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[Analysis] Black Butler & Aestheticism
Source: Chapter 138 By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting To be honest, after completing my Master’s thesis on Oscar Wilde and aestheticism, I never thought I’d revisit the concept of aestheticism again…
Hirohiko Araki Illustrates Napoleon Bonaparte for History Book Cover
Hirohiko Araki drew Napoleon Bonaparte for cover of "Learning Through Manga: World History" volume 10. Other manga artists also participated.
PETZ gets help facing a NEW DAY with kZm and Jin Dogg
I’ve been sitting on NEW DAY for a bit, since I came across it a bit late. But it’s just been staring me in the face, demanding that…
This Week in Anime - So, Is Sound Euphonium Queerbaiting or Not?
The third season of Sound Euphonium reignites the fandom controversy over Reina and Kumiko's relationship. Chris and Steve delve into it and why 'queerbaiting' is such a loaded…
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Bartender: Kami no Glass – 04
I certainly don't see any overlap with this premise and much else I've watched over the past few years.
Fanart Friday, Too: Fly with Star Rail’s Firefly
Firefly returns! I don’t play Honkai: Star Rail, but I did do some peeping around at why Firefly art is popping up. It seems like all the fans…
One more time – Manga that deserve another shot at serialization
The majority of manga, despite the stigma and how much I loathe the term, are in fact mid. They are middle of the road stories, with middle of…
Doki Doki News: Sanrio + Runway Channel, a Tensura RPG, and Remembering Takaaki Seki
Welcome to Doki Doki News, your source for updates in the world of anime, gaming, and otakudom, for the week of April 22nd! Today we welcome our newest…
The Story of Suikoden
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes promises to revive the Suikoden series in everything but name, but what's so great about Suikoden that it's worth reviving? Well, read on…
Kamimachi: Kyo Machiko
(Before you dig into this post, you should know that it’s all about the ways girls are harmed and how our systems fail them. The discussion is in…
Anime Review #122: Bocchi The Rock
Ah, Bocchi The Rock. I have a lot of people on Twitter who really like KyoAni’s slice-of-life music product K-On!. And I mean, REALLY LIKE IT. Whether it…
Fanart Friday: Please Hold My Hand, Miss Nagatoro
Have you watched Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro? If you haven’t, I encourage you to check it out! And if you started it and dropped it, I…
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Are we ready for a new anime superhero franchise to take on the world? Seeing how mainstream and popular Boku No Hero Academia has become, will there be…
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Sailor Moon Store: Black Lady T-Shirt
Product Details The Sailor Moon Store will be releasing the very popular Black Lady design...
Bastard‼ Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy (Episode 13) – Wavering
Arshes Nei and Dark Schneider are locked in mortal combat. Only one can survive, but which will it be? Who has the conviction to go through with it…
A Story Written With Water (1965) review
An exquisitely layered psychological drama that unveils how a subject’s fixation on a phantasmatic image disrupts his ability to commit himself romantically to the female other
Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon) – 17
One of the fundamental truths about Dungeon Meshi for me is that Laios is a freak.
Black Lagoon Seasons 1&2 Review – 71/100 – Throwback Thursday
Dating back over 50 years, the legacy of Studio Madhouse is long and storied. From cultural touchstones like Death Note and Tatami Galaxy to old greats like Aim…
Not Living by Animation Alone
Closing out the Don Bluth series.
2024 Goals Status Update (2024-04-25)
I just finished reading Atomic Habits. By the way, here’s a status update on my goals.
How a sumo tournament led to the downfall of the yakuza
The yakuza, Japan’s infamous organised crime syndicates, have gone into a death spiral in recent years and Jake Adelstein says it is partly due to an incident at…
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure x Reebok – Stardust Crusaders Sneakers
Reebok collaborates with JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders, designing Instapump Fury 94 shoes with motifs from the series.
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Episode #311 – Solo Leveling
Jellokun reviews Solo Leveling and we talk new airing shows in the spring 2024 season.
Let your childhood imagination take flight in DURDN’s new Spaceship.
DURDN sure has a gift for crafting incredibly catchy J-Pop beats to pair with some hypnotically dreamy vocals. Spaceship is the third track on their new Komorebi EP…
Wind Breaker Episode 4 Review – Shishitoren Picks A Fight
How is Kotoha 16 years old?
Yuru Camp 3 – Episode 4 – Rin, Ayano, Scary Tunnels, and the Risky Bridge
Episode impressions of Yuru Camp 3 Episode 4 as Nadeshiko comes close to heading to the campsite, Rin and Ayano continue exploring, even crossing that bridge.
It’s All Right, My Friend (だいじょうぶマイフレンド, Ryu Murakami, 1983)
Bandmates help a stranded alien recover his ability to fly to Ryu Murakami’s forgotten surreal countercultural blockbuster.
The Best Train Lines for Living in Tokyo: The Asakusa Line
Discover living along Tokyo's Asakusa Subway Line: vibrant neighborhoods, historic sites, and commuting insights for an urban lifestyle.
