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Africa Salaryman [Anime Review]

A field day in the office Anime is no stranger to animating the working lives of regular people. Shows like Aggretsuko have shown that anime is willing to jump into our boring office lives and try to find entertainment in people sitting around a desk …Read more »

Dallos [Anime Review]

August 21, 2020

J.L. Carrozza

Space oddity The early 80s anime classic Dallos is a real blast from the past. It is the first OVA, a term well known to old school anime enthusiasts referring to an animated program released directly to home video instead of theatrically or to television. …Read more »

Mai Mai Miracle [Anime Review]

August 19, 2020

Daryl Surat

A thousand-year dream arrives after 10 Sunao Katabuchi established himself as the bona fide successor (but not imitator) to his old mentor, the late Isao Takahata of Studio Ghibli fame, with 2016’s In This Corner of the World. The extended edition, In This Corner (And …Read more »

Somali and the Forest Spirit [Anime Review]

August 17, 2020

Gerald Rathkolb

A rarity of a show When it comes to fantasy anime, we are mostly treated to two distinct types. 1) A generic JRPG-style world complete with “classes” and enemies having “levels” (do they realize that levels are just a way of quantifying the concept of …Read more »

Osamu Tezuka’s Phoenix: Perfect Collection [Anime Review]

August 11, 2020

Daryl Surat

Osamu Tezuka is often called the “god” of manga and anime, having pioneered many of the modern conventions and production methodologies still in use today. His works remain resonant to modern audiences; 2019’s anime adaptation of his 1960s work Dororo was one of the year’s …Read more »

Giant Robo: The Complete Original OVA Series

August 11, 2020

Daryl Surat

The greatest OVA of all time? I have been saying it for decades, because it remains true. Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still is the greatest anime OVA series ever created. Nope, not Gunbuster. Not even Legend of the Galactic Heroes. It’s this …Read more »

After-School Bitchcraft [Manga Review]

August 11, 2020

Che Gilson

In After-School Bitchcraft, Ririka Kirise looks like a typical trendy kogal and hangs out with a gang of fellow gals at school. She harbors a secret ambition her party pals would never understand: to become a veterinarian. Too bad Ririka isn’t the brightest crayon in …Read more »

Fire in His Fingertips [Manga Review]

August 10, 2020

Shaenon K. Garrity

A Flirty Fireman Ravishes Me with His Smoldering Gaze This setup will feel familiar to fans of romance novels, and Fire in His Fingertips is very much a manga answer to American-style romance fiction and women’s erotica. Ryo, a career woman with a vaguely defined …Read more »

Scarlet [Manga Review]

August 9, 2020

Shaenon K. Garrity

In a grim fantasy world where it always seems to be night and/or raining, Iris Redhood and Finé Hera are ruthless warriors and dysfunctional girlfriends. As an early flashback in Scarlet explains, Iris is a werewolf (how could a Red Riding Hood-themed character be anything …Read more »

Vinland Saga [Anime Revew]

August 9, 2020

Gerald Rathkolb

Unless you’ve been under a rock (kind of like me) you’ve probably come across some sort of article or radio show that keeps talking about how we are in some “golden age” and eventually you’ll hear the much-bandied about “prestige television” phrase that’s been thrown …Read more »

Dirty Pair Omnibus [Manga Review]

July 24, 2020

Daryl Surat

Revivals of 1980s pop culture are all the rage now, which suits me just fine. Though rooted in that era, the venerable Dirty Pair franchise continually overhauls its visual aesthetic to follow current trends. This omnibus is no exception, looking sharply distinct from the original …Read more »

Gal Gohan [Manga Review]

July 20, 2020

Shaenon K. Garrity

Disappointed by his failure to connect with students, young home ec teacher Shinji Yabe starts a cooking club. But the only student to show up is Miku Okazaki, “the school’s number one gal,” who has huge boobs, masses of bleached blonde hair, and no domestic …Read more »

The Art of Illusion

March 7, 2020

Paul Thomas Chapman

Meet us in the Fun Magic Club Room right after school for a look at the ridiculously fun Magical Sempai It’s all fun and games until someone loses their lunch, and when the previously anonymous, newly christened Assistant (voiced by Aoi Ichikawa), an ordinary high …Read more »

Nicola Traveling Around The Demons’ World [Manga Review]

March 3, 2020

David Estrella

Nicola Traveling Around The Demons’ World is a storybook fantasy about a little girl who, for one reason or another, has been transported to a land full of monsters. Call it a fairy tale, call it an adventure, just don’t call it isekai because it’s …Read more »

My Hero Academia Season 3 Part 2 [Anime Review]

March 3, 2020

Joseph Luster

At this point, I think it’s pretty safe to say that every season of My Hero Academia is substantially more exciting than the last. It’s a testament to manga author Kohei Horikoshi’s ability to continue ramping up the stakes and grounding the intense action, and …Read more »