Remember that episode of The Magic School Bus when Miss Frizzle took her students inside the human body? Well, Japan looked at that particular episode and asked, “Hmm…what if we did this…but BETTER? The answer was Cells at Work, the literal personification of what makes our bodies work and keeps us healthy. It was a… Read More First Impression: Cells At Work!! Season 2
Season’s Greetings everybody! Your Cajun Samurai Josh here bringing the Christmas cheer once again with another contribution to the 12 Days of Christmas festivities. This time around, I’ll be looking at a Christmas episode from the anime, Usagi Drop. But before I get started, I would like to offer you, dear reader, a bit of… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 8: Usagi Drop
Greetings everyone! Your Prodigious Cajun Samurai Josh here with my second contribution to the 12 Days of Christmas festivities! Originally, I had volunteered to do the mini-episode from Usagi Drop, and in fact, I had completed a review for that episode. However, just as I was ready to call it a wrap, our dear boss… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 7: Space Brothers
Greetings everyone! Your Prodigious Cajun Samurai Josh here with my first contribution to the 12 Days of Christmas festivities! This is my first time participating in one of these since joining the Beneath the Tangles crew, and when our dear boss TWWK gave us the list, and I saw this show was one of the… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 2: Kodocha
The year is 2301 A.D. If you’re a Klingon, it’s a great year for a nice, sweet, warm Bloodwine. However, if you’re 15-year-old Akari Mizunashi, it’s a great year to make a major life-changing move to make your dreams come true. To each their own, really. Our salmon-haired girl is on her way from Manhome… Read More Review: Aria the Animation (Blu-Ray)
Okay, before I get into my first take on this one, I need to clear the air about something. Yes, I am aware that Noblesse has an OVA called Noblesse: Awakening. And yes, I am aware that this show is based off a WEBTOON comic. And yes, I’ve seen and been told COUNTLESS times that… Read More First Impression: Noblesse
Middle-School wiz kid Nasa Yuzaki has it pretty rough. Not only was he given a name that many people laugh at because, well, NASA, but when he goes to cross the street to talk to a PRODIGIOUSLY cute and mysterious girl, a delivery truck slams right into him. And you thought YOUR 2020 was bad.… Read More First Impression: Tonikawa: Over The Moon For You
What do you do when sempai doesn’t want to notice you? Well, if you’re our title character, Hana Uzuki, you get all up in his face. Eff this noise about being a shrinking violet. She ain’t no Hinata Hyuga. Get all up in his grill and make him notice you! That’s the overall premise of… Read More Uzuki-Chan Wants to Hang Out (And Help Out)!
“Would you consider joining our team?” I have to admit, when I saw those words appear on my screen a few months ago, I was beyond stunned. Me? You want ME to join up with Beneath the Tangles?! Me? A guy who updates his own blog once a year AT BEST?! Me? A guy who… Read More The Samurai Steps Out on Faith…
After a rather abrupt and heart-breaking split from his girlfriend, first year college student Kazuya Kinoshita, in a fit of frustration and desperation, installs an app on his phone that allows him to…wait for it…rent a girlfriend…for a specific amount of money per hour to do normal date-type things. See, I’m from Louisiana, and we… Read More First Impression: Rent-A-Girlfriend