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Week 4 of Murakami Fest Year 14. Previous posts: Year 1: Boobs, The Wind, Baseball, Lederhosen, Eels, Monkeys, and Doves Year 2: Hotel Lobby Oysters, Condoms, Spinning Around and Around, 街・町, The Town and Its Uncertain Wall, A Short…
Robot on the Road
Robot on the Road is an anime short film created by a veteran of the industry for the Japan Anima(tor)’s Exhibition in 2015.
On the “Road” Again
So, it is common knowledge that the Japanese will make an anime series on practically ANYTHING. I mean, there’s one that delves into the fascinating world of….being a…
The Road Goes Ever On and On
Four weeks ago, bear informed me that he would be retiring from anime blogging. With that knowledge, I had to make the decision whether to try to keep…
Gratitude – a stop on the road
Over a cup of tea, with the nose filled with splendid aroma and the tastebuds tickled, the mind wonders. When the memories start flooding in, nostalgia isn’t the…
The Anime Road To Street Fighter
Video game to anime adaptations can be contentious, but Street Fighter fans can consider themselves the lucky few. Christopher Farris discusses Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie and…
The Seven Levels of Meta
“Meta,” or self-reference, is one of those things that fascinates me and has since I learned about recursion in computer programming. A subroutine that calls itself! Ye gods!…
Meta: Formatting Weirdness
Hi all. We had a forced Wordpress update that may have affected some of the formatting on older posts
Hideaki Anno: The Road to Completing Evangelion
This post is full of conjectures and theories, so beware. Just take some of it with a grain of salt. Do you remember my lost Hideaki Anno post?…
Brief Thoughts On: Chio’s School Road
Daily struggles for any gamer
A wacky school life! — Meta Meet Cute!!! now on Steam
This February 14th, Sticky Rice Games published the rom-com Meta Meet Cute!!!, available on both Steam and Nintendo Store.
Let’s Get this Roadshow on the Road: SHIROBAKO the Movie
When SHIROBAKO The Movie was first announced, I was filled with excitement and anticipation. The original TV series is one of my favorite anime from P.A. Works, as…
META – Chat Box Update
This post isn’t about anime, but about the little chatbox on the right of the site. There’s nothing wrong with it, but this is 2021, so we’re trying…
Jojune: Stardust Crusaders: Episode 25 and 26- On the Road to Egypt and Iggy
Jotaro and company have finally arrived in Egypt and are headed to Cairo to defeat Dio. But before they do that, they take a brief detour to pick…
Manga Talk: Elden Ring The Road to the Erdtree
This is a fun adaptation based on the video game Elden Ring. I went in expected a one to one adaptation but got a fun twist instead. Publisher:…
Uma Musume: Pretty Derby – Road To The Top
So many horse girls, so little time. Ah yes. With a myriad of different horse girls, it was undoubtedly there would be some that will not get their…
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Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Road to the Top
Compared to its longer, denser forerunners, Road to the Top might be seen as a horse anyone can more confidently bet on.
Fire Force (Episode 31) – Road to the Oasis
Shinra and the team arrive on the Chinese Peninsula and head inland to a spatial rift where they believe they can find out more about what happened all…
The Meta of Creating Anime About Anime
Anime about creating anime. Does that term really make sense to all of you? Especially with the sort of limitations behind the production of anime like that? At…
Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS Theme Song Holiday Remix Takes You on the Road to Christmas
A wall, a mountain, not even a planet can block your way! Nothing will stop your road to the holidays when you listen to the festive and cheery…
Strike Witches: Road to Berlin – 07
「ポヨンポヨンするの」 (Poyon Poyon Suru no) "They Go Boing-Boing" Now that's fan service I can get behind!
Strike Witches Road to Berlin – 02
「結成ストライクウィッチーズ」 (Kessei Sutoraiku Uicchizu) "The Strike Witches Come Together" The girls are back in town.
Strike Witches: Road to Berlin – 06
「復讐の猟犬」 (Fukushuu no Ryouken) "Hounds of Vengeance" The perfect body in action.
Strike Witches: Road to Berlin – 03
「二人ならできること」 (Futari Nara Dekiru Koto) "What the Two of Us Can Do" Two halves to a whole.
Strike Witches: Road to Berlin – 10
「静夏応答せよ」 (Shizuka Outou Seyo) "Shizuka, Come In!" If as much as a single Neuroi bombs Kiel, my name is Meier!
