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Dear Summer Sister (夏の妹, Nagisa Oshima, 1972)
A young woman travels to Okinawa in search of a boy who may or may not be her half-brother in an uncharacteristically breezy effort from Nagisa Oshima
Natsu no Sora: Tokyo in the Summer
If you’ve watched anime before, you’ve probably seen Tokyo on screen. It’s the neon cityscapes of Akira, the mechanized skyline of Tokyo 3 and the underground train system…
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After having taken a brief detour into KDramaland for my C entry (Coffee Prince for those curious), I am back in the game with JDramas with “Dear Sister”.…
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia (Nasu: Andarushia no Natsu)
I end up spoiling the ending to this OVA just below these first pics, and so if Nasu is on your list then maybe read no further! Otherwise,…
Summer Storm / 夏の嵐 / Natsu no arashi (1956)
Obscure Japanese Film #112 Masahiko Tsugawa and Mie Kitahara Director Ko Nakahira’s first film following his famous ‘sun tribe’ movie Craz...
Inochi no Chikyuu: Dioxin no Natsu
Here's another project that has been stuck in limbo for a very long time: the 2001 movie Inochi no Chikyuu: Dioxin no Natsu ( Life on Earth...
Natsu Tori
Oh hey y’all Megumi Nakajima is back.
Macross, Macross Frontier, Megumi, Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne, Tamayura OVA
Natsu no Arashi Volume 03 Manga Review
AstroNerdBoy reviews Natsu no Arashi Volume 03. Hajime meets Yayoi and accidentally travels back in time with her to complete a time circle.
Brief Thoughts On: Natsu e no Tobira
For a movie that only clocks in at about an hour, Natsu e no Tobira has an engrossing plot with complex characters to it.
Natsu no Arashi Volume 02 Manga Review
AstroNerdBoy reviews Natsu no Arashi Volume 02. Kaja discovers she can time travel with Jun. Hajime discovers the results of Arashi's mission.
Natsu e no Tunnel, Sayonara no Deguchi | Movie Review
I absolutely love anime that pull at the heartstrings, more often than not, movies are the ones I find myself tearing up at the most. They're just beautifully…
Dear Anime Industry: No AI “Art”
What a time to be alive. Barely a year ago, advanced generative AI was the stuff of science fiction. But now, you can ask Bing to look up…
Playing Natsu-Mon
Been playing this new game called Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid, and its super cute and fun! Expect a review in the near future.
Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu / The Summer Hikaru Died by Mokumoku Rei
Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu / The Summer Hikaru Died is a poignant, deeply sublimated, barely acknowledged (but definitely queer) love story between a boy and… the monster that…
Engage Kiss – 10 – Sister, Sister
Shuu, Kisara, Ayano, Akino, and a suit whose name escapes me meet with Sharon at the safe house where she’s wining and dining herself to go over the…
Mix: Meisei Story – Nidome no Natsu, Sora no Mukou e – 11
Surely that's their longest appearance yet... Read more
Mix: Meisei Story – Nidome no Natsu, Sora no Mukou e – 09
In the immortal words of Audrey II, "Oh, Shit". Read more
Mix: Meisei Story – Nidome no Natsu, Sora no Mukou e – 10
We know the score here. Read more
Mix: Meisei Story – Nidome no Natsu, Sora no Mukou e – 01
Let the madness begin. Read more
Mix: Meisei Story – Nidome no Natsu, Sora no Mukou e – 08
It's really interesting that Adachi would go there. Read more
Mix: Meisei Story – Nidome no Natsu, Sora no Mukou e – 05
That was a big step forward - or backward, depending on how you look at it. Read more
Mix: Meisei Story – Nidome no Natsu, Sora no Mukou e – 19
More and more this has the feel of a fait accompli. Read more
Mix: Meisei Story – Nidome no Natsu, Sora no Mukou e – 03
There are two ways you can approach an Adachi Mitsuru story at this point in his career. Read more
Mix: Meisei Story – Nidome no Natsu, Sora no Mukou e – 22
