What makes us human? It’s a question science fiction* has long explored, particularly through stories about robots and artificial intelligence. The new film Klara and the Sun, based on the novel by Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro, offers an intriguing take on the subject. Unfortunately, while the movie has some lovely moments and compelling ideas,… Read More Film Review: Klara and the Sun
Note: This post discusses spoilers for Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation through season 3, episode 13 (mostly of that specific episode), and mentions mature topics that some readers may find uncomfortable. Tragedy One of the recurring features of classical tragedies is that the main character’s strengths always bring about his demise. The hero thus ends up… Read More Tragedy, Traitors, and Tradition: The Paradox of Jobless Reincarnation
Another anime season is upon us, and that means it’s time once again for our first impressions! Fall 2026 is taking its sweet time getting started. A handful of anime will arrive before the end of September, but the season really begins to hit its stride on September 30, when the autumn schedule starts filling… Read More Fall 2026 Anime First Impressions
Our man on the ground, T.R. Racki, watched the world premiere of the second season of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, the first episode of which screened at Anime Expo 2026. The series drops this fall. Visceral. Chaotic. Traumatic. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 throws the audience immediately into a high-stakes heist that goes violently, spectacularly wrong. There are no… Read More First Impression: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 (Anime Expo World Premiere)
Scenes from Awajima continues its understated and melancholic—if subtly optimistic—stories of the young women who attended Awajima Revue School with three new tales in its third volume. As with the previous volumes, these are stories less concerned with grand drama (a surprise—considering the setting—but not a surprise, considering the author) than with the complicated emotions… Read More Review: Scenes from Awajima, Vol. 3
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners returns in a matter of days with a second season on Netflix! A new cast of characters and a new story drop when the anime premieres on October 20th. Among the new characters are Talia and D, lovingly illustrated below: ★ 【Dino】 「 Talia // D 」 If you can’t wait to watch… Read More Fanart Friday, Too… Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Returns!
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It’s night in the city. Under the starry sky, Rudra, the teenager whose ponytail shines like fire, uses her hacking abilities to steal some mecha designs stored at a colossal neon cruise ship. A chase ensues as the mysterious vocal music intensifies in the background, and mask-wearing goons follow her on their water scooters. Now… Read More First Impression: DARK MACHINE THE ANIMATION
Time to run away! Sort of! After the confrontation between Chitose and Asuka’s father in the final episode of the first cour, the new cour of Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle begins with the two adolescents on a train ride from Fukui to Tokyo. Are they off to help Asuka pursue her dream of… Read More First Impression: Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle Part 2
It’s a big week in Reader’s Corner, with thrilling conclusions, shocking revelations, and some truly spectacular artwork! We’re celebrating the conclusion of Penelope’s main story in Villains Are Destined to Die, returning to the mysteries of the imperial palace in the manga adaptation of The Apothecary Diaries, and marveling at Kohei Horikoshi’s illustrations in My… Read More Reader’s Corner: Villains Are Destined to Die (Vol. 4), The Apothecary Diaries Manga (Vol. 1), and My Hero Academia: Ultra Artworks
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