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Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers | Game Review
In the distant future year of 20XX, in an alternate world where arcades never went away, grind hard to achieve your championship dreams in the e-sports scene…
Resolving a Cliffhanger… with a Cliffhanger: “Getter Robo Arc” Series Review
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A look at Lackadaisy
Hey, you like me putting this one into the anime category? Well very strictly speaking it is, since the word anime in Japanese applies to our cartoons here…
AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline ep13 – An Actual Cliffhanger
I’m not sure if it was planned from the start but it turns out that AMAIM is going to be a split cour now and we will have…
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Scott and I watched the first episode of AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline and share our thoughts on it. I found it surprisingly good.
A Look At – Succubus Academia
Due to the sudden appearance of the seductive Succubi, the Academy begins to collapse due to the influence of the Dream World, becoming a dream-like setting where fantastic…
A Look-See at Azuki
New digital manga service Azuki is out, and Krystallina checks out the web, iOS, and Android apps in this week's Please Save My Money.
A Look At – Re;Lord
This is a story where demons lived among the denizens of the world. And it’s the demon realm that was about to face an unprecented crisis when three…
A First Look at YashaHime
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A Look At – Shuusaku – The Original DDLC?
Following a chance encounter with Mr Kato, the caretaker of a prestigious dormitory of the all girls Shukusei Music Academy, Shuusaku, a letch derived of morality, has infiltrated…
A Quick Look At The Notable Blumhouse Productions
I’m not a big fan of going to the cinema and much prefer watching films from the comfort of my own home. However, I’d be lying if I…
A Look At “Eroko-san on the Attack”
AstroNerdBoy takes a look at the manga series, Eroko-san on the Attack, spun off from Henjo - The Strange Female High-Schooler Amaguri Senko.
A look at Kizuna no Allele
Not a “currently watching” this time as it usually would be for a running anime, no, and for a reason. I just remembered that I’d planned to check…
A Look at Shonen Battle Protagonists
This post has really been something that I’ve only had the thought processes to think about and write recently. You know, despite the fact that I’ve been a…
A Look at Japan’s Jomon Period
The Jomon Period is the era before writing that extends from the late Pleistocene to 410 BCE. Little is known about the religious and daily life of the…
A Look At – NTRPG2 – “Holding On”
Mars lives a peaceful everyday life in his quiet village. Fascinated by the nearby ruins, he’s determined to unlock its secrets. Accidentally undoing a magic seal, Mars and…
Concrete Revolutio: A Look at Heroism
At this moment, I don’t think any of you would be surprised to hear that my brain has two different sides on how I feel like I can…
Spiraken Game Review: String Arcade Meets Flappy Bird
Hello ladies and gents, boys and girls, reds, blues and all you good folk of the Spiraken community! We’re back discussing your eventually go-to devices for all the…
A Look at Princess Connect! Re: Dive Game (PC/BlueStacks 5 64bit) #PriConne
AstroNerdBoy decides to give the "Princess Connect! Re: Dive" mobile game a try after watching so many of the anime episodes.
Body Jack (Laserdisc Version)
I wasn't planning on doing any more of the Pink Noise series after Call Me Tonight , but the laserdisc for the fourth and last show in…
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MAPPA: A look at a modern anime studio
Written by Saumar Praan Saikia MAPPA (Maruyama Animation Produce Project Association) is a Japanese animation studio founded in the year 2011. It was founded by Masao Maruyama, who…
A Look At – Nangoku Dominion – I’m a Survivor
You play as Aloha, a young man with amnesia who is stranded on a volcanic tropical island with nine other people (six girls and three men), and the…
A look at the ‘sakuga’ and animation of 2014
It’s that jolly old time of the year again where I poke people and they give me words about animation. Here’s a post dedicated to looking at some…
A Look Back At Disney’s “Atlantis: The Lost Empire”
Disney’s 41st animated feature, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, was born at a Mexican restaurant. During lunch in 1996, it was there that producer Don Hahn and directors Kirk…
Taking a look at the top 9 isekai anime.
This is an idea I’d been thinking about writing for a while now, and with some bigger names from the genre getting new entries, I think it’s a…
A Spoiler-laden look at the Problems of Symphogear
So, I just posted a review of the anime Senki Zesshou Symphogear and there were a few points I wanted to elaborate on further. Now, the reason I…
A look at the ‘sakuga’ and animation of 2015
Hello and welcome to the wonderful yearly tradition where we talk about how great the “sakuga” was in 2015. This post will focus on the 2D animation output…
A look at the ‘sakuga’ and animation of 2013
As we come to the end of 2013, it’s time to look back on the year. Here’s a post dedicated to looking at some of the exceptional 2D…
Noragami, Noragami Aragoto – A Look at the Other-Worldly
Again, I did my best here not to spoil any part of either series. Noragami is far more rooted in comedy than I had anticipated when beginning the…
MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics Game Review
There’s room for improvement, but as a whole, this release feels like a win for both players and game preservation.
A look at Visions 2021 Illustrators Book
It’s another one of these posts on the lazier side today, but I do have something to write about. When I went to the bookstore to get Sono…
A Look At – ODEON – Serial Experiments Evangelion
One day, a girl starts to awaken to her fate. Even if that fate may be too harsh for that frail body of hers… A woman singing in…
A Personal Look Back at Matsumoto Leiji
The news of Matsumoto Leiji’s death shocked me. While the passing of an 85-year-old shouldn’t be too surprising, it still makes me contemplate so many things. The number…
A look at some obscure punctuation marks
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A Look at Income Inequality in Japan
Income inequality has become a common concern. Income inequality is the gap in income different segments of a population. Economists argue about how much, or even if, income…
Courting Controversy – A Look at “Interspecies Reviewers”
Oddly un-sexy at times and burdened by several other issues, but a fascinating example of ecchi anime with decent production values, a great sense of humor, and an…
Taking a Look at Anime Wrist Straps
Believe it or not I've been lifting for quite a few years now. That doesn't stop me from continuing to find ways to bring anime with me when…
A Look at Beastrings (Japanese Tankoubon #ビーストリングス)
AstroNerdBoy takes a look at the tankoubon release of the web (Twitter/Pixiv) manga, Beastrings. It is a book that needs an English release.
A Look At – Azrael (426) – Memento Mori
“This is the story of a boy who can see Death”By a twist of luck, he was saved from death by the Grim Reaper, and in return, is…
Yuru Camp – A Simple Look at Life.
Life is hard. Life has a structure, wake up, eat breakfast, go to work or school, eat dinner and sleep, rinse and repeat. It is repetitive, endless and…
A Look At – No Tears Rebirth – A Revolution in the Republic
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Mach Vision: A Bubble Era Arcade Game from Sega, Nissan, and Makoto Kobayashi
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Episode 134, "Cliffhanger Rayleigh"
On this episode of The One Piece Podcast we have the News with Funkatron, Manga Recap for Chapter 600, Pieces of Eight with Ichnob, a look at the…
Episode 134, "Cliffhanger Rayleigh"
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First Look: Trillion Game
Haru and Gaku are two school friends who start a business, with the goal of making a trillion dollars. What their business does is not important: making money…
First Look: Tomodachi Game
A group of five friends is kidnapped and forced to play gambling games with a bizarre child-like character, with the aim of winning the money needed to pay…
First Look: Trillion Game
Haru and Gaku are two school friends who start a business, with the goal of making a trillion dollars. What their business does is not important: making money…
Junkers Come Here v2 (Laserdisc)
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A Look At – Dark Hero Party – The Madoka of NTR
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