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Michiko & Hatchin Anime Review – 62/100 – Throwback Thursday

Found Family is one of my favorite themes across media. From Bridge Four in Sanderon’s Stormlight Archive to Tokyo Godfathers, possibly my single favorite animated movie of all…

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Tokyo Godfathers, Michiko & Hatchin

Michiko & Hatchin – 19/20 [Nettlesome Light-blocking Butterfly/Rendezvous of Extermination] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone, to the penultimate week of Michiko & Hatchin! Last week was solid, as for the first time in ages it felt like the show finally cared…

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Michiko & Hatchin

Michiko & Hatchin – 9/10 [The Chocolate Girl in Love/The Carnival of Hyenas] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome to another week of Michiko & Hatchin! It’s been a busy week, between catching up on posts and starting up a Mob Psycho review. A bunch of…

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Michiko & Hatchin

Princess Tutu – 15/16 – Throwback Thursday

Another week, another double feature of Princess Tutu! This week see’s the Raven start to make some moves, Fakir get ostracized and Mytho struggle internally. Does any of…

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Michiko & Hatchin – 13/14 [Goldfish of the Marsh/The Daredevil Explosive Runner] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone, to a late post about Michiko & Hatchin! Apologies for that, First Impressions is pretty busy at the start of a season. Still, the show must…

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Michiko & Hatchin

Michiko & Hatchin – 5/6 [The Saudade of Fools, Part 1/Part 2] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone, to another week of Michiko & Hatchin! This week is our first 2 parter, so we have a lot to talk about. From getting more of…

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Michiko & Hatchin

Michiko & Hatchin – 11/12 [Starting Line Downpour/Purgatory 108°C Telepathy] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone, to the halfway point of Michiko & Hatchin! This is… it’s an interesting week, not entirely good reasons. I have some concerns about what happens and…

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Michiko & Hatchin

Michiko & Hatchin – 1/2 [Farewell, Cruel Paradise!/The Brown Sugar Outlaw] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone, to the next season of Throwback Thursday, Michiko & Hatchin! I hope you’re all having a great Thanksgiving. I hope I am, I’m writing this a…

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Michiko & Hatchin

Neon Genesis Evangelion – 15/16 – Throwback Thursday

It only took 16 episodes, a couple of close calls and an odd recap, but Neon Genesis Evangelion has finally entered weird territory. There really is no other way…

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Michiko & Hatchin – 3/4 [Like a Frantic Pinball/Stray Cat Milky Way] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone, to another week of Michiko & Hatchin! Last week was our introduction, so this week is our chance to see what the show is really like.…

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Michiko & Hatchin

Michiko & Hatchin – 21/22 [Last Waltz Blooming Out of Season/Run as You Are] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone, to the grand finale of Michiko & Hatchin! It’s been 11 weeks and we have finally come to the end of this season of Throwback Thursday.…

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Michiko & Hatchin

The Vision of Escaflowne – 13/14/15/16 – Throwback Thursday

Welcome back everyone to the last Escaflowne post of the year! No doubt this is going to be late but considering we are covering 4 episodes, I think…

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Black Clover, Escaflowne

Michiko & Hatchin – 7/8 [The Rain that Falls in Monotone/Black Noise and a Dope Game] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone, to another week of Michiko & Hatchin! This is going to be a weird week since I will be attending a wedding when this goes up.…

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Michiko & Hatchin

Michiko & Hatchin – 17/18 [Buckets of Blood! Opera that Stirs the Heart/The Fool’s Ballistic Samba] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone, to another week of Michiko & Hatchin! There’s been a lot of negativity in the past few episodes, lots of complaints about the lack of meaningful…

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Michiko & Hatchin

Kemono no Souja Erin – 13/14/15/16 – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to week 4 of Kemono no Souja Erin! This week sees our next paradigm shift for the series as Erin grows up and we shift to…

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Black Lagoon – 15/16 [Swan Song at Dawn/Greenback Jane] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to another slightly late week of Black Lagoon! Turns out implementing Deep Q-Learning and then trying to teach it to play Snake is harder than I…

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Black Lagoon

Twelve Kingdoms – 16/17/18 – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all to the halfway point of the next our of Twelve Kingdoms! This week sees the continuation of Taiki’s story along with both some interesting and not…

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Twelve Kingdoms – 13/14/15 – Throwback Thursday

This is a big week for Twelve Kingdoms. We end an arc, get a recap and start a new arc all in 3 episodes. Sadly for all that…

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The Big O – 15/16 [Negotiation with the Dead/Day of the Advent] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to another (late) week of Big O! Apologies, lost track of time. This week we meet another android, rocks fall from the sky, and Rosewater finally…

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The Big O

How Not to Cook a Series: Michiko and Hatchin

Look, let me lay it out here: I don’t call this blog “The Overage Otaku” because I’m 19 and all my manga friends are like 16. I’m an…

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Throwback Thursday: Valentines Past

Throughout 2020 we’ll be looking back at blog posts from the past we celebrate our 10th year. Ten years…that means ten Christmases, ten Pocky Days, ten birthdays for…

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Throwback Thursday: The Interviews

One of the best parts of this ten year journey has been the connections I’ve made with some extraordinary people. Not everyone I’ve met has been nice, that’s…

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Cowboy Bebop, Serial Experiments Lain, Tsukigakirei

Throwback Thursday: BtT Valentine

It’s that time of year and love is in the air…or is that just the anime I’m watching? With anime, as you know, love is always in the…

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Welcome to the NHK – 15/16 [Welcome to the Fantasy!/Welcome to the Game Over!] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome back to another week of Welcome to the NHK! This is another fantastic pair of episodes as, for the 3rd time, NHK leaves me absolutely floored. What…

