Just some updates on what I’m watching and how my life is going. I’ve included some anime I’m watching, my plans for the future, and even some cooking.
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I just want to make this blog post to talk about some stuff about my life. These include anime I’m currently watching, anime I will watch soon, Eurovision,…
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Connecting the Princesses, One Gacha at a Time. A small delay, but here we are. I watched the second season of Princess Connect Re:Dive, and I have something to…
News Update - Mon, 11 Apr 2022
Post-Palm Monday. Well, we're all in that easter vacation and... we don't have any reviews this week. Stay safe and healthy, everyone. -Stig Høgset.
News Update - Mon, 11 Jul 2022
It's Monday still somewhere Howdy, y'all. Sorry I'm late if you're on EST, but here is my less-than-happy second opinion on Princess Connect! Re:Dive season 2, a show I…
Major Life Update
In case you didn’t know, I have been moving to another state. I can safely say that the move has been successful. However, the move has been expensive.…
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OCTOBER 2022 UPDATE!
Find out what's going on here at HQ. The return of Anime Abandon, a new show here on the channel, and new rewards on Patreon! Follow me on Twitter…
Blog Update 2022
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Update Quest 2020 (11)
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So I was going to write another list post about random tidbits you maybe didn’t know about Japan schools, but first I figured I’d give an update on…
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Life Update 5: Leaving England
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This post might take longer to write than usual since I recently got a new keyboard with a different layout. I’m still adjusting and finding it a bit…
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December 2022 Blog Update
Using the block editor is still a pain in the rear, but what can we do? Seriously, I absolutely hate using it. It feels a billion times more…
Life Update and Future of KiritoNarukami
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News Update - Mon, 9 Jan 2023
The Boys Are Almost As Alright As Ladies Not-Appearing-In-This-Film. Yep, Allen takes a look at Goodbye, Don Glees!, and finds it only slightly worse than a certain other series…
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The Sixteen Year Shadow. Most people would probably not be all that eager to take a teenage girl home with them, especially once that offers you the opportunity to…
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A Few Pieces Short.... Well, not really. Allen is reasonably happy with Horimiya: The Missing Pieces and seems satisfied that the side characters in the show can get some…
The Manga Review, 9/9/2022
It’s been a relatively slow news week–manga-wise, at least–so I’m going to dispense with the snappy intro and get to the links. As always, if there’s a website,…
[Editorials Update] January-June 2022
Hello and welcome. This is the first batch of 2022 editorials which I posted on my blog as well as other sites devoted to Asian cinema and d...
News Update - Mon, 11 Dec 2023
"Is it a Bird? Is it a Boy? No, it's..... Both?!" Allen's taken a dive into the Studio Ghibli vault today for The Boy and the Heron, another one…
News Update - Mon, 11 Oct 2021
Kickin' it on a Cub. Oh, we got a good one for you this week. I went and watched Super Cub, and let me tell you, it's a gem…
News Update - Mon, 11 Mar 2024
Akuma-kun Could If He Would. Allen finds a bit of a curiosity in Akuma-kun, the ONA sequel of an original Akuma-kun TV series, which he finds quite entertaining despite…
News Update - Mon, 11 Sep 2023
Just Throwing It Out There. This week, Allen has given Ippon Again! a go, and he finds it a reasonably charming show. As one would with a show starring…
Joining UnimeTV & The Mega Life/Writing Update
I actually don’t like writing about myself. I do write a lot about what I feel towards writing and blogging in general throughout 1.5 years of the limitless…
Life Update: Leaving ANN and Future Plans
Last month, I resigned from Anime News Network. I met a lot of great people and learned a lot during my time there, but ultimately I decided earlier…
Volcano Eruption In The Philippines! – Life Update
So, I woke up to my feed being FULL of pics of one of our local volcanoes erupting. I can now for real say I slept through a…
End of March Update 4/9/21
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News Update - Mon, 4 Apr 2022
Giant Mutant Baby Kotaro Scares Everyone. Well... that was my first guess when I took a look at the cover/promo art of Allen's contribution of the week, Kotary Lives…
News Update - Mon, 28 Nov 2022
Take a Third Tease Test. So yeah, Allen's got the third season of Teasing Master Takagi-san, the still rather awkwardly titled but nevertheless adorable show about middle schoolers in…
News Update - Mon, 26 Dec 2022
[b]Another Legend Burns Out[/b] Yuji Nunokawa, one of the co-founders of Studio Pierrot, passed away yesterday on Christmas Day at the age of 75. While we have poked fun of…
News Update - Mon, 24 Oct 2022
No, Jane. You ARE the Shadows. Well, Allen's got a sinister one for us this week. He takes a look at not one, but two seasons of Shadows House…
News Update - Mon, 25 Apr 2022
Was This What We Were Promised? Allen takes on the second season of the Promised Neverland, and he's... less than pleased about it. Which is even worse considered how…
News Update - Mon, 22 Aug 2022
Crawling Into My Skin. So yeah, Allen's giving us a review for a weird one this week. Gleipnir, questionable link to Norse mythology aside, seems to approach the topic…
News Update - Mon, 31 Jan 2022
Over The Top, Under The Rainbow. Allen's pick of the week is Over The Sky, which is a... pretty aggravating experience for him, because there's being indecisive and then…
News Update - Mon, 18 Apr 2022
Tigger and Bubba. This Monday, Allen takes on the second season of Tiger and Bunny, which he finds quite decent. You know... despite the whole terrifying aspect of heroes…
News Update - Mon, 18 Jul 2022
Love Can Wait And so can belated review schedules. This week we have Allen talking about last spring's anime https://themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=2202, a show he felt was crazy, but not crazy enough…
News Update - Mon, 13 Jun 2022
Little Town, It's a Quiet Virtual World.... Well, maybe not. Allen takes us on the journey of Belle, the story about a girl who pretends to be someone else…
News Update - Mon, 19 Sep 2022
Making Waves in the Dead Sea. Well, apparently Allen just had the pleasure of going on a journey on a zombie-filled Titanic! Am I reading that right? We're talking…
New Years Goals for 2022 Update
The year is more than halfway over, and now would be a good time to make an update post for the New Years’ Goals I made in 2022.
News Update - Mon, 27 Jun 2022
The First Casualty of Love is Innocence. So yeah, Allen takes on the second season of Science Fell In Love, So I Tried To Prove It, a show he…
News Update - Mon, 15 Aug 2022
Minmaxing the Human Body.... There seems to be a race to find some kind of angle that will somehow make their isekai show the isekai to end all isekai…
News Update - Mon, 8 Aug 2022
A Kick to the Shin. Allen's pick of the week belongs to the Ikki Tousen series, one of the pioneers in sexy, somewhat uncomfortable clothes-shredders of fighting anime. Namely,…
News Update - Mon, 17 Jan 2022
Going on a Vacation From Pastoral. So yeah, I guess even people who live in what would amount to a paradise for people looking for some peace and quiet…