Kobato wants to help everyone be happy, and she’s not content donating to charity. She has to go through various trials in order to get a special bottle that she can fill up with wounded hearts. (Not literally, mind you.) Basically, as she helps …Read more »
Some people really love their manga. The Kingyo Used Books series can give you an idea of why. Kingyo Used Books is written in the form of easygoing and readable vignettes. Each vignette has to do with a manga, and that in turn has to …Read more »
Shion hates her boarding school and decides to escape. It doesn’t occur to her that she might be jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire. Shion’s family had an old custom when it came to twins: “If twin successors are born, strangle …Read more »
You might have heard of Akira Kurosawa’s highly esteemed film, Seven Samurai . This 26-episode anime is based on it, but don’t think they’re exactly the same, because there are some definite changes. Like, for example, I’m pretty sure the original movie didn’t have a …Read more »
Takashi Komuro is cutting class. Usually students who cut class might worry about being caught, but that worry pales in comparison to what Takashi ends up going through. He wanders up on the roof to mourn unrequited love, because Rei, the girl he likes, is …Read more »
Mafuyu has a real talent for fighting. Unfortunately for her, her mother doesn’t consider it a talent and even threatens to disown Mafuyu if this sort of behavior continues. Then Mafuyu gets shipped off to a boarding school known for taking in delinquents. Does this …Read more »
Shuichi is a young singer/songwriter in want of a muse to assist the launch of his professional career. Yuki is a brooding novelist who needs someone to help him overcome his troubled past. Their prayers are answered when they find each other, even though their …Read more »
The Indie section of the Xbox Live games marketplace can be a confusing beast, like a hydra with sub-bargain-bin TV games in place of its hulking heads. For the most part it's a complete crapshoot of mediocre to unplayable… things... that aren't even worth wasting …Read more »
Even having never read Hal Clement's 1950 novel Needle , it's clear just how much Nobuaki Tadano's 7 Billion Needles is diverging from its inspirational roots at this juncture. Though its premise is almost wholly that of Clement's sci-fi yarn, 7 Billion has taken on …Read more »
Universal domination is a bad thing, but try telling that to the villains of Dragon Ball Z Kai. Those special Dragon Balls on the planet Namek sure are in high demand. Gohan and Krillin want them to bring back the dead (which isn’t as …Read more »
Several people are in a house in the cursed village of Hinamizawa during a stormy night. One of them gets murdered and the murderer is among them. In Hinamizawa, this sort of awful thing was bound to happen. Arakawa came to Hinamizawa to write about …Read more »
Shoryu Senior High used to be for male students only, but it’s recently become co-ed. Rinna takes advantage of this and is thrilled to be going to the same school her father went to. In fact, he was the “legendary” captain of the cheering squad …Read more »
Every so often, whether you’re reviewing a visual work or just taking in a casual screening, you get something that makes you say “What the hell did I just watch?” In recent times this has given me reason to re-watch titles such as Christopher Nolan’s …Read more »
Is Black Jack a hero, a sly opportunist, or just a straight up dick? After 13 volumes of his varied exploits the answer remains murky, with a slight lean toward "all of the above." Part of Black Jack's very nature is the fact that his …Read more »
Lots of boys have teddy bears. But Shunpei Closer’s teddy bear smokes cigars and wields a chainsaw. And he’s not very cuddly. Shunpei used to be close to his grandfather, whom he believed was an archeologist. Well, it turns out that his grandfather was actually, …Read more »
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