Strike Witches: Road to Berlin – 05
「クィーン・オブ・ネーデルラント」 (Kuiin obu Neederuranto) "Queen of Nederland" Remember, everything can be solved through running.
Strike Witches: Road to Berlin – 01
「アルプスの魔法少女」 (Arupusu no Mahou Shoujo) "Magical Girl of the Alps" Flying into the new season over a week early.
Strike Witches: Road to Berlin – 09
「ミーナの空」 (Miina no Sora) "Minna's Sky" As the going gets tough the fan service gets going.
Strike Witches: Road to Berlin – 11
「ロード・トゥ・ベルリン」 (Roodo Tou Berurin) "Road to Berlin" Drive me closer, I want to hit them with my Colt .45s.
Strike Witches: Road to Berlin – 04
「200マイルの向こう」 (Nihyaku Mairu no Mukou) "Beyond Two Hundred Miles Per Hour" I am speed!
Strike Witches: Road to Berlin – 08
「ザ・フォッグ」 (Za Foggu) "The Fog" The Neuroi ain't the only things willing to take advantage of the cover water vapour provides.
Road to Hokage: Naruto Shippuden Thoughts
Last time I talked about my thoughts on Naruto’s first half of the series, now it is time to talk about the second and much longer half of…
On the Road Again: Japan’s Rest Stops and Roadside Stations
Rest stops in Japan offer more than just parking and drinks machines. Find out why they make road-tripping around the Land of the Rising Sun so much fun.
On the Road Forever (無宿者, Kenji Misumi, 1964)
Wandering sons on opposing sides find themselves united in their quest to avenge absent fathers in Kenji Misumi’s filiality drama
The Long Road to NEO: The World Ends with You
An exploration of Square Enix's The World Ends with You, which traces the series, and the ardent fanbase that followed it for over a decade.
The Road to Oz: Worst Book Since the First Book
Well, time to head down the rabbit hole that L. Frank Baum created during the turn of the Twentieth Century! Today, I passed the one-third point (give-or-take, since…
Oh, So Meta: Lucky Star
There’s just something so addictive about Lucky Star. I don’t know about you, but I can watch it over and over. And I have. And it cracks me…
The Road To Ziggy! Edens Zero Chapter 171 BREAKDOWN
After a long day of Liberation- Time to play video games!! Good morning, everyone! I had a harder time with this opening paragraph than I care to admit.…
Birdie Wing Episode 19: The Other Road to Pro
It’s time to join Aoi in her journey to Pro.
The Long Road to Yukino: Oregairu Kan – Episode 5
Oh, how quickly the days pass in times like these. Hello and welcome back once again to another one of my weekly write-ups. This week’s episode was a…
And the Meta Award goes to… – Keep Your Hands off Eizouken! Spoiler Review
Keep Your Hands off Eizouken! (the title is excited) is an odd duck of an anime about, oddly enough, the one thing that any anime studio should know…
The best comics of 2023: a meta list
If the Internet is to be believed, comics are getting better and better every year. At the same time, I get the impression that comics are getting less…
The best comics of 2022: a meta list
It’s that time of the year again: the Internet has picked the best comics of the year. More precisely, I have compiled several year-end best-of-2022 lists into one,…
100GFs, the Shiny Romcom, Part 1: Meta Madness
Note on spoilers: I try to avoid specific spoilers, but to get to some of my points I will have to briefly mention some of the characters, and…
If you meet the RahXephon on the road, do you kill it?
I’ve spent most of the morning trying to decide what I wanted to say about the most pivotal moment in RahXephon. If there is a single episode where…
E85 - Elden Ring: The Road to the Erdtree (Ch.1-12)
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Strike Witches: Road to Berlin Episode #11
Looks like Yoshika Miyafuji is okay as she got out of bed. Problem is that she can’t use her magic as the doctor told Miyafuji that she needs…
Strike Witches: Road to Berlin Episode #12
This is the climax of Operation Victoria where General Geraldo S. Patton and his tank crew are currently hiding at the Zoo Tower, although they lost their Landkreuzer…
Strike Witches: Road to Berlin Episode #09
Hey everyone, here’s General Geraldo S. Patton where the ground forces will conduct Operation Southwind right away. I don’t know if his tank cavalry is enough to liberate…
New to Sunday: Hajime Saeki's Sternbild's Road.
Hello again Sunday fans! Here we are at week three of five of new Sunday serials! Not much has changed from the first two so no need to…