Tag: Reviews, PAGE 3

Hakumei & Mikochi: Tiny Little Life in the Woods

Hakumei & Mikochi is almost the platonic ideal of an iyashikai (“healing”) manga, designed to provide readers with a relaxing visit with appealing characters in an attractive, detailed setting. Nothing much happens in iyashikai manga; the plots are usually brief, episodic, and low stakes. The …Read more »

Today’s Menu for the Emiya Family [Review]

October 13, 2018

Michael Goldstein

When I first sat down to watch Today’s Menu for the Emiya Family, currently available for viewing on Crunchyroll, I came to the natural conclusion that this show will hurt us. After all, this is the latest entry in the versatile Fate franchise, and given …Read more »

Shortcake Cake [Review]

September 30, 2018

Brittany Vincent

Would you put up with a two-hour bus commute to attend the high school of your choice? What if you had to wake up before dawn and make the trip from your home up in the mountains? That’s the situation Ten Serizawa faces in Suu …Read more »

Negima!? [Review]

September 30, 2018

Brittany Vincent

Negima! Magister Negi Magi is one of Love Hina creator Ken Akamatsu‘s most recognizable works, so much so that following the original show’s debut, it was given two different anime series. The first, Negima!, aired in 2005, and followed the original manga series closely. The …Read more »

Harukana Receive [Review]

September 30, 2018

Jason Bradley Thompson

The first panel is a sweaty wedgie and the cover art looks like something you want to hide from your parents, but don’t be deceived (or excited): Harukana Receive is about sports, not fanservice, at least not fanservice in an overt shonen sense. Haruka Ozora, …Read more »

Juni Taisen: Zodiac War [Review]

September 28, 2018

David Estrella

Based on Nisioisin’s light novel and with a tip of the hat to Graphinica’s anime adaptation, Juni Taisen: Zodiac War is now a manga as well. Akira Akatsuki, the artist best suited for the job, once again collaborates with the prolific author five years after …Read more »

[Review] Patlabor The Mobile Police Ultimate Collection

September 23, 2018

Daryl Surat

Nearly a decade ago, I said were I forced to name just one title that represented the best that anime had to offer, I would probably pick Mobile Police Patlabor and lamented it being years out of print. Since then, things have changed. Right now, …Read more »

Black Torch [Review]

September 23, 2018

Che Gilson

Ninjas, mononoke, and shady intelligence agencies get an action-packed mash-up in Black Torch. Street tough Jiro Azuma might look like a petty criminal, but he uses his ninja training to defend helpless animals, which he can talk to. This unique ability leads him to rescue …Read more »

Coyote [Review]

September 23, 2018

Che Gilson

Romeo and Juliet get a supernatural makeover in Coyote. Yes, it’s werewolves vs. gangsters in this scorching male/male romance. Coyote is a member of a werewolf clan that’s been hiding its presence from humanity for the last 70 years. The reason for this is the …Read more »

Hinamatsuri Vol. 1 [Review]

September 21, 2018

Danica Davidson

What makes big, bad yakuza member Nitta scared? A little girl. To be fair, Hina isn’t just any little girl. She falls out of the sky in a giant, oval, egg-shaped object, landing squarely on Nitta’s head. At first just her face is visible through …Read more »

Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba [Review]

September 19, 2018

Che Gilson

Young Tanjiro and his family make a living selling charcoal. One cold winter he goes down the mountain to the village to sell his wares and returns home to a scene from a nightmare. His mother and siblings have been slaughtered by a demon and …Read more »

98 Degrees: Spriggan

September 13, 2018

Sean O'Mara

From now until the end of the year, Otaku USA e-News presents 98 Degrees: a deep dive straight into the anime of 1998. Which greats of ’98 would you like to see covered? Comment below or drop our editor a line. Adapted from a long-running …Read more »

One Week Friends [Review]

September 8, 2018

Brittany Vincent

Making friends is tough as it is, but imagine if all the memories you made with someone on the road to friendship just disappeared every week. That’s how things go for the determined Yuuki Hase and reserved Kaori Fujimiya in One Week Friends, a touching …Read more »

The Bride was a Boy

September 5, 2018

Jason Bradley Thompson

In the 1990s and 2000s, an American manga reader might get the impression Japan was more progressive on LGBT issues than the US: American mainstream comics were aggressively straight, while manga was filled with genderqueer characters, sex-swapping, and gay romance. But in 2018, Japanese politics …Read more »

Magical Girl Ore [Review]

September 1, 2018

Gerald Rathkolb

The most ridiculous of shows Few genres have changed so much over time as the magical girl genre. In the early days shows like Magical Girl Sally were unquestionably targeted toward young girls, but very quickly that demographic expanded. As soon as the early 70s …Read more »