Tag: Reviews, PAGE 5

The aptly named Crisis City is protected from all manner of evil by The Undertaker: Grave Digger Kaede! This intimidating moniker belongs to an adorable little girl with a ton of power. Kaede is one of several children, dubbed the Crisis Girls, born with cursed …Read more »

Doc Big in Japan Offers A Guide on How (or How Not) to Get Famous in Japan [Review]

July 30, 2018

Sean O'Mara

Can a normal person get famous in Japan? Big in Japan, a documentary released online last month, chronicles one man’s attempt to get famous through any means necessary. As the title suggests, the film’s premise follows the classic assumption that it’s easier for a foreigner …Read more »

Pokemon Sun and Moon [Manga Review]

July 25, 2018

Brittany Vincent

Whether you’re a new Pokemon Master in the making or a wizened expert, there’s plenty to love about the latest round of the Pokemon Adventures manga, adapting the Sun and Moon games with a brand-new roster of characters and Pokemon-themed hijinks. Pokemon Sun and Moon …Read more »

Graineliers [Review]

July 22, 2018

Che Gilson

Luca is a young man living in a world where seeds contain miraculous powers. The seeds are tightly controlled by a government organization called Graineliers, but Luca needs money to support himself and his shut-in father and takes up raising illegal amaranth for profit. One …Read more »

Battle Angel Alita Deluxe Edition Brings a Classic Back in Style

July 16, 2018

Danica Davidson

Battle Angel Alita was originally translated into English in the 1990s, but with James Cameron’s live-action adaptation scheduled for release later this year, Kodansha Comics is releasing new, deluxe editions. So volume 1 of the new edition is actually volumes 1 and 2 of the …Read more »

Mononoke Sharing [Review]

July 8, 2018

Jason Bradley Thompson

Yata, a high schooler, shares her house with five unusual roommates. “The rent is super cheap, but there’s one problem … my five roommates are literally monsters. That, and they all have huge boobs.” It’s all true! Mizuchi, the oldest and most mature of the …Read more »

New Game! [Review]

July 7, 2018

Shaenon K. Garrity

Aoba, a petite young game designer fresh out of high school, starts work at a video game company with full fangirl enthusiasm. Her coworkers represent a spectrum of geek types: an otaku animator who collects figurines and waves swords around, a shy artist who can …Read more »

A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School [Review]

June 29, 2018

Che Gilson

After failing at his old school, spineless rookie teacher Haruaki Abe finally lands his dream teaching assignment. Eager and bright eyed, he arrives at Hyakki Academy Island, where he’ll be teaching Japanese language classes. To his dimay, he discovers the school is for yokai, Japanese …Read more »

Tsukigakirei [Review]

June 29, 2018

Brittany Vincent

What happens when you take two very different teenagers from what seem like two worlds that clash in a big way and throw them into a relationship? It might look a little something like the gorgeously animated Tsukigakirei. It’s an emotional and endearing tale that …Read more »

Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid [Review]

June 29, 2018

Michael Goldstein

Have you ever gotten so drunk that you end up saving a living dragon from potential death, and then said dragon appears at your doorstep prepared to live with you and repay a debt for all eternity? Well, Kobayashi did once, and now this dragon …Read more »

Oh, My Sweet Alien! [Review]

June 29, 2018

Shaenon K. Garrity

Nobuo, an affable young salaryman with hipster chin scruff, has a secret: his wife is a space alien whom he met when he was abducted by a UFO. Posing as an ordinary housewife, she wears a cute-faced human disguise to go outside but hangs around …Read more »

Free!-Dive to the Future- Special Viewing Event Impressions

June 27, 2018

Annie Zhong

It’s here, it’s here, it’s finally here! Ever since the release of the movie Free! Take Your Marks and the announcement of the new season last October, fans have been on the edge of their starting blocks waiting for the upcoming Free!-Dive to the Future-, set …Read more »

DNA Doesn’t Tell Us [Review]

June 24, 2018

Brittany Vincent

DNA Doesn’t Tell Us is another fun, silly romp through the world of “monster girls,” and it may have the strangest premise to explain the existence of sexy half-human monster women. It seems one day animals throughout the world suddenly started transforming into human girls, …Read more »

Interviews with Monster Girls [Review]

June 24, 2018

Michael Goldstein

Amazingly Human At first glance, Interviews with Monster Girls—the 2017 winter anime adaptation of the seinen manga written by Petos, with animation by A-1 Pictures—looks it will be something of a spiritual successor to Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls. In Petos’s world, monsters …Read more »

Devilman VS. Hades [Review]

June 23, 2018

Mike Dent

One of the best things to happen to Devilman, Go Nagai’s horror manga masterpiece, is the inception of its expanded universe. The additions to the saga include complete reimaginings like Devilman G and Devilman Lady and expansions to the original story like AMON: Apocalypse of …Read more »

Tag: Reviews, PAGE 5

Crisis Girls [Review]

Crisis Girls [Review]

Doc Big in Japan Offers A Guide on How (or How Not) to Get Famous in Japan [Review]