Anime Blog Tracker

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 [1/23/22]

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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [9/5/21]

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 [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 [10/3/21]

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 [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 [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.

The Magic Planet

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.

The Magic Planet

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.

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

What News Interested Me? (1/30/22-2/5/22 Edition)

I could talk about the recent CDawg drama and how anime fans on Twitter can’t take a joke, but here’s the thing: I don’t fucking want to. Plus…

Standing On My Neck

Feb 6, 2022 • Subscribe

Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 30

Imagine being able to walk into a movie theater in 2023, to see the original Space Battleship Yamato movie on a big screen. Fans in Japan got to…

CosmoDNA

Jan 8, 2024 • Subscribe

Space Battleship Yamato

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

Manga the Week of 11/30/22

SEAN: Thanksgiving is over, you can’t move, come read some manga instead. ASH: That’s a good response to many a different situation. SEAN: Airship has a couple of…

Manga Bookshelf

Nov 26, 2022 • Subscribe

Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut

Manga the Week of 3/30/22

SEAN: The end of March, and manga is presumably going out like a lamb. ASH: I’m not so sure about that… SEAN: From Yen On we get the…

Manga Bookshelf

Mar 24, 2022 • Subscribe

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

Bookshelf Briefs 11/30/22

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Vol. 6 | By Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe| Viz Media – The plotline of this volume is a dungeon crawl of sorts, where…

Manga Bookshelf

Dec 1, 2022 • Subscribe

Bookshelf Briefs 8/30/22

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Vol. 5 | By Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe| Viz Media – This is a series that is prepared to get pretty dark—some of…

Manga Bookshelf

Aug 31, 2022 • Subscribe

Bookshelf Briefs 6/30/22

Kageki Shojo!!, Vol. 5 | By Kumiko Saiki | Seven Seas – I really like the fact that Sarasa is choosing the more difficult option. They’re doing auditions…

Manga Bookshelf

Jun 30, 2022 • Subscribe

Juliet, Kageki Shojo!!

Vintage Report 22: September/October 1979

As summer merged into fall, the world of Yamato was only getting bigger in the wake of The New Voyage, and Office Academy studio was only getting busier.…

CosmoDNA

Mar 4, 2024 • Subscribe

Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 22

Yamato world held steady for another month with a new Yamaket fan gathering, another round of Hyuga parts, two live concerts, unexpected media blips and the next issue…

CosmoDNA

May 13, 2023 • Subscribe

Space Battleship Yamato

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

Convention Tales #22: 30 Minutes At NFCC

Sometimes, life leads you to places that you wouldn’t expect to find yourself at. Two weeks after the tumultuous litness that was Anime North had ended for the…

The Traditional Catholic Weeb

Jul 7, 2023 • Subscribe

30 Day Anime Challenge Two: Day 22

It is day 22 of the second 30 Day Anime Challenge #22: Anime Series You Refuse to Watch I would not say that there is any series I…

Animated Observations

Feb 11, 2020 • 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

Monster Episodes 1-30

In these first thirty episodes, the series is living up to its reputation as a stone-cold classic, and I'm completely on board for the next batch.

Anime News Network - Views

Feb 1, 2023 • Subscribe

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

The Manga Review, 7/1/22

Good news: The United Workers of Seven Seas (UW7S) achieved a major victory this week when the company agreed to recognize their union. Though management has not yet…

Manga Bookshelf

Jul 1, 2022 • Subscribe

30 Day Yaoi Challenge, Day 22: A Case of the Blahs

Yeah, I kind of purposefully forgot to post yesterday. I needed too. I was just too spaced out. I can’t say this next manga did anything to inspire…

All About Manga

Apr 16, 2013 • Subscribe

Vintage Report 9: 1978, Part 1

As the new year began, the Yamato movie was still raking in box office profits after an incredible five months. After a slowdown in December, the New Year’s…

CosmoDNA

Jan 4, 2023 • Subscribe

Space Battleship Yamato 3199 Report 1

As of this writing, the debut date for Yamato 3199 is still unknown. But the series has been in production for over a year, and if the gap…

CosmoDNA

Apr 9, 2023 • Subscribe

Space Battleship Yamato

Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 1

From the moment Yamato 2199 was announced, we pretty much assumed there would be a followup. From the moment Yamato 2202 was announced, it was practically a guarantee.…

CosmoDNA

Jul 13, 2021 • Subscribe

Space Battleship Yamato

Vintage Report 4: 1977, Part 1

It is no exaggeration to state that the period covered in this report was the most pivotal time in all of Yamato history. The movie that would change…

CosmoDNA

Aug 4, 2022 • Subscribe