Well, that was depressing. Read more
Mix: Meisei Story – Nidome no Natsu, Sora no Mukou e – 13
Saturdays around here have been a day for the quiet ones this spring. Read more
Mix: Meisei Story – Nidome no Natsu, Sora no Mukou e – 17
If he weren't so shameless, we wouldn't love hm so much. Read more
Mix: Meisei Story – Nidome no Natsu, Sora no Mukou e – 20
I feel like I'm missing something here. Read more
Mix: Meisei Story – Nidome no Natsu, Sora no Mukou e – 14
An Adachi team with two frontline pitchers - what's the world coming to? Read more
Mix: Meisei Story – Nidome no Natsu, Sora no Mukou e – 06
The cat is outta the bag. Read more
Mix: Meisei Story – Nidome no Natsu, Sora no Mukou e – 15
Rarely will you find a series where the past is so much a main character in the story as Mix. Read more
Mix: Meisei Story – Nidome no Natsu, Sora no Mukou e – 23
Adachi is a writer who grows more restrained as the moment grows more outsized. Read more
Mix: Meisei Story – Nidome no Natsu, Sora no Mukou e – 12
I have to assume Adachi-sensei didn't get my memo. Read more
Mix: Meisei Story – Nidome no Natsu, Sora no Mukou e – 07
I almost feel like I'm living in a parallel world with Mix. Read more
Mix: Meisei Story – Nidome no Natsu, Sora no Mukou e – 21
Rather cruel making us wait an extra week for that. Read more
Mix: Meisei Story – Nidome no Natsu, Sora no Mukou e – 02
I hope the day Adachi laughing at himself stops being funny never comes. Read more
Mix: Meisei Story – Nidome no Natsu, Sora no Mukou e – 18
It's a major recurring theme in Mix that adults are always a prisoner of their past in some ways. Read more
Mix: Meisei Story – Nidome no Natsu, Sora no Mukou e – 16
To a bunch of teenagers playing a game, what the hell does what happened thirty years earlier matter? Read more
Mix: Meisei Story – Nidome no Natsu, Sora no Mukou e – 04
There's an awful lot of unfinished business with this story, and this is not a writer who normally does breakneck pacing. Read more
Citrus (Volume 5) – Sister vs. Sister!
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Dear Boys
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Dear Anemone
Opening color pages are meant to both introduce a story and stoke curiosity, and Dear Anemone ディアーアネモネ easily accomplishes both, compelling us to quickly delve in further through…
Dear Boys
We’re talking about sports anime on the sports anime podcast! Chris informed me we had until the end of the month to watch Dear Boys (also known as…
The Vampire Dies in no Time – Dear John!
Sometimes and anime is just fun. Nothing else and that's o.k. The Vampire Dies in no Time is fun and also has John!
Love Live! Nijigasaki Episode 7: Sister-Sister
It was an episode my dear sister Luzeri eagerly anticipated. Kanata’s episode! Let’s see what she had in store for us.
No Ordinary Summer
I love reading; it’s my favorite thing to do. I know I’m not alone in this—luckily, there is a whole tribe of us out there, people who understand…
No Ordinary Summer
I love reading; it’s my favorite thing to do. I know I’m not alone in this—luckily, there is a whole tribe of us out there, people who understand…
Ano Natsu De Matteru – 12
That Author guy pointed out that I didn’t blog the end of this series. I guess I am getting really bad at that. I did, however, manage to…
Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu: Mokumokuren
Oof! It’s been a year compressed into a month, friends. Feels like I only yesterday I was telling you about the delights of Edo-era artisans, and yet! It…
Ano Natsu de Matteru – 05
So of course the all knowing Remon-senpai knows exactly how to manipulate all of the characters for maximum enjoyment on the set of the movie. She puts Ichika…
Guest Post: Unearthed Treasure with Firechick – Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid (88/100)
Hey kids! Remember back in the 90s-2000s, people were convinced that video games made people violent? Or believed that video games were only violent shooters, and stuff like…