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[Review] BLAME! Master Edition

In an unknown time, in an unknown place, a man with a gun explores an infinite building. Endless miles of rusty girders, abandoned and automated factories, a metal catacomb with no sky and no exit: this is the Megastructure, an infinite dungeon where what you …Read more »

[Review] Attack on Titan: Junior High

March 8, 2017

Evan Minto

When Attack on Titan first crashed onto the manga and anime scene, fans were blown away by Hajime Isayama’s detailed world, brutal outlook on humanity, and willingness to kill seemingly important characters. So naturally, as fans wait for more Attack on Titan anime, what’s the …Read more »

[Review] The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

March 7, 2017

Evan Minto

Some fans noted that Breath of the Wild , the latest installation in the Legend of Zelda franchise, seems to be the Most Anime Zelda game ever made, but it’s hardly the first time Zelda has gone full anime. For fans of moody heroes who …Read more »

[Review] Konosuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World!

February 18, 2017

Shaenon K. Garrity

Kazuma, an antisocial gamer (the other characters call him “hikiNEET,” combining a slang term for shut-ins with a slang term for the unemployed), is killed in an uncharacteristic and ill-advised act of heroism. In the afterlife, he’s offered the opportunity to become a hero in …Read more »

Lupin the IIIrd: Goemon Ishikawa’s Spray of Blood Is a Bloody Good Time [Review]

February 16, 2017

Matt Schley

If the sudden flood of new Lupin the Third properties feels a bit hard to keep track of, well, there are certainly worse problems to have. The franchise has come a long way from its thinnest years, when about the only Lupin stuff being released …Read more »

[Review] Twinkle Stars

February 15, 2017

Che Gilson

Sakuya has been left in the care of her grumpy cousin Kanade. Alone in the world, she takes comfort in the stars. Perky and optimistic, she tries hard not to let life get her down; she smiles in the face of terrible insults and believes …Read more »

[Review] Dimension W

February 15, 2017

Jason Bradley Thompson

In the year 2072, the entire world is powered by one energy source: Coils, “cross-dimensional electromagnetic inductors” inspired by the theories of Nikolai Tesla, which deliver infinite energy transmitted from the mysterious “Dimension W.” In the shadows of this bright future lives Kyouma, a tough, …Read more »

[Review] Scumbag Loser

February 12, 2017

Jason Bradley Thompson

Masahiko Murai is a creep: a panty-sniffer, overweight, bullied in school. The one thing that keeps him going is misanthropy, the satisfaction of thinking that there are other people in the world even fouler than him. When one of the other class losers gets a …Read more »

[Review] To Be Hero

February 12, 2017

Ink

The world is just not fair. All Ossan—a divorced, handsome, successful toilet seat designer—wants to do is womanize after work and fawn over his only daughter (Min), whom he ultimately and affectionately ends up annoying through his thoughtless and lazy ways. Then one day, merely …Read more »

[Review] Today’s Cerberus

February 11, 2017

Che Gilson

Chiaki Mikado was bitten by a three-headed dog as a child and that incident has shadowed his whole life. Even as a teenager, years later, he just can’t seem to enjoy anything and doesn’t take much interest in life or friendship. Then one day, twist: …Read more »

[Review] Kiss Him, Not Me

February 11, 2017

Brittany Vincent

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 »

Keijo!!!!!!!! [Anime Review]

February 10, 2017

Ink

“Keijo” is a sport wherein women wearing bathing suits use naught but their breasts and buttocks in battle to push competitors over the edge of a land—a large float—and into some surrounding body of water. The sport itself is fictional ... thankfully, but the tension …Read more »

[Review] Aoharu x Machinegun

February 10, 2017

Che Gilson

Aoharu x Machinegun starts out like Ouran High School Host Club , plus toy guns. Flat-chested tomboy Hotaru Tachibana thinks her friend was bilked by an unscrupulous host, the handsome Masamune Matsuoka. To avenge her friend, Hotaru shows up to the host club where Masamune …Read more »

[Review] Magical Girl Raising Project

February 10, 2017

Brittany Vincent

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 »

[Review] Gangsta: Cursed

February 8, 2017

Evan Minto

One of the most memorable features of the original Gangsta manga is the unique art style of writer/artist Kohske, which often feels like a mashup of the quirky designs of Natsume Ono ( House of Five Leaves ) and the gritty action of Kouta Hirano …Read more »