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The Most SURREAL Harem Anime
100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Love You is about a boy, NAY, a man who gets, well, 100 Girlfriends while putting most harem MC's to shame…


The Surreal Masterpiece No One Talks About
Anime title: 18if Music: Karl Casey at White Bat Audio


Surreal: Sailor Moon Bow Pet Harness
Sailor Moon Bow Pet Harness Details: Pet Sizing: BoxLunch USD $22.90: BUY HERE You can...


Quick Dive into 'The Midnight Parasites' | Yoji Kuri's Surreal Vision Explored"
Why do dogs bark.. Cats meow, Birds chirp.. Spiders make webs, or squirrels and other animals run in front of moving vehicles on purpose. Why do healthy people get cancer out the…
Surreal Star Power - Hollywood Actors in Japanese TV Commercials
I'm not much of a fan of Japanese TV, with the majority of its prime-time programs consisting of annoying "variety" shows populated by a rot...
The Adventure of the House of Darkness
detective fiction, 推理小説、games, mystery, murder, locked room, Japanese, translations,


The Roast of Classroom of the Elite
Classroom of the Elite is an anime that I watched. That's not quite the nicest thing I can say about it, but it's close, so here's a new…


The Making of 'The Swallows of Kabul'
The story of a modern, underrated treasure from Europe.


1872: The Beginning of the End of the Kingdom of Lūchū (Ryūkyū)
This year has seen numerous events commemorating or marking or otherwise being held in connection with the 50th anniversary of Okinawa’s “reversion” to Japan in 1972, after 27…
Review: The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Though written, produced, and given a musical score by non-Japanese individuals (including Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson from the live-action The Lord of the Rings movies as Executive…


The Best of Us, The Worst of Us, The Lot of Us: Rikka
The grand adventurer of delusion: Rikka


The Best of Us, The Worst of Us, The Lot of Us: Bakugo
My Hero Academia’s latest season has put its characters into a final battle of sorts. A winner takes all scenario where Tomura and All for One are fighting…


The Best of Us, The Worst of Us, The Lot of Us: Saitama
Dicussing Saitama, the bald hero with a dream of…losing?


The rise of sight, the fall of sound
Perhaps we don’t often think on the settings in which people watched older TV anime. But quite basic facets of TV’s nature have changed through the decades, in…


The Legend of Zelda: Queers of the Fandom
I’ve been streaming my favorite game, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, on YouTube in the lead-up to the next big entry, Tears of the Kingdom. As…
Banner of the Stars: Thunder of the Empire
By Hiroyuki Morioka and Toshihiro Ono. Released in Japan by Hayakawa Bunko. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Giuseppe di Martino. And so we finally…


Pick of the Week: The End of Adulthood
MICHELLE: This is one of those “Welp, I never managed to read any of these, but now that it’s ending I will tout its final volume” weeks, in…


The Impossible Journey of 'The Secret of Kells'
Plus: global animation news.
#101 - Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Put on your masks, it's a toxic jungle out there! This time, Tobias, Austin, and Sully discuss Hayao Miyazaki's sophomore feature, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, an…


Blood of the Wise, Blood of the Fool
We often want to go back home, but where is home now? As we live, cities change, the mighty of yesterday fall, new players rise, and unthinkable things…
Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
detective fiction, 推理小説、games, mystery, murder, locked room, Japanese, translations,


Manga of the Month: The Rose of Versailles
The Rose of Versailles (ベルサイユのばら) by Riyoko Ikeda July 2015 will probably be remembered as the summer when anime and manga dreams came true. Sort of. The month…


Custody of the Eyes and of the Mind
The misfortune of spending one’s money unwisely always leaves a bad taste in one’s mouth, which can only be alleviated by not having spent much. Buying four volumes…


The Testing of 'Son of the White Mare'
Plus: 'The Storm' and more animation news.
The Performance of Power: The Saga of Tanya the Evil
Power is one of those topics that pops up over and over in writing and in life. For instance, power underlies a lot of the relationship stuff I’ve…
The Origins of Mecha: The Super Robots of the 1970s
Anime Commentary runs through the history of anime's mecha genre, taking a look at the rise of Super Robot anime like Mazinger in the 1970s.
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Tune of the (Spookyish) Week: High School of the Dead’s Highschool of the Dead!
A legendary series needs a legendary song! The Tune of the Week is the opening theme for High School of the Dead: Highschool of the Dead by Kishida…
The Best of Us, The Worst of Us, The Lot of Us: Rei Kiriyama
Rei Kiriyama is one of the most overlooked characters in anime. Here’s why.


The Best of Us, The Worst of Us, The Lot of Us: Hidenori Gotou
Samurai Flamenco is a bad anime, but it still has a lot to say about the nature of heroism and trauma.


The Best of Us, The Worst of Us, The Lot of Us: Shouya Ishida
Shouya Ishida is certainly flawed, but not without his dynamic elements.


Film Review: The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
In the 21 years since Peter Jackson’s monumental trilogy of masterpieces, The Lord of the Rings content has been a mixed bag. But when news broke out that…


The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim — Anime Review
Whether you're an anime fan with an interest in LOTR or vice versa; The War of the Rohirrim is an experience that I can heartily recommend.


Love of the Library: Ascendance of a Bookworm & Magus of the Library
I share my thoughts of the anime Ascendance of a bookworm and the manga Magus of the Library. — Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dadneedstotalkpodcast/support
The House of Mouse and the Land of the Rising Sun
On Mickey Mouse Day, Krystallina puts together a list of Disney merchandise with a Japanese flavor in this week's Please Save My Money.


Narutaru Ch. 50 — The Beginning of the End of the World
Ch. 50 Summary: Shiina meets a mother looking for her son, a dragon child bearer whom the American military is trying to kill. Norio is raped; Shiina dies.…


What is the Meaning of Life? - The Laws of The Sun
You know, One of the things that suck me back into anime every-time I think im gone for good, is the way something can jump outta left field and…


Rommel of the Sea of Sand
Rommel of the Sea of Sand Manga Chapter 16-3 Manga Chapter Summary: The Conductor announces the 999’s next stop as “Desert Fox”,…
The Summer of the Ubume
This not very enthusiastic review will look like a bad start to 2017; but I read this over a month ago, so for me it was more a…
The Witches of the Orient
by Jeremy Clarke. This sports documentary, just out in UK and Irish cinemas, opens with a scene from the anime short Danemon’s Monster Hunt at Shojiji (Yoshitaro Kataoka,…
The Night of the Tiger
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The Way of the Househusband
A manga about a wholesome relationship and far too many white powder jokes. 2:46 - The Way of the House Husband 17:40 - My Hero Academia 323 36:02 - Undead Unluck…
One Piece, The Way of the Househusband, Black Clover, My Hero Academia
The State of the Stream
From HBO Max to Retrocrush to Crunchyroll to Funimation to HIDIVE, here's some thoughts on these streaming services in this week's Please Save My Money.


The Allure of the Apocalypse
The Earth is dying, society is collapsing, and you’ve never felt important a day in your life. This despair makes you think, do I want the world to…


The Return of The Mono
Hey there, and welcome to Anime Rants. This is 7Mononoke, or Mono for short. I’ve had some personal issues come up in the last 3 weeks or so,…
The Child of the Thunder
In among the hills of Echizen, within sight of the snowy mountain called Hakuzan, lived a farmer named Bimbo. He was very poor, but frugal and industrious. He…


The Nature of The Abyss
A discussion of what the Abyss is and what it can symbolize (Made in Abyss)


The Permissibility of the Impossible
Inside 'Proving Ground' by Anatoly Petrov.