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Wolf’s Rain – 15-20 [Recap x4/A Dream of an Oasis/Consciously] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone to another (probably late) week of Wolf’s Rain! This week sees us through the aftermath of the castle explosion, a little vision quest to remind us…

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Wolf's Rain

Throwback Thursday: Revisiting Former Columns

All year long, I’ve been posting Throwback Thursday columns as we celebrate ten years in existence. It’s been a lot of fun digging through old posts and memories…

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Sep 17, 2020 • Subscribe

Throwback Thursday: Ready Post One

Here it is. My very first post. My So-Called Virtual Life “My So-Called Virtual Life,” discussing men bringing the digital girlfriends they’ve developed through the Love Plus dating…

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His and Her Circumstances – 16/17 [Eternal Interspersions/His Return] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone, to another week of His and Her Circumstances! This post was written on a deadline, and I don’t expect that to change with Mob Psycho airing…

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His and Her Circumstances

Princess Tutu – 23/24 – Throwback Thursday

The penultimate week of our Princess Tutu watch! Will Fakir save Ahiru? Will Rue free the Raven or Drosselmeyer stop acting like a creepy old man? Find out!

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Princess Tutu

Princess Tutu – 5/6 – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all to week 3 of Princess Tutu! A bit early this week, but that ain’t so bad. There’s a bit of a global emergency going on right…

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Princess Tutu – 7/8 – Throwback Thursday

Every week I go in to Princess Tutu expecting it to fall off, to finally disappoint me. And every week Princess Tutu manages to shut me up with…

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Princess Tutu – 11/12 – Throwback Thursday

Welcome to the halfway point of Princess Tutu! It’s hard to believe, considering how this has all the makings of a finale. But considering Kraehe’s arc, Drosselmeyer’s position…

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Princess Tutu – 3/4 – Throwback Thursday

Welcome to week 2 of Princess Tutu! This week continues Ahiru’s quest to save the prince in distress. Meanwhile we learn more about our possible villains, the world,…

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Gunslinger Girl – 1 [Fratello] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all to the new season of Throwback Thursday, this time featuring Gunslinger Girl! Anime is well known for it’s loli’s, and well known for gratuitous violence, but…

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Gunslinger Girl

Princess Tutu – 17/18 – Throwback Thursday

A shounen fan continues his journey through one of the most critically acclaimed magical girl shows ever. This week, episodes 17 and 18 of Princess Tutu!

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Princess Tutu

Princess Tutu – 7/8 – Throwback Thursday

Every week I go in to Princess Tutu expecting it to fall off, to finally disappoint me. And every week Princess Tutu manages to shut me up with…

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Throwback Thursday: Madoka Then and Now

As we make our way through our tenth anniversary year, I’ll be doing throwback posts each month to some of noteworthy posts. For our first month, we go…

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The Last Throwback Thursday Post? #TBT

I finally imported all my blog posts from my old Weebly blog to my WordPress blog manually. Now that that’s happened, I’m not too concerned about my Weebly…

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Princess Tutu – 25/26 – Throwback Thursday

Welcome one and all to the finale of our Princess Tutu watch! It’s been a long and surprising road for me. I thought this was going to be…

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Jun 18, 2020 • Subscribe

Princess Tutu

Princess Tutu – 9/10 – Throwback Thursday

Hello once again to week 5 of Throwback Thursday with Princess Tutu! I hope everyone is doing well, what with all this Corona Virus business floating around. I’d…

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Princess Tutu – 19/20 – Throwback Thursday

Welcome one and all to another week of Princess Tutu! This time we cover episodes 19 and 20, where we tackle “Love” in all it’s forms, across the…

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Princess Tutu

Princess Tutu – 21/22 – Throwback Thursday

Ladies and Gentleman, this is the time when Princess Tutu starts to get weird. As this week we upend almost the entire story. Who is the main antagonist…

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Princess Tutu

Throwback Otaku Thursday: anyone remember Abridged?

Hello and welcome back to Otaku Thursday. So, this Otaku Thursday is special–not only is it gonna be a special throwback edition (aka, get ready to remember an…

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Throwback Thursday: BtT’s Top 10 Anime

As we look back to ten years of Beneath the Tangles, it only makes sense to inspect the anime we’ve been analyzing all these years. I was interested…

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Princess Tutu – 13/14 – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all to the end of the first season of Princess Tutu and the start of the second! A lot happened this week. Fakir confronted his fears, Kraehe…

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End of Evangelion Anime Review – 86/100 – Throwback Thursday

During my previous review of Neon Genesis Evangelion, I criticised it for a lot of things. The tanked production value as the series ran on and Studio Gainax…

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Helck – 15-16

「勇者の力 / 覚醒の真実」 (Yuusha no Chikara / Kakusei no Shinjitsu) "The Power of Heroes / The Truth Behind Awakening" It's all out in the open now.

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Oct 25, 2023 • Subscribe

Helck

Twelve Kingdoms – 22/23/24 – Throwback Thursday

Welcome back to my Twelve Kingdoms watch! This is an important week, as we finally return to Nakajima’s queenly story. This week see’s political intrigue, budding rebellion and……

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Gunslinger Girl – 2 [Orione (Orion)] – Throwback Thursday

Episode 2 of Lenlo's Gunslinger Girl episode by episode watch series. This week we learn about Henrietta and Jose's past and follow up last weeks mission!

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Gunslinger Girl

Gunslinger Girl – 12 [Simbiosi (Symbiosis)] – Throwback Thursday

You know, its still technically Thursday for me when I send up this Gunslinger Girl post, so i’m not really late. My own poor scheduling aside, considering how…

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Gunslinger Girl