Anime Blog Tracker

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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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

The Magic Planet

Aug 2, 2021 • Subscribe

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

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 [10/31/21]

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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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

Vintage Report 29: September 1980

As Be Forever Yamato closed its premiere run in Japanese theaters, spinoff media became more concentrated as the first dedicated books appeared, and magazines became the first source…

CosmoDNA

Sep 29, 2024 • Subscribe

Be Forever Yamato

Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 29

November 2023 turned into a busier month than expected thanks to a new 2199 manga chapter, various announcements, live events, and a sudden burst of information on Yamato…

CosmoDNA

Dec 3, 2023 • Subscribe

Space Battleship Yamato

Manga the Week of 12/29/21

SEAN: It’s the last week of 2021, what are publishers squeezing out the door? Airship gives us How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom 13 in print and…

Manga Bookshelf

Dec 23, 2021 • Subscribe

Peach Boy Riverside, Pretty Boy Detective Club, Rent-a-Girlfriend, Attack on Titan, How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom

Manga the Week of 9/29/21

SEAN: The end of September brings some nice books, but also a long-awaited new volume of a beloved series, so let’s start with that. Yen Press has Yotsuba&!…

Manga Bookshelf

Sep 23, 2021 • Subscribe

A Certain Magical Index, Combatants Will Be Dispatched!, Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story, Puella Magi Madoka Magica

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

Manga the Week of 11/29/23

SEAN: The end of November, the start of December, and the time when the stores are far too full. ASH: It can get a bit crowded at times.…

Manga Bookshelf

Nov 23, 2023 • Subscribe

Fluffy Paradise, How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom

Girls' Frontline - Episode 11 - Alchemist Clenches Fist

A different Sangvis Elite Doll, "Alchemist," lured Griffin T-Dolls into a trap as they searched for AR-15. Girls' Frontline - Episode 11.

Joeschmo's Gears and Grounds

Mar 19, 2022 • Subscribe

Girls’ Frontline, R-15

Doll’s Frontline – Episode 11 – Search for AR15

Episode impressions of Doll's Frontline Episode 11 as the search is on for AR-15, it seems that during the search, another high end, Alchemist sends a horde of…

Chikorita157's Anime Blog

Mar 20, 2022 • Subscribe

Girls’ Frontline, R-15

Vintage Report 11: July 1978

The final month before the Farewell to Yamato premiere was a steady climb of excitement and anticipation as film production plowed through its final stages and publicity ratcheted…

CosmoDNA

Apr 2, 2023 • Subscribe

Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 11

Activity remained steady in May as fans took the wheel and filled in the gaps for their fellow fans with art, modeling, and even a glorious four-hour radio…

CosmoDNA

Jun 5, 2022 • Subscribe

Space Battleship Yamato

Manga the Week of 11/3/21

SEAN: November is approaching, and the manga are falling like leaves. Airship has three debuts in print. There’s I’m the Evil Lord of an intergalactic Empire!, Planet of…

Manga Bookshelf

Oct 28, 2021 • Subscribe

Berserk, Berserk, Blade of the Immortal, Ninja Scroll

Manga the Week of 11/10/21

SEAN: It’s so hard to hold a manga in the cold November rain… We start with Yen On, which has a new light novel debut: I Kept Pressing…

Manga Bookshelf

Nov 4, 2021 • Subscribe

Accel World, Sword Art Online, Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

Manga the Week of 11/17/21

SEAN: Hey, remember when I totally screwed up? And did all of Seven Seas’s release dates wrong? No? Well. So everything you saw in LAST week’s Manga the…

Manga Bookshelf

Nov 11, 2021 • Subscribe

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 11/24/21

SEAN: No time to lose! What manga is out next week? ASH: Only a few titles, I’m sure. SEAN: Yen On has one title, a debut. Orc Eroica…

Manga Bookshelf

Nov 17, 2021 • Subscribe

Blue Lock Episode 29 Review – The Blue Lock 11

Will these 11 players be enough to defeat the U-20?

Arum Journal

18 days ago • Subscribe

BLUE LOCK

Bookshelf Briefs 11/30/21

Gabriel Dropout, Vol. 10 | By Ukami | Yen Press – Possibly the best chapters in this volume of Gabriel Dropout are the ones dealing with hypnosis, as…

Manga Bookshelf

Nov 30, 2021 • Subscribe

Gabriel DropOut

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 11/14/21

Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction, Vol. 10 | By Inio Asano | Viz Media – The end of this volume states in big, bold letters that there’s twelve…

Manga Bookshelf

Nov 15, 2021 • Subscribe

Be Forever Yamato REBEL 3199 Report 11

It should come as no surprise that the 50th anniversary month was an absolute juggernaut with an outpouring of passion and attention from all corners. The events of…

CosmoDNA

14 days ago • Subscribe

Be Forever Yamato

What I Watched This Week – 11/21-11/27

Jingai-san no Yome – This is one of those shows where I read the description and decided I needed to watch it to see if it was as…

The Romantic Goldfish

Nov 29, 2021 • Subscribe

Jingai-san no Yome

Dolls’ Frontline – 01

「THE SEED (タネ)」 (Tane) "The Seed" My M4 SOPMOD II brings all the boys to the yard.

Random Curiosity

Jan 8, 2022 • Subscribe