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Mazinger Z: Infinity [Anime Review]

The beefy ‘bot is back! Go Nagai has been celebrating what could be one of his biggest years yet, and it’s been nearly 50 years since he burst onto the scene with works like Devilman, Cutie Honey, and Mazinger Z. With the success of Devilman …Read more »

Garo: Vanishing Line [Review]

May 12, 2018

Ink

More crazy than you can shake a really big Sword at Respectively spurred on by ominous stirrings and a missing brother, a knight donning golden lion armor and an orphan named Sophie battle monsters called horrors in an attempt to find out what the hell …Read more »

ID-0 [Anime Review]

May 5, 2018

Paul Thomas Chapman

Space is the place to be in ID-0, a 2017 3DCG TV anime with direction by Goro Taniguchi (Planetes, Maria the Virgin Witch) and animation by Sanzigen. Set in the distant future, in ID-0 humanity has begun exploring and colonizing deep space thanks to two …Read more »

Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters [Review]

May 5, 2018

Paul Thomas Chapman

Oh, no! There goes Tokyo. And Shanghai. And New York City. And Paris, France. And Paris, Texas. And pretty much the entirety of the Earth’s habitable landmass. In fact, no quotation from a 1977 Blue Oyster Cult song can adequately sum up the degree of …Read more »

[Review] Devilman: Grimoire Vol. 1

April 8, 2018

Robert McCarthy

Sometimes a title helps sell a story, and by golly this is not Devilman: Book of Magic. Nope, the archaic word choice says this story is aimed at teenage boys who read Alistair Crowley and like Black Sabbath. If that sounds dismissive, it’s not meant …Read more »

[Manga Review] your name. Vol. 1

April 7, 2018

Brittany Vincent

your name. is an international phenomenon, joining the ranks of anime films from Spirited Away to Pokemon: The First Movie that managed to break into the American mainstream. The emotional journey of a boy and girl who find themselves switching bodies manages to avoid the …Read more »

RWBY Volume 1 [Review]

April 4, 2018

Jason Bradley Thompson

Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, and Yang Xiao Long are Team RWBY: teenage “huntsmen” who use special weapons to kill monsters called Grimm. By day, they train at Beacon Academy, a school for superheroes where the professors say things like, “With power comes responsibility! …Read more »

Gantz Omnibus Volume 1 [Review]

April 1, 2018

Che Gilson

Gantz is a nihilistic orgy of violence, death and nudity. First published in 2000, the series is shaping up to become enshrined as a classic of horror, sci-fi, and action manga. The story follows the brutal misadventures of self-involved horndog Kei, his nicer friend Kato, …Read more »

Kenka Bancho Otome Volume 1 [Review]

March 31, 2018

Shaenon K. Garrity

On her way to high school, feckless orphan Hinako gets railroaded into attending a boys’ school in male drag. As if that weren’t enough, it’s a school for juvenile delinquents where everyone is in a gang and every school function consists of an all-out student …Read more »

Again!! Volume 1 [Review]

March 28, 2018

Brittany Vincent

If you had the chance to relive your high school days again, would you take it? What if you were forced to start the entire journey over to smooth over the mistakes you wound up making—just as you were graduating? That’s what happens to high …Read more »

Nameless Asterism Volume 1 [Review]

March 25, 2018

Che Gilson

Shiratori wants everything between herself and her best friends Washio and Kotooka to stay the same forever. But nothing stays the same. Since the first day of school, the three friends have been inseparable. But Shiratori harbors a secret crush on Washio. She was happy …Read more »

Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun [Review]

March 25, 2018

Michael Goldstein

You know how they say you should never meet your idols? Chiyo Sakura learned this lesson the hard way, unfortunately. All she wanted to do was confess to the tall and somber Umetaro Nozaki. Unfortunately, she stumbles and ends up saying she’s his “biggest fan.” …Read more »

Dead Dead Demon’s DeDeDeDeDestruction Volume 1 [Review]

March 24, 2018

Shaenon K. Garrity

Kodode is a more or less typical Tokyo schoolgirl, a bright, nerdy slacker trailing a little behind her classmates in maturity. She likes playing video games, fangirling over a Doraemon-like kiddie manga called Isobeyan, hanging out with her ponytailed, poker-faced best friend Ontan, and nurturing …Read more »

Orange: Future Volume 1 [Review]

March 21, 2018

Brittany Vincent

Orange is an emotional roller coaster of a series, involving time travel and romance as well as the darker topic of suicide. That cocktail of heady subject material made for one of the best manga and anime series of the last 10 years. For the …Read more »

Hand Shakers [Review]

March 18, 2018

Evan Minto

I thought I knew what I was getting into when I agreed to review Hand Shakers, but nothing can really prepare anybody for this show. When the first episode premiered in January 2017, fans pounced on it for its abominable visual style, and for good …Read more »