Sugary sweet with a rock edge Many of us fantasize about one day joining the music industry, but hardly anyone just wakes up one morning and decides to go for it. That’s kind of the premise of BanG Dream, however, which begins with an important …Read more »
With likable characters and a story that’s cute from out of the gate, Juana and the Dragonewt’s Seven Kingdoms gets off to a promising start, but staggers a little in the execution. In a far future, humans, also known as Muernandes, have been extinct for …Read more »
It’s a tale as old as time: Some creature enters a young person’s life and they form a bond that changes everything. We’ve seen a boy and his dog, a boy and his electric mouse, and even a girl and her mischievous alien. Nagi, meanwhile, …Read more »
The two main characters in Kaguya-Sama are both smart and accomplished, and both have the emotional intelligence of a doorknob. The main pleasure of the series is the deadlock Kaguya and Miyuki find themselves in, trapped by their belief in the adage that “the one …Read more »
I still can’t get over how one of the most popular and beloved anime titles of 2018 is one from Masaaki Yuasa of all people. For those wowed by the aesthetic of DEVILMAN Crybaby who are curious to see how much further their mind can …Read more »
Right away, it looks like Konohana Kitan is taking inspiration from Spirited Away; but one thing sticks out immediately—unlike Chihiro, Yuzu is already a denizen of the spirit world, which has doses of traditional Japanese mythology wherever you look. So rather than being shocked at …Read more »
After 10 years overseas, Leo Tachibana, the teenage heir to a fashion fortune, returns to Japan for high school … and revenge! His target: Tenma Tsuwabuki, a rich tomboy who once accidentally dunked him in a turtle pond, leaving him with bite marks on his …Read more »
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