Happy Friday, otaku! Here I come again with another “old school” anime devo, but as Discotek Media says in all their sizzle reels, “Blu-rays are forever. So are the classics.” Speaking of them, they released today’s subject on Blu-ray a few years ago: Iria: Zeiram the Animation (1994). This six-episode OVA (original video animation) from… Read More A Relentless Enemy: Zeiram and the “Roaring Lion” Called the Devil
Season two of Something Genuine begins with a conversation about identity, reinvention, and the unexpected places where people find connection. TNT college football broadcaster, retired player, Notre Dame sports podcaster, and football analyst, Mike Golic, Jr., joins the series to discuss anime fandom, football culture, broadcasting, and what it felt like to start over after… Read More Something Genuine Season 2, Ep. 1: Mike Golic Jr. on Attack on Titan, Invincible, and Rebuilding After Setbacks
Kaiju, apocalyptic aliens, cryptid witches, and loving couples fill the pages of the volumes we’re reviewing this week. Read on to see if we recommend the latest releases of Dandadan, It Takes More Than a Pretty Face to Fall in Love, and more! The Color of the End: Mission in the Apocalypse (Vol. 3) •… Read More Reader’s Corner: Dandadan (Vol. 18), Kaiju No. 8 (Vol. 15), and Handyman Saitou in Another World (Vol. 9)
Who’s that Pokemon we see?? ★ 【Neg】 「 イーブイ姉弟の遭遇 」
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc is one of the most explosive, coolest anime films in recent memory. Have you seen it? If not, it is now streaming on Crunchyroll. Beware, of course, because this is Chainsaw Man and the content can get graphic in all sorts of ways. ★ 【drmy】 「 Reze doodle… Read More Fanart Friday: Reze is Ready to Go
Once Genos sees how overpowered Saitama is, he starts to revere him as almost a god—as something he’s not. In episode 43 of The Power of God and Anime Podcast, Mike looks to One Punch Man to consider how we sometimes change God into our own image as well. Plus, he has a new anime… Read More The Power of God and Anime, Episode 43: Genos, Saitama, and How We See Jesus
The adventures of a black cat, four stories of what it means to love, demihuman fantasy adventures, and more fill the volumes we cover on this week’s Reader’s Corner! Read our reviews of several brand new series and releases, as well as for the newest volumes of Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale, Immortality and Punishment,… Read More Reader’s Corner: Four in Love, Void: No. Nine, and On the Boundary’s Road: The Works of Suzuka Morino
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