School-Live! handles the zombie apocalypse with a surprising amount of delicacy and poignancy. “For many of us, school is (or was) a haven where you can spend time with your friends, hang out in after-school clubs, eat lunch together, fall hard for your first crush, …Read more »
Matsuri Hino’s Vampire Knight, set in a school where vampires coexist with humans, was a gorgeous Gothic fantasy manga whose vampires were troubled but sympathetic individuals. The original manga followed Yuki Cross, the headmaster’s adopted daughter, and her love triangle with her friends Zero and …Read more »
A bizarre new romance Golden Time follows an amnesiac protagonist named Tada Banri as he becomes tangled up with future love interest Koko Kaga while attending law school in Tokyo. Of course, that’s oversimplifying things a bit. Banri suffered a head injury in his adolescence …Read more »
When you think about anthropomorphic squids (if you think about them at all), Nintendo's Splatoon video game series likely comes to mind. But there's another important squid in the anime realm as well: Squid Girl! Short in stature, tentacle-esque hair, clad in white, her name …Read more »
High school student Kasumi has been obsessed with stars all her life, chasing the feeling she had when she was a kid. She’s looking for, specifically, the “Star Beat,” or the exciting sound she heard one night while gazing at the stars. She’s a sprightly …Read more »
Gosick may be cut from a different cloth than your typical anime drama, but it’s all the better for it. Set in 1924, it’s a mysterious narrative wrapped around high school student Kazuya Kujo, who’s just been transplanted into the European country of Saubure. While …Read more »
If angels had to work hard to learn their craft, even learning among regular students in the human world, things would be pretty wacky. That’s the premise of Gabriel DropOut, which follows Gabriel, the angel who’s gotten the best grades and had the most impressive …Read more »
If you’ve ever been made fun of, you’ll immediately gravitate to Masamune-kun’s Revenge, the show that pits two very different individuals against each other because of a childhood argument. Masamune Makabe and Aki Adagaki are forever at each other’s throats, thanks to Masamune’s decision to …Read more »
Grimoire of Zero is the result of what might happen if you combined anthropomorphic animals with The Familiar of Zero and Berserk. With that said, it’s not exactly my cup of tea, nor the type of series I’d normally seek out (even though Berserk is …Read more »
This story originally appeared in the August 2017 issue of Otaku USA Magazine. Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls is a simultaneously adorable and lewd series with plenty of interesting situations revolving around, well… monster girls. Following one Japanese student, Kimihito Kurusu, who’s suddenly …Read more »
This story originally ran in the December 2015 issue of Otaku USA Magazine. The “monster girl” scene has been mounting as a bit of a fad as of late, taking women (and men, in some cases) who look like monsters and slotting them in stories …Read more »
Inari Kon Kon begins with one of the more interesting premises out there, especially when it comes to romantic comedies. As a result, it's an entirely different beast than most of what's on the market, and deserves your time and attention, especially if you like …Read more »
Nurse Witch Komugi was a colorful, frenetic OVA that lasted for six episodes, originally released back in 2002. It was meant as a parodical spinoff of the series SoulTaker , with several of the characters that appeared in that anime taking on weird parodical versions …Read more »
What happens when a girl who's interested in watching the gorgeous men around her suddenly becomes the target of those same men's affections? Enter Kae Serinuma, a somewhat sloppy otaku who loves anime and watching men kiss. She's a fujoshi, so watching male characters in …Read more »
After Puella Magi Madoka Magica aired, it seemed as though any magical girl television series with even a modicum of darkness was mercilessly compared to what had become "the" subversive magical girl show. I never thought it was fair to examine shows by raising them …Read more »
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