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 Oct 23 2014
Today, Voltron history lesson, Log Horizon dub, and L'Arc-en-Ciel documentary.
Posted on Oct 02 2014
Today, Viz Media at New York Comic Con, Takeshi Obata in America, and IFC to screen Princess Kaguya.
Posted on Jun 14 2012
This month on The Owl in the Rafters, I'd like to start a two(maybe 3?) part review on a subject I've been keeping on the back burner for quite some time now. Let me start by saying that I am not an old man, I do not consider myself old, nor do I consider myself by any means "old school,"
Posted on Sep 23 2011
Today, Voltron comeback, Kabayashi Shishiro, and Hacking 7th Dragon
Posted on Jul 20 2011
Today, Retro-style gaming, the third Legend dies, and I'll form the head!
Posted on Feb 16 2011
Welcome to a very special Valentine's Day edition of The Owl in the Rafters! This week I'm going over the career of an anime director and one-man animation team who took the industry by surprise nearly a decade ago now. This man is none other than Makoto Shinkai, the anime prodigy lauded with the title "The New Miyzaki" by several reviewers. This name may not ring too many bells with Western Audiences, but his debut short film, ...
Posted on Jun 01 2010
Today, some more words from Square-Enix about a possible Final Fantasy VII remake, the anime industry loses another great person, and FUNimation to be sold?
Posted on Apr 07 2010
Today, the straw hat crew docks in Hawaii, Pokemon brought back by Boomerang, and a new Digimon series emerges.
Posted on Sep 24 2009
Today, Yaoi Press founder gets caught in a drug scandal, Cowboy Bebop Live Action gets a re-write, and Voltron gets pulled into a legal battle over movie rights.
Posted on Jul 21 2009
Today, Totoro sneaks into various Japanese cities, Voltron goes live action, and New anime music Video from Metal Band Sekima-II.
