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Honey and Clover, Then and Now

Is Honey & Clover the perfect encapsulation of college life?

Feb 6, 2023 • Subscribe

Honey and Clover

Now and Then, Here and There – 13 [Now and Then, Here and There]- Throwback Thursday

This is it everyone, we have made it to the end of Now and Then, Here and There. It’s been a wild ride, a tragic one to. Without…

May 12, 2022 • Subscribe

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…

Beneath the Tangles

Jan 30, 2020 • Subscribe

RWBY: Then vs. Now

With the premiere of a new anime series, the impending release of Volume 9, and an upcoming film crossover with the Justice League, now is a good a…

Soaring Sky! Precure, Pretty Cure

Jul 8, 2022 • Subscribe

Skip and Loafer – 06 – Every Now and Then

When Fumi reports that there’s a boy she likes, Mitsumi does a milk spit take. She then asks Fumi how she knows it’s love. Fumi gives all the…

RABUJOI – An Anime Blog

May 9, 2023 • Subscribe

Skip and Loafer

Pretty Cure Then and Now- Episode 01

In the last entry I introduced the project to compare episodes from the 2004 Futari Wa Precure with the new series, Hirogaru Sky! Precure. Here we look at…

Paul Kemner.com

Feb 22, 2023 • Subscribe

Now and Then, Here and There Anime Review 71/100 – Throwback Thursday

There are few anime that I’d describe as profoundly “uncomfortable”. I’m not talking about rampant pedophilia or the questionable relationship with the word “consent” in some series. I…

May 19, 2022 • Subscribe

Now and Then, Here and There – 2 [A Boy and a Mad King] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome back everyone, to another (late) episode of Now and Then, Here and There! Hey, remember when everyone kept telling me in the comments to get ready, it’s…

Feb 25, 2022 • Subscribe

The Promised Neverland, Now and Then, Here and There

High Card #19 — We Do a Little Coup Now and Then

Oh, so now the cops are also trying to overthrow the monarchy? …Okay. Impressions: All of a sudden, offscreen, the entire police force has decided to throw…

Tenka Seiha

Feb 19, 2024 • Subscribe

Demystifying Anime and the Olympics– Then to Now

Hey everyone! I couldn’t NOT do a post on the Olympics this year because of how many anime references were jammed in! Given this year it was in…

We be bloggin'

Aug 23, 2021 • Subscribe

Now and Then, Here and There: The Promised Neverland of the ’90s

WARNING: THE FOLLOWING REVIEW CONTAINS SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT, AND MENTIONS INSTANCES OF RAPE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND CHILD ABUSE. Well, ladies and gentlemen, I guess if you can’t tell…

Hanime on Anime

Jul 18, 2021 • Subscribe

Now and Then, Here and There – 11 [Eve of Destruction]- Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone, to what is inevitably going to be a late post about Now and Then, Here and There! How do I know it will be late? Because…

Apr 29, 2022 • Subscribe

Now and Then, Here and There -7 [Night of Flight]- Throwback Thursday

Welcome back everyone to another week of Now and Then, Here and There! There’s a lot of posts coming, what with the new season, so glad you were…

Mar 31, 2022 • Subscribe

Spriggan Then vs Spriggan Now

Despite being based on the same story, these anime offer very distinct experiences. But for those unfamiliar with any version of Spriggan, what exactly is it?

Jul 1, 2022 • Subscribe

Spriggan

Now and Then, Here and There – 6 [Disappearance in a Sandstorm] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone, to the halfway point of Now and Then, Here and There! We have a big week ahead of us, lots to talk about, and basically all…

Mar 24, 2022 • Subscribe

Now and Then, Here and There – 4 [Discord] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome back everyone to another episode of Now and Then, Here and There! This is normally where I say something snappy like, “You won’t believe how dark this…

Mar 10, 2022 • Subscribe

Now and Then, Here and There – 5 [Murder] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone to another week of Now and Then, Here and There! This week Hamdo see’s some action, Shu figure’s out we aren’t in Kansas anymore and Nabuca…

Mar 17, 2022 • Subscribe

Now and Then, Here and There – 3 [A Feast in the Dark] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone to what is a very late episode of Now and Then, Here and There! The only excuse I have is Elden Ring which, in my defense,…

Mar 4, 2022 • Subscribe

Now and Then, Here and There – 1 [A Girl Admiring The Sunset] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome one and all to another season of Throwback Thursday! We’ve been on a run of good shows recently, what with Haibane Renmei and The Vision of Escaflowne,…

Escaflowne, Haibane Renmei, Now and Then, Here and There

Feb 17, 2022 • Subscribe

Tokyo Mew Mew Then vs. Now

Shelby Tozier compares the classic to the currently airing magical girl series and finds charm that spans two decades.

Sep 19, 2022 • Subscribe

Tokyo Mew Mew

Transgender Anime Characters — Then vs. Now

So today as part of our Niji Nights, we’re going to talk about something that I believe, has greatly improved in the realm of anime. And that? That…

We be bloggin'

Jun 23, 2020 • Subscribe

Now and Then, Here and There (Ima, Soko ni Iru Boku)

Now and Then, Here and There (Ima, Soko ni Iru Boku) 1999 This was no walk in the part – equal parts compelling and disturbing. And if you…

The Review Heap

Jan 23, 2021 • Subscribe

For the Love of the Game: Yu-Gi-Oh Parody Now and Then

At one point in the early 2000s, Yu-Gi-Oh (“The King of Games”) permeated United States popular culture. The average person may not have comprehended the characters or story,…

Coherent Cats

Mar 17, 2021 • Subscribe

Now and Then, Here and There – 12 [This Bloody Earth]- Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone, to the penultimate episode of Now and Then, Here and There! This week sees… well, it sees a lot. Bullets fly, people die and Hamdo re-enters…

May 6, 2022 • Subscribe

Now and Then, Here and There – 10 [Prelude to Chaos]- Throwback Thursday

Welcome back everybody, to another (late) week of Now and Then, Here and There! This week Hamdo starts to go on the offensive, Lala Ru gets found out…

Apr 22, 2022 • Subscribe

Now and Then, Here and There – 9 [In The Chasm] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone, to another week of Now and Then, Here and There! This week Lala Ru stumblse upon paradise, Hamdo escalates the situation and Shu learns that war…

veil, Now and Then, Here and There

Apr 15, 2022 • Subscribe

Now and Then, Here and There – 8 [Two Lone Souls] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone, to another week of Now and Then, Here and There! This is a big week for me. Not because the episode was pretty good, though that…

Apr 8, 2022 • Subscribe

17: Comedy Sucks Now

Inspired by the mind-bendingly terrible new satire from Dave Eggers, the Sickos review why comedy seems to suck so fucken hard in 2019. Then in Cog Talk, they…

Anime Sickos

Jan 8, 2020 • Subscribe

Manga the Week of 11/17/21

SEAN: Hey, remember when I totally screwed up? And did all of Seven Seas’s release dates wrong? No? Well. So everything you saw in LAST week’s Manga the…

Nov 11, 2021 • Subscribe

Manga the Week of 2/17/21

SEAN: Valentine Week is here! Looking for some sweet romance? Or bitter breakups? Manga is here for you. As are light novels. Airship debuts Ride Your Wave (Kimi…

Ride Your Wave, Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear, Restaurant to Another World

Feb 11, 2021 • Subscribe

Manga the Week of 3/17/21

SEAN: Middle of March, and still manga out there in the wild. ASH: And plenty of it, too! SEAN: Airship has two print releases, as we see Kuma…

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

Mar 11, 2021 • Subscribe

Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear

Lum Through the Years: Urusei Yatsura’s gender roles, then and now

While Lum herself unquestionably remains an anime icon, looking to the different ways she’s depicted in the older anime versus the new can shed some light on changing…

Anime Feminist

Jun 14, 2023 • Subscribe

Urusei Yatsura

Fujimoto Tatsuki and Samura Hiroaki Interview

A two-part interview published in June 2017, the same time as Volume 5 of Fire Punch. One part was published in Jump+ (here), and the other part was…

Sword Translations

Jan 30, 2021 • Subscribe

AND THEN: A Girl-Meets-Girl Short Film

In the middle of spring 2020, Jenn Ravenna Tran launched a Kickstarter for a short film And Then, which she described as “A Girl-Meets-Girl Short Film Set in…

Okazu

Mar 21, 2021 • Subscribe

She-Ra season 5 review - both miraculous and inconsistent

This review of Season 5 of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power discusses both the many successes, particularly in its normalization of gay relationships and LGBTQ+ characters but…

Yuri Stargirl

May 22, 2020 • Subscribe

Street Fighter 6 Review – A Must-Play for Fans, Both Old and New

Street Fighter is back, and it's a remarkable return after the disappointing launch of SF5. Capcom has done an impressive job with Street Fighter 6, offering a substantial…

Wanabrar

Jul 9, 2023 • Subscribe

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Episode 2 Review – Time Is Both A Blessing And A Curse

I really liked seeing time move in this episode.

Arum Journal

Sep 30, 2023 • Subscribe

[Review] The Fleeting Beauty of Art in “Look Back” – A Oneshot by Tatsuki Fujimoto

Hey all, been a while since I wrote here, but I just couldn’t not talk about this, even if briefly. Off the bat, this is one of the…

Lumi Reviews Things

Jul 18, 2021 • Subscribe

Chainsaw Man Isn’t Fujimoto’s Best Manga

Chainsaw Man is great, but is it Fujimoto's best? #chainsawman #anime #csm Thanks for watching! Merch Link!: https://on-the-rise-av.myspreadshop.com/ Music Used in Video: Chainsaw Man Ed 1 Cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e_MrH-AohM Chainsaw…

On The Rise A&V

Feb 29, 2024 • Subscribe

Bucchigiri, Chainsaw Man, Fire Force, Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland

Oshi no Ko – 21 – What Now?

After another change of venue to Taiki’s darkly-lit apartment, Aqua hits a dead end: his and Taiki’s father Uehara Seijuurou committed suicide along with Taiki’s mother years ago.…

RABUJOI – An Anime Blog

Sep 12, 2024 • Subscribe

Oshi no Ko Season 2

Review of Fire Force Episode 21: The Hidden Vest and a Personal Universe

Quick Summary In Fire Force episode 21, “Those Connected,” Vulcan and Akitaru Oubi faced off against Giovanni and Lisa. With her magnetic-seeking tentacles of flame, she threatened to incinerate…

Crow's World of Anime

Dec 18, 2019 • Subscribe

Pick of the Week: Who’s a Pretty Boy, Then?

SEAN: There are a few other titles I’m interested in this week, including the new one by the Barakamon author, but there’s no doubt about it: Pretty Boy…