After everything I said about Megalo Box, I have to eat my hat. I’ve actually found a sports anime that seems pretty compelling to me. It’s called Gurazeni: Money Pitch, and it’s the story of Bonda, a pro baseball player. Now, I’m not that partial to baseball, so that wasn’t what drew me in. Here’s… Read More First Impressions—Gurazeni: Money Pitch
Yoshifumi Nitta is a young man who is part of a yakuza gang, and is living the good life with the acquisition of some valuable vases, when a strange thing materializes out of nowhere and drops onto his head and into his life. Inside is a girl who calls herself Hina and has telekinetic powers,… Read More First Impressions: Hinamatsuri
CALIGULA, a new anime by Satelight, airs tomorrow, April 8, 2018. But those of us who attended Sakura-Con had a chance to watch the pilot on March 30, alongside voice actor Sawashiro Chiharu and producer Matsuoka Takanori. This was followed up with a Q&A with Sawashiro and Matsuoka. I must preface this post by saying these events… Read More Caligula World Premiere at Sakura-Con 2018
Goodbye, Isao Takahata. You were every bit the dreamer Hayao Miyazaki is, every bit the master. You won’t be memorialized here in the west as you should, but those who know your brilliance, who were deeply affected by your work, will remember. We’ll remember how you taught us that family can be sloppy, imperfect, and… Read More Goodbye, Isao Takahata
Mitsuyoshi Tada is a high school guy who has infinitely more interest in photography than love. One day, while trying to take photos of sakura blossoms, a blonde foreigner inadvertently photobombs his view, and he ends up taking a picture for her. He runs into her several times later that same day, and finds out… Read More First Impressions: Tada Never Falls In Love
TWWK: Sometime in the future, boxing has entered a different realm; fighters now enhance their skill and strength with gear that makes the sport more vicious than ever. The best of these fighters will enter a tournament called “Megalonia” to discover who is the best boxer of all. Junk Dog, however, can’t even dream of… Read More First Impressions: Megalo Box
Comic Girls is an anime series based on the manga series of the same name. It’s about a group of teenage girls who all end up living in a dorm specifically set aside for female manga artists. The series follows along Kaoruko Moeta (aka Kaos) immediately after finding out test audiences don’t like the manga she… Read More First Impressions: Comic Girls
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