The Frontline Report [4/2/22] by The Magic Planet / Anime Blog Tracker

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.

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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 …

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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

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Mar 27, 2022 • Subscribe

My Dress-Up Darling, Ranking of Kings

The Frontline Report [1/16/22]

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

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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

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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 [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

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Jan 23, 2022 • Subscribe

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

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.

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Sep 13, 2021 • Subscribe

Sonny Boy, Puella Magi Madoka Magica

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 [7/18/21]

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

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Jul 18, 2021 • Subscribe

Fate/Zero, The aquatope on white sand

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 [8/8/21]

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

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Aug 9, 2021 • Subscribe

Eureka Seven, Kageki Shojo!!

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 [10/31/21]

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

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Oct 31, 2021 • Subscribe

The Heike Story

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 [11/15/21]

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

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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.

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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!!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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Sep 26, 2021 • Subscribe

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

The Manga Review, 4/22/22

Back in the roaring aughts–when earnest manga fans posted reviews on LiveJournal and Blogger–link posts were a simple, effective way to connect with like-minded readers. The widespread adoption…

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Apr 22, 2022 • Subscribe

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.…

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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…

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May 13, 2023 • Subscribe

Space Battleship Yamato

Kingdom 4 – 22

A truly great story is often many great stories, and Kingdom is one such example. Read more

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Sep 4, 2022 • Subscribe

Kingdom Season 4

Bookshelf Briefs 4/4/22

Falling Drowning, Vol. 1 | By Yuko Inari | Kodansha Comics (digital only) – On the surface, Falling Drowning looks like cookie-cutter shoujo. Our protagonist, a high school…

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Vintage Report 2: 1975

The simplest description of Yamato‘s arc in 1974 would be “a herculean rise leading to a sudden fall.” An enormous amount of effort to get the thing off…

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May 28, 2022 • Subscribe

Yamato 3199 Report 2

After a long period of silence, new information about Yamato 3199 finally trickled out during the months of October and November 2023. Thanks to a live talkshow, the…

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Dec 3, 2023 • Subscribe

Doll’s Frontline – Episode 4 – Rescuing the Rest of the AR Team

Episode impressions of Doll’s Frontline Episode 4 as M4 is finally rescued, the rest of the AR team is still in danger. M4 wants to find a way…

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Jan 30, 2022 • Subscribe

Girls’ Frontline

The Manga Review, 11/4/22

This week’s biggest news story: Kadokawa has purchased Anime News Network. On November 1st, publisher Christopher MacDonald posted an open letter to ANN’s readership to reassure them that the…

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The Manga Review, 4/29/22

Back in March, Titan Comics announced that it would launching its own manga imprint, Titan Manga, with the publication of a new “director’s cut” of Takashi Okazaki’s Afro-Samurai. This…

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Apr 29, 2022 • Subscribe

Atom: The Beginning, veil

The Weekly Orbit [4/22/24]

This week; strange developments in Shuumatsu Train, a surprising and moody Precure episode, plus the premieres of The Grimm Variations and Unnamed Memory

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The Grimm Variations, Mysterious Disappearances, Delicious in Dungeon, Girls Band Cry, Himitsu no AiPri

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…

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Aug 4, 2022 • Subscribe

Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 4

You have to go all the way back to January 18 (the premiere of 2202 Chapter 4) to find a match for all the Yamato action October had…

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Nov 7, 2021 • Subscribe

Space Battleship Yamato

Chainsaw Man Volume 4: Progress Report

Warning: This review contains spoilers for the volume I don’t know how each volume of Chainsaw Man manages to outdo the last one. With the series now being…

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Manga the Week of 2/2/22

SEAN: Traditionally, February is the most depressing month of the year. Let’s find some manga to cheer you up. ASH: Sounds good to me! SEAN: Yen Press has…

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Jan 27, 2022 • Subscribe

JUJUTSU KAISEN, Yona of the Dawn, Black Clover, Dr. STONE, Interspecies Reviewers

Manga the Week of 4/22/20

SEAN: Yes, there’s still manga. May is the apocalypse, April is packed. Ghost Ship gives us a 2nd Saki the Succubus Hungers Tonight and the 10th Yokai Girls.…

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Manga the Week of 4/6/22

SEAN: April, the most important month of the year! What manga could be coming out? MICHELLE: In which two particular manga reviewers just happened to be born! SEAN:…

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Mar 31, 2022 • Subscribe

Berserk, Berserk, Classroom of the Elite, DARLING in the FRANXX, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

Manga the Week of 5/4/22

SEAN: It’s May! A time to smell the fresh air, get outside, and continue to wear a mask. ASH: Pretty helpful for seasonal allergies among other things. SEAN:…

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Apr 28, 2022 • Subscribe

Classroom of the Elite

Manga the Week of 4/20/22

SEAN: Are you buying manga, or eating the ears off your easter bunnies? ABLAZE Comics has a Collected Edition of the Space Pirate Captain Harlock comics they released…

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Apr 14, 2022 • Subscribe

Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, Space Pirate Captain Harlock