Mar 6, 2022 • Subscribe

Miss KUROITSU from the Monster Development Department

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

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 [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 [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

Girls' Frontline - Episode 8 - Destroyer

The elite Sangvis doll Destroyer attacked Griffin-Kryuger's secret headquarters. She surprised the commanders! Girls' Frontline - Episode 8.

Joeschmo's Gears and Grounds

Feb 27, 2022 • Subscribe

Girls’ Frontline

Girls’ Frontline – Episode 1

Personifying war machines (or just putting cute girls in them) is a trope by this point, and I want to say it’s not inherently harmful in and of…

Anime Feminist

Jan 8, 2022 • Subscribe

Girls’ Frontline

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 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…

CosmoDNA

Jan 23, 2024 • Subscribe

Dolls’ Frontline – Episode 1 – The Surprise Attack

Episode impressions of Dolls' Frontline Episode 1 as with the aftermath of the supposed World War III, fought by human like robots, Tactical Dolls, based off guns used…

Chikorita157's Anime Blog

Jan 9, 2022 • Subscribe

Girls’ Frontline

Dolls’ Frontline – Episode 8 – Sangvis Surprise Attack

Episode impressions of Dolls' Frontline Episode 8 as just as M16 finally reunites with the AR team, there is no time for them to celebrate. As expected, Sangvis…

Chikorita157's Anime Blog

Feb 27, 2022 • Subscribe

Girls’ Frontline

Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 8

2205 activity got a huge boost with the Chapter 2 premiere as a dramatic new turning point was added to the remake universe, giving us a lot to…

CosmoDNA

Mar 13, 2022 • Subscribe

Space Battleship Yamato

Vintage Report 8: November/December 1977

If we were to name this specific stretch of Yamato history, the appropriate word would probably be “Afterglow.” The feature film was still burning up the box office…

CosmoDNA

Dec 9, 2022 • Subscribe

Manga the Week of 8/4/21

SEAN: August! Is there any dog manga? MICHELLE: Guru Guru Pon-chan? SEAN: Airship has two print debuts of light novels we’ve talked about before when the early digital…

Manga Bookshelf

Jul 29, 2021 • Subscribe

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Manga the Week of 8/18/21

SEAN: Mid-August, and I cannot confirm this, but I imagine it’s hot. At least here in North America. Australia might be saying something different. Airship, in print, gives…

Manga Bookshelf

Aug 12, 2021 • Subscribe

Adachi and Shimamura, The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter

Manga the Week of 8/11/21

SEAN: August continues. It’s still 2021, you know. Not 2022 yet, I promise. ASH: I do sometimes wonder at what year it is, so I appreciate the clarification.…

Manga Bookshelf

Aug 5, 2021 • Subscribe

Manga the Week of 8/21/24

SEAN: Next week is Anime NYC and also Yen Press week. Yikes! ASH: Here we go! SEAN: Several debuts for Yen On. Hell Is Dark with No Flowers…

Manga Bookshelf

Aug 15, 2024 • Subscribe

Adachi and Shimamura

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 9/8/21

SEAN: It’s ALWAYS September, somewhere in manga land. Airship has two digital first debuts. I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! (Ore wa Seikan Kokka no Akutoku…

Manga Bookshelf

Sep 2, 2021 • Subscribe

Manga the Week of 12/8/21

SEAN: Busy busy busy! Almost forgot to type this up this week! What do we see? ASH: Oh, do I know the feeling! SEAN: Yen On has the…

Manga Bookshelf

Dec 2, 2021 • Subscribe

Toilet-bound Hanako-kun, Legend of the Crystals: Final Fantasy, Saga of Tanya the Evil

Bookshelf Briefs 8/21/23

Blue Box, Vol. 5 | By Kouji Miura | Viz Media - Sometimes trying to be kind can just look like mixed signals. That's what Taiki's having to…

Manga Bookshelf

Aug 22, 2023 • Subscribe

Bookshelf Briefs 8/11/21

Sean is our hero as he shoulders the burden of this column solo. D-Frag!, Vol. 15 | By Tomoya Haruno | Seven Seas – This manga is here…

Manga Bookshelf

Aug 12, 2021 • Subscribe

D-Frag!

Bookshelf Briefs 8/26/21

Captivated, By You | By Yama Wayama | Yen Press – A collection of short stories that originally ran in the magazine Comic Beam, they all take place…

Manga Bookshelf

Aug 27, 2021 • Subscribe

Girls' Frontline - Episode 1 - Agents Show Guns

When I imagine sexy maids packing explosive firepower under their skirts, I think of sexy thighs. Agents upgraded! Girls' Frontline - Episode 1.

Joeschmo's Gears and Grounds

Jan 10, 2022 • Subscribe

Girls’ Frontline, R-15

Be Forever Yamato REBEL 3199 Report 8

Now THAT was a Yamato month! You have to go back over two years to the release of 2205 Chapter 2 to find this much action. The launch…

CosmoDNA

Aug 11, 2024 • Subscribe

Be Forever Yamato

Vintage Report 1: 1973-74

As Yamato Resurrection approached in 2009, this website took on a new dimension when the Yamato saga returned to real time and there was news to report every…

CosmoDNA

Apr 29, 2022 • Subscribe

The Winter 2019 Anime Final Report, Part 1

In a shock to almost no one, the long forecasted demise of anime did not occur during the recently completed Winter 2019 season. Instead, we got another solid…

The Null Set

Apr 7, 2019 • Subscribe

Run with the Wind, The Magnificent KOTOBUKI, Mob Psycho 100, Sword of the Stranger, The Rising of the Shield Hero

What I Watched This Week – 8/15-8/21

Sarazanmai – I first tried watching this shortly after it aired, and couldn’t finish the first episode on account of it being so damn weird. After watching people…

The Romantic Goldfish

Aug 23, 2021 • Subscribe

Sarazanmai