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A New Romeo and Juliet for the Ages? - Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World First Impressions
One of the hardest things to not hear about if you’re looking up classical romance stories is the old tale of Romeo and Juliet. The original story focused...
ReadmoreThe Dragon Quest franchise has stood the test of time with a plethora of anime, manga, video games, and merchandise that shows it’s a series we can’t get ...
ReadmoreAggretsuko’s appeal lies in its death vocals, funny office shenanigans, and ever-changing situations for Retsuko to try to hide her screamo habits. Even in its ...
ReadmoreAt first glance, everything from the beautiful art style to the lovely description point to The Journey of Elaina (Majo no Tabitabi) being a delightful ta...
ReadmoreA new season with some old faces, or at least names, Lucky☆Star creator Yoshimizu Kagami is back and behind another cute slice-of-life series centering ar...
ReadmoreIt’s another season of anime and MAPPA has given us a new foray into the medium’s ever-growing list of sports series, this time tackling gymnastics with t...
ReadmoreBurn the Witch is the new and exciting spin-off of Tite Kubo’s shounen classic, BLEACH. Despite this, Burn the Witch is a completely new experience even f...
Readmore*First Episode Spoilers for Talentless Nana!* Fall 2020’s Talentless Nana starts out in much the same way as any anime about a school for young people with s...
ReadmoreDeca-Dence is an amazing anime with its blend of humor and horror, kawaii robots and mangled bodies. It keeps you on your toes and makes you question what...
ReadmoreWith the first two episodes of Ikebukuro West Gate Park out now, we wanted to share our first impressions of the series so far focusing on the overall fee...
ReadmoreHoly smokes, it’s a new Maeda Jun anime adaptation! With the first episode out now we wanted to share our impressions of The Day I Became a God so far, wh...
ReadmoreJapanese horror and Western horror are like two different sides of the same coin. Sure, both are considered horror but the way that horror looks is quite ...
ReadmoreThe seeding of headstrong, good-natured main characters in Shounen has not changed; however, in recent times, the characteristics of the classic Shounen p...
ReadmoreMAPPA’s highly anticipated adaptation of the smash-hit Korean webcomic The God of High School certainly made its mark on the anime world with its face-mel...
ReadmoreHigurashi no Naku Koro ni (translated as Higurashi: When They Cry) is a horror franchise that started as a series of visual novels in the early 2000s, but...
ReadmoreThe past five years or so have seen the end of many beloved long-running anime. Very notably, we saw the conclusion of Naruto’s journey in 2015, followed ...
ReadmoreAlthough the first episode of YashaHime was arguably a bit more of an “episode 0” than the start of the core story, it provided a unique introduction to t...
ReadmoreMany horror anime fans were shocked several months ago when Higurashi was rumored to be getting a modern-day reboot. Fans immediately began typing away on...
ReadmoreAt this point, Haruichi Furudate’s Haikyuu!! has already gained a cult following and for the right reasons. Haikyuu!! was first serialized on Weekly Shonen Jump...
ReadmoreOregairu season 3 has been quite the emotional rollercoaster, especially for fans of Yuigahama Yui; however, the third season has also shown us a little b...
ReadmoreHave you been watching Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out this season? It’s a fun show about a loner college student named Sakurai and his obnoxious, but well-m...
ReadmoreThe summer 2020 anime season’s surprise hit Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out is all about how a loner college student named Sakurai gets his life turned upsid...
ReadmoreAnime is known mostly for its Shounen exports, some of which are the most celebrated works of fiction coming out of Japan. Anime, in general, is prone to using ...
ReadmoreFanservice in anime is fairly common; particularly within the Shounen genre. Some people have concerns about the hyper-sexualization of female bodies that...
ReadmoreWhen there’s something that you really enjoy, you tend to pay more attention to the details, right? So, if you’re fond of watching BL anime, you might have no...
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