10 Unique Character Shops in Tokyo
Find your next cute or quirky obsession with this list of 10 best under-the-radar-themed unique character shops in Tokyo.
Is wifi okay if you’re close to the router?
An essay in which I commit to a joke which was barely funny to begin with.
Some Twilight Out of Focus Trivia Before The Anime Airs Next Season
Are you ready for Twilight Out of Focus airing next season?
Manga the Week of 5/1/24
SEAN: End of April, start of May, it's all the same to me. Just one straggler from Yen On: Once Upon a Witch's Death: The Tale of the…
Yuru Camp△ 3 – 04 – The Grandriders
After a fun train ride munching on snacks with fellow travelers and watching the rare public merging of trains to go up the mountain, Nadeshiko follows the route…
Comic Yuri Hime May 2024 (コミック百合姫2024年5月号)
We’re the beginning of of Q2, and Comic Yuri Hime May 2024 (コミック百合姫2024年5月号) has settled in for a lovely variety of Yuri manga – from the openly queer,…
Japanese Soba Maker Aims for Guinness Record Next Month
A company in Fukui Prefecture wants to set the first-ever Guinness World Record for soba eating. Here's how your hungry self can help.
The Exiled Noble Rises as the Holy King: Befriending Fluffy Beasts and a Holy Maiden with My Ultimate Cheat Skill!, Vol. 2
By Yu Okano and TAPIOCA. Released in Japan as “Tsuihō Kizoku wa Saikyō Skill “Seiō” de Henkyō kara Nariagaru: Haikyōsha ni Nintei Sareta Ore da kedo Cheat Skill…
A Condition Called Love Ep 4
After being unable to spend time together on New Years eve, Hotaru and Saki pick-up where they left off for a New Years gathering with Hotaru’s friends.
Budehuc Castle is My Favorite Suikoden III Character
Suikoden is a character acquisition simulator that masquerades as a fantasy role-playing and strategy game. Each entry has a background quest of collecting all 108 Stars of Destiney:…
Tumbling Over TRIGUN: Exploding Frontierism and the Wilder West
All of life’s journeys come with meetings, partings, and reunions. – Meryl Stryfe Upon finishing Trigun (1998), Trigun: Badlands Rumble (2010), and Trigun Stampede (2023) for the first…
I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up Review
I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up is a very short (3.5 chapters) yuri manga about a woman's "fake" marriage.
Il Journal, Pagina 97, 25 Aprile 2024 – Erase All Of Reality, It Will Only Bring Us Pain – VirtuaVerse
Che cosa succederebbe se potessimo augmentare la realtà con speciali visori, per vedere e toccare cose che prima non c’erano? E se queste modifiche diventassero permanenti grazie a…
The Journal, Page 97, 25 April 2024 – Erase All Of Reality, It Will Only Bring Us Pain – VirtuaVerse
What if we were to augment reality with special headsets, to both see and touch things that weren’t there before? And what if those edits became permanent thanks…
Is There Value in a "Human" Definition?
If someone asked you “what is a human,” could you answer? What does it mean to be human after all? Time of Eve (both the movie and the anime)…
Review: Wolf Hiding (2023)
Wolf Hiding 怒潮 China, 2023, colour, 2.35:1, 105 mins. Director: Ma Yuke 马浴柯. Rating: 7/10. A hard-driven, stygian tale of gangsterly ambition, deceit and murder is a striking…
Salad Bowl #04 — Bully Lawyers
Is this really a field of law? Impressions: As poor as the first two thirds of this episode was, I think it's really the end the drove the…
Oblivion Battery Episode 3 Review – When Baseball Gets Too Meta
This is not a new Dragon Ball anime. I’m sorry if you thought so when clicking on this page and thank for the view.
Witchblade (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing [NSFW]
The final Gonzo Blu-ray upgrade by MVM was also on offer and I picked it up, with another good package of content for its collectors set.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Signs Eminent Crafts for Artisan Keycaps, Diorama Lamps
Konami announced on Wednesday that it has inked a deal with Eminent Crafts to introduce new Yu-Gi-Oh!-inspired computer accessories to the U.S., Canadian, and European markets. Eminent Crafts,…
This Week in Anime - What's Weekly Shonen Jump's Next Big Manga?
Some of Shonen Jump's biggest manga hits are approaching their end. Does the magazine have new heavy-hitters lined up to take up the mantle?
Kai to Otome to Kamikakushi (Mysterious Disappearances) – 03
Starting off with a fetish mystery in a girls' school setting seems right in character, really.
Witch Hunter Robin Episode Guide!
Taking my ques from other, more experienced ani-bloggers, I thought a good way to cap off my Witch Hunter Robin weekly review saga was by posting short little…
Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: April 15 – April 21, 2024
Overall hardware sales for the week have shown an improvement over previous week’s performance with the exception of Switch where the decline of the OLED edition brought down…
In the Future, Human Skill Will [Increase | Decrease] in Value
The typed version of this hand-written article follows below the notebook scans. In the future, the value a skillful human hand has will increase. As machine learning…