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 Aug 15 2015
There are many characters we recognize from our childhood, but in a day and age where they’re constantly being “reinvented” it’s nice to see a certain little girl with overalls has stayed the same since her creation. Obviously, I’m talking about the iconic Hello Kitty herself, who I got the chance to see parade on-stage with her friends during Hello Kitty’s Supercute Friendship Festival!
Posted on Oct 07 2014
Today, Seven Seas licenses Bodacious Space Pirates manga, Scandal tours five countries, and Cool Japan funds Otaku Mode.
Posted on Aug 03 2012
August 3, 2012 - Nagoya's new-wave J-Pop group Budo Grape announced their first-ever tour of the UK today in conjunction with It Came From Japan. The quirky, high-energy group will perform three dates in October in support of their first new album in three years, 2012's Kare no Namae Wo Omoidasenai.
Posted on Aug 01 2012
Man With A Mission is a 5-piece rock band consisted of “ultimate creatures” with wolf heads and human bodies. They have been extremely active in Japan participating in major music/rock festivals and going on a solo nationwide tour. As they continue to stay strong in the domestic rock scene, they decided that it was time to face the challenge in the overseas scene and participated in Japan Expo, the biggest festival in Europe for Japanese culture and entertainment.
Posted on Jul 06 2012
"Jam Project," a top anisong artist unit consisted of Kageyama Hironobu, Endoh Masaaki, Kitadani Hiroshi, Okui Masami and Fukuyama Yoshiki, is facing a brand new challenge. This super group will participate in a large-scale live tour "JAM Project Latin America Live Tour 2012 Arigato Tomodachi" to be held in 4 countries in South America.
Posted on Feb 20 2012
Today, AM2 announces it's first guest, Shoko Nakagawa to start her first tour of Asia, and a Russian report links a wave of suicides with anime.
Posted on Aug 24 2011
Today, A Revolution with gaming controllers, more Shin Megami Tensei, and Dir En Grey gets technical!
Posted on Aug 05 2011
Today, No more Neko, gettin oldschool with some apples, and Dir en Grey tour!
Posted on Jan 31 2011
Today, panda bee... thing, X Japan continuing its invasion into North American shores, and Hello Kitty makes for a classy cosmetic product line.
Posted on Oct 22 2009
Today Miyavi cancels his US tour, Fans make a life size scaled Gundam Model, and Square Enix and Toriko butt heads over fan caused plagiarism.
