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First Impressions – My Master Has No Tail
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My Master Has No Tail – Episode 1
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Here we have another anime about comediennes similar to Joshiraku and TEPPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!! with the main difference being it is historical and they are sitting down. Even so it…
First Look: My Master Has No Tail
Mameda is Tanuki who wants to live with humans, but fooling people these days (the Taisho era) is not easy. After meeting a mysterious woman and seeing her…
First Impression: My Master Has No Tail
My Master Has No Tail brings together two ancient traditions: the performance art of rakugo and folklore about tricky tanuki. But does this super cute first episode have…
My Master Has No Tail Volumes 1 and 2 Review
Mameda, a young tanuki or “mame-danuki”, is ready to leave behind her boring old village and enjoy the big city, Osaka! But unfortunately for Mameda this is no…
My Master Has No Tail #01 — And No Balls To Fly With
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Anime Orbit Seasonal Check-in: BOCCHI THE ROCK!
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The Muscle Girl Next Door and My Master Has No Tail
All I want this MLB postseason is for the Guardians to lose, the Astros to lose, and...
The Muscle Girl Next Door and My Master Has No Tail
All I want this MLB postseason is for the Guardians to lose, the Astros to lose, and...
The Tricky Art of Telling Tales in MY MASTER HAS NO TAIL
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Japanese Short Stories - Master Post
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Anime Orbit Seasonal Check-in: METALLIC ROUGE and The Nightmare of Fabrication
After four episodes of political themes and robot-fighting action, Metallic Rouge decides to take things in a different, very strange direction.
Anime Orbit Seasonal Check-in: MAGICAL DESTROYERS is So Fucking Back
Sometimes a good show stops being good. And then, sometimes, it gets better again. Really, what else is there to say?
Anime Orbit Seasonal Check-in: No, Seriously, What The Hell is Going on in ISHURA?
The isekai battle royale’s ups and downs have made it an uneven watching experience, to say the least.
Anime Orbit Seasonal Check-in: When Did MAGICAL DESTROYERS Stop Being Fun?
As it heads into its second half, the nerd-brained action series has run into a serious, major problem that can sink just about anything in its genre; it’s…
Anime Orbit Seasonal Check-in: Another Date With DEAD MOUNT DEATH PLAY
Three weeks in, the isekai-not-an-isekai action fantasy anime from the Baccano! author remains fun and compelling.
Anime Orbit Seasonal Check-in: Hell is Other Vampires in CALL OF THE NIGHT
Ko finds out that being a vampire might not be all it’s cracked up to be.
Anime Orbit Seasonal Check-in: What the Hell Happened to RWBY: ICE QUEENDOM?
This week, RWBY: Ice Queendom wins a “most improved since the premiere” award as Ruby travels into Weiss’ mind to rescue her from a Nightmare Grimm.
Anime Orbit Seasonal Check-in: A Gunsmoke Twilight in the Last Days of LYCORIS RECOIL
As Lycoris Recoil comes to a close, so does the story of its main protagonist. Is there a light at the end of the tunnel?
Anime Orbit Seasonal Check-in: The Strange Transformation of LEVEL 1 DEMON LORD AND ONE-ROOM HERO
“Level 1 Demon Lord & One-Room Hero”, a screwball fantasy comedy anime with a light novel-y title befitting its tone, has taken some odd turns over the first…
Anime Orbit: At The End of a Long, Long, Long Road in The Final Episode of The POKÉMON Anime
It’s time to go. Was I a good show? No. I’m told you were the very best, like no one ever was.
Weird names in anime & manga
Phosphosyte? Phosposlyte? Phosposite? I don’t know about you, but I am grateful that the writer behind Land of the Lustrous chose to shorten the protagonist’s name to Phos in…
Anime Orbit Seasonal Check-in: Beyond the Royal Rainbow in THE MAGICAL REVOLUTION OF THE REINCARNATED PRINCESS & THE GENIUS YOUNG LADY
All in all, MagiRevo has become dark, fascinating, and surprisingly heady for something that really seemed like it wasn’t going to amount to much more than a power…
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My Wife Has No Emotion Anime Announced
Today an anime adaptation of My Wife Has No Emotion was announced for the sci-fi romantic comedy manga series, starts airing July 2024.
