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So far, Blue Reflection Ray has done a great job of showing us what appears to be a completely predictable story with seemingly loose ends. By episode 9, ...
ReadmoreSpring 2021 has been rather interesting, particularly in the emphasis on romance and slice of life. Titles like Hige wo Soru, Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou...
ReadmoreAnime girls come in various shapes, sizes, and oppai measurements. You can’t deny that anime seems to never run out of different girls we can fall for and...
ReadmoreMEGALOBOX took the amazing sport of boxing and gave it a new identity by infusing the already brutal sport with a sci-fi twist. The beauty of season 1 of ...
ReadmoreDark fantasy has always been synonymous with series like Berserk—rest in peace Kentaro Miura—and Attack on Titan as they show just how evil some worlds ca...
ReadmoreYes, time travel in anime seems like the most unrealistic concept ever—as we still have no idea how time travel could actually work in the real world—but ...
ReadmoreSpring 2021’s Odd Taxi (ODDTAXI) is a strange, but intriguing mystery anime that centers on Hiroshi Odokawa — a 41-year-old taxi driver (voiced by Natsuki Hanae...
ReadmoreFans of slice of life will tell you about one of this season’s unique titles—Hige wo Soru, Soshite Joshikosei wo Hirou (Higehiro: After Being Rejected, ...
ReadmoreThis season is rife with interesting twists on old anime tropes. This time, the romance genre is thrown for a loop when one show threatened to subvert a trope s...
ReadmoreShaman King (2021) has been slated for a 52-week run, meaning that we’re getting a full year’s worth of the anticipated reboot to the early-2000s Shounen ...
ReadmoreEvery single member of Franchouchou (even the permanently zombified Tae Yamada) has had at least one episode focused on them... except for one. Number 5 o...
ReadmoreEvery once in a while, a series takes expectations related to its genre and turns it on its head. Today we’ll be looking into how Slime Taoshite 300-nen, ...
ReadmoreOver the years, anime has tackled some pretty heavy subjects: death, war, complicated interpersonal relationships, the value of life.. and even though J...
ReadmoreIf you’re keeping up with this season’s anime, perhaps Itazuraguma no Gloomy (GLOOMY The Naughty Grizzly) caught your eye. After all, it’s hard to ignore ...
ReadmoreThis year, we welcome the Netflix-ordained release of a highly anticipated adaptation of the life of a historical figure—Yasuke, the African samurai. For ...
ReadmoreWith the recent release of My Hero Academia Season 5, we thought it fitting to take a stroll down memory lane to see just how this Shounen action masterpi...
ReadmoreWith the recent release of Yasuke, the world is once again abuzz with the concept of people of color in anime. With a lack of representation for black peo...
ReadmoreSimilar to many TV series and movies out there in the world, death is usually something many anime creators are afraid to deal with. Killing off a main ch...
ReadmoreWe older otaku no doubt remember the golden age of harem ecchi anime. Main characters tended to be completely oblivious to the girls who liked them and, t...
ReadmoreWe are in 1930s Japan, in an alternate timeline where the Tokugawa shogunate is still in power. Secret organizations with conflicting interests lurk in th...
ReadmoreThe 1920s vampire drama Mars Red has more to offer than just some cool historical backdrops and blood-sucking action—true to its origins as a stage play, ...
ReadmoreMairimashita Iruma-kun (Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun) has finally had its second season drop after the end of the first back in 2019! If you can sti...
ReadmoreThe original skateboarding shounen anime SK8 the Infinity was one of our favorites of the Winter 2021 season. Its colorful and immaculately detailed art d...
Readmore“If only I had a time machine.” That is probably a quote you have heard someone say several times in your life. Most of us wish we could alter time and re...
ReadmoreBishounen Tanteidan (Pretty Boy Detective Club) is based on Nisio Isin’s light novel of the same title. It combines the trademark lengthy and surreal dial...
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