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Every now and again we just need to disconnect. It’s a healthy way to curb the constant distractions, but Hotaru Ichijo had no idea just how far off the grid she’d be going when her family was first transferred to a rural countryside town. Thankfully …Read more »
Ah, the shonen battle formula; it’s one of the crown jewels of anime storytelling. When you think of shows like Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, Boku no Hero Academia, and Yu-Gi-Oh!, what you’re seeing is a type of manga prone to emphasize manly fights and …Read more »
We can’t all be high energy all the time. In the case of Tanaka-kun, he can’t ever be high energy, which is something his best friend Ota is happy to accept. So, how does someone so utterly listless manage to get through life? Find out …Read more »
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from watching anime, it’s that, sometimes, the best anime don’t need any source material. The anime industry doesn’t really have the wiggle room for original works, which makes anime-first works such treats to watch. Take, for example, the likes …Read more »
The Big O was like catnip to a certain strain of conspiracy-obsessed anime fans when it premiered on Toonami in the spring of 2001. Composed of a series of design elements that were so recognizable as to be cliché on their own but that together …Read more »
In an England-inspired kingdom known as Albion, great unrest has been brewing since the early 20th century. Thanks to some strongly opposed actions by the King and the rest of the ruling class, a group calling themselves the London Revolution eventually attempted to overthrow the …Read more »
Judging by the weird time everyone else was having with the supposed tonal balance of the series, I was expecting to be (pleasantly?) shocked or disgusted by Made in Abyss. The fervor around it seemed to die down once its season kicked into full gear, …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: On the surface, the rural village of Hinamizawa seems practically idyllic. Despite its minuscule scale, that’s certainly the impression Keiichi Maebara gets when he moves there, but it doesn’t take long for the horrifying secrets of the town to come bubbling to the …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: Desperate times call for desperate measures, which is why the only way to end war with the Gaz Empire involved cutting the Emperor’s body into pieces and carrying them away across the land. Now a young coffin-carrying girl is looking to gather those …Read more »
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 »
GATE brings the military might to a premise that’s both fun to watch and thoughtful in ways you wouldn’t expect. It’s a tried-and-true premise in movies: One day, our world suddenly finds itself on the receiving end of a massive invasion from otherworldly forces. Whether …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 »
The common, established wisdom says the mark of a terrible story is one that features a character with absolutely no flaws. Perfect at everything, unmatched in talent, and adored by all, such characters are typically seen as nothing more than idealized projections of the author …Read more »
In anime and manga there’s a subgenre that we only have a passing familiarity with over here, that of iyashikei or “healing” series. These are series may be part of the slice-of-life genre and offer a more atmospheric and relaxing tone for their audience. With …Read more »
It took literally half my life, but I can finally truthfully say it: “Legend of the Galactic Heroes is available to watch legally in English.” The anime adaptation of Yoshiki Tanaka’s hard sci-fi novels from the 1980s—currently being released in English courtesy of Viz Media’s …Read more »
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