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We’re back! Over the last two months, we intentionally stepped back from our writing pursuits to focus on editing our backlog of a few hundred posts. This hiatus…
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Popran (2022) review [22nd Nippon Connection]
“A great narrative that questions in a light-hearted way the relation between the male subject and his member as well as the role the real member plays within…
A Sad Good Bye to 2022!
The year is finally coming to a close. It’s time to say good bye to all the wacky weirdness that this year brought, and ring in the new…
P4G Series Trailer [Coming Oct 22nd 2022]
October 22nd 2022 my full p4g analysis drops. With over an hour and a half of never seen content, reedited in it's intended format. a 15…
Just Remembering (2022) review [22nd Nippon Connection]
An experience that will stir the spectator’s unconscious and affect his heart.
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…
Hiatus
Sorry to be dramatic, but going on hiatus. Need to get some irl things back under control and minimize my other ‘tasks’ for a bit. I’ll have posts…
Re/Member (2022) review
A pleasant experience that succeeds in offering both the thrills of a horror-slasher as well as a touching exploration of romantic and amical feelings.
Bye Bye, Mr. Zetsubou Guy
Now this is a story all about how my neck got cracked, turned upside down. And I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there, I'll tell…
First Impressions – Bye Bye, Earth
Bye Bye, Earth for all the world reminds me of a throwaway show from I.G. (who specialize in them) or even Bones.
Bye-bye, all of EVANGELION.
Since Neon Genesis Evangelion dropped back in 1995, a heft of the commentary around the series has been centered around the personal feelings of its key creative lead, Anno Hideaki,…
Bye Bye, All of Monogatari
More than three years along, and twenty separate blu-ray/DVD sets down, in June 2022 I finally reviewed Zoku Owarimonogatari, the…
First Impression: Bye Bye, Earth
A monstrous sea flower is growing in the lake and it has the animal villagers all in a tizzy. At this rate, it will turn the water salty!…
Bye Bye, Earth – Episode 1
One good scene and pretty visuals can't make up for clunky fantasy racism and buckets of exposition.
Anime Like Bye Bye, Earth
In a world of anthropomorphic animals, Belle Lablac feels isolated as the only human. With no fur or fangs, she decides to become a nomad in order to…
The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash, Bye Bye, Earth, Flip Flappers, Humanity Has Declined, ISHURA
October 2022 Monthly Favorites
Welcome back to the Monthly Favorites! Glad you made it! I’d like switch it up a little this time and start with – I sincerely hope this season…
Newsletter for October 2022
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Back from Hiatus and a Quick Rant About Anime Expo
Hi everyone! Sorry for not posting for 2 weeks uwu.. I was out on vacation and while I was gone, I have come up with a lot of…
Bye Bye Earth #09 — Pianist Envy
See, because a piano has keeeeeeys. Impressions: At least there was variety this week. The first third was absolutely pathetically banal. Belle goes to the god dude,…
Bye Bye Earth #06 — Mass Dismembering
Why are we here? To be giblets for the antagonist, apparently. Impressions: I love how the protagonists just sit there and watch literally everybody get dismembered. Also,…
Bye Bye, Earth has neat ideas
Shouldn't that cloak cover the non-sword arm?
Bye Bye Earth #02 — Untrustworthy Lagomorphs
Ew, rabbits. Impressions: The writing here isn't getting any better. We start out with her randomly laying in a forest of glowing rocks, announcing that she was…
Bye Bye Earth #05 — Historical Reenactments
Why are we even bothering the cave witch again? Impressions: At this point, I'm not watching the show out of any kind of enjoyment, but as a…
Bye Bye Earth #04 — Arboreal Abominations
What the hell even are those things? Impressions: I continue to not be able to follow any of this whatsoever. Apparently saving her parents from a random…
Hiatus, Involuntary
Orphan's seven fans must be wondering what is going on. It's been a month since the last blog post, and even longer since the last release. ...
On Hiatus!
Just a little reminder – currently on hiatus until… September-ish? I’ll keep you guys posted as I can. See you around the blog-o-sphere!
Author Journey (October 17, 2022)
Clearly, there was some sort of dark celestial alignment this week! The week started out with a public holiday and then I got to watch my time scamper…
Mecha designer interview, October 2022
From the Star Blazers/Yamato Premium fan club magazine Vol. 15, October 2022: Junichiro Tamamori has been designing UNCF mecha from the beginning of the remake era, up to…
Author Journey (October 31, 2022)
I was half expecting a comedown after the previous week’s productivity and I was right. However, some habits are starting to form, making it a tiny bit easier…
Michio Murakawa Interview, October 2022
From the Star Blazers/Yamato Premium Fan Club magazine, Vol. 15 Celebrating the resumption of the comicalized version of Yamato 2199! The comicalize version aims for the summit of…
Author Journey (October 3, 2022)
I had a very busy and insanely productive week. It’s entirely possible that I have my fingers in too many pies, but I’ve started so I’m going to…
Author Journey (October 10, 2022)
I have failed… however, failure gives us the chance to grow, so is it really failing? Well, yes, but I’m going to put a positive spin on this…
Author Journey (October 24, 2022)
Well, that was the most productive week I’ve had in a while. I watched anime, read manga, listened to audiobooks, and wrote more words in a week than…
NEWSWIRE: October 2022 Pre-Orders
Now that October has snuck up on us, bringing the spectre of the spoopy season upon us too, we know that you’ve been nervously laying awake at night……
Box Art Extravaganza: October 2022
Yes, box arts, let’s go! Announced last July for an October 2022 release, it looks like the Premium Bandai exclusive HGAC Gundam L.O. Booster is now getting into…
AmeChibi Rescheduled to October 2022
As we've mentioned before popular fan run anime convention AmeCon's mini con AmeChibi was postponed from April 2021. The AmeCon committee ha...
Bye Bye Earth #01 — My Deer Kraken
Told you. Invasive species. Not slow this morning for any particular reason. Just distracted. Though I did glance at 2.5D Seduction's second episode. His spurned childhood friend…
Bye bye Blogger . . . I'm Moving to WordPress!
Or did you think I was quitting blogging definitively? :) Nope. I shall continue to have fun blogging, just, somewhere else. For a summari...
Bye-Bye Atashi no Oniichan: Takeuchi Sachiko
One of the great pleasures of an inveterate book nerd like myself is discovering a new book by an author you love that you had no idea existed…
Princess Connect! Re:Dive – 06 – Bye-Bye Loneliness
After Karyl returns “30% better” (and a certain additional % traumatized) the Gourmet Guild departs from the big city for their first real quest. They’re headed to a…
Series Review: Bye Bye, Earth part 1
This adaptation of an early novel by the creator of Mardock Scramble can be a captivating fantasy story but sometimes tries too hard to be different.
Bye Bye Earth #03 — Random Shambling Undead
Do they just enforce curfew or something? Impressions: The luster's really coming off this as it piles more and more nonsense up, and there wasn't a ton…
Pick of the Week: Bye, Bye, Bookworm
SEAN: Apologies to Ai Yazawa, and I'm sure someone will pick her later on. But this is the final volume of Ascendance of a Bookworm, and I have…
Bye Bye, Earth Anime Review – 66/100
One of the main reasons I prefer novel adaptations to manga or light novels is that, usually, it’s harder for a novel to get picked up for one.…
Advanced Update: Bye Bye For A While
I’ll be back soon! This going to seem sudden but important update. Before you start reading Lita is not leaving the blog world okay.
Bye Bye Earth #07 — Growing the Harem
I've lost the plot here entirely, if one ever existed. Impressions: I'm sorry, did I miss in a previous episode that Adonis's father's name is "Tom Collins"?…
Looking Back on 2022
This past year was JP’s 10th. Before I started writing this blog, I struggled to see anything through. I would flit from project to project, from interest to…
Bye Bye, Earth Season 1 Anime Series Review
On the surface, Bye Bye, Earth depicts a vibrant and colorful fantasy world – unfortunately, its story is plain baffling.
Kaiju Transmissions podcast: Bye Bye Jupiter and Gunhed
Another guest spot on Kaiju Transmissions! This time I try to defend two very unpopular 1980s Koichi Kawakita special effects films from Toho, so it could be controversial!…