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, which is why I have neglected this blog. However,…
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The Return of Clockwork Aquario
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Return of the Magic Knights
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Hyouge Mono 02 – “Fantasy of the Tea Room”
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Return of the ‘Nac (Once Again)
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The ANN Aftershow - Return of the Titans
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Hyouge Mono – 37
Fiction or no, this is history we're watching here. Read more
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Hyouge Mono would never be normal. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 29
I think this is the first time in 29 episodes that we've seen Rikyu truly rattled, and with good reason. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 31
Writing fictionalized history is a fascinating exercise. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 23
"Esoteric" is a word you don't get much chance to use when talking about anime these days. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 24
I suspect this series appears to be much more far-fetched than it actually is. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 38
Even if things didn't actually happen this way, it makes one hell of a poetic story. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 20
It's hard to overstate how important the way of tea and aesthetics generally were in court life at the end of the 16th-century. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 33
Rikyu speaks of his eye for detail here, but this series' eye for detail is remarkable. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 21
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Hyouge Mono – 32
It's worth mentioning over and over - Hyouge Mono is a masterpiece. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 30
The wheels of fate continue to turn, drawing us closer to the events we know are coming. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 34
The gloves are off now... Read more
Hyouge Mono – 36
When they compile the list of the greatest anime almost nobody knows about, I imagine Hyouge Mono will be pretty highly placed. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 28
The aesthetes' world was a battleground of its own, in a sense. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 22
Sasuke plays the fool rather a lot in this series, but that shouldn't gloss over the fact that he's both ruthless and clever. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 25
More than enough is too much. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 27
Over the years I've often pondered who the true protagonist of Hyouge Mono is, and whether it matters. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 19
I won't swear to it, but I may have skipped a week with this series. Read more
Hyouge Mono – 35
I'm not sure I've ever used Google more for a show than I do for this one. Read more
Shinobi no Mono: Band of Assassins (1962)
Yamamoto expertly utilizes the game of disguises, traps, gadgets, concealed passages, hidden stairs, and trapdoors, to offer an allegorical tale of the post-war subject’s conundrum
Otherside Picnic – 11 – Return of The Girls
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Episode 733, “The Return of Soy Boy”
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Episode 733, "The Return of Soy Boy"
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The Return of the Cosplayers ft The Yonn Don
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Hyouge Mono 03: Stairway to the Heavens
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Return to the Metaverse
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