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Anime Like My Wife Has No Emotion
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Sneeze: Naoki Urasawa Short Stories
If there is one mangaka that I want to know about, it’s Naoki Urasawa. I am still not the largest manga reader because I haven’t sold my soul…
Convention Tales #14: Short Stories From Anime North
It’s hard to believe that this week marks about two years since the last time I officially travelled to a convention – I do not consider my short…
My Wife Has No Emotions #01 — Barefoot and In the Kitchen
Even the title of the episode is godawful. Impressions: Well, this was a good deal more horrifying with voice acting and a small amount of animation than…
Sailor Fuku: The Long and Short of It
Despite or perhaps even because of its prevalence in anime, the traditional sailor-style school uniform, or sailor fuku, is one of the more misunderstood articles of clothing out…
Seasonal First Impressions: The Plastic Love of MY WIFE HAS NO EMOTION
Beneath a setup familiar to generations of sci-fi romcoms, something sinister and offputting lurks under the surface. Does My Wife Has No Emotion itself know that?
Convention Tales #20: Short Stories From Anime North #3
I can’t believe that Anime North is only a month away as of the time of this writing! Knowing this has my hype difficult to contain as the…
The Short and Long of Gushing Over Magical Girls
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Anime Orbit Archive
Here you’ll find a simple list of every Anime Orbit article, from most to least recent, top to bottom. 2022 FallSeasonal Check-in: Hell is Other Vampires in CALL…
The Ghost in the Shell: Five New Short Stories Review
Around of the time of 2017’s Hollywood live action Ghost in the Shell movie there were a flurry of tie-in books published. Apart from the…
Merry Month of Manga: SHORT-TEMPERED MELANCHOLIC AND OTHER STORIES
As this blog enters its 13th year, I'm celebrating it in the usual fashion: a month's worth of reviews. This time around, it's all One-Vol...
Merry Month of Manga: SHORT-TEMPERED MELANCHOLIC AND OTHER STORIES
As this blog enters its 13th year, I'm celebrating it in the usual fashion: a month's worth of reviews. This time around, it's all One-Vol...
Sasaki and Miyano – Check out My Complete Anime Review!
Season 1 of Sasaki and Miyano has now concluded and we have lots to talk about! Click here to read my review and let me know your thoughts!
Convention Tales #15: Short Stories From Anime North, Part #2
It dawned on me this week that, south of the Canadian border in the Big Apple itself, New York City, Anime NYC had recently transpired, as once more…
ANIME REVIEW: He Is My Master
Izumi Sawatari doesn’t exactly have it maid in the shade; she really needs aid in “He Is My Master”!
Anime Review: He is My Master
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Summer 2023 Anime Check-in
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Oshi no Ko Has the Best Characters in Anime
If you couldn’t tell from the fact that I put both Kaguya-sama: Love is War and Oshi no Ko on my Manga 3×3, I am a big fan…
Has It Been That long? (Year Four)
It’s been a testing year, but also one of my most productive on the Otaku Author. Amazingly, it’s been four years since I made the switch to this…
Has It Been That long? (Year One)
Exactly one year ago, to the minute, I relaunched my website with a new URL. That meant I had to start from zero, well, almost. I got to…
Has It Been That long? (Year Three)
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First Impression: My Wife Has No Emotion
Takuma Kosugi is your typical hard-working young salaryman; putting in long hours at work leaves him with very little time to prepare his meals. However, Takuma has one…
My Wife Has No Emotion – Episode 1
My Wife Has No Emotion seems to have very little interest, at least up front, in any introspection other than "robot girl cute." Which...really sucks.
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This evening, the same folks behind Anime North are organizing a cosplay outing up north in Toronto: the Anime North Halloween Event. Size aside, the lack of worthy…