First Impression: The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady

At best, the “Marauder Princess” Anisphia is considered an oddball. At worst, she’s a disgrace to the kingdom, a thorn in the side of the royal family, particularly her brother, Algard, who resents that she has abdicated her claim to the throne and thrust the responsibility upon him. Instead, Anisphia spends her days researching “magicology,”… Read More First Impression: The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady

First Impression: Ningen Fushin: Adventurers Who Don’t Believe in Humanity Will Save the World

Nick has had a pretty bad go of it. Kicked out of his guild and dumped by his girlfriend, it’s only a random encounter with an idol that’s kept him from going completely over the edge. Now, drowning his sorrows in beer and cheap gruel, he’s joined at a table by three other adventurers, each… Read More First Impression: Ningen Fushin: Adventurers Who Don’t Believe in Humanity Will Save the World

Best of 2022 Anime

It literally took a global pandemic to slow down the rapid growth of anime’s popularity. But the industry has surged back, and after a year during which studios were playing catch-up, 2022 felt like it was largely business as usual and maybe better than that, with dozens of new series released each season, new studios… Read More Best of 2022 Anime

12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 12: R.O.D the TV’s Slow, Strange Christmas Miracle

The Christmas episode of R.O.D the TV centers on a classic Christmas miracle, where a little orphan girl on the verge of freezing and starving is adopted into a loving home just in time. For added Yuletide appeal, the entire drama plays out beneath the loving gaze of Mother Mary and Baby Jesus in an… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 12: R.O.D the TV’s Slow, Strange Christmas Miracle

12 Days of Christmas, Day 11: Illumine your hearts. (Non)Christmas at Tearmoon Empire

In the name of the Very holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Ghost. To-day, the 25th day of December, 1792, I, Louis XVI King of France, being for more than four months imprisoned with my family in the tower of the Temple at Paris, by those who were my subjects, and deprived of all communication… Read More 12 Days of Christmas, Day 11: Illumine your hearts. (Non)Christmas at Tearmoon Empire