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 »
Akane Mizuno is the rising star of the track team, and Kotaro Azumi is an aspiring novelist and president of the literature club. Both are in the same class for the first time as third years at Kawagoe City Daisan Middle School and both help …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 »
Young Chakuro is the archivist of the Mud Whale, a floating island of life that drifts across the Sea of Sand. He’s also one of the short-lived “marked,” wielding magic powers that will kill him by the time he reaches 30 years old. Until then …Read more »
Zoroku is a grouchy old florist just minding his own business when young girl Sana disappears in front of him—right after reciting his date of birth and family details. He tries to forget about the incident and carry on as normal, but she appears again …Read more »
Fullmetal Alchemist is going for a very full release. The live-action film version of the Hiromu Arakawa manga series will open in over 190 countries around the world, it was revealed today. That’s reportedly the largest international opening for any Japanese film ever. The United …Read more »
Dragged out for a night of club hopping, Emi Asahina winds up ditched by the friend who invited her in the first place. While moping in a corner Emi meets a vivacious woman named Kei. Emi isn’t interested in the club scene, but she is …Read more »
In the Germanic-looking kingdom of Granzreich, brilliant professor Heine Wittgenstein is hired by the royal family to tutor its four teenage princes. (There’s a fifth prince, but he’s too old and too flawless to require further instruction, and the princess is still a toddler.) First …Read more »
Eruna is an unmotivated middle school girl with no wish to go to high school unless it has pretty female classmates in cute uniforms. One day her cousin shows her the brochure for his private high school and she spots the girl of her dreams, …Read more »
Cinderella gets a modern makeover in this light-hearted romantic comedy. The title may be a mouthful, but the plot is fast and amusing. Hinana lives her life by the clock. Every day she gets up at the same time and follows the same routine, morning …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 »
Space pirate Captain Harlock, created by Leiji Matsumoto in the 1970s, is an iconic antihero and the center of one of the most vivid universes in manga. Dimensional Voyage introduces a new generation of readers to the Harlock Saga with a story that loosely retells the first …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 »
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