The future is now. Or maybe it comes later. Either way, it's definitely not in the past… Or is it? Perceptions of time and reality grow muddled in the tangled sci-fi yarn woven in the latest otome visual novel published by Aksys Games , Norn9: …Read more »
Subete Ga F Ni Naru: The Perfect Insider is an adaptation of the 1996 light novel of the same name by Hiroshi Mori. The series has had a good amount of popularity in the past, having already been made into manga, live-action and video game …Read more »
© Nisio Isin/Kodansha Aniplex/Shaft There’s a fundamental problem with prequels. Whatever unique twists and turns they take, we know the ultimate outcome can only go one way. Just as we know Anakin eventually betrays the Jedi and turns into Darth Vader, fans of Bakemonogatari know Araragi-kun …Read more »
© sui ishida 2012 Ken Kaneki is thrilled when he gets the chance to go on a date with Rize, the girl he’s been mooning over from a coffee bar he haunts with his friend. The date goes sour when she tries to eat him. …Read more »
Disgaea has long been a strategy-RPG series that's felt mired in the previous generation of gaming, despite its quality and generally high reviews from critics. That's why Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance is here, as it's the series' first sojourn onto PlayStation 4 and also …Read more »
Depicting Japanese “kami” or “gods” as relatable modern characters is so common in anime that it’s hardly surprising anymore, but there’s something novel about Noragami’s take on the trope: a once powerful god of calamity who’s so unknown in the modern day that he relies …Read more »
Let’s be real here: Twin Star Exorcists is textbook shonen action. Our hero is a boy with amazing abilities but a bad attitude, tasked with fighting monsters. He meets a girl who motivates him to reach his true potential. They don’t get along at first …Read more »
Hououin Kyouma is a self-described mad scientist who leads the Future Gadget Labora-tory in a conquest for world domination! But you can usually find the scientists either playing cards at the nearest maid café or trying not to piss off their landlord running the television …Read more »
Food service isn't for the weak. Low wages, cranky customers, the insanity of the lunch and dinnertime rush, and then, of course, there are the occupational hazards. I mean, who knows if around the next corner awaits a flying fist to the face? Well, the …Read more »
© Akira Caskabe/Yuko Takemiya “It’s so corny it hurts! It hurts soo baaad!” Yes. Yes it does. Those words are shrieked out by Yoshimatsu Hotaka, the main character of Evergreen , but it may describe readers’ reactions as well. Hotaka is a skinny sad-sack suffering …Read more »
As an old song muses, one you must remember, "a kiss is just a kiss" and "a sigh is just a sigh," but, as time goes by you come to learn that perhaps these assertions aren't so fundamental. After all, if said sigh contentedly passes …Read more »
On this final day of 2015, forgive us one more best-of list, won’t you? This time, it’s from the guys over at Anime Anime, who have asked their readers to rank the top ten anime films of 2015. And just what did they choose? 10. …Read more »
© Satoshi Kon - KON'STONE Inc. / Kodansha, Ltd. Since the great animator Satoshi Kon died in 2010, publishers Vertical and Dark Horse have begun bringing his manga into print in English. Kon began his career as a manga artist (he assisted Katsuhiro Otomo on …Read more »
Akame ga Kill is an interesting series in that it combines elements that you wouldn't immediately think to bring together: ultraviolent, gory fights with humor sprinkled in that actually manages to be funny. Many anime series are often rarely actually humorous, so the fact that …Read more »
How many times have you been out to drink coffee to meet up with a beautiful girl and instead end up a bloodthirsty ghoul with a taste for human flesh? It happens to everyone, and we all totally understand. Okay, maybe not everyone. Really, just …Read more »
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