Welcome, all, again. Today's discussion will focus upon The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent, a quiet isekai offering one of the least flamboyant--yet one of the most solidly constructed--storylines ...
Welcome, all, again. Our last discussion concerned a dark plot by an abused healer to remake his world, so I thought a much lighter take on world conquest might ...
Welcome, all, again. 2020 was a rough year the world over, and almost everyone I know is feeling lingering effects in some way. I myself lost relatives, coworkers, ...
Welcome, all, again--and happy holidays(!), of whatever flavor you prefer. This time around, we'll be looking at I'm Standing on a Million Lives, a show that has me puzzled ...
Welcome, all, again. This last was a slow viewing season for me, with my favorite genre (slice-of-life) severely underrepresented. Only three new shows managed to catch my interest, ...
Welcome, all, again. Since last my last column appeared here, Corona-chan swung by briefly (I tested negative, thanks!); my profession has been even further vilified; and Memphis regressed from ...
Welcome, all, again. Today let's talk about Princess Connect! Re: Dive, a show that can be kind of hard to pin down: it's comedy; it's adventure; it's bodaciously harem! ...
Welcome, all, again. We are transitioning from a particularly bountiful viewing season, and one of my favorites was yet another anime about anime, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! ...
Welcome, all, again. I recently raided my backlog of series-to-be-watched and pulled out 2011's Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl--literally pulled it out of my DVD collection, where it's lingered ...
Welcome, all, again. A new viewing season is upon us, with generous offerings in a number of genres. Today's topic, Ascendance of a Bookworm, is an isekai story ...
Posted on Jun 13 2013
What part of your job was to literally read manga? Wouldn't that be a dream job?
Posted on Feb 12 2013
Today, a Twitter tribute to the God of manga, Keiko Suenobu's suspense manga to get live-action show, and virus hacker busted.
Posted on May 24 2011
Today, Tokyo Tower gets lit up, Gackt mimics himself, and a small corner of the internet becomes real.
Posted on Oct 17 2010
Dedicated to Drago.
It seems like every three episodes or so, anime characters have a day off from school or some excuse to wear pretty kimonos in the evening and walk around booths playing carnival games in a Japanese version of a Renaissance Fair. Although this is a considerable stretch from reality given that the Japanese school year is 60 days longer than America’s, Japan does celebrate a good number of holidays.