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4 Reason To Watch: Strain – Strategic Armored Infantry

An obscure sci-fi gem

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Infantry Armored Vehicle

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Anime I Like, But Haven’t Talked About Yet: Strain – Strategic Armored Infantry

This show is my biggest hidden gem ever. I’m serious about this. One day years ago when I was at a Best Buy to purchase anime, I bought…

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Ghost in the Shell, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry

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Perfect for my Collection: 5Inch Mechanism Armored Infantry (POWER DoLLS 2)

I’ve bought mecha model kits from several companies now, Bandai Spirits, Kotobukiya, Good Smile Company. But one company’s products that I’ve been curious, but never really pulled…

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Apr 15, 2023 • Subscribe

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4 Reasons To Watch: Wotakoi

Wotakoi combines an office romance setting with a story about awkward geeks trying to figure out how to do relationships correctly.

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4 Reasons To Watch: Air

Gao.

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4 Reasons To Watch: Gankutsuou

French history. In space.

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Survivalist: Invisible Strain

Hits a bit too close to home…. Survivalist: Invisible Strain? This game may have flown under your radar due to it being an indie game as well as…

Akabasa

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Armored Car

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4 Reasons To Watch: Space Dandy

A sci-fi cult hit

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Space Dandy

4 Reasons To Watch: Dagashi Kashi

A tasteful review for a delicious anime.

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Dagashi Kashi

4 Reasons to Watch: Figure 17

This gets a 17/10.

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4 Reasons To Watch: Scum’s Wish

Romance can be ugly

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5 Reasons to Watch March Comes in Like a Lion (And 1 Reason Not To)

It is March, which means there is no better time to talk about March Comes in Like a Lion. Whether you are deep into an anime March…

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March Comes in Like a Lion

Armored Car (Merowlink)

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Armored Communication Vehicle

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Armored Vehicle (VOTOMS)

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4 Reasons To Watch: My Love Story!!

Romance with some explosions.

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My Love Story!!

4 Reasons To Watch: Yuri Kuma Arashi

Bearware the bear puns.

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Yurikuma Arashi

4 Reasons To Watch: Hanaukyo Maid Team

The biggest harem in anime

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4 Reasons To Watch: Taisho Baseball Girls

They’re in a league of their own.

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Taisho Baseball Girls

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Episode 715, “Joy Boy Strain”

On this week’s episode of The One Piece Podcast we have hosts  Zach ,  Ed &  Steve  for our recap of One Piece  Chapter 1046! This week…

The One Piece Podcast

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One Piece

Episode 715, "Joy Boy Strain"

On this week’s episode of The One Piece Podcast we have hosts Zach, Ed & Steve for our recap of One Piece Chapter 1046! This week we have special guests Sean Aitchison (Senior Contributor for…

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One Piece

Episode 715, "Joy Boy Strain"

On this week’s episode of The One Piece Podcast we have hosts Zach, Ed & Steve for our recap of One Piece Chapter 1046! This week we have special guests Sean Aitchison (Senior Contributor for…

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One Piece

4 Reasons To Watch: Alderamin on the Sky

All the ramen.

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4 Reasons To Watch: Is This A Zombie?

Yes, it is.

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Top 4 Space Anime To Watch May 4th

Well if you like Star Wars. You have to like something about space. Also if you are on this blog. You most likely watch anime. So this May…

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4 Reasons To Watch: Arpeggio of Blue Steel

CGI redemption

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Arpeggio of Blue Steel

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Anime Doesn’t Need a Reason to Dance!

Some anime series are so excited to start their story that the characters just can’t help but break out into a dance! Likewise, there are nearly as many…

Anime Hanabi

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Chise Hatori: Finding a Reason to Live

The Ancient Magus’ Bride is a show about a girl named Chise Hatori, who is sold off to a mage that decides to make her his apprentice in…

A Certain Dazed Producer

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The Ancient Magus' Bride

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(#MechaMarch2023) Armored Fleet Dairugger XV

A Second Voltron Series and Localization Stuff Yeah, this series immediately followed Beast King Go Lion which became Lion Voltron in the United States. Dairugger was localized in…

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Armored Fleet Dairugger XV

Armored Car (The Witch From Mercury)

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Mechanical Anime Reviews Podcast Episode 4: Why To Watch Older Anime

On this podcast, I discuss why I love newer anime, why I love older anime and their flaws, and when older anime gets amazingly high quality. I also…

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What Elden Ring Fans Need to Know Before Playing Armored Core VI

ANN was able to talk with Yasunori Ogura and Masaru Yamamura—the producer and director of FromSoftware's newly released mecha action game, Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon.

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Let’s Watch TAKT OP.DESTINY: Episode 4

takt op.Destiny’s 4th episode, “Let the Performance Begin -Showtime-“, is a perfect slice of traveler story goodness featuring monster-thrashing, introspection, and a scummy landl…

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Short movie time: Reason To Oblivion (2021) review [JFFH 2022]

A pleasant horror short-narrative that showcases Miyahara’s talent.

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ERASED / Boku dake ga Inai Machi – A reason to believe

This post is intended to cover the show as a whole up till the halfway point, building upon what I’ve written regarding episodes one and two. This latest…

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ERASED

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Armored Gull: The Exoskeleton Frame by Las

I guess if I’m going to continue to just go alphabetically down everything tagged as cyberpunk on Baka-Updates, I should probably draw some lines in the sand about…

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What to Watch: DomeKano

My rewatch… was not as enjoyable as I was expecting…

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Reasons to watch Isekai!

This one has been floating around in my “to post” folder for a few months now…  Let’s just say it helps to actually take a peek in that…

Apprentice Mages Lounge.

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Roshidere – 04 – A Suitable Reason

President Kenzaki is a shrewd fellow. He wanted to recruit Masachika into the Student Council, but knew a direct appeal wouldn’t work. Instead, he humanizes and deprecates himself…

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Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian

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Stuff to Read / Watch / Listen to

There’s horrible stuff going on everywhere right now, so maybe we all need some good media to consume. Here’s some stuff I’ve been reading / watching / listening…

Adventures in (Post) Gradland

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Mask Generation: The Unusual Reason Japan’s Young Continue to Mask Up

Many people in their 20s in Japan continue to mask up. However, some say they're not doing it for health reasons.

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Let’s Watch CHAINSAW MAN Episode 4 – “Rescue”

Today on Chainsaw Man; Denji beats down another devil while missing an arm and gets a new roommate. You will *never* guess who it is.

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Chainsaw Man

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Sabikui Bisco - Episode 10 - Pawoo Slams Armored Gorilla

Armored Gorillas were no match for the scarier and stronger Pawoo. She smacked them hard! Sabikui Bisco - Episode 10.

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#MechaMarch Soukou no Strain: Fighting an Endless Soup of Time

Following Eureka 7, let’s also start Mecha March with one of my hidden favorite series. Yes, I did write a small post about Soukou no Strain last year.…

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Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry

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3 Reasons To Watch: Kimi to Picopico

Kimi to Picopico has a deep passion for gaming history and does a great job of conveying that through its stories.

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5 Reasons To Watch: Penguindrum

Every anime should include penguins.

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5 Reasons To Watch: Bastard!!

I much enjoyed how Bastard mashes together fantasy elements from all manner of inspirations. Mainly Western in origin...

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Bastard!!, Heavy

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6 Reasons To Watch: Berserk

You don't seek out a show called Berserk for its refined military strategy. Violence is what matters and violence is what Berserk delivers.

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Berserk, Berserk

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3 Reasons To Watch: Hinamatsuri

There are few anime that come to mind where I laughed as often and as loudly as I did while watching Hinamatsuri

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HINAMATSURI