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
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!
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
After being buried alive in their bus on the way home from a school trip, a class of students awakens in another world. There, they are given skills and begin new, exciting lives. But Makoto, the last student to awaken, discovers that his skills—calm mind, water magic (beginner), RPG player—are seemingly as basic as can… Read More First Impression: Full Clearing Another World under a Goddess with Zero Believers
Twenty years ago, in its final battle, Dandivine defeated the Aposdolls, sealing away a terrible threat to humanity. Since then, the mecha unit has basically been retired and is now known more as a toy brand than a heroic weapon, but even that brand recognition has started to fade. Sales are down for the Casgar… Read More First Impression: Dandivine
The world of Cefiro has transformed from a paradise into a nightmarish, dangerous place. The Princess Emeraude—who has held the world together—has been captured. She prays for Legendary Magic Knights to help save her world. On the other side of that prayer, in 1993 on a school trip to Tokyo Tower, are the wise Fuu,… Read More First Impression: Magic Knight Rayearth (